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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00661401
Date of registration: 14/04/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
Public title: Specific IgG Antibody in Patients With Primary Antibody Deficiencies Treated With Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin
Scientific title: Serum IgG Antibody to Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Haemophilus Influenzae Type b and Tetanus Toxoid in Patients With Primary Antibody Deficiencies Treated With Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Infusions
Date of first enrolment: January 2002
Target sample size: 5
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00661401
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Albertina RB Pizzamiglio, md MSc
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Affiliation:  Federal University of São Paulo
Name:     Aparecida T Nagao-Dias
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Affiliation:  Federal University of Ceará
Name:     Beatriz T Costa Carvalho, md PhD
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Affiliation:  Federal University of São Paulo
Name:     Charles K Naspitz, md MSc
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Affiliation:  Federal University of São Paulo
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- a diagnosis of a primary immunodeficiency disease with hypo-or agammaglobulinemia

- diagnosis performed according to the WHO definitions

- already been treated with Intravenous immunoglobulin or subcutaneous immunoglobulin
for at least 6 months prior to enrollment into this study

- documented IgG trough levels (at least two values), type of used IgG preparation,
dosage and dosage interval over a period of 6 months prior to enrollment into this
study

Exclusion Criteria:

- history of hypersensitivity to the study medication or to drugs with similar chemical
structures

- hypersensitivity to IgA

- subjects currently requiring <400 or > 600 mg/kg/b.w. immunoglobulin per month

- subjects whose dosage intervals for IV Ig are < 3 weeks

- know pregnancy or positive pregnancy test

- nursing mothers

- childbearing potential, if an acceptable birth control is not practiced

- history of chronic or persisting renal insufficiency (serum creatinine above upper
limit of normal)

- history of chronic or persisting hepatic insufficiency (ALT> 2 times the upper limit
of normal)

- risk of developing acute renal failure (Diabetes mellitus, volume depletion, sepsis,
paraproteinemia)

- any symptomatic heart disease requiring treatment (NYHA class II or above)

- history of seizure disorder

- history or risk for occlusive vascular disease

- indication of active hepatitis A, B, or C at screening (HAV-PCR, HBV-PCR, or HCV-PCR
positive)

- detection of HIV-1 PCR positive

- likelihood of requiring treatment during the study period with drugs not permitted by
the study protocol

- progressive fatal disease/life expectancy of less than 12 months

- history of drug or alcohol abuse

- pathological mental condition rendering the subject unable to understand, scope and
possible consequences of the study and/or evidence of an uncooperative attitude

- treatment with nephrotoxic drugs during the last 3 weeks

- treatment with any other investigational drug in the last 3 months before study entry
or likelihood of treatment with another investigational grug during the study period

- evidence of uncooperative attitude

- vaccination against hepatitis B within 3 months before enrollment into the study

- former participation in this trial



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Common Variable Immunodeficiency
Agammaglobulinemia
Intervention(s)
Biological: gammaglobulin
Primary Outcome(s)
Specific IgG levels were measured using ELISA. Adequate response was arbitrarily defined as equal to or higher than 1.3 mg/L to pneumococci (Sorensen RU et al 1998), 1.0 mg/L to Hib (Takano AO 1997) and 0.1 IU/mL to tetanus toxoid (Kayhtyh et al 1983). [Time Frame: Samples from patients blood was collected every 4 weeks on 7 different occasions immediately before infusions.All patients were treated with subcutaneous immunoglobulin for 43 weeks.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
310570
315970
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
CSL Behring
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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