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For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00122330




Registration number
NCT00122330
Ethics application status
Date submitted
18/07/2005
Date registered
22/07/2005
Date last updated
4/12/2006

Titles & IDs
Public title
Study Using Eculizumab in Transfusion Dependent Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Patients
Scientific title
Randomized, Double-Blind, and Placebo-Controlled Study Using Eculizumab in Transfusion Dependent PNH Patients
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
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Haematological diseases

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - eculizumab

Treatment: Drugs: eculizumab
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Must have required at least 4 transfusions in the past 12 months

- PNH type III red blood cell (RBC) clone by flow cytometry of >10%

- Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level > 1.5 x upper limit of normal

- Platelet count > 100,000/mm3

- Patient taking erythropoietin must be on a stable dose for at least 26 weeks

- Patient taking immunosuppressants must be on a stable dose for at least 26 weeks

- Patient taking corticosteroids must be on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks

- Patient taking coumadin must be at a stable INR for at least 4 weeks

- Patient taking iron supplements or folic acid must be on a stable dose for 4 weeks

- Willing and able to give written informed consent

- Must avoid conception
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Mean hemoglobin level prior to transfusion over the previous 12 months is >10.5 gm/dl

- Absolute neutrophil count <500/ul

- Active bacterial infection

- Hereditary complement deficiency

- Participation in any other investigational drug trial or exposure to other
investigational agent, device, or procedures within 30 days

- Pregnant, breast-feeding, or intending to conceive

- History of meningococcal disease

- History of bone marrow transplantation

Study design
Purpose of the study
Educational/counselling/training
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
Blinded (masking used)
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/10/2004
Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
Date of last data collection
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Actual
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Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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Princess Alexandra Hospital, Oncology Haematology Radiation Department - Woolloongabba
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Dept. of Haematology - Woodville South
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Royal Melbourne Hospital, Dept. of Clinical Haematology & Medical Oncology - Parkville
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The Royal Perth Hosptial, Department of Haematology/Level 2 - Perth
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4102 - Woolloongabba
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5011 - Woodville South
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3050 - Parkville
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6000 - Perth
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Ethics approval
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Summary
Brief summary
The primary objective is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of eculizumab in transfusion
dependent patients with hemolytic PNH.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00122330
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Contacts
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