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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03260556
Date of registration: 22/08/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Cincinnati
Public title: Pirfenidone for Progressive Fibrotic Sarcoidosis PirFS
Scientific title: Pirfenidone for Progressive Fibrotic Sarcoidosis
Date of first enrolment: September 27, 2017
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03260556
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Robert P Baughman, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 513-584-5225
Email: baughmrp@ucmail.uc.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:     Robert P Baughman, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Cincinnati
Name:     Robert P Baughman, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 513-584-5225
Email: bob.baughman@uc.edu
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of sarcoidosis

- Pulmonary function testing with a Composite Physiologic Index (CPI) score of greater
than 40

- Patient must have evidence of >20% fibrosis on high resolution cat scan

- Patients must be on a stable prednisone therapy for sarcoidosis for at least two
months and no change in other immunosuppressives in the two months prior to entry into
study

- Age greater than 18 and less than 90.

- Able to provide written informed consent for participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients receiving therapy for precapillary pulmonary hypertension.

- Patients with liver disease Childs class 3 or 4

- Patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 40%

- Patients receiving more than 20 mg prednisone daily or its equivalent

- Patients with massive hemoptysis within prior three months. Patients with mycetomas
are eligible as long as no massive hemoptysis in prior three months.

- Patients with clinically important co-existing disease which in the opinion of the
investigator is likely to affect patient's chance for survival during the course of
the study

- Patient who is pregnant, lactating, intending to become pregnant during the study, or
child bearing capacity who is not willing to use appropriate birth control methods
approved by investigator



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebos
Drug: Pirfenidone
Primary Outcome(s)
Time until clinical worsening (TCW) [Time Frame: two years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in forced vital capacity (FVC) [Time Frame: two years]
Change in CPI [Time Frame: two years]
Secondary ID(s)
2016-5706
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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