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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00441961
Date of registration: 28/02/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Radboud University
Public title: Treatment With High Dose Methotrexate in Patients With Eosinophilic Fasciitis
Scientific title: Treatment With High Dose Methotrexate in Patients With Eosinophilic Fasciitis
Date of first enrolment: October 2006
Target sample size: 6
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00441961
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     H. Knaapen, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Radboud University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Eosinophilic fasciitis as defined by clinical judgement of an expert,

- Histologically confirmed with a skin-fascia-muscle biopsy, and in additon:

- Either the presence of a modified skin score according to Zachariae of 8 or
higher (0-18), regarded as a generalised eosinophilic fasciitis or the presence
of severe contractures due to eosinophilic fasciitis lesions.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age < 18 yrs

- Contraindications to MTX: AST/ALT level > 2 times upper limit of normal, WBC count <
3.5 x 109/l or platelet count < 150 x 109/l, serum creatinine > 130 micromol/l or
clearance < 50 ml/min, confirmed by two repeated tests within one month.

- Chronic liver disease, insulin dependant diabetes mellitus, alcohol abuse

- Restrictive pulmonary disease (total lung capacity or vital capacity < 40% of
predicted) or interstitial lung disease (KCO < 60% of predicted)

- Pregnancy or child bearing potential without adequate contraception

- The presence of any serious co-morbidity or malignancy

- Use of other anti-folate drugs than MTX



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fasciitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: methotrexate
Primary Outcome(s)
Efficacy is evaluated after 6 months. [Time Frame: December 2008]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
mtx in eosinophilic fasciitis
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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