Overview

A Multicentre Investigation of 2 Cycles Rituximab Compared With Standard Regimen in Management of Steroid-Resistant/Relapsed Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)

Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2016-01-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The project was undertaking by Qilu Hospital, Shandong University and other several well-known hospitals in China. In order to report the efficacy and safety of Rituximab in different frequencies for the treatment of adults with steroid-resistant/relapsed immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).
Phase:
Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Shandong University
Treatments:
Rituximab
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. Meet the diagnostic criteria for immune thrombocytopenia.

2. Untreated hospitalized patients, may be male or female, between the ages of 18 ~ 80
years.

3. To show a platelet count <30×10^9/L, and with bleeding manifestations.

4. Willing and able to sign written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Received chemotherapy or anticoagulants or other drugs affecting the platelet counts
within 3 months before the screening visit.

2. Received second-line ITP-specific treatments (eg, cyclophosphamide, 6-mercaptopurine,
vincristine, vinblastine, etc) within 3 months before the screening visit.

3. Received high-dose steroids or IVIG in the 3 weeks prior to the start of the study.

4. Current HIV infection or hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infections.

5. Severe medical condition (lung, hepatic or renal disorder) other than chronic ITP.
Unstable or uncontrolled disease or condition related to or impacting cardiac function
(e.g., unstable angina, congestive heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension or cardiac
arrhythmia)

6. Female patients who are nursing or pregnant, who may be pregnant, or who contemplate
pregnancy during the study period.

7. Have a known diagnosis of other autoimmune diseases, established in the medical
history and laboratory findings with positive results for the determination of
antinuclear antibodies, anti-cardiolipin antibodies, lupus anticoagulant or direct
Coombs test.

8. Patients who are deemed unsuitable for the study by the investigator.