Therapy for Chronic Cold Agglutinin Disease: A Prospective, Non-Randomized, Multi-Center Study Demonstrating the Efficacy of Terminal Complement Inhibition in Patients with Cold Agglutinin Disease Using Eculizumab - DECADE Trial
- Conditions
- Cold agglutinin diseaseMedDRA version: 12.1Level: LLTClassification code 10009868Term: Cold type haemolytic anaemia
- Registration Number
- EUCTR2009-016966-97-DE
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Essen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosis of CAD defined by the combination of chronic hemolysis, cold agglutinin titer (IgM or IgA) >64 at 4°C, positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT) when performed with polyspecific antiserum, negative (or only weakly positive) anti-IgG, and strongly positive with anti-C3d.
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion Criteria
An active aggressive lymphoma requiring therapy or an active non-lymphatic malignant disease other than basal cell carcinoma or CIS of the cervix.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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