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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00171860
Date of registration: 13/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Public title: A Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Imatinib Mesylate in Patients With Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Scientific title: A Study to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Imatinib Mesylate in Patients With Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: September 2002
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00171860
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Belgium
Contacts
Name:   Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Affiliation:  Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndromes are included provided they belong to one of the
following categories:

1. previously treated and showing documented resistance or refractoriness to, or
intolerance of, prednisone, hydroxyurea or interferon-alpha.

2. not previously treated but with documented Fip1L1-PDGFRA fusion protein

Exclusion Criteria:

- Other diseases associated with hypereosinophilia

- Serum creatinine, serum bilirubin, AST, ALT more than twice the upper normal limit.

- ECOG performance status >3

Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria may apply.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: imatinib mesylate
Primary Outcome(s)
Rate of complete and partial response and relapse
Secondary Outcome(s)
Bone Marrow Analysis
Disease-Related Symptoms and Signs
Organ Involvement
Peripheral blood detection of Fip1L1-PDGFRA tyrosine kinase
Secondary ID(s)
CSTI571ABE01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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