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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT00311766
Date of registration: 04/04/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Public title: A Phase 2 Study on Effect of Thymosin Beta 4 on Wound Healing in Patients With Epidermolysis Bullosa
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Response Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Thymosin Beta 4 in the Treatment of Patients With Epidermolysis Bullosa
Date of first enrolment: February 2006
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00311766
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     David R Crockford
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Informed Consent form signed by the patient or patient's legal representative; also,
if the patient is under the age of majority but capable of providing assent, signed
assent from the patient

- Diagnosis of junctional or dystrophic EB.

- Patients who present with Hallopeau-Siemens subtype may be enrolled.

- At least one active, unroofed EB erosion on the limb or on the trunk.

- Lesion size 5 to 50 cm2, inclusive.

- Stable lesion present for 14-60 days before enrollment.

- More that one member in a family can be enrolled as long as that member is treated to
a different cohort with an assurance that the study medication will not be shared.

- No clinically significant abnormalities (Grade 2 or higher on the National Cancer
Institute [NCI] toxicity scale) on Screening laboratory tests, except for the
following specific laboratory threshold result: albumin must be 2 g/dL or higher;
hemoglobin must be 8 g/dL or higher.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Clinical evidence of local infection of the index (targeted) lesion.

- Use of any investigational drug within the 30 days before enrollment.

- Use of immunotherapy or cytotoxic chemotherapy within the 60 days before enrollment.

- Use of systemic or topical steroidal therapy within the 30 days before
enrollment.Inhaled steroids are allowed.

- Use of systemic antibiotics within the 7 days before enrollment.

- Current or former malignancy.

- Arterial or venous disorder resulting in ulcerated wounds.

- Diabetes mellitus.

- Pregnancy or breastfeeding during the study. (A serum pregnancy test will be performed
at Screening for female patients of childbearing potential.)



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Epidermolysis Bullosa
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Thymosin Beta 4
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) [Time Frame: 70 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants Whose Wounds Have Healed [Time Frame: 56 days]
Secondary ID(s)
0003031
SSEB
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 10/06/2013
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00311766
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