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Personalised Pharmacological Approach to the Tapering of Corticosteroid Doses in Systemic Lupus Patients Treated With Prednisone

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Interventions
Other: Blood samples
Registration Number
NCT03187743
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

This research study is a multicentre prospective pharmacokinetic study. The clinical and biological data will be collected in the framework of a prospective study. The drug to be evaluated is a glucocorticoid routinely used to treat Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patient. Initial dose of prednisone must be oral and at least 0.5mg/Kg/day, but the precise dosage and the tapering regimen will be determined according to the clinical judgment of the investigator. The duration of the research period for each patient will be 3 months. Three visits (which are all usual care visits) will be needed within the 3 months of the study for collecting data and/or blood sampling

Detailed Description

Until now, glucocorticoids always play a leading role in the lupus treatment, and the lupus's prognosis has been greatly improved by the treatment of serious flare-ups with a combination of high-dose corticosteroids and immunosuppressants, notably mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) together with hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), survival at 10 years being 70 to 90%. However, corticosteroid treatment is also a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and with 60 years of experience, consensus about "appropriate" dosages, route of administration and tapering regimes has not been reached. In addition, there is a large variability in clinical response to corticosteroid therapy which may be attributed to heterogeneity of SLE, drugs interaction or to environmental and genetic factors, especially to polymorphism of the MDR (multi-drug resistance) -1 and NR3C1 (glucocorticoid nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1). There are no previous studies investigating the role of MDR-1 and NR3C1 genes polymorphisms in the response to corticosteroids in lupus patients Drug monitoring of immunosuppressive drugs has been largely explored in renal transplantation and in a lesser extend in SLE (especially for mycophenolic acid). Relationship between prednisolone PK and clinical efficacy/toxicity have been also shown previously especially in renal transplant population. In patients with SLE, only two small series (8 children, 25 adults) have explored this relationship, and suggested that SLE activity and corticosteroid toxicity might be related to prednisolone AUC. Thus, limited data suggest that prednisone monitoring may optimize treatment efficacy and minimize adverse events.

The DECOR study will aim :

1. to search for relationship between prednisolone PK and SLE disease activity in a large series of patients in order to improve the rational of prednisone doses in lupus patients

2. to identify pharmacogenetic factors influencing the response to steroid in order to identify patients sharing a high probability of being responders or resistant to corticosteroids.

This approach could be applied to all inflammatory diseases requiring prolonged corticosteroid treatment, and thus, be a major progress in the use of this old treatment.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
72
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient aged ≥ 6 years

  • Patient who met the American College of Rheumatology criteria (ACR) or the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Classification (SLICC) for systemic lupus erythematosus.

  • Patients needs (re)initiation of oral prednisone regimen at least at 0.5 mg/Kg/d(or >30mg/d for patients >60 kg) in combination with mycophenolate mofetyl or mycofenolic acid or cyclophosphamide at usual dose including :

    i) patient who receives bolus of methylprednisolone the week before and/or the week after inclusion for treating the lupus flare ii) patient who was previously treated by a low-prednisone dose (≤ 7.5 mg/d in patients ≥ 60 kg and ≤ 0.1 mg/kd/d in patient < 60 kg).

iii) patient who was previously treated by prednisone ≥ 0,5 mg/kg/d (or >30mg/d for patients >60 kg) but stopped since at least one month before inclusion

  • Patient with stable doses of other immunosuppressive or biological drugs before inclusion (at least 15 days for Imurel, Methotrexate, Tacrolimus ; at least 6 months for Rituximab, Belimumab) and during the 3 months of patient participation in the study.
  • Signed informed consent form by the patient (if aged ≥ 18 years), or by the parents / legal guardian and patient's agreement (if aged < 18 years)
  • Patient affiliated to the health insurance system
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient presents contraindications to corticosteroids
  • Patient presents contraindications to MMF, mycofenolic acid or cyclophosphamide for patient receiving immunosupressor
  • Patient cannot be treated by oral way
  • Patient whose physician has planned to stop prednisone in less than 3 months
  • Patient (or parents for minor) are unable to give a written informed consent for physical or psychical reasons
  • Patient disagrees with the study

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Pharmacokinetics/dynamicsBlood samplesBlood samples at 3 visits
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
SELENA-SLEDAI score3 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Primary parameters : volume of distributionDay 0, 1 month, 3 months

To study the pharmacokinetics of prednisolone in a population of patients with SLE

Primary parameters : absorption constantDay 0, 1 month, 3 months

To study the pharmacokinetics of prednisolone in a population of patients with SLE

Secondary parameters : trough concentrationDay 0, 1 month, 3 months

To study the pharmacokinetics of prednisolone in a population of patients with SLE

Secondary parameters : maximum concentrationDay 0, 1 month, 3 months

To study the pharmacokinetics of prednisolone in a population of patients with SLE

Secondary parameters : elimination half-lifeDay 0, 1 month, 3 months

To study the pharmacokinetics of prednisolone in a population of patients with SLE

Primary parameters : elimination clearanceDay 0, 1 month, 3 months

To study the pharmacokinetics of prednisolone in a population of patients with SLE

Secondary parameters : Area Under Curve (AUC)Day 0, 1 month, 3 months

To study the pharmacokinetics of prednisolone in a population of patients with SLE

Occurrence of adverse events3 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Necker Enfants Malades

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Paris, France

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