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Status unknownNCT02333578EVD001Updated Jan 7, 2015

Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Treatment

An interventional study of Convalescent Plasma Treatment in Ebola Virus Disease, sponsored by Clinical Research Management, Inc.. Status unknown at 1 site in Liberia. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-01-07.

Sponsored by Clinical Research Management, Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2015), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
70
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A Phase I/II Pilot Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Convalescent Plasma (ECP) for treatment of EVD.

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This pilot trial will treat subjects in the ECP Group with ECP derived from two donors. ECP will be provided as ECPSDU each comprising 90 - 110mL of plasma from two individual ABO-compatible donors. Two ECPSDU will be administered as immediately sequential infusions. Subjects may receive up to three doses of ECP not less than 48 hours apart. ECP will be provided as Plasma Frozen Within 24 Hours After Phlebotomy (PF24) as described in Section 6.1. Pre-treatment and frequent post-treatment blood specimens for assay of anti-EBOV antibody and EBOV viral load by RT-PCR will be obtained from subjects. The pharmacodynamic effect of ECP anti-EBOV, including neutralization titers, on viral load will be examined in the ECP Group. Changes of individual and treatment group clinical and laboratory parameters with time will be described. Between-group and within-group will examine interactions of clinical parameters, outcome, ECP total dose, EBOV viral load, and anti-EBOV (IgG ELISAs for Zaire GP residues 1-649 and irradiated Zaire virus, and anti-EBOV PRNT). The MEWS will be assessed as a prognostic tool in the Screened Control Group. Efficacy of ECP will be assessed primarily by comparison of survival to hospital discharge between the ECP Group and the Screened Control Group.

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Conditions studied

  • Ebola Virus Disease
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In context

Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola

104 studies on the registry are indexed under Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola; 13 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 70 is below the median of 94 across 81 interventional studies indexed under Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola.

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Lead sponsor

Clinical Research Management, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Adult male or female 18 years of age or older
  • Confirmed case of EVD (CDC case definitions 14 SEP 2014)
  • Admission to the hospital no more than 48 hours prior to availability of product
  • Able and willing to provide or family member who is willing and able to provide informed consent if potential subject is unable to consent
  • Venous access adequate for administration of plasma
  • Females only: negative qualitative urine Beta-HCG test

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior history of severe transfusion reaction
  • Fluid overload or other condition that would contraindicate administration of plasma at the protocol- specified doses
  • History of blood product transfusion within 30 days prior to enrollment
  • Prior treatment with any other specific experimental anti-EVD product or expectation to receive another experimental anti-EVD product during the course of the study (does not include general supportive care or nutritional supplements routinely administered to all hospitalized patients with EVD)
  • Unresponsive on AVPU (Alert, Voice Responsive, Pain Responsive, Unresponsive) testing
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
70 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Convalescent Plasma Treatment

    This pilot trial will treat subjects in the ECP Group with ECP derived from two donors. ECP will be provided as ECPSDU each comprising 90 - 110mL of plasma from two individual ABO-compatible donors. Two ECPSDU will be administered as immediately sequential infusions. Subjects may receive up to three doses of ECP not less than 48 hours apart. ECP will be provided as Plasma Frozen Within 24 Hours After Phlebotomy (PF24).

    Procedure: Convalescent Plasma Treatment

Interventions

  • ProcedureConvalescent Plasma Treatment

    This pilot trial will treat subjects in the ECP Group with ECP derived from two donors. ECP will be provided as ECPSDU each comprising 90 - 110mL of plasma from two individual ABO-compatible donors. Two ECPSDU will be administered as immediately sequential infusions. Subjects may receive up to three doses of ECP not less than 48 hours apart. ECP will be provided as Plasma Frozen Within 24 Hours After Phlebotomy (PF24).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. EBOV viral load in blood of ECP Group as measured by quantitative FDA-authorized DoD EZ1 Real-time RT-PCR using USAMRIID research protocol

    Time frame: 12 Weeks

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • ELWA-2 Ebola Treatment Unit
    Monrovia, Liberia
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Brown JF, Dye JM, Tozay S, Jeh-Mulbah G, Wohl DA, Fischer WA 2nd, Cunningham CK, Rowe K, Zacharias P, van Hasselt J, Norwood DA, Thielman NM, Zak SE, Hoover DL. Anti-Ebola Virus Antibody Levels in Convalescent Plasma and Viral Load After Plasma Infusion in Patients With Ebola Virus Disease. J Infect Dis. 2018 Jul 13;218(4):555-562. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy199. PubMed 29659889 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 7, 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
NCT02333578
Lead sponsor
Clinical Research Management, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 7, 2015
Start date
Nov 2014
Primary completion
Apr 2015 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2015 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 7, 2015

Study contacts

Jerry Brown, MD
Contact
fahnloe@yahoo.com
+231 880 792 571
David L Hoover, MD
Contact
davidhoover@clinicalrm.com
330-278-2358
Jerry Brown, MD
principal investigator · ELWA Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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