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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00335985
Date of registration: 08/06/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Japan Blood Products Organization
Public title: Efficacy and Safety Study of GB-0998 for Treatment of Steroid-resistant Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis (PM/DM)
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Clinical Study of GB-0998 for the Steroid-resistant Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis
Date of first enrolment: June 2006
Target sample size: 26
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00335985
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Japan
Contacts
Name:     Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Professor
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Affiliation:  Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have been defined as "definite" based on the criteria of Bohan and Peter
for polymyositis and dermatomyositis.

- Patients who are defined as steroid-resistant ones based on the changes of scores on
manual muscle testing (MMT) and serum levels of creatine kinase (CK) during
observation period before administration of drug.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with malignant tumors.

- Patients with acute interstitial pneumonia, including acute exacerbation of chronic.

- Patients with severe muscular atrophy for a long period.

- Patients with severe infectious disease.

- Patients who have the anamnesis of shock or hypersensitivity to this drug.

- Patients with severe hepatic disorder or severe renal disorder.

- Patients who have the anamnesis of cerebral infarction or ischemic heart disease, or
who having symptom of these diseases.

- Patients who have been diagnosed as IgA deficiency in their past history.

- Pregnant, lactating, and probably pregnant patients, and patients who want to become
pregnant.

- Patients who were administered immunoglobulin dosage within 6 weeks before consent.



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Dermatomyositis
Polymyositis
Intervention(s)
Drug: GB-0998
Drug: Placebo of GB-0998
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in manual muscle strength (MMT) scores [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Adverse events and laboratory tests [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Changes in the serum levels of creatine kinase (CK) and total scores of activities of daily living (ADL) [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
0998-12
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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