Status:
TERMINATED
Myfortic - Treatment for Extensive cGvHD
Lead Sponsor:
European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Collaborating Sponsors:
Novartis
Conditions:
Graft vs Host Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the response to treatment for extensive chronic Graft versus Host Disease (cGvHD)is improved with the addition of myfortic alongside cyclosporine A an...
Detailed Description
This clinical trial is a European, multi-center, randomized, double blinded placebo-controlled trial comparing CsA+PDN+MPA versus the reference treatment of CsA+PDN alone + placebo, in patients with e...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18 - 60
- Any primary diagnosis requiring treatment by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Recipient of a single allogeneic stem cell transplant (bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells, or cord blood) minimum 80 days ago
- Received a graft from a related or an unrelated donor
- Conditioning regimen: Myeloablative or non-myeloablative
- Patients suffering a first episode of extensive chronic GvHD, without recurrent disease
- The diagnosis of chronic GvHD requires the following:
- Distinction from acute GvHD
- Presence of at least one diagnostic clinical sign of chronic GvHD or presence of at least one distinctive sign confirmed by pertinent biopsy or other relevant diagnostic tests
- Exclusion of other possible diagnoses
- Receiving a standard prophylaxis regimen for acute GvHD: CsA plus methotrexate, or CSA+MMF for NMA, or a T-cell depleted transplant
- Patient gives written informed consent prior to randomization
Exclusion
- Patient age less than 18 years or over 60 years.
- GvHD prophylaxis by tacrolimus plus methotrexate
- Delayed onset acute GvHD following NMA or DLI
- Second allogeneic stem cell transplant
- Not the first episode of chronic GvHD needing systemic immunosuppressive therapy.
- Limited chronic GvHD (Seattle criteria, see Appendix 1)
- Uncontrolled systemic infection which in the opinion of the investigator is associated with an increased risk of the patient's death within 1 week of randomization
- In the opinion of the investigator, if the patient has significant medical or psychosocial problems or unstable disease status
- Pregnant or lactating females
- Known hypersensitivity to mycophenolic acid
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
34 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00298324
Start Date
September 1 2006
End Date
November 1 2010
Last Update
April 3 2015
Active Locations (8)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
Hopital St. Louis
Paris, France, 75475
2
University Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany, 93042
3
Ospedale San Martino
Genova, Italy, 16132
4
University Hospital
Maastricht, Netherlands, 6202