跳至主要内容
临床试验/ISRCTN20381716
ISRCTN20381716已完成2 期

Adjuvant rituximab – a potential treatment for the young patient with Graves’ hyperthyroidism

ewcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust0 个研究点目标入组 27 人开始时间: 2016年11月3日最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
2 期
状态
已完成
发起方
入组人数
27

研究概览

简要总结

2019 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30670519 protocol (added 12/02/2020) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34687316/ (added 03/03/2022)

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • 1. Excess thyroid hormone concentrations at diagnosis: elevated free tri-iodothyronine (FT3) and / or free thyroxine (based on local assay)
  • 2. Suppressed (un-recordable) TSH (based on local assay)
  • 3. Patients between the ages of 12-20 years inclusive who are less than 6 weeks from the initiation of anti-thyroid drug treatment (carbimazole or propylthiouracil) for the first time
  • 4. Elevated thyroid binding inhibitory immunoglobulin or thyroid receptor antibodies (TRAb including TBII) based on local assay. Patients may or may not have a raised TPO antibody titre
  • 5. All patients must be willing to use effective forms of contraception for 12 months post-treatment with Rituximab
  • 6. If females are of childbearing potential, they must have a negative pregnancy test at screening. This will need to be repeated on the day of RTX administration if more than 7 days has elapsed since the screening visit or a negative pregnancy test.
  • 7. Able and willing to adhere to a 2 year study period

排除标准

  • 1. Previous episodes of autoimmune thyroid disease
  • 2. Patients with an active, severe infection (e.g. tuberculosis, sepsis and opportunistic infections) or severely immunocompromised patients
  • 3. Patients with known allergy or contraindication to carbimazole and propylthiouracil
  • 4. Participants with previous use of immunosuppressive or cytotoxic drugs (including Rituximab and methylprednisolone but excluding inhaled glucocorticoid and oral glucocorticoid for asthma or topical glucocorticoid for eczema)
  • 5. Chromosomal disorders known to be associated with an increased risk of autoimmune thyroid disease including Downs’ syndrome and Turners’ syndrome
  • 6. Pregnancy, planned pregnancy during the study period or current breast-feeding
  • 7. Absence of informed consent from parent/legal guardian for participants age < 16 years
  • 8. Participants with previous use of immunosuppressive or cytotoxic drugs (including Rituximab and methylprednisolone but excluding inhaled glucocorticoid and oral glucocorticoid for asthma or topical glucocorticoid for eczema)
  • 9. Participants with significant chronic cardiac, respiratory or renal disorder or non-autoimmune liver disease. • Participants with known allergy or contraindication to Rituximab or methylprednisolone
  • 10. Participants with evidence of Hepatitis B/C infection, assessed by determining hepatitis ‘B’ surface antigen (HBsAg) status, hepatitis ‘B’ Core antibody (HB Core antibody) status and hepatitis ‘C’ virus antibody (HCV antibody) status
  • 11. Participants in families who know they will be moving out of the catchment areas during the 2 years following RTX treatment
  • 12. Participants currently involved in any other clinical trial of an IMP or who have taken an IMP within 30 days prior to trial entry

研究者

发起方
ewcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

相似试验