Status:

COMPLETED

Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Liver Transplantation. Phase II Clinical Trial in Safety and Efficacy in Patients With Gradual Decrease of Immunosuppression.

Lead Sponsor:

Red de Terapia Celular

Collaborating Sponsors:

Spanish National Health System

Universidad de Murcia

Conditions:

Liver Transplantation

Immunosuppression

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of extracorporeal photopheresis in patients with long-standing liver transplantation subjected to a progressive reduction of immunosuppression by co...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Have been receiving liver transplant two years ago.
  • Be 18 years or older.
  • Treatment with immunosuppression including cyclosporine or tacrolimus.
  • Having a normal liver function in the last year
  • Not have suffered acute rejection in the last year and have no chronic rejection
  • Submit any significant side effects from medication immunosuppressive (hypertension, creatinine greater than 1.7 mgDl, diabetes, morbid obesity, osteoporosis, hyperlipidemia, severe hirsutism, neurotoxicity novo malignancy, etc.)
  • Etiology of underlying disease: alcoholic cirrhosis with or without hepatocarcinoma, metabolic diseases, amyloidotic polyneuropathy family, biliary atresia, fulminant hepatitis non-A, non-B, non-C, cirrhosis cryptogenic and generally causes no viral or autoimmune.
  • Patients offering sufficient guarantees of adherence to protocol
  • Patients who give written informed consent for participate in the study.
  • It is necessary that the patient meets all inclusion criteria.

Exclusion

  • Underlying disease of the autoimmune (primary sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune cirrhosis, primary biliary cirrhosis) or epatocarcinoma about cirrhosis of viral or autoimmune.
  • Patients with chronic rejection, or acute rejection in the last year.
  • Patients with liver retransplantation.
  • patients with history of hypersensitivity or idiosyncratic reactions to methoxsalen, psoralen the compounds or any of the excipients.
  • patients with melanoma, cutaneous basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell coexistent.
  • Patients with aphakia.
  • Patients taking Oxoralen.
  • Pregnant women or nursing mothers, or adults of childbearing age not using effective contraception.
  • Participation in another clinical trial.
  • Inability to understand informed consent.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01824368

Start Date

April 1 2013

End Date

April 1 2016

Last Update

March 30 2017

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University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca

El Palmar, Murcia, Spain, 30120