Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Extracorporal Photopheresis With UVADEX Plus Standard Steroid Treatment for High Risk Acute Graft-versus-host Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Collaborating Sponsors:

Therakos

University Medical Center Regensburg

Conditions:

Acute-graft-versus-host Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a single arm phase 2 trial which includes patients with high risk acute GVHD defined as Ann Arbor score 2 or 3. The purpose of the study is to improve the outcome of these patients in terms of...

Detailed Description

This study is a single arm phase 2 study for adult patients who have acute GVHD Grade II-IV according to Glucksberg and Ann Arbor score 2 or 3 after first allogeneic stem cell transplantation. The sta...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • New onset high risk acute GvHD (Ann Arbor score 2/3 as defined in Appendix A) following allogeneic SCT. Any clinical severity in accordance with Glucksberg grade II-IV is eligible.
  • Any donor type (e.g., related, unrelated) or stem cell source (bone marrow, peripheral blood, cord blood). Recipients of non-myeloablative and myeloablative transplants are eligible.
  • No prior systemic treatment for acute GvHD except for a maximum of 7 days of methylprednisolone ≤2 mg/kg/day (or IV methylprednisolone equivalent) during the period from initiation of systemic steroid treatment for acute GvHD until study therapy begins. Topical skin steroid treatment and non-absorbable oral steroid treatment for GI GvHD are permissible.
  • Age 18 years or older.
  • Platelet count \> 25.000 (including platelet support)
  • Eastern Coorperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0≤2 unless due to aGvHD
  • Negative pregnancy test within 10 days before start of study if the patient is a woman of child-bearing Age
  • Direct bilirubin must be \<2 mg/dL unless the elevation is known to be due to Gilbert syndrome or aGvHD within 3 days before screening.
  • ALT/SGPT and AST/SGOT must be \<5 x the upper limit of the normal range within 3 days before screening.
  • Females/Males who agree to comply with the applicable contraceptive requirements of the protocol.
  • Written informed consent from patient.
  • Biopsy of acute GvHD target organ is strongly recommended but not required. Enrollment should not be delayed for biopsy or pathology results. Patients who do not enroll within 5 working days of Initiation of systemic steroid treatment for acute GvHD are not permitted to participate

Exclusion

  • Progressive or relapsed malignancy
  • Uncontrolled active infection
  • Patients with chronic GvHD
  • History of or current diagnosis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
  • Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women
  • Use of other drugs for the treatment of acute GvHD apart from ongoing GvHD prophylaxis and corticosteroids
  • Patients on dialysis
  • Patients requiring ventilator support
  • Evidence of known infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or active hepatitis B
  • Investigational agent within 30 days of enrollment without approval from the Sponsor/ Investigator (PI). (Off-label use of medication is not considered investigational unless in context of a formal study)
  • History of allergic reaction to 8-MOP
  • Concomitant diagnosis of malignant melanoma or basal cell carcinoma
  • Hypersensitivity or allergy to both heparin and citrate products (if hypersensitive or allergic only to one, exclusion does not apply)
  • Inability to tolerate extracorporeal volume shifts associated with ECP
  • Presence of aphakia
  • History of splenectomy
  • Leucocyte count \> 25.000/μl
  • Coagulopathy
  • Known photosensitive disease like systemic lupus erythematosus, porphyrias or albinism

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 18 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

24 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04291261

Start Date

May 18 2020

End Date

June 1 2025

Last Update

March 30 2025

Active Locations (4)

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Medical University of Graz, Department of Internal Medicine

Graz, Austria, 8036

2

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 20246

3

University Hospital Erlangen

Erlangen, Germany, 91054

4

University Medical Center Regensburg

Regensburg, Germany, 93053