NCT00838513

Open Label Controlled Trial of Eculizumab in Adult Patients With Plasma Therapy-sensitive Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)

An Open-label, Multi-center Controlled Clinical Trial of Eculizumab in Adult Patients With Plasma Therapy-sensitive Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (AHUS)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether eculizumab is safe and effective in the treatment of adult patients with plasma therapy-sensitive Atypical Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (aHUS).

Conditions

• Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	eculizumab	All patients received open-label eculizumab administered intravenously on the following dose schedule: Induction dose - 900 mg per week for four weeks and a dose of 1200 mg one week later; Maintenance dose - 1200 mg every two weeks. Patients who received plasma exchange or infusion during the eculizumab treatment period received a supplemental dose of 600 mg within one hour before plasma infusion or within one hour after the completion of each plasma exchange.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-07-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2009-02-06
• Last updated: 2015-07-23
• Results posted: 2015-01-26

Locations

13 sites across 7 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom