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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00089804
Date of registration: 13/08/2004
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
Public title: Study of LJP 394 in Lupus Patients With History of Renal Disease ASPEN
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Three-Arm, Parallel-Group, Multicenter, Multinational Safety and Efficacy Trial of 300 mg and 900 mg of Abetimus Sodium in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients With a History of Renal Disease
Date of first enrolment: October 2004
Target sample size: 943
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00089804
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Argentina Australia Belarus Brazil Bulgaria Czech Republic Former Serbia and Montenegro Georgia
Germany Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Italy Korea, Republic of Lebanon
Malaysia Mexico Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Serbia
Slovakia Spain Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Ukraine United States
Contacts
Name:     Michael J Tansey, MD, Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  Chief Medical Officer, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

- Active SLE renal disease within past 4 years.

- Males or females between 12 and 70 years old.

- Females must be non-pregnant and non-lactating. Females and males must use adequate
birth control methods during course of study.

- Ability to have weekly intravenous (IV) administration of study treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Active SLE renal disease within past 3 months prior to entering study.

- Use of the following therapies within 3 months prior to entering the study:
alkylating agents, e.g., cyclophosphamide, TNF inhibitors, cyclosporine.

- Use of mycophenolate mofetil that exceeds 1000 mg/day, azathioprine that exceeds 100
mg/day, methotrexate that exceeds 10 mg/week, leflunomide that exceeds 10 mg/day
within 2 months prior to entering study.

- Use of rituximab within 6 months prior to entering study.

- Current abuse of drugs or alcohol.



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Lupus Nephritis
Intervention(s)
Drug: abetimus sodium (LJP 394)
Drug: Phosphate-buffered saline
Drug: abetimus sodium (LJP 394) and/or placebo solution
Primary Outcome(s)
To determine whether abetimus sodium is more effective than placebo in delaying the time to renal flare in SLE patients with a history of SLE renal disease. Weekly administration with a 52-week treatment duration. [Time Frame: Time to event (12 months fixed treatment duration)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To determine whether treatment with abetimus sodium is more effective than placebo in delaying the time to Major SLE flare; and to determine whether treatment with abetimus sodium (LJP 394) is more effective than placebo in reducing proteinuria. [Time Frame: 12 month fixed treatment duration]
Secondary ID(s)
LJP 394-90-14
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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