Status:

COMPLETED

Open-label Vitamin D Trial for Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

Lead Sponsor:

University of Pittsburgh

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Cystic Fibrosis

Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

12+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if giving people with CF and ABPA enough vitamin D to make their blood levels of the vitamin higher, will reduce the allergic response in their body and make the sy...

Detailed Description

Many patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) cough up mucus or have throat cultures that grow a common fungus called Aspergillus. In patients with CF, aspergillus is not known to cause direct damage to the...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female ≥ 12 years of age at enrollment
  • Confirmed diagnosis of CF based on the following criteria:
  • One or more clinical features consistent with the CF phenotype AND (b or c)
  • Positive sweat chloride \> 60 mEq/liter (by pilocarpine iontophoresis)
  • two identifiable mutations consistent with CF
  • Written informed consent (and assent when applicable) obtained from subject or subject's legal representative and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study.
  • Clinically stable at enrollment as assessed by the site investigator
  • Past or present respiratory culture positive for Aspergillus fumigatus
  • IgE ≥ 250 and/or presence of class II or higher aspergillus specific IgE on enrollment
  • Ability to comply with medication use, study visits and study procedures as judged by the site investigator -

Exclusion

  • 1\. Systemic corticosteroids (1 mg/kg if \< 20 kg or \> 20 mg of prednisone per day),.
  • 2\. Investigational drug use within 30 days of screening 3. Laboratory abnormalities at screening
  • a. Serum Calcium \> 11 mg/dl b. 25(OH) D \> 50 ng/ml at screening. c. Creatinine ≥ 1.5, or estimated GFR \<60 by Cockcroft-Gault or MDRD equation. d. LFT≥ 3xULN
  • 4\. History of transplantation or currently on lung transplant list 5. Positive serum pregnancy test at screening (to be performed on all post-menarche females) 6. Pregnant, breastfeeding, or if post-menarche female, unwilling to practice birth control during participation in the study 7. Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the site investigator would compromise the safety of the subject or the quality of the data 8. Diagnosis of HIV and a CD4+ T cell count below 500 cells/ml or active hepatitis B or C infection.
  • 9\. Undergoing therapy for non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

7 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01222273

Start Date

September 1 2010

End Date

September 1 2013

Last Update

March 29 2018

Active Locations (2)

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Comprehensive Lung Center - Falk Clinic

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213

2

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224