Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Liver Transplantation. Phase II Clinical Trial in Safety and Efficacy in Patients With Gradual Decrease of Immunosuppression.

NCT ID: NCT01824368

Last Updated: 2017-03-30

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-04-30

Study Completion Date

2016-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of extracorporeal photopheresis in patients with long-standing liver transplantation subjected to a progressive reduction of immunosuppression by complications arising from its use.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Liver Transplantation Immunosuppression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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People with liver transplantation

People with liver transplantation over 2 years following treatment with immunosuppression including cyclosporine or tacrolimus.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Extracorporeal Photopheresis Procedure (FEC)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The FEC will be held in the Cellex (Therakos), and authorized device in routine use in our unit for performing FEC in the treatment of graft-versus-host and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. After performing a blood count, will connect the patient to Cellex through a central or peripheral.

1500 mL typically be processed peripheral blood mononuclear fraction obtained by apheresis process. Then be added Uvadex (8-metoxipsolareno, 0.017 mL / mL) to the mononuclear fraction bag and proceed to photoactivation with UVA radiation.

Finally the photoactivated product is again infuse the patient. It will monitor the final blood count to assess hemoglobin and platelets. The entire procedure is performed in a single step and closed mode, with Cellex.

Interventions

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Extracorporeal Photopheresis Procedure (FEC)

The FEC will be held in the Cellex (Therakos), and authorized device in routine use in our unit for performing FEC in the treatment of graft-versus-host and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. After performing a blood count, will connect the patient to Cellex through a central or peripheral.

1500 mL typically be processed peripheral blood mononuclear fraction obtained by apheresis process. Then be added Uvadex (8-metoxipsolareno, 0.017 mL / mL) to the mononuclear fraction bag and proceed to photoactivation with UVA radiation.

Finally the photoactivated product is again infuse the patient. It will monitor the final blood count to assess hemoglobin and platelets. The entire procedure is performed in a single step and closed mode, with Cellex.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Have been receiving liver transplant two years ago.
* Be 18 years or older.
* Treatment with immunosuppression including cyclosporine or tacrolimus.
* Having a normal liver function in the last year
* Not have suffered acute rejection in the last year and have no chronic rejection
* Submit any significant side effects from medication immunosuppressive (hypertension, creatinine greater than 1.7 mgDl, diabetes, morbid obesity, osteoporosis, hyperlipidemia, severe hirsutism, neurotoxicity novo malignancy, etc.)
* Etiology of underlying disease: alcoholic cirrhosis with or without hepatocarcinoma, metabolic diseases, amyloidotic polyneuropathy family, biliary atresia, fulminant hepatitis non-A, non-B, non-C, cirrhosis cryptogenic and generally causes no viral or autoimmune.
* Patients offering sufficient guarantees of adherence to protocol
* Patients who give written informed consent for participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Underlying disease of the autoimmune (primary sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune cirrhosis, primary biliary cirrhosis) or epatocarcinoma about cirrhosis of viral or autoimmune.
* Patients with chronic rejection, or acute rejection in the last year.
* Patients with liver retransplantation.
* patients with history of hypersensitivity or idiosyncratic reactions to methoxsalen, psoralen the compounds or any of the excipients.
* patients with melanoma, cutaneous basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell coexistent.
* Patients with aphakia.
* Patients taking Oxoralen.
* Pregnant women or nursing mothers, or adults of childbearing age not using effective contraception.
* Participation in another clinical trial.
* Inability to understand informed consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Spanish National Health System

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universidad de Murcia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Public Health Service, Murcia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Red de Terapia Celular

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca

El Palmar, Murcia, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

Related Links

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http://www.red-tercel.com

Red de Terapia Celular (TerCel)

http://www.ffis.es

Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias Región de Murcia

http://www.murciasalud.es

Servicio Murciano de Salud

Other Identifiers

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2012-000633-39

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

FEC-TH

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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