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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
UMIN ID: UMIN000000568

Registered date:29/12/2006

Evaluation of Clinical Effectiveness of High-dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin(HD-IVIg) Therapy in Pneumonia with Avian Influenza and Other Influenza

Basic Information

Recruitment status
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedSevere avian influenza and other severe influenza pneumonia
Date of first enrollment2006/08/01
Target sample size15
Countries of recruitmentJapan,Asia(except Japan)
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)High dose immunoglobulin 2g/kg/BW/day in addition to the basic therapy

Outcome(s)

Primary OutcomeSurvival at day 5, day 10 and day 30 after start of the treatment. If possible, the usefulness of this method for treatment will be compeared with historical cases.
Secondary OutcomeFeaver,X-ray,and Chest CT findings, laboratory data, blood chemistry, blood gas analysys MPO and Cytokines levels in serum.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimumNot applicable
Age maximumNot applicable
GenderMale and Female
Include criteria
Exclude criteria1) Individuals who do not meet the above mentioned criteria for cases. 2) Individuals who do not agree to sign the informed consents 3) Individuals who suffer from side effect(s) of H-IVIg and have to stop the transfusion. 4) Individuals who are transferred to other hospitals/departments which make the observation impossible. 5) Individuals who suffer from underlying diseases, which become severe when they get this disease(avian or other human influenza pneumonia) 6) Individual with Severe congestive heart failure 7) Individual with IgA deficiency 8)Individual with risk of thrombo-embolism 9)Individual with hemolytic anemia 10) Individual with Immune deficiency

Related Information

Contact

public contact
Name Koichiro Kudo
Address Japan
Telephone
E-mail kkudo@imcj.hosp.go.jp
Affiliation International Medical Center of Japan (IMCJ) Disease Control and Prevention Center (DCC)
scientific contact
Name Koichiro Kudo/Nguen Duc Hien
Address 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan(DCC) / 78 Giai Phong Str-Hanoi, Vietnam(NIITD) Japan
Telephone
E-mail
Affiliation International Medical Center of Japan (IMCJ)<Japan> National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Disease(NIITD)<Vietnam> Disease Control and Prevention Center (DCC) / National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Disease(NIITD)