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CompletedNCT04078698SEPIARUpdated Sep 4, 2025

Documentation of the Safety and Effectiveness Profile of the IgG Immunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN® in Clinical Routine

An interventional study of Immunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN® in Autoimmune Diseases, sponsored by Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH. Completed at 3 sites in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-04.

Sponsored by Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
34
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Documentation of the safety and effectiveness profile of the CE-labelled immunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN® in clinical routine according to their intended use.

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The objective of the study is the documentation of the safety and effectiveness profile of the CE-labeled immunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN® in clinical routine according to their intended use.

The primary objective for the IgG adsorber GLOBAFFIN® is the estimation of the mean relative reduction in total IgG from pre- to post-treatment per treatment session.

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Conditions studied

  • Autoimmune Diseases

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Keywords

  • Therapeutic apheresis
  • Immune apheresis
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In context

Autoimmune Diseases

655 studies on the registry are indexed under Autoimmune Diseases; 275 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 34 is below the median of 40 across 427 interventional studies indexed under Autoimmune Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH is the lead sponsor of 36 studies on the registry; 7 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

Inclusion criteria

  • Minimum age of 18 years
  • Informed consent signed and dated by study patient and investigator/authorised physician
  • Ability to understand the nature and requirements of the study
  • Treatment with one of the immunoadsorber system GLOBAFFIN® according to the intended use.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

General:

  • Any condition which could interfere with the patient's ability to comply with the study
  • In case of female patients: pregnancy or lactation period (if patient is ≥ 55 years old or have been surgically sterilized, a negative pregnancy test is not required)
  • Participation in an interventional clinical study during the preceding 30 days.
  • Participation in an interventional clinical study with pharmacological active substances (e.g. therapeutic antibodies) during the preceding 60 days.
  • Any deviation from the intended use

Study-specific:

Any contraindication listed in the valid instruction for use:

  • Hypersensitivity or allergy against any materials used in either the immunoadsorber column or the extracorporeal circuit
  • Inability to withstand the stress of an extracorporeal treatment procedure due to their age, their physical developments or their clinical constitution
  • Previously demonstrated hypersensitivity associated with therapeutic apheresis
  • No suitable anticoagulation treatment, such as due to known hypersensitivity to heparin or ACD-A
  • Haemorrhagic diathesis in which extracorporeal apheresis procedures and anticoagulation performed have a high bleeding hazard
  • Severe cardiovascular disease, so that extracorporeal treatment is not possible
  • Acute, systemic infection
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment with the IgG immunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN®

    Treatment with the IgG immunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN® in clinical routine according to their intended use.

    Device: Immunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN®

Interventions

  • DeviceImmunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN®

    Documentation of the treatment with one of the immunoadsorber GLOBAFFIN® depending on the patient's underlying disease

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Relative reduction in total IgG from pre- to post-treatment for GLOBAFFIN®

    Time frame: 5 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mean relative reduction in disease-specific IgG, total IgM and total IgA

    Time frame: 5 years

  2. Clinical effect of the treatment measured by the physician's judgement as well as indication specific scores

    Time frame: 5 years

Other outcomes

  1. Adverse events and serious adverse events during the treatment, reported incidents, device deficiencies and handling problems

    Time frame: 5 years

  2. Reduction of laboratory safety parameters

    Time frame: 5 years

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Städtisches Klinikum Braunschweig
    Braunschweig, Lower Saxony 38126, Germany
  • Diakonissenkrankenhaus Flensburg
    Flensburg, 24939, Germany
  • University of Ulm - Department of Neurology
    Ulm, 89081, Germany
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 4, 2025, 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
NCT04078698
Lead sponsor
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
Collaborators
Alcedis GmbH
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 6, 2019
Start date
Sep 5, 2019
Primary completion
May 30, 2025
Completion
Aug 15, 2025
Last update
Sep 4, 2025

Study contacts

Jan T. Kielstein, Prof. Dr.
principal investigator · Academic Teaching Hospital Braunschweig

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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