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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
UMIN ID: UMIN000001405

Registered date:02/10/2008

A Phase III, Double-Blind, Randomized Study of IDEC-C2B8 in Patients with Childhood-onset Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome

Basic Information

Recruitment status Complete: follow-up complete
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedChildhood-onset Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome
Date of first enrollment2008/10/01
Target sample size60
Countries of recruitmentJapan
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)IDEC-C2B8 placebo

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcomerelapse-free duration
Secondary Outcome

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum2years-old
Age maximumNot applicable
GenderMale and Female
Include criteria
Exclude criteria1. History of inflammatory nephritis such as IgA nephritis. 2. History of immunosuppressive treatment for INS other than cyclosporine A, tacrolimus, cyclophosphamide, mizoribine, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil and chlorambucil 3. History of serious infectious diseases such as pulmonary tuberculosis and deep-seated fungal diseases 4. Positive for HCV antibody, HBs antigen, HBc antibody and HIV antibody 5. Having received a live vaccine within 4 weeks prior to screening 6.Known hypertension which is uncontrollable with conventional anti-hypertensive 7. Deteriorated kidney function, e.g. estimated GFR<60mL/min./1.73m2 8. Deteriorated liver function, e.g., AST or ALT > 2.5 x upper limit of normal value 9. Presence or history of angina pectoris, cardiac failure, myocardial infarction and/or serious arrhythmia grade 4 in "Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (ver. 3.0)" 10. Presence or history of auto-immune diseases such as Hashimoto disease (struma lymphomatosa), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, systemic lupus erythematosus, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, scleroderma or vascular purpura 11. Presence or history of cancer 12. History of organ transplantation 13. History of allergic reaction to methylprednisolone, acetaminophen and/or d-chlorpheniramine maleate 14. Presence of hematological disorder, e.g., WBC < 2,000/mcL, neutrophil < 1,500/mcL, PLT < 50,000/mcL 15. History of receiving any kinds of monoclonal antibody therapy 16. Having received any investigational agent within 6 months prior to enrollment, or participating other clinical studies 17. Pregnant subjects or subjects who do not agree with contraception during the study period (Negative HCG result is required at screening for female subjects after the first menstruation.) 18.Judged inappropriate for this study by the physicians

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Contact

public contact
Name
Address Japan
Telephone
E-mail rcrns@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Kobe University Hospital Research group of Childhood-onset Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome
scientific contact
Name Kazumoto Iijima
Address 5-1 Kusunoki-cho 7 chome Japan
Telephone
E-mail
Affiliation Division of Child Health and Development Department of Pediatrics Kobe University Graduate School of medicine Department of Pediatrics