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Cyclophosphamide and rATG With Hematopoietic Stem Cell Support in Systemic Scleroderma

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00278525

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Official title

Trial of High Dose Cyclophosphamide and Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin (rATG) With Hematopoietic Stem Cell Support in Patients With Systemic Scleroderma: A Randomized Trial

Brief summary

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Scleroderma is a systemic disorder categorized as an immunologically mediated disease that causes collagen deposition of skin and visceral organs. The molecular pathogenesis of scleroderma has been elusive, although vasculopathy and immune mediated mechanisms are thought to be important. Once extensive cutaneous or visceral disease occurs, prognosis is significantly shorter than the general population. Although various treatments have been tried, none of them seems to have changed the natural history of scleroderma. Standard dose immunosuppressive treatment has been disappointing. Recently, cyclophosphamide at 1-2 mg/kg/day orally or 800-1400 mg intravenous (IV) monthly for 6-9 months has proven effective in treatment of scleroderma alveolitis (1). Recent phase I studies of immunoablation with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) showed some promising data, but the exact efficacy is undetermined (2,3). We now propose, as a phase II randomized study, autologous unmanipulated PBSCT versus pulse cyclophosphamide in patients with systemic scleroderma.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00278525
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Northwestern University
Other
Enrollment
19 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug · Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
Up to 60 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Aug 31, 2005
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2011
Completion
Nov 30, 2012
Last update posted
Apr 29, 2014

2005 – 2012

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago Illinois 60611

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