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Defibrotide for Patients With Hepatic Veno-occlusive Disease: A Treatment IND Study

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00628498
Lead Sponsor
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

Single arm, open-label study to provide Defibrotide to patients diagnosed with VOD. Defibrotide is no longer available though the Emergency Use IND mechanism (also known as compassionate use, or single patient named use). This protocol is the only mechanism by which Defibrotide can be made available to patients in the U.S.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1206
Inclusion Criteria

Entry criteria include the following:

  1. Clinical diagnosis of VOD, made by Baltimore Criteria, Modified Seattle Criteria, or biopsy proven:

    1.1 Baltimore Criteria- Bilirubin ≥2 mg/dL and at least 2 of the following clinical findings:

    • Ascites (radiographic or physical exam)
    • Weight gain of ≥5% compared to the day of conditioning-- if this value is not available, the weight on the date of admission to the SCT unit may be used)
    • Hepatomegaly; increased over baseline.

    1.2 Modified Seattle Criteria: At least two of the following

    • Bilirubin ≥2 mg/dL
    • Ascites (radiographic or physical exam) and/or weight gain ≥5% above baseline weight (defined as weight on the first day of conditioning- if this value is not available, the weight on the date of admission to the SCT unit may be used)
    • hepatomegaly increased over baseline

    1.3 Patients that do not meet the Baltimore Criteria or Modified Seattle Criteria and have biopsy proven VOD are eligible.

  2. Patient must also provide written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Use of any medication which increases the risk of hemorrhage is disallowed. Use of heparin or other anticoagulants is disallowed within 12 hours unless being used for routine central venous line management, fibrinolytic instillation for central venous line occlusion, intermittent dialysis or ultrafiltration of CVVH.
  • Clinically significant uncontrolled acute bleeding, defined as hemorrhage requiring > 15 cc/kg of packed red blood cells (e.g., a pediatric patient weighing 20 kg and requiring > 300cc of packed red blood cells/24 hours, or an adult patient weighing 70 kg and requiring >3 units of packed red blood cells/24 hours) to replace blood loss, OR bleeding from a site which in the Investigator's opinion constitutes a potential life-threatening source (e.g. pulmonary hemorrhage or CNS bleeding), irrespective of amount of blood loss, at any point from the date of SCT through the date of severe VOD diagnosis.
  • Hemodynamic instability as defined by a requirement for multiple pressors, or inability to maintain mean arterial pressure (for children: to maintain mean arterial pressure within 1 standard deviation of age-adjusted levels) with single pressor support.
  • Woman who are pregnant.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
DefibrotideDefibrotideDefibrotide 25 mg/kg day given in 4 divided doses approximately every 6 hours
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Survival by Day+100 Post Stem Cell Transplant or ChemotherapyDay +100 from HSCT or 100 days from start of chemotherapy
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (125)

Children's Hospital of Alabama

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Phoenix Children's Hospital

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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Arizona Oncology

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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

University of Arkansas for Medical Services

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

City of Hope Medical Center

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Duarte, California, United States

The University of California, San Diego

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La Jolla, California, United States

Loma Linda University

🇺🇸

Loma Linda, California, United States

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

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Long Beach, California, United States

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Children's Hospital of Alabama
🇺🇸Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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