NCT00844545

Open Label Controlled Trial of Eculizumab in Adult Patients With Plasma Therapy-Resistant aHUS

An Open-Label, Multi-Center Controlled Clinical Trial of Eculizumab in Adult Patients With Plasma Therapy-Resistant Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (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-resistant 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: 2009-05-01
• Primary completion: 2010-09-01
• Completion: 2013-07-01
• First posted: 2009-02-16
• Last updated: 2015-07-23
• Results posted: 2014-12-01

Locations

17 sites across 5 countries: United States, Austria, France, Germany, United Kingdom