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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00622687
Date of registration: 14/02/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Public title: Effect of Different Iloprost Doses on Symptoms in Systemic Sclerosis ILODOSE
Scientific title: Comparision Between Maximally Tolerated Intravenous Iloprost Doses Versus Low-Dosed Iloprost for a 21-Day Treatment Course
Date of first enrolment: September 1997
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00622687
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:     Gabriela Riemekasten, MD
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Affiliation:  Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients with secondary Raynaud`s phenomenon suffering from severe Raynaud-`s
phenomenon with trophical changes or from digital ulcers with written informed
consent. Patients had to be stable for their systemic disease and were on stable
medication concerning immunosuppression or vasoactive therapies for three months.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current smokers, patients with a history of gastric ulcers in the last three months,
a cardiac ejection fraction below 25%, patients with severe organ involvement or
other uncontrolled diseases such as instable angina pectoris, severe anaemia,
coagulopathies, azothaemia, cerebral stroke in the last 6 months or malignant
diseases were excluded from the study. The last iloprost therapy had to be finished
at least 6 months ago. Participation in other studies during the last 4 weeks was
also not allowed. For fertile women, a negative pregnancy test was required.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Systemic Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: iloprost low dose
Drug: iloprost therapy up to 2 ng/kg x min
Drug: iloprost
Primary Outcome(s)
Healing of digital ulcers [Time Frame: 5 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
side effecs [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Frequency of RP [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
changes in lung function [Time Frame: 4 years]
Duration of RP [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
subjective improvement of esophagus function [Time Frame: 1 year]
subjective benefit from iloprost therapy [Time Frame: 1 year]
changes in MRSS [Time Frame: 6 years]
Secondary ID(s)
Schering GmbH
ILO-1998
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Schering-Plough
Ethics review
Results
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