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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02038036




Registration number
NCT02038036
Ethics application status
Date submitted
14/01/2014
Date registered
16/01/2014
Date last updated
20/07/2021

Titles & IDs
Public title
Ruxolitinib Efficacy and Safety in Patients With HU Resistant or Intolerant Polycythemia Vera vs Best Available Therapy.
Scientific title
Randomized, Open Label, Multicenter Phase IIIb Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Ruxolitinib Versus Best Available Therapy in Patients With Polycythemia Vera Who Are Hydroxyurea Resistant or Intolerant (Response 2)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CINC424B2401
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
RESPONSE-2
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Polycythemia Vera 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Experimental: Ruxolitinib - Ruxolitinib was administered at a starting dose of 10 mg twice a day (bid). Dose was adjusted based on efficacy and safety parameters up to a maximum dose of 25 mg bid.
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Confirmed diagnosis of PV according to the 2008 World Health Organization criteria, Non-palpable spleen, Phlebotomy dependent, Resistant to or intolerant of hydroxyurea, ECOG performance status of 0, 1 or 2.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Inadequate liver or renal function, Significant bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral infection requiring treatment, Active malignancy within the past 5 years, excluding specific skin cancers, Previously received treatment with a JAK inhibitor, Being treated with any investigational agent, Women who are pregnant or nursing.

Other inclusion/exclusion criteria apply.

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
Parallel
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
25/03/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
7/04/2020
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
149
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results are available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02038036