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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00603785
Date of registration: 11/01/2008
Primary sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Public title: Effects of Anti-IgE Antibody Omalizumab on Patients With Chronic Sinusitis
Scientific title: Effects of Anti-IgE Antibody Omalizumab (Xolair) on Patients With Chronic Sinusitis and a Positive Allergen Test
Date of first enrolment: January 2008
Target sample size: 25
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00603785
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Andrew Goldberg, MD
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Affiliation:  University of California, San Francisco
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Males and females between 18 and 75 years of age

- Chronic sinusitis as defined by symptoms for greater than 12 weeks despite treatment.

- Paranasal sinus CT scan showing evidence of chronic sinusitis.

- Positive skin or RAST test to an inhalant allergen.

- Serum total IgE between 30 and 700 International Units/ml.

- Body weight less than 150kg.

- Impaired quality of life as measured by the Rhinosinusitis Disability Index (RSDI).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Women of childbearing potential not using the contraception method(s) (Birth control
pills, depo Provera, double barrier) as well as women who are breastfeeding.

- Known sensitivity to Xolair

- Patients with severe medical conditions that in the view of the investigator
prohibits participation in the study (heart, lung, kidney, neurological, oncologic or
liver disease).

- Use of any other investigational agent in the last 30 days.

- No measurable disability on the RSDI.

- Immunocompromised patients or patients with ciliary disorders.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Sinusitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Xolair
Primary Outcome(s)
Subjects will have QOL measures (RSDI, SNOT 20, SF-36), NPIF, and nasal lavage repeated. Exacerbations of sinusitis requiring additional treatments will be recorded. Paranasal sinus CT scans will be obtained at the screening and final visits [Time Frame: At entry and every 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
07030836
BB-IND# 12452
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Chicago
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