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Chronic Graft-Versus Host DiseasePhase 2NCT00271869

Treatment of Chronic GVHD of Liver or Lungs by ECP

A Phase 2 study testing Extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy in people with Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease, run by Medical University of Vienna at 1 site in Austria.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and the leading cause of death more than 2 years after transplantation.During the past 30 years survival of patients with chronic GVHD has not improved and steroids remained the most often used… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease
What is being tested?
Extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
20 participants
Where
1 siteAustria
Study dates
Dec 2005to not given
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Presence of at least one diagnostic clinical sign of chronic GVHD or an appropriate constellation of distinctive signs confirmed by biopsy or other relevant diagnostic tests
  • Presence of liver or lung manifestations of chronic GVHD
  • Indication for systemic immunosuppressive therapy defined according to NIH consensus
  • No prior immunosuppressive therapy for chronic GVHD of the liver or lungs
  • Adequate renal, hepatic, pulmonary and cardiac function
  • Karnofsky performance score >- 50%
  • Women of childbearing potential must agree to use a reliable method of birth control for the duration of the study
  • Signed written informed consent

Who cannot join

  • -

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Austria1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine I, BMT

    Vienna, A-1090

    Hildegard T Greinix, Professor of Medicine, 43-1-40400 ext. 4457, hildegard.greinix@meduniwien.ac.at

    Hildegard T Greinix, Professor of Medicine

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Phase II Study for Treatment of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease of the Liver or Lungs With Adjunct Extracorporeal Photoimmunotherapy

Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and the leading cause of death more than 2 years after transplantation.During the past 30 years survival of patients with chronic GVHD has not improved and steroids remained the most often used therapy. Extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy (ECP)has shown to be efficacious in patients with GVHD. We propose a phase II study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ECP as adjunct first-line therapy in patients with newly diagnosed chronic GVHD of liver or lungs and need for systemic immunosuppression defined according to the NIH consensus criteria.

Being tested
Extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy
Keywords
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, treatment
Medical subject headings
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome, Graft vs Host Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Extracorporeal photoimmunotherapyProcedure or surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. GVHD response of the liver or lungs

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. transplant-related mortality

  2. relapse-free survival

  3. overall survival

  4. time to complete resolution of chronic GVHD to first-line immunosuppressive therapy

  5. time to discontinuation of immunosuppressive therapy

  6. duration of response to first-line immunosuppressive therapy

  7. percentage of patients in need of secondary treatment for chronic GVHD

  8. incidence of bacterial, viral and fungal infections

  9. side effects of ECP

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted4 Jan 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2005

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
20 participants
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00271869
Sponsor's protocol ID
EK Nr. 368/2005
Status last verified
Dec 2005
First submitted
3 Jan 2006
Last updated
4 Jan 2006
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy in people with Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease, run by Medical University of Vienna at 1 site in Austria.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Jan 2006. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Austria. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Hildegard T Greinix, MD (43-1-40400 ext. 4457, hildegard.greinix@meduniwien.ac.at), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

GVHD response of the liver or lungs. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Jan 2006.

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