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Registration number
NCT00987389
Ethics application status
Date submitted
23/09/2009
Date registered
30/09/2009
Date last updated
26/05/2020

Titles & IDs
Public title
Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids for Treatment of Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasm Antibody (ANCA) - Associated Vasculitis
Scientific title
Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoid Dosing in the Treatment of Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasm Antibody Associated Vasculitis: an International Randomized Controlled Trial
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
R01FD00351604
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
PEXIVAS
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
PEXIVAS
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener's) (GPA) 0 0
Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Respiratory 0 0 0 0
Other respiratory disorders / diseases
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Diseases of the vasculature and circulation including the lymphatic system
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Autoimmune diseases
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Other inflammatory or immune system disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Surgery - Plasma Exchange
Other interventions - No Plasma Exchange
Treatment: Drugs - Glucocorticoids [Standard Dose]
Treatment: Drugs - Glucocorticoids [Reduced Dose]

Experimental: Plasma Exchange with Standard Glucocorticoids - Participants in this arm undergo plasma exchange and take a standard glucocorticoid dose.

Active comparator: No Plasma Exchange with Standard Glucocorticoids - Participants in this arm do not undergo plasma exchange and take a standard glucocorticoid dose.

Experimental: Plasma Exchange with Reduced-Dose Glucocorticoids - Participants in this arm undergo plasma exchange and take a reduced glucocorticoid dose.

Active comparator: No Plasma Exchange with Reduced-Dose Glucocorticoids - Participants in this arm do not undergo plasma exchange and take a reduced glucocorticoid dose.


Treatment: Surgery: Plasma Exchange
Plasma exchange is a procedure whereby blood is taken from the body and separated by a machine into blood cells and plasma, which is the liquid part of blood. The plasma is discarded and the blood cells are returned to the body with a plasma substitute.

Other interventions: No Plasma Exchange
No plasma exchange.

Treatment: Drugs: Glucocorticoids [Standard Dose]
During the study, a standard glucocorticoids dose regimen will be compared to a reduced glucocorticoids dose regimen. All subjects' patients will receive the same glucocorticoids dose for the first two weeks then the dose will decrease following a standard regimen.

Treatment: Drugs: Glucocorticoids [Reduced Dose]
During the study, a standard glucocorticoids dose regimen will be compared to a reduced glucocorticoids dose regimen. All subjects' patients will receive the same glucocorticoids dose for the first two weeks then the dose will decrease following a reduced regimen.
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Treatment: Surgery
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Other interventions
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Composite of i) All-cause Mortality or ii) End-stage Renal Disease
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Time frame varied by subject: minimum of 1 year - maximum of 7 years
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants With Sustained Remission
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Time frame varied by subject: minimum of 1 year - maximum of 7 years
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Rate of Serious Infection Events
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Time frame varied by subject: minimum of 1 year - maximum of 7 years
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Health-related Quality of Life Using the SF-36 Physical Composite
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12 months
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Health-related Quality of Life Using the SF-36 Mental Composite
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12 months
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Health-related Quality of Life Using the EQ-5D Index Descriptive System
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12 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
• New or previous clinical diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis consistent with the Chapel-Hill consensus definitions

AND

• Positive test for proteinase 3-ANCA or myeloperoxidase-ANCA

AND

* Severe vasculitis defined by at least one of the following:

1. Renal involvement characterized by both of the following:

* Renal biopsy demonstrating focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis or active urine sediment characterized by glomerular haematuria or red cell casts and proteinuria

AND
* eGFR <50 ml/min/1.73 m2
2. Pulmonary hemorrhage due to active vasculitis defined by:

* A compatible chest x-ray or CT scan (diffuse pulmonary infiltrates)

AND
* The absence of an alternative explanation for all pulmonary infiltrates (e.g. volume overload or pulmonary infection)

AND
3. At least one of the following:

