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Register: JPRN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2023
Main ID:  JPRN-UMIN000028010
Date of registration: 07/07/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Public title: Randomized, double-blind, parallel group comparison trial of Tocilizumab for colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever
Scientific title: Randomized, double-blind, parallel group comparison trial of Tocilizumab for colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever - Clinical trial of Tocilizumab for colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever
Date of first enrolment: 2018/03/01
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
URL:  https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000032030
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel Randomized  
Phase:  Not selected
Countries of recruitment
Japan
Contacts
Name: Kawakami    Atsushi
Address:  Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki Japan
Telephone: 095-819-7260
Email: atsushik@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Affiliation:  Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences
Name: Kawakami    Atsushi
Address:  Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki 8528501 Japan
Telephone: 095-819-7260
Email: atsushik@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Affiliation:  Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria: Patients applicable to even one of the following are excluded from the subject (1) Women who are breast-feeding, pregnant, or may become pregnant (2) Patients who have obvious infection within 4 weeks before the study and judged inappropriate by investigator or clinical trial doctor (3) Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to the components of tocilizumab (4) Patients who are recently being treated with biologics. (5) Patients with past history of tocilizumab (6) Patients who are routinely using corticosteroids (excluding topical therapy such as external preparations) due to diseases other than familial Mediterranean fever and whose investigator or clinical trial doctor judged inappropriate (7) Investigational drugs Patients falling under any of the following criteria for examination within one week prior to initial administration 1) Leukocyte count less than 3500 / microL 2) neutrophil count less than 1000 / microL 3) Lymphocyte count less than 500 / microL 4) Number of platelets less than 100000 / microL (8) Patients with active tuberculosis (9) Patients with a history of intestinal perforation (10) Patients who have interstitial pneumonia and who are judged inappropriate by investigators or clinical trial doctors (11) Patient diagnosed as having a malignant tumor within 5 years before the study. (12) Patients with active type B or C hepatitis or patients with a history of hepatitis B (13) Patients who have complicated serious diseases and who are judged inappropriate by investigators or clinical trial doctors as clinical trials (14) Patients inoculated with a live vaccine within 6 weeks before the study (15) Patients who are using other investigational drugs within 6 months before the initial investigational drug (16)Patients judged inappropriate by investigators or clinical trial doctors

Age minimum: 12years-old
Age maximum: Not applicable
Gender: Male and Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
familial Mediterranean fever
Intervention(s)
Tocilizumab
Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of fever attacks (up to 4 times) at 24 weeks
Secondary Outcome(s)
[Efficacy (at 24 weeks)] (1) Number of occurrences of accompanying symptoms during attacks (2) Time until fever attack occurs (3) Duration of fever attack (4) serum CRP, SAA (5) SF-36 Health Survey Questionnaire (6) General evaluation by doctor (100 mm VAS) (7) Body temperature (8) Percentage of achievement of FMF 50 at 12 weeks and 24 weeks [Safety] Adverse event [PK] Serum Tocilizumab level, CRP, ESR, sIL-6 receptor
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: YES
Approval date: 28/09/2018
Contact:
2745@ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Institutional Review Board, Nagasaki University Hospital
095-819-7256
2745@ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 10/12/2019
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