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RecruitingNCT06734637Updated Dec 16, 2024

Efficacy and Safety of Peginterferon in ET and PV.

An interventional study of Peginterferon α-2b injection in Essential Thrombocythemia and Polycythemia Vera, sponsored by Zhenya Hong. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-16.

Sponsored by Zhenya Hong · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Nov 2024; still recruiting 1 year 11 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a single-arm, single-center study aims to recruit 40 participants with Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) and Polycythemia Vera (PV). Eligible participants will receive a subcutaneous injection of Peginterferon α-2b 180 mcg once a week and follow-up,and efficacy and safety will be evaluated.

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Conditions studied

  • Essential Thrombocythemia
  • Polycythemia Vera

Keywords

  • Essential thrombocythemia
  • Polycythemia vera
  • Peginterferon α-2b
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In context

Thrombocythemia, Essential

229 studies on the registry are indexed under Thrombocythemia, Essential; 38 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 40 is below the median of 52 across 168 interventional studies indexed under Thrombocythemia, Essential.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Zhenya Hong as lead sponsor.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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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

  1. Meet the 2016 WHO diagnostic criteria for ET (Essential Thrombocythemia) and PV (Polycythemia Vera)

    • ET (Essential Thrombocythemia) major criteria:

      1. count > 450 * 10\^9/L; (2) Bone marrow shows marked megakaryocytic proliferation with increased mature megakaryocyte volume and increased nuclear lobulation. There is no significant granulocytic proliferation, left shift, or erythroid proliferation, with grade 1 fibrosis observed in a few cases; (3) Does not meet the WHO diagnostic criteria for BCR-ABL1+ CML, PV, PMF, MDS, or other myeloproliferative neoplasms; (4) JAK2, CALR, or MPL mutation positive.

        Secondary criteria: (1) Presence of a clonal marker or absence of evidence for reactive thrombocytosis.

        The diagnosis of ET requires the fulfillment of all four main criteria, or the first three main criteria plus one secondary criterion.

    • PV (Polycythemia Vera) main criteria: (1) > 16.5 g/dL in males, > 16 g/dL in females, or Hematocrit > 49% in males, > 48% in females, or an increase in red cell volume of 25% or more above the normal value; (2) Bone marrow biopsy shows increased cellularity inappropriate for age, with marked erythroid, granulocytic, and megakaryocytic proliferation, and the presence of mature megakaryocytes of varying sizes and morphologies; (3) JAK2 V617F mutation positive or JAK2 exon 12 mutation positive.

    Secondary criteria: Serum Epo (Erythropoietin) level below the lower limit of the normal range.

    The diagnosis of PV requires the fulfillment of three major criteria, or the first two main criteria plus one secondary criterion.

  2. For ET patients, the criteria for cytoreductive therapy must be met, as follows:

(1) For patients without a history of thrombosis: Age ≥ 60 years, regardless of the presence of cardiovascular risk (CVR) or JAK2V617 mutation; Any age with a platelet count > 1500 × 109/L. (2) For patients with a history of arterial thrombosis: Any age, regardless of the presence of CVR and JAK2V617 mutation; (3) For patients with a history of venous thrombosis: Any age, regardless of the presence of CVR and JAK2V617 mutation; 3. score ≤ 2. 4.Cardiac (EF) ≥ 60%. 5.The participant voluntarily signs the form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous treatment with Peginterferon α-2b.
  • ET patients who do not meet the criteria for cytoreductive therapy as per the 2016 Chinese Expert Consensus on Primary Thrombocythemia.
  • Allergy to the active ingredient, α-interferon, or any of this product.
  • History of psychiatric illness, or allergy to interferon.
  • Plasma total greater than twice the normal value.
  • Severe cardiac disease, liver insufficiency, chronic kidney disease, and neurological disorders (such as depression or mania).
  • History of other malignant tumors within the past three years.
  • chronic hepatitis.
  • Any condition deemed unsuitable for inclusion by the investigator.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Peginterferon α-2b

    Drug: Peginterferon α-2b injection

Interventions

  • Participants will receive Peginterferon α-2b 180 mcg once a week and follow-up. Dose adjustments will be made by the investigator based on the type and severity of adverse event (AE).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Hematologic remission rate

    Time frame: Week 12,24

Secondary outcomes

  1. Molecular remission rate

    Time frame: Week 24,48

  2. Peripheral blood driver genes

    Time frame: Week 24,48

  3. Bone marrow-driven genes

    Time frame: Week 24,48

  4. The incidence of thrombosis

    Time frame: Week 24,48

  5. Incidence of bleeding events

    Time frame: Week 24,48

  6. The incidence of progression to myelofibrosis.

    Time frame: Week 24,48

  7. The incidence of acute leukemia.

    Time frame: Week 24,48

  8. Changes in the burden of driver gene mutations during maintenance therapy.

    Time frame: Week 24,48

  9. Hematologic remission

    Time frame: Week 48

  10. Spleen enlargement remission rate.

    Time frame: Week 24,48

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Nov 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Nov 2026, 24 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 11, 2024
First posted
Dec 16, 2024
StartActual
Nov 20, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Nov 20, 2026
CompletionEst.
Nov 20, 2027
Last update
Dec 16, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 16, 2024, 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
NCT06734637
Lead sponsor
Zhenya Hong
Responsible party
Zhenya Hong (Professor, Tongji Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Dec 16, 2024
Start date
Nov 20, 2024
Primary completion
Nov 20, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 20, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 16, 2024

Study contacts

ZhenYa Hong, Ph.D
Contact
hongzhenya@126.com
13476158466
ZhenYa Hong, Ph.D
principal investigator · Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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