Status:

COMPLETED

Complement Inhibition Using Eculizumab to Overcome Platelet Transfusion Refractoriness in Patients With Severe Thrombocytopenia

Lead Sponsor:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Thrombocytopenia

Alloimmune Platelet Refractoriness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Background: \- Platelets are tiny cells in the blood that help stop bleeding. Thrombocytopenia happens when people do not have enough normal platelets. Getting a transfusion of another person s plate...

Detailed Description

Platelet transfusion can be a life-saving procedure in preventing or treating serious bleeding in patients who have low and/or dysfunctional platelets. Treatment of blood cancer and other blood diseas...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Ages 18-75 years inclusive.
  • Ability to comprehend the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent.
  • Thrombocytopenia (due to congenital causes, bone marrow failure, hematologic malignancies, and treatment related), defined as \<10k/uL without bleeding or \<30K/uL with evidence of life threatening bleeding (intracranial hemorrhage, GI bleeding, pulmonary hemorrhage, uncontrolled epistaxis, hematuria).
  • Diagnosed with immune platelet refractoriness, characterized by all of the following:
  • Lack of adequate post-transfusion platelet count increment, defined by, CCI \<7500/ul at 10-60 min, and CCI \<5000/ul at 18-24 hrs (in those who had a CCI at 10-60 min greater than or equal to 5000/microl)after at least 2 consecutive transfusions.
  • Presence of anti-HLA class A and/or B antibody.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Active meningococcal infection.
  • Severe psychiatric illness. Mental deficiency sufficiently severe as to make making informed consent impossible.
  • Positive pregnancy test for women of childbearing age within 1 week.
  • HIV positive test within 3 months
  • Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) disease with evidence of intravascular hemolysis.
  • Presence ITP/autoimmune thrombocytopenia
  • Immune platelet refractoriness responsive to treatment with IVIG
  • RE-ENROLLMENT CRITERIA:
  • Meet response criteria to the initial treatment or second treatment
  • Meets all initial inclusion/exclusion criteria

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 21 2014

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 8 2017

    Estimated Enrollment :

    10 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT02298933

    Start Date

    November 21 2014

    End Date

    August 8 2017

    Last Update

    January 3 2019

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    National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike

    Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892