A Study of Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

NCT ID: NCT00947674

Last Updated: 2012-12-06

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

52 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-05-31

Study Completion Date

2012-10-31

Brief Summary

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This is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, sham treatment controlled multicenter study.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Ulcerative Colitis

Keywords

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Cellsorba EX

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Cellsorba EX

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cellsorba EX

Intervention Type DEVICE

conduct treatment twice a week for 3 weeks and once a week for 4 weeks, total 10 times

Sham treatment

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Cellsorba EX

Intervention Type DEVICE

conduct treatment twice a week for 3 weeks and once a week for 4 weeks, total 10 times

Interventions

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Cellsorba EX

conduct treatment twice a week for 3 weeks and once a week for 4 weeks, total 10 times

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients diagnosed to have UC in the active stage based on clinical symptoms and findings from endoscopy
* Patients with pancolitis type or left-sided colitis type lesion of 15 cm or longer observed endoscopically
* Patients with Mayo score between 5 and 10
* Patients with Mayo sub-score (findings from flexible sigmoidoscopy) of 2 or 3
* Patients not having received any corticosteroids (referred to as steroids) (p.o., i.v., enema, suppository) within the past 6 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with a difficulty in peripheral vascular access
* Patients having received ACE inhibitor (at least 10 times of its half-life time for interval needed before initiating the treatment)
* Patients with toxic megacolon
* Patients with a malignant disease or its experience
* Patients with a severe cardiovascular disease (grade III or IV by the Classification of heart functions of the New York Heart Association (NYHA))
* Patients with a liver or kidney disease (AST(GOT) or ALT(GPT) or total bilirubin or creatinine level which is 2 or more times higher than the upper limit of normal (abbreviated as ULN, hereinafter)
* Patients suspected to have or having HBV or HCV or HIV or pathogenic bacteria
* Patients on anticoagulant therapy or with abnormality in the blood coagulation system (PT or PTT levels which are 1.5 or more times higher than ULN
* Pregnant women or patients with possible pregnancy
* Breast feeding women
* Patients weighing 40 kg or less
* Patients with hemoglobin level of less than 6.5 mmol/L (10.5 g/dL)
* Patients with platelet count of less than 150 x 103/mm3, 150 x 109/L (15 x 104/mm3)
* Patients with white blood cell count of less than 3.5 x 109/L (3,500/mm3)
* Patients with hypotension (with systolic blood pressure of 80 mmHg or less)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Asahi Kasei Medical Europe GmbH

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Asahi Kasei Medical Co., Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Prague, , Czechia

Site Status

Hanover, , Germany

Site Status

Rostock, , Germany

Site Status

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Tel Aviv, , Israel

Site Status

Hyōgo, , Japan

Site Status

Tokyo, , Japan

Site Status

Gothenburg, , Sweden

Site Status

Stockholm, , Sweden

Site Status

Oxford, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Southampton, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Czechia Germany Israel Japan Sweden United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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NEWS80

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id