Evaluation of the Discontinuation of Maintenance Corticosteroid Treatment in Quiescent Systemic Lupus

NCT ID: NCT02558517

Last Updated: 2016-08-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

136 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-31

Study Completion Date

2018-01-31

Brief Summary

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Systemic Lupus (SLE) is a chronic disease for which long term treatments are warranted. The aim of this study was to study the possibility of corticosteroids interruption in patients with quiescent SLE treated since at least one year with 5 milligrams of predonisone per day.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Prednisone maintenance

Patients will be kept under Prednisone 5 milligrams/day. Other treatments will be maintained (in particular HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, METHOTEXATE etc..)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Prednisone discontinuation

Prednisone will be stopped and remplaced by HYDROCORTISONE for one month (20 mg/day). Other treatments will be maintained (in particular HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, METHOTEXATE etc..)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

prednisone discontinuation

Intervention Type DRUG

randomization

Interventions

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prednisone discontinuation

randomization

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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prednisone maintenance

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with SLE according to the ACR revised criteria.
* Quiescent disease without flare since at least one year (SELENA SLEDAI \< or equal to 4, BILAG C, D or E, PGA 0) \_ Treatment with 5 milligrams/day of prednisone since at least 1 year

Exclusion Criteria

* failure to sign the informed consent or unable to consent
* Patient participating to another clinical trial
* Pregnancy or plan to become pregnant
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Cohen Aubart

MD, PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Zahir AMOURA, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière

Locations

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Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, Service de médecine Interne 2, Institut e3m

Paris, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Zahir AMOURA, MD

Role: CONTACT

+33 1 42 17 80 01

Fleur COHEN AUBART, PD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+33 1 42 17 82 42

Facility Contacts

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Zahir AMOURA, MD

Role: primary

+33 1 42 17 80 01

References

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Mathian A, Pha M, Haroche J, Cohen-Aubart F, Hie M, Pineton de Chambrun M, Boutin THD, Miyara M, Gorochov G, Yssel H, Cherin P, Devilliers H, Amoura Z. Withdrawal of low-dose prednisone in SLE patients with a clinically quiescent disease for more than 1 year: a randomised clinical trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Mar;79(3):339-346. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216303. Epub 2019 Dec 18.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31852672 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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medint002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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