Status:
COMPLETED
Low-dose Interleukin-2 for Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Lead Sponsor:
Onur Boyman, MD
Conditions:
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multifactorial genesis. Recent research suggests a numerical and functional deficit of regulatory T (Treg) cells as an important contri...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Informed consent forms as documented by signature.
- Diagnosis of SLE according to the criteria issued by the American College of Rheumatology.
- Female and male patients older than 18 years.
- Corticosteroids given at a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
- Immunosuppressive medication must be unchanged for at least 4 weeks prior to enrollment (e.g. mycophenolate-mofetil and/or methotrexate, see exclusion criteria).
- Participants must present with the following organ functions as defined below:
- Cardiac: No myocardial infarction prior to enrollment. No symptoms of heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II or higher. No severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias. No clinical signs of angina pectoris. No acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities additionally documented by an electrocardiogram prior to study enrollment.
- Pulmonary: forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1) ≥50% (CTCAE grade 3 or lower) or diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) ≥40% of predicted values.
- Renal: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥30 ml/min/1.73m2.
- Hepatic: Adequate hepatic function (aspartate aminotransferase \[AST, also termed GOT\] and alanine aminotransferase \[ALT, also termed GPT\] ≤2-fold upper limit of normal; total bilirubin \<2.0 mg/dl, except for Gilbert-Meulengracht syndrome.
- The life expectancy of the patients should be greater than 12 months.
Exclusion
- Contraindication to IL-2, e.g. known hypersensitivity or allergy.
- Solid organ transplant (allograft) recipient.
- Exposure to any new additional immunosuppressive medication within 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
- Exposure to rituximab 3 months prior to enrollment.
- Exposure to cyclophosphamide 3 months prior to enrollment.
- Following concomitant medications above the indicated maximal dose (given orally unless otherwise stated):
- g) Hydroxychloroquine, \>400 mg/day h) Prednisone, \>20 mg/day (or equivalent) i) Azathioprine, \>2.5 mg/kg/day j) Mycophenolate-mofetil, \>3 g/day k) Methotrexate, injected subcutaneously, \>20 mg applied once weekly l) Belimumab, given intravenously, after induction \>10 mg/kg every 4 weeks (only 4 participants with Belimumab treatment will be recruited, after this recruitment goal is achieved, Belimumab at any dose becomes an exclusion criteria)
- Simultaneous use of Sirolimus and Tacrolimus at the same time. Either agent alone is allowed. (Risk of thrombotic microangiopathy in chronic graft-versus-host disease patients)
- Participation in another study with investigational drug within 100 days preceding and during the present study.
- History of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic-uremic syndrome or thrombotic microangiopathy.
- Any active uncontrolled infection.
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding.
- Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study.
- Lack of safe contraception, defined as:
- Female participants of childbearing potential, not using, not willing to use, and not willing to continue using a medically reliable method of contraception for the entire study duration, such as oral, injectable, or implantable contraceptives, or intrauterine contraceptive devices in addition to the use of condoms. Note that female participants who are surgically sterilized / hysterectomized or post-menopausal for longer than 2 years are not considered as being of childbearing potential.
- Male participants are obliged to use condoms as well to inform their partner about the participation in this trial. In addition, the partner must use a save method of contraception as described above.
- Other clinically significant concomitant disease states (e.g. renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, etc.).
- Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse.
- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders or dementia of the participant.
- Previous enrolment in the current study.
- Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons.
- Chronic infections:
- HIV-positive individuals (increased risk of severe infections).
- Patients suffering from active hepatitis B or C are ineligible.
- Patients suffering from active tuberculosis are ineligible. Patients with latent tuberculosis may be eligible if patient received adequate tuberculostatic treatment.
- Any reason at the discretion of the treating physician where treatment with the investigational drug could indicate a risk for the patient.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 8 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 23 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
16 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03312335
Start Date
August 8 2018
End Date
December 23 2019
Last Update
August 19 2020
Active Locations (1)
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1
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland