Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Interleukin-2 Therapy of Autoimmunity in Diabetes (ITAD)

Lead Sponsor:

University of Oxford

Collaborating Sponsors:

Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU)

Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford

Conditions:

Type1 Diabetes

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-18 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this study is to see if a drug called aldesleukin, can preserve insulin production in children and young adults recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. One group will receive ald...

Detailed Description

Investigators know that the longer people with diabetes can produce their own insulin, the better it is for the control of their blood glucose levels and long-term complications. People get type 1 di...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Have given written informed consent to participate or assent with parental consent
  • Be aged 6-18 years
  • Be diagnosed with T1D (Type 1 Diabetes) (at least one autoantibody positive), requiring insulin treatment
  • Be within 6 weeks from diagnosis of T1D (at screening)
  • Have a random C-peptide \> 200 pmol/l
  • Normal full blood count

Exclusion

  • Non-type 1 diabetes (type 2 or monogenic diabetes) and secondary diabetes
  • Pre-existing autoimmune disease (excluding type 1 diabetes)
  • Hypersensitivity to aldesleukin or any of the excipients
  • History of severe cardiac disease (NYHA Class III or IV)
  • History of malignancy within the past 5 years (with the exception of adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ)
  • Clinically significant abnormal laboratory values (out of range and associated with clinical symptoms or signs) in haematology, biochemistry, thyroid, liver and kidney function
  • Pre-existing severe major organ dysfunction or seizure disorders
  • Participation in another clinical trial (CTIMP) within 4 months prior to screening
  • Females who are pregnant, lactating or intend to get pregnant during the study
  • Females of childbearing potential who are unwilling or unable to comply with contraceptive advice and regular pregnancy testing throughout the trial
  • Sexually active males who are unwilling or unable to comply with contraceptive advice
  • Current use of immunosuppressive agents or steroids
  • Current treatment with hepatotoxic, nephrotoxic, myelotoxic, or cardiotoxic products
  • Active clinical infections - participants can be recruited after a minimum period of 48 h after last day of feeling unwell or last day of antibiotic/anti-viral treatment
  • Any medical history or clinically relevant abnormality that is deemed by the principal investigator and/or medical monitor to make the participant ineligible for inclusion because of a safety concern
  • Children with compliance problems (families where the local investigators consider that problems with compliance may be an issue)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 28 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

41 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03782636

Start Date

January 28 2019

End Date

September 1 2026

Last Update

October 3 2025

Active Locations (5)

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Oxford Children's Hospital

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX3 9DU

2

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Bristol, United Kingdom

3

Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge, United Kingdom

4

The Great North Children's Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom