Status:

COMPLETED

Hydroxychloroquine Versus Placebo in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Collaborating Sponsors:

Sanofi

Conditions:

Primary Sjögren's Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SJp) affects 0.1% of the population. This systemic autoimmune disease systemic is characterized by disabling dryness, fatigue and pain, and systemic complications in 30% of...

Detailed Description

Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SJp) affects 0.1% of the population. This systemic autoimmune disease systemic is characterized by disabling dryness, fatigue and pain, and systemic complications in 30% of...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Patients suffering from primary Sjögren's syndrome according to the European-American consensus group criteria
  • Male and female aged of 18 or more
  • Conducting a clinical examination beforehand.
  • Having undergone less than 6 months before an ophthalmological examination, which did not counter-indicated hydroxychloroquine.
  • Patient without heart conduction disturbance (PR\>=0.2 sec and QRS\>=0.08 sec).
  • Patient with the ability to give informed, dated and signed consent before the beginning of any proceedings related to the trial
  • Patients treated with corticosteroids and / or NSAIDs, and / or cyclosporine, and / or pilocarpine must have received stable doses of these treatments during the month preceding inclusion.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • SJ associated with other autoimmune diseases
  • Retinopathy /severe cataract/ monophthalmos
  • Previous or ongoing treatment by hydroxychloroquine
  • Treatment by another immunosuppressant not interrupted at least 4 weeks prior to inclusion, or 6 months prior to inclusion for cyclophosphamide or rituximab
  • lymphoma or other severe SJp complications: vasculitis responsible for a documented renal, neurological, digestive or heart involvement, glomerular disease associated with hematuria and / or proteinuria \> 0.5 g / d), CNS involvement, peripheral neurological involvement with motor deficiency scored at 3 or less on a scale of 5 , interstitial pneumonitis, recent symptomatic cryoglobulinemia with neurological, renal, or other systemic involvement, myositis with motor deficiency (isolated purpura is not an exclusion criteria)
  • Chronic Alcoholism
  • Hepato-cellular insufficiency
  • Creatinine clearance \<60 ml / min
  • Risk of lost follow-up
  • People younger than 18, major trusteeship and guardianship, or deprived of liberty
  • Pregnancy /Breastfeeding
  • Hypersensitivity to chloroquine or to hydroxychloroquine or any of the other constituents of Plaquenil
  • Psoriasis or intermittent porphyria.
  • G6PD deficiency, congenital galactosemia, malabsorption syndrome, glucose and galactose, or lactase deficiency.
  • Non-membership in a social security system.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    May 1 2012

    Estimated Enrollment :

    120 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00632866

    Start Date

    March 1 2008

    End Date

    May 1 2012

    Last Update

    July 3 2012

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    Hopital Bicëtre

    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, 94275