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UnknownNCT00824954

Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Children and Young Adults With Refractory Acute Graft Versus Host Disease

Evaluation of Extracorporeal Photochemotherapy in Children and Young Adults With Refractory Acute Graft Versus Host Disease After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (estimated)
Sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Purpose : to evaluate the efficacy of ECP in children with refractory acute GVHD This study addresses patients with persistent GVHD after steroid and/or monoclonal antibody therapy

Detailed description

One arm. Six sessions in two weeks. Classification in complete response (resolution of all signs of GVHD), partial response (improvement of at least one grade) or absence of response (Glucksberg criteria). Tapering depending on patient condition during weeks 2 to 10. Final evaluation at week 10. Steroid therapy tapering at the discretion of the investigator.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREECP (performed on Themos UVAR-XTS or external UVA irradiator after cell collection by apheresis)ECP (performed on Thermos UVAR-XTS or external UVA irradiator after cell collection by apheresis)

Timeline

Start date
2009-06-01
Primary completion
2012-06-01
Completion
2012-12-01
First posted
2009-01-19
Last updated
2011-01-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00824954. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.