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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00176553
Date of registration: 12/09/2005
Primary sponsor: University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
Public title: A Pilot Study of Dextromethorphan for the Prevention and Treatment of Methotrexate Neurotoxicity
Scientific title: A Pilot Study of Dextromethorphan for the Prevention and Treatment of Methotrexate Neurotoxicity
Date of first enrolment: March 2003
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00176553
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Peter Cole, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Newly diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) or OS.
Patients will be separately stratified and randomized by disease.

- Patients with history of seizures are eligible but will be stratified separately.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) will be excluded from the study,
because of the risk of severe drug interactions.

- Pregnant or lactating women.



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 21 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neurotoxicity Syndromes
Intervention(s)
Drug: Dextromethorphan
Primary Outcome(s)
To determine whether dextromethorphan decreases the subacute toxicities associated with intravenous and intrathecal methotrexate [Time Frame: 5 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To determine whether dextromethorphan can alleviate acute or subacute neurotoxicity when it does occur after intravenous or intrathecal methotrexate [Time Frame: 5 years]
Secondary ID(s)
3708
CINJ#110113
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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