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CompletedNCT00919451Updated Mar 25, 2015

Ciclosporin in the Management of Steroid Resistant Type 1 Reactions in Leprosy

A Phase 2 interventional study of ciclosporin in Leprosy, sponsored by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Completed at 1 site in Ethiopia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-03-25.

Sponsored by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
16
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Study 1B: Ciclosporin in the management of steroid resistant Type 1 Reactions in Leprosy

Objective: A pilot study assessing the efficacy and safety of Ciclosporin as a second -line drug in patients with Type 1 Reactions who have not responded to a 12 week course of Prednisolone.

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Conditions studied

  • Leprosy

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Keywords

  • Leprosy
  • Type 1 Reaction
  • Prednisolone
  • Ciclosporin
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In context

Leprosy

52 studies on the registry are indexed under Leprosy; 13 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 16 is below the median of 70 across 41 interventional studies indexed under Leprosy.

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Lead sponsor

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is the lead sponsor of 298 studies on the registry; 15 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Individuals with clinical evidence of Type 1 Reaction who have not responded to 3 months Prednisolone Treatment
  • Aged 18-65
  • Weigh more than 30Kg

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unwillingness to give
  • Patients with severe active infections such as tuberculosis
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women (see Appendix II)
  • Those with renal failure, abnormal renal function, hypertensive
  • Patients taking thalidomide currently or within the last 3 months
  • Patients not willing to return for follow-up
  • Women of reproductive age not willing to use for the duration of the study ( see Appendix II)
  • positive
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Contraception

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
16 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Ciclosporin

    ciclosporin reducing regimen lasting 24 weeks (additional prednisolone given for the first four weeks)

    Drug: ciclosporin

Interventions

  • Ciclosporin 7.5mg/kg - reducing regimen over 24 weeks (additional prednisolone given for the first four weeks)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. improvement in nerve function

    Time frame: at 24 weeks and 32 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. incidence of adverse effects

    Time frame: throughout 32 weeks

  2. Skin lesion inflammation improvement

    Time frame: up to 36 weeks

  3. rate of improvement of reaction

    Time frame: up to 36 weeks

  4. Time to next reactional episode

    Time frame: up to 2 years

  5. extra prednisolone needed to control reaction

    Time frame: up to 36 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Alert Hospital
    Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
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Updates

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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 25, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00919451
Collaborators
Homes and Hospitals of St Giles, Alert Hospital, Ethiopia, Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 12, 2009
Start date
Aug 2010
Primary completion
Jun 2013
Completion
Jul 2013
Last update
Mar 25, 2015

Study contacts

Diana NJ Lockwood, MBChB
principal investigator · London SHTM

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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