Status:

UNKNOWN

Efficacy and Safety of Tamibarotene(AM80) for Lupus Nephritis

Lead Sponsor:

Kinki University

Conditions:

Lupus Nephritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

An open-label study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of orally administered Tamibarotene to patients of Lupus Nephritis

Detailed Description

Tamibarotene is a synthetic retinoid presently approved in Japan for the treatment of APL, and in US, Europe and China it is still under development for APL. Compared to other retinoid drugs available...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Steroid refractory lupus nephritis
  • more than 10mg of steroid failed to control disease activity
  • patients who failed to reduce the amount of steroid
  • patients who couldn't increase the amount of steroid due to side effects
  • Urine Protein creatinine raio \> 0.5 or RBC in urine \>= 6 /HPF
  • Anti dsDNA antibody \> 10 IU/ml or complement C3 \< 84 mg/dl
  • Patients willing to take contraceptive measures throughout the study and for female patients two years after the study and for men six months after the study.

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding female patients
  • Hepatic failure patients
  • Triglyceride \> 500 mg/dl
  • Patients who started the immunosuppressant therapy or increased the amount of immunosuppressant within 8 weeks prior to test drug administration
  • Patients who received cyclophosphamide puls within 6 months prior to test drug administration
  • Patients with diabetics (HbA1c \> 8.0%)
  • Serum creatinine ≧1.5mg/dL
  • CNS( Central Nerve System) Lupus patients

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01226147

Start Date

September 1 2010

End Date

February 1 2013

Last Update

July 22 2011

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Kinki University Hospital

Osaka, Japan, 5898511