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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00054600
Date of registration: 05/02/2003
Primary sponsor: Therakos
Public title: Safety and Efficacy Study of Photopheresis With UVADEX to Prevent Graft-versus-Host Disease
Scientific title: A Study of Extracorporeal Photopheresis With UVADEX in the Setting of a Standard Myeloablative Conditioning Regimen for the Prevention of Graft-versus-Host Disease in Patients Undergoing an Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant or Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant
Date of first enrolment: June 2002
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00054600
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Australia Brazil Germany Italy Portugal Slovakia Turkey United Kingdom
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with a diagnosis of a malignancy of the blood (e.g. leukemia) for which
allogeneic bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation is a treatment
option.

- Patients who are candidates for a standard allogenic bone marrow transplant or PBSC
transplant.

- Patients must have adequate renal, hepatic, pulmonary and cardiac function to enable
the patient to tolerate shifts in the volumes of body fluids associated with
extracorporeal photopheresis, as determined by the physician's clinical judgement.

- Patients must weigh at least 40 kg (88 lbs)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have received a prior bone marrow transplant or peripheral blood stem
cell transplant.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Methoxsalen
Procedure: Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
GvHD Prevention
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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