* Evidence of alveolar hemorrhage on bronchoscopic examination or increasingly bloody returns with bronchoalveolar lavage
* Observed hemoptysis
* Unexplained anemia (<10 g/dL) or documented drop in hemoglobin >1 g/dL)
* Increased diffusing capacity of carbon dioxide
* Provision of informed consent by patient or a surrogate decision maker
Minimum age
15 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* A diagnosis of vasculitis other than granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis
* Positive serum anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody test or renal biopsy demonstrating linear glomerular immunoglobulin deposition
* Receipt of dialysis for >21 days immediately prior to randomization or prior renal transplant
* Age <15 years
* Pregnancy at time of study entry
* Treatment with >1 IV dose of cyclophosphamide and/or >14 days of oral cyclophosphamide and/or >14 days of prednisone/prednisolone (>30 mg/day) and/or >1 dose of rituximab within the 28 days immediately prior to randomization
* A comorbidity that, in the opinion of the investigator, precludes the use of cyclophosphamide, glucocorticoids, or plasma exchange or absolutely mandates the use of plasma exchange
* Plasma exchange in 3 months prior to randomization

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Factorial
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/05/2010
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/08/2017
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
704
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA
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Canberra Hospital - Garran
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Concord Repatriation General Hospital - Concord
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John Hunter Hospital, - New Lambton Heights
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Prince of Wales Hospital - Randwick
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Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital - Herston
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Nambour Hospital - Nambour
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Flinders Medical Centre, - Adelaide
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Royal Adelaide Hospital - Adelaide
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Monash Medical Centre - Clayton
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St Vincent's Hospital - Fitzroy
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The Geelong Hospital - Geelong
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Austin Hospital - Heidelberg
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The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville
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Fremantle Hospital, - Fremantle,
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- Fremantle,
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- Southport
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
University of Pennsylvania
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Other
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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University of Birmingham
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Government body
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether plasma exchange as well as immunosuppressive therapy are effective in reducing death and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The trial will also study whether a reduced cumulative dosing regimen of glucocorticoids is as effective as a standard disease regimen.

The FDA-OOPD is one of the funding sources for this study.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00987389
Trial related presentations / publications
Walsh M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Szpirt W, Guillevin L, Pusey CD, De Zoysa J, Ives N, Clark WF, Quillen K, Winters JL, Wheatley K, Jayne D; PEXIVAS Investigators. Plasma exchange and glucocorticoid dosing in the treatment of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody associated vasculitis (PEXIVAS): protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2013 Mar 14;14:73. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-73.
Walsh M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Szpirt WM, Puechal X, Fujimoto S, Hawley CM, Khalidi N, Flossmann O, Wald R, Girard LP, Levin A, Gregorini G, Harper L, Clark WF, Pagnoux C, Specks U, Smyth L, Tesar V, Ito-Ihara T, de Zoysa JR, Szczeklik W, Flores-Suarez LF, Carette S, Guillevin L, Pusey CD, Casian AL, Brezina B, Mazzetti A, McAlear CA, Broadhurst E, Reidlinger D, Mehta S, Ives N, Jayne DRW; PEXIVAS Investigators. Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 13;382(7):622-631. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1803537.
Jayne D, Walsh M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Szpirt W, Puechal X, Fujimoto S, Hawley C, Khalidi N, Jones R, Flossmann O, Wald R, Girard L, Levin A, Gregorini G, Harper L, Clark W, Pagnoux C, Specks U, Smyth L, Ito-Ihara T, de Zoysa J, Brezina B, Mazzetti A, McAlear CA, Reidlinger D, Mehta S, Ives N, Brettell EA, Jarrett H, Wheatley K, Broadhurst E, Casian A, Pusey CD. Plasma exchange and glucocorticoids to delay death or end-stage renal disease in anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis: PEXIVAS non-inferiority factorial RCT. Health Technol Assess. 2022 Sep;26(38):1-60. doi: 10.3310/PNXB5040.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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David Jayne, MD
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00987389