Eculizumab in Treating Patients With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

NCT00112983 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2013-05-30

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Summary

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of eculizumab may prevent leukemia and stop the destruction of red blood cells in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying how well eculizumab works in treating patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

Conditions

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

eculizumab

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ronald Paquette, MD · Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-11-30
Completion
2005-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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