Prediction of Rituximab Hypersensitivity and Desensitization Treatment

NCT ID: NCT04610242

Last Updated: 2020-10-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-12-31

Brief Summary

This is a single-center prospective single arm study. The purpose of this study is to assess the usefulness of skin test as a diagnostic tool to predict the hypersensitivity to rituximab in Chinese population, evaluate the rate of hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) after the application of active desensitization therapy in the case of a positive skin test result, and investigate the mechanism of HSRs to rituximab.

Detailed Description

Patients with B-cell lymphomas who need the administration of rituximab are recruited. They undergo skin tests with rituximab before the first infusion of this medicine. In the case of a positive skin test result, the patient will receive the desensitization procedure; if the result of skin test is negative, the challenge test will be administered. Drug challenge test consists in administering the desired full dose of rituximab according to manufacturer instructions. Challenge is considered positive when it shows an objective HSR. The patient with a positive challenge test will receive the desensitization procedure; while the patient with a negative challenge test will be given standard rituximab infusion in the subsequent chemotherapies.

Peripheral blood will be drawn from all the subjects during their initial infusion of rituximab. If the patient shows hypersensitive symptoms, the blood will be drawn one hour after the onset of reaction; while if the patient has no HSR in the whole infusion process, the blood will be drawn at the end of infusion and used as negative control. Levels of tryptase, specific immunoglobulin E to rituximab, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α in the serum will be tested.

Conditions

Drug Hypersensitivity Reaction

Keywords

Rituximab; Drug hypersensitivity reaction; Skin test; Desensitization

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Experimental group

Patients undergo diagnostic tests before the initial infusion of rituximab, including skin prick tests, intradermal tests, and challenge tests successively. If the skin test shows a positive result, the patient will receive desensitization procedure, and if the skin test is negative, the challenge test will be done, meaning normal infusion of rituximab according to manufacturer instructions. All the HSRs in the process of desensitization or normal infusion will be recorded. Peripheral blood will be drawn from all the subjects during their infusion to investigate the mechanism of HSRs to rituximab.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

skin test

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

For skin prick tests (SPT), rituximab solution of 1mg/ml was applied on the volar aspect of the forearm. For intradermal tests (IDT), 0.02 mL of a 1:100 dilution (0.1mg/ml) of full-strength solution (10mg/ml) was injected first. If the result was negative, a 1:10 dilution（1mg/ml）was then used.

As to the desensitization protocol, three solutions with different concentrations are delivered in 12 consecutive steps, each step increasing the rate of drug administration by 2- to 2.5-fold. Solution 1 is a 100-fold dilution (0.01mg/ml) of the final target concentration, solution 2 is a 10-fold dilution (0.1mg/ml) of the final target concentration, and the concentration of solution 3 is the target concentration (1mg/ml). Each step takes 15 minutes until the target rate of 200ml/h is reached, and the final step is prolonged to complete the target dose. The whole procedure takes about 5.5 hours.

Interventions

skin test

For skin prick tests (SPT), rituximab solution of 1mg/ml was applied on the volar aspect of the forearm. For intradermal tests (IDT), 0.02 mL of a 1:100 dilution (0.1mg/ml) of full-strength solution (10mg/ml) was injected first. If the result was negative, a 1:10 dilution（1mg/ml）was then used.

As to the desensitization protocol, three solutions with different concentrations are delivered in 12 consecutive steps, each step increasing the rate of drug administration by 2- to 2.5-fold. Solution 1 is a 100-fold dilution (0.01mg/ml) of the final target concentration, solution 2 is a 10-fold dilution (0.1mg/ml) of the final target concentration, and the concentration of solution 3 is the target concentration (1mg/ml). Each step takes 15 minutes until the target rate of 200ml/h is reached, and the final step is prolonged to complete the target dose. The whole procedure takes about 5.5 hours.

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

desensitization for patients with positive skin test results

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with B cell lymphoma confirmed through pathological biopsy
• Patients who need the treatment of rituximab and have not received rituximab before

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant or lactating women
• Patients taking antihistamines in three days before the skin tests
• Long-term use of systemic corticosteroid
• Patients with skin lesions including infection, dermatitis, trauma or scar in both arms
• Patients with acute attack of asthma
• Patients with psoriasis
• Other conditions that the researchers consider inappropriate to participate in the trial

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

China

Facility Contacts

Lisha Li

Role: primary

Yan Zhang

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

PUMCH-Allergy-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id