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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02342171
Date of registration: 12/01/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Public title: Emergency Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in Guinea Ebola-Tx
Scientific title: Emergency Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in Guinea
Date of first enrolment: February 2015
Target sample size: 606
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02342171
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Guinea
Contacts
Name:     Johan van Griensven, MD
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Affiliation:  ITM
Name:     Niankoye Haba, MD
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Affiliation:  National Blood Transfusion Centre (NBTC), Conakry, Guinea
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- PCR-confirmed, symptomatic infection with Ebola virus

- Patient's, guardian's or representatives' willingness to provide written informed
consent

Exclusion Criteria:

A patient is not eligible to receive CP if they meet one of the following criteria:

- History of allergic reaction to blood or plasma products (as judged by the
investigator or treating physician);

- Medical conditions in which receipt of additional fluid related to the transfusion
(250-500 ml or in the case of children 10 ml/kg) may be detrimental to the patient
(e.g. decompensated congestive heart failure or renal failure).

- Patients in shock unresponsive to fluid challenge

- Patients in shock with signs of multi-organ failure, defined as oliguria/anuria AND
impaired consciousness AND/OR jaundice

- Condition of patient where the procedure of plasma administration carries a risk for
the staff



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
Intervention(s)
Other: Convalescent Plasma
Primary Outcome(s)
Survival at Day 14 After Start of Intervention [Time Frame: 14 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Mortality Risk Factor: Age [Time Frame: 30 days]
Number of Participants With 30 Days Survival [Time Frame: 30 days]
Mortality Risk Factor: Ct [Time Frame: 30 days]
Number of Professional Safety Incidents [Time Frame: 9 months]
Titer of Ebola Viral RNA [Time Frame: 30 days]
Number of Participants Who Died Corresponding to EV Antibody Levels (Anti-EBOV IgG) [Time Frame: 14 days]
Number of Participants Who Died Corresponding to EV Antibody Levels (Neutralizing Antibodies) [Time Frame: 14 days]
Number of Transfusion-related Serious Adverse Reactions (SARs) [Time Frame: 30 days]
Secondary ID(s)
ITM0614
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Belgian Red Cross
Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry
Médecins Sans Frontières, Belgium
University of Oxford
World Health Organization
International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium
National Center for Training and Research of Maferinyah, Guinea
Etablissement Français du Sang
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Aix Marseille Université
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
UBIVE, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale. Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Sénégal
National Blood Transfusion Centre (NBTC), Conakry, Guinea
University of Liverpool
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 01/07/2019
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02342171
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