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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Verified September 2014 by Northwestern University
Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Richard Burt, MD, Northwestern University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00278629
First received: January 16, 2006
Last updated: September 23, 2014
Last verified: September 2014
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Purpose
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is disease believed to be due to immune cells, cells which normally protect the body, but are now attacking the nerves in the body. As a result, the affected nerves fail to respond, or respond only weakly, to stimuli causing numbing, tingling, pain, and progressive muscle weakness. The likelihood of progression of the disease is high. This study is designed to examine whether treating patients with high dose cyclophosphamide (a drug which reduces the function of the immune system) and ATG (a protein that kills the immune cells that are thought to be causing your disease), followed by return of the previously collected blood stem cells will stop the progression of CIDP. Stem cells are undeveloped cells that have the capacity to grow into mature blood cells, which normally circulate in the blood stream. The purpose of the high dose cyclophosphamide and ATG is to destroy the cells in the immune system. The purpose of the stem cell infusion is to evaluate whether this treatment will produce a normal immune system that will no longer attack the body.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| Polyneuropathy | Biological: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation | Phase 2 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Non-myeloablative Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Phase II Trial |
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
U.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Northwestern University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Survival;Disease improvement;Time to disease progression [ Time Frame: 5 years after transplant ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 50 |
| Study Start Date: | March 2005 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2016 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
| Experimental: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation will be performed after conditioning regimen
| Biological: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
|
Show Detailed Description Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- EMG definite CIDP according to the EFNS / EPS criteria (section 3.2.4c) AND
- Clinically typical CIDP (section 3.2.4 b) AND
- Failure to tolerate or respond to, or an incomplete response to, or relapse after at least 3 months of conventional treatment consisting of corticosteroids (equivalent dosage of prednisone 1.0/mg/day to 0.75mg/kg/day to start with adequate tapering trials of no less than 0.5mg/kg/day), and either IVIG or plasmapheresis
- Failure to respond to therapy is defined by :
- Persistent muscle weakness Grade 3/5 or worse (MRC) in at least one muscle or grade 4/5 in at least two muscle groupsOR
- Persistent dysphagia documented by either aspiration or insufficient clearing on video fluoroscopic examination.OR
- Persistent incapacitating sensory loss (e.g. gait ataxia, falls > 1/month)AND
- If patients are on IVIG or plasmapheresis, neurologic condition is documented to deteriorate (for example, new, increase fingertip parasthesias, or increased leg heaviness) upon stopping IVIG (or plasmapheresis)@
- Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MUGS) (in which the pathogenesis of are thought to be the same as CIDP) will be allowed provided bone marrow aspirate and biopsy rules out multiple myeloma.
-Other immune mediated variants of CIDP will be included if they have auto- antibodies e.g. Anti GM1 or Anti-MAG.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any evidence of hereditary cause for neuropathy that is known or likely hereditary demyelination neuropathy because of family history, foot deformity, mutilation of hands or feet, retinitis pigmentosa, ichthyosis, or liability to pressure palsies.
- Diptheria, drug, or toxin exposure likely to be cause of neuropathy
- Multifocal motor neuropathy
- Presence of sphincter disturbance
- Conditions in which the pathogenesis of the neuropathy may be different from CIDP such as: Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi infection), POEMS syndrome, Osteosclerotic myeloma, malignancies such as Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, and Castleman's)
- Multiple myeloma
- HIV positive
- Insulin dependent Diabetes mellitus
- Chronic active hepatitis
- Age > 65 years old or < 18 years old
- Significant end organ damage such as (not caused by CIDP):
- LVEF <40% or deterioration of LVEF during exercise test on MUGA or echocardiogram.
- Untreated life-threatening arrhythmia.
- Active ischemic heart disease or heart failure or myocardial infarction within the last 6 months
- DLCO <40% or FEV1/FEV < 50%
- Serum creatinine >2.0.
- Liver cirrhosis, transaminases > 2 x of normal limits or bilirubin >2.0 unless due to Gilbert disease.
- Prior history of malignancy except localized basal cell or squamous skin cancer.
- Positive pregnancy test, inability or unwillingness to pursue effective means of birth control, or failure to willingly accept or comprehend irreversible sterility as a side effect of therapy.
- Psychiatric illness or mental deficiency making compliance with treatment or informed consent impossible.
- Inability to give informed consent.
- Major hematological abnormalities such as platelet count less than 100,000/ul or ANC less than 1000/ul.
- Failure to collect at least 2.0 x 106 CD34+ cells by apheresis and, if necessary, bone marrow harvest is a contraindication to treatment, i.e., receiving the conditioning regimen.
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00278629
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00278629
Contacts
| Contact: Dzemila Spahovic, MD | 312-695-4960 | d-spahovic@northwestern.edu |
Locations
| United States, Illinois | |
| Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine | Recruiting |
| Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611 | |
| Principal Investigator: Richard Burt, MD | |
| Sub-Investigator: Kathleen Quigley, R.N.;MBA | |
| Sub-Investigator: Kimberly Yaung, R.N. | |
| Principal Investigator: Robert Sufit Sufit, MD | |
| Sub-Investigator: Jeff Allen, MD | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Northwestern University
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Richard Burt, MD | Northwestern University |
More Information No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Richard Burt, MD, MD, Northwestern University |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00278629 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | NU FDA CIDP.AUTO2003 |
| Study First Received: | January 16, 2006 |
| Last Updated: | September 23, 2014 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
| Polyneuropathies Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Demyelinating Diseases | Immune System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Neuromuscular Diseases Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Polyradiculoneuropathy |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 17, 2014
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