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Registration number
NCT00054613
Ethics application status
Date submitted
5/02/2003
Date registered
6/02/2003
Date last updated
16/08/2017

Titles & IDs
Public title
Safety and Efficacy Study of Photopheresis Plus Standard Therapy to Treat Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
Scientific title
A Randomized Single-Blind Study of Extracorporeal Photoimmune Therapy With UVADEX in Conjunction With Standard Therapy Alone for the Treatment of Patients With Corticosteroid-Refractory, Corticosteroid-Dependent, or Corticosteroid-Intolerant Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
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GvHD-SK1
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Documented skin disease classical for chronic GvHD (e.g. hypopigmentation, hyperpigmentation, lichenoid lesions, sclerodermatous lesions)greater than or equal to 100 days post transplantation.
* Patients with documented chronic GvHD that is corticosteroid refractory, corticosteroid dependent or corticosteroid intolerant.
* Women of childbearing potential must agree to use a reliable method of birth control for the duration of this study.
* Patients must weight at least 40 kg (88 lbs.)
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Active gastrointestinal bleeding
* Previous treatment with ECP
* Females who are pregnant and/or lactating

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Randomised controlled trial
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Blinded (masking used)
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Phase
Phase 2
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Recruitment
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Completed
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1/06/2002
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Recruitment in Australia
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NSW
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St. Vincent's Hospital - Darlinghurst
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Peter MacCallum - East Melbourne
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Alfred Hospital - Melbourne
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Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville
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2010 - Darlinghurst
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- East Melbourne
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- Melbourne
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3050 - Parkville
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Washington
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Austria
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Vienna
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Lyon Cedex 03
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France
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Paris
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Germany
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Dresden
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Germany
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Essen
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Germany
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Leipzig
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Germany
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Genova
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Basel
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Ankara
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Mallinckrodt
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Ethics approval
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Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether extracorporeal photoimmune therapy with UVADEX (ECP) added to standard therapy is effective in the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00054613
Trial related presentations / publications
Smith EP, Sniecinski I, Dagis AC, Parker PM, Snyder DS, Stein AS, Nademanee A, O'Donnell MR, Molina A, Schmidt GM, Stepan DE, Kapoor N, Niland JC, Forman SJ. Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for treatment of drug-resistant graft-vs.-host disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 1998;4(1):27-37. doi: 10.1016/s1083-8791(98)90007-6.
Greinix HT, Volc-Platzer B, Knobler RM. Extracorporeal photochemotherapy in the treatment of severe graft-versus-host disease. Leuk Lymphoma. 2000 Feb;36(5-6):425-34. doi: 10.3109/10428190009148389.
Flowers ME, Apperley JF, van Besien K, Elmaagacli A, Grigg A, Reddy V, Bacigalupo A, Kolb HJ, Bouzas L, Michallet M, Prince HM, Knobler R, Parenti D, Gallo J, Greinix HT. A multicenter prospective phase 2 randomized study of extracorporeal photopheresis for treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease. Blood. 2008 Oct 1;112(7):2667-74. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-03-141481. Epub 2008 Jul 11. Erratum In: Blood. 2009 Apr 30;113(18):4478.
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00054613