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临床试验/CTRI/2020/11/029276
CTRI/2020/11/029276招募中2 期

Efficacy and safety of Cyclophosphamide in the treatment of refractory proliferative arachnoiditis in Central nervous system Tuberculosis - A Randomized double blinded placebo controlled Trial

All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi0 个研究点目标入组 0 人开始时间: 待定最近更新:

试验速览

阶段
2 期
状态
招募中
发起方

研究概览

简要总结

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研究设计

研究类型
Interventional

入排标准

入选标准

  • 1.Patients attending Neurology/Pulmonary Medicine/Medicine/Geriatric Medicine OPD/admitted in respective wards with proliferative tubercular arachnoiditis refractory to corticosteroids and standard Anti-tubercular drugs for CNS tuberculosis
  • 2.Atleast 14 years of age of all sexes
  • 3.Not more than 60 years of age at time of enrolment
  • 4.Patient was started on ATT for tubercular meningitis and had clearcut clinical improvement with resolution of fever/constitutional symptoms AND improvement in headache, vomiting and sensorium for atleast 10 days following which there is deterioration again due to arachnoiditis
  • 5.Developed paraparesis/quadriparesis/sphincter dysfunction due to spinal radiculomyelitis OR vision loss due to due to optico-chiasmatic arachnoiditis with imaging evidence of arachnoiditis
  • 6.Has received standard ATT for atleast 3 months with adequate dose and compliance
  • 7.Received corticosteroids for treatment of arachnoiditis and deemed to be refractory to corticosteroids by the primary physician treating the patient
  • 8.MRI brain and spine are suggestive of Arachnoiditis
  • 9.CSF GeneXpert/Line Probe assay/cultures are not suggestive of drug resistant tuberculosis
  • 10.Reasonable clinical certainty OR allied investigations such as CECT chest/abdomen/PET CT ruling out drug resistant tuberculosis
  • 11.Other relevant investigations like CSF analysis not suggestive of alternative diagnosis such as cysticercal/ cryptococcal/other fungal infections/other causes of chronic meningitis such as brucella/ nocardia/ syphilis/recurrent viral meningitis/ carcinomatous/ lymphomatous meningitis or non infective causes such as sarcoidoisis/sub-arachnoid hemorrhage etc.
  • 12.Willing to undergo periodic assessment clinically and with MRI.
  • 13.Ready to provide consent for cyclophosphamide therapy
  • 14.Willing to adhere to protocol and comply with follow up visits

排除标准

  • 1.Not willing to provide consent
  • 2.Not willing to adhere to protocol
  • 3.Developed significant drug induced liver dysfunction so that patient is not being given Rifampicin, INH or pyrazinamide and is on modified ATT including quinolones, ethambutol and aminoglycosides or second line drugs only in the absence of Rifampicin and INH
  • 4.Drug resistant tubeculosis
  • 5.Men and Women of childbearing potential who are not using adequate contraception or women who are pregnant and lactating
  • 6.Patients who are on immunosuppressants such as cyclophosphamide/ azathioprine/ methotrexate/MMF/ calcineurin inhibitors for autoimmune conditions/post transplantation or chemotherapy for any systemic malignancy
  • 7.HBsAg, HIV serology and anti HCV positive
  • 8.Having life threatening infections such as pneumonia/urosepsis
  • 9.Patients who have developed large artery strokes with significant brain parenchymal damage
  • 10.Patients with expected life expectancy less than 1 year due to primary disease or comorbidity based on clinical prediction scores for specific disease
  • 11.Patients with systemic malignancy within the last 5 years
  • 12.Known allergy to cyclophosphamide or its preservatives/excipients
  • 13.Receiving cyclophosphamide for any indication in the last 12 weeks
  • 14.Gross hematuria prior to enrolment to the study/USG features of hemorrhagic cystitis
  • 15.Cytopenias Hct <25%, TLC <4000/mm3 or Platelet count <1,20,000/mm3 at the time of enrolment
  • 16.Alanine amino transferase (ALT) > 3 upper limit of normal at time of enrolment

研究者

发起方
All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi

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