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Register: KCT
Last refreshed on: 23 February 2021
Main ID:  KCT0000549
Date of registration: 2012-10-04
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Ajou University Hospital
Public title: Evaluation of clinical efficacy of autologous gamma-globulin therapy for the patients with recalcitrant atopic dermatitis
Scientific title: Evaluation of clinical efficacy of autologous gamma-globulin therapy for the patients with recalcitrant atopic dermatitis
Date of first enrolment: 2012-10-04
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://cris.nih.go.kr/cris/en/search/search_result_st01.jsp?seq=18901
Study type:  Interventional Study
Study design:  Primary Purpose : Treatment, Intervention Model : Single Group, Blinding/Masking : Open, Allocation : Not Applicable  
Phase:  Not applicable
Countries of recruitment
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Name: Myoung-Eun    Kim
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Affiliation:  Ajou University Hospital
Name: Dong-Ho    Nahm
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Affiliation:  Ajou University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult patients with recalcitrant atopic dermatitis (age = 16 years) whose clinical conditions has not been effectively controlled by current standard medical therapies (topical moisturizers, topical corticosteroids, topical calcineurin inhibitors, and oral antihistamines) for more than 2 months and who are also compatible with criteria for autologous blood donation will be recruited. Written informed consent on this study will be received from all the participating patients.

[Autologous blood donation criteria]
1) Body weight: Men =50Kg, Women = 45Kg
2) Blood Platelet: = 150,000/?
3) Hemoglobin : = 11 g/dL
4) Blood pressure: Systolic blood pressure 90 ~ 179 mmHg,
Diastolic blood pressure < 100mmHg
5) Pulse : 50 ~ 100 (time/minute)
6) Temperature : = 37.5?

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria
1) Patients under the age of 16 year.
2) Patients who are unable to agree on their own (emergency patients, patients with mental disability, patients with limited capacity to consent due to stroke or delirium caused by diabetes).
3) Patients with severe disease whose expected survival duration is less than 3 months.
4) Pregnancy or planned pregnancy within 1 year
5) Skin condition not appropriate for blood sampling and transfusion


Age minimum: 16(Year)
Age maximum: 60(Year)
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diseases of the blood and blood -forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
Intervention(s)
Procedure/Surgery : Autologous gamma-globulin purified from the autologous plasma will be administered to the patients by subcutaneous (or intramuscular) injection, twice a week for 4 weeks (total 8 injections).
Primary Outcome(s)
Standardized clinical severity scoring system for atopic dermatitis (SCORAD) values measured before and after the treatment at 1 or 4 week intervals
Secondary Outcome(s)
Blood test parameters (serum immunoglobulin, allergen-specific IgE, IgG autoantibodies, serum eosinophil cationic protein, cytokine, etc)
QOL measured before and after the treatment at 1 or 4 week intervals
Requirement for medication measured before and after the treatment at 1 or 4 week intervals
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Ministry of Health & Welfare
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Submitted approval
Approval date: 17/09/2012
Contact:
Ajou University Hospital Institutional Review Board, Suwon, Republic of Korea
+82-31-219-5569
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 19/02/2021
Date Completed:
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