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- Clinical Trial NCT00000586
Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia (MSH)
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND:
In spite of the fact that advances have been made in the management or prevention of some of the complications of sickle cell disease, the management of the most common complication--the painful crisis--is still unsatisfactory, and appropriate methods for its prevention are unknown. The morbidity associated with a painful crisis is much more than the suffering from pain alone. The interference with a normal lifestyle, the resulting obstacles to obtaining an education and holding a job, the risk of narcotics addiction, the cost of multiple hospitalizations, and the financial impact on the family and the individual must all be considered.
Evidence from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease (CSSCD) study showed that there is an association between multiple pain events and early death in young adults. If this association is true, then MSH has the potential to not only reduce morbidity but mortality as well. The CSSCD study has shown that over 50 percent of patients with sickle cell disease have at least one crisis per year, and a considerable number have more. These episodes are believed to occur as a result of hemoglobin S within the red cells leading to rigid, non-deformable cells which can no longer traverse the microvasculature and as a result produce obstruction with consequent pain, ischemia, and tissue necrosis.
Previous approaches to the therapy of this group of disorders have included: attempts to modify the hemoglobin molecule so as to prevent polymerization; the use of vasoreactive drugs; and increasing red cell volume. All of these attempts have been abandoned either because of their inefficacy, toxicity, or impracticality. Chronic exchange transfusion programs have been of limited usefulness because of high rates of isoimmunization, iron overload, and risk of transmission of hepatitis and retroviral disease.
The rationale for the present study draws its substance from the observation that patients with higher levels of fetal hemoglobin (Hb F) (particularly the Saudi Arabian group), and infants who also have high Hb F levels have fewer crises. Several myelosuppressive drugs, such as 5-azacytidine and hydroxyurea, have been shown to increase Hb F production. The work with 5-azacytidine has had to be abandoned because of the known risk of malignancy.
Preliminary studies by the investigators and others have shown convincingly that Hb F levels can be increased by administering hydroxyurea to patients over a several month period without producing dangerous levels of myelosuppression. The patients have also had a rise in their red cell life span and hematocrit. Further, it has been reported that these patients had a dramatic decrease in crisis frequency. This agent is readily available to all physicians, and there is evidence that it is being used without adequate justification and, possibly, without adequate monitoring. The timing of this study is therefore critical to ensure that an adequate answer to the question of efficacy is obtained and the risk of inappropriate use minimized.
DESIGN NARRATIVE:
Phase I has concluded. Phase II, also concluded, was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Patients in the Phase II trial were recruited from 21 clinics and randomized to receive hydroxyurea or placebo. The hydroxyurea was gradually increased from an initial dose of 15 mg/kg to the maximal level tolerated by each patient in order to maximize red blood cell hemoglobin F(Hb F) content without undue marrow suppression. Changes in Hb F production were monitored in each of the two groups by a variety of laboratory tests. The primary endpoint was a comparison of crisis rates in the treated and control groups. Painful crises were defined as pain lasting longer than four hours, requiring parenteral narcotics for relief, including chest syndrome but excluding ankle ulcer pain. Secondary endpoints included changes in pain severity and duration, psychosocial status, complications of the disease, and reasons for non-compliance with either regimen. Patients were followed for two to three years depending on when they entered the study. Because of the mutagenic nature of hydroxyurea, the use of contraception was a requirement of admission to the study.
The trial was stopped early, on January 14, 1995, instead of in May 1995. The Data and Safety Monitoring Board determined that daily doses of hydroxyurea reduced the frequency of painful episodes and hospital admissions for those crises by about 50 percent.
Beginning in 1996, a five year follow-up of the adult patients in MSH was initiated. The purpose was to ascertain the long-term effects of hydroxyurea in this patient population. Patients were followed annually to determine health status, quality of life, incidence of malignancies, and birth defects in their offspring. In addition, mortality rates were determined so that a comparison could be made between this cohort and the mortality data from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease (CSSCD) adult cohort and the normal African-American population mortality data. The follow-up was conducted in three phases. Phase I or the Planning Phase in which the final protocol was developed, lasted three months. Phase II, patient entry between March 1996 and June 1996 and patient follow-up, extended from the fourth to the 48th month. Phase III, patient exit and data analysis, were carried out during the final nine months of the study.
The DSMB stopped MSH Phase III early because the study showed that hydroxyurea substantially reduced the frequency of vaso-occlusive (painful) crises.
Study Type
Phase
- Phase 3
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Masking: Double
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
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Occurrence of vaso-occlusive (painful) crisis
Time Frame: Measured during the first 2 years a patient was enrolled in the study
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Measured during the first 2 years a patient was enrolled in the study
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Samuel Charache, Johns Hopkins University
- Principal Investigator: Michael Terrin, Maryland Medical Research Institute
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Charache S, Terrin ML, Moore RD, Dover GJ, Barton FB, Eckert SV, McMahon RP, Bonds DR. Effect of hydroxyurea on the frequency of painful crises in sickle cell anemia. Investigators of the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia. N Engl J Med. 1995 May 18;332(20):1317-22. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199505183322001.
- Charache S, Dover GJ, Moore RD, Eckert S, Ballas SK, Koshy M, Milner PF, Orringer EP, Phillips G Jr, Platt OS, et al. Hydroxyurea: effects on hemoglobin F production in patients with sickle cell anemia. Blood. 1992 May 15;79(10):2555-65.
- Lu ZH, Steinberg MH. Fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia: relation to regulatory sequences cis to the beta-globin gene. Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea. Blood. 1996 Feb 15;87(4):1604-11.
- Charache S, Terrin ML, Moore RD, Dover GJ, McMahon RP, Barton FB, Waclawiw M, Eckert SV. Design of the multicenter study of hydroxyurea in sickle cell anemia. Investigators of the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea. Control Clin Trials. 1995 Dec;16(6):432-46. doi: 10.1016/s0197-2456(95)00098-4.
- Hackney AC, Hezier W, Gulledge TP, Jones S, Strayhorn D, Busby M, Hoffman E, Orringer EP. Effects of hydroxyurea administration on the body weight, body composition and exercise performance of patients with sickle-cell anaemia. Clin Sci (Lond). 1997 May;92(5):481-6. doi: 10.1042/cs0920481.
- Steinberg MH, Lu ZH, Barton FB, Terrin ML, Charache S, Dover GJ. Fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia: determinants of response to hydroxyurea. Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea. Blood. 1997 Feb 1;89(3):1078-88.
- Charache S. Mechanism of action of hydroxyurea in the management of sickle cell anemia in adults. Semin Hematol. 1997 Jul;34(3 Suppl 3):15-21.
- McMahon RP, Waclawiw MA, Geller NL, Barton FB, Terrin ML, Bonds DR. An extension of stochastic curtailment for incompletely reported and classified recurrent events: the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia (MSH). Control Clin Trials. 1997 Oct;18(5):420-30. doi: 10.1016/s0197-2456(97)00014-7.
- Moore RD, Charache S, Terrin ML, Barton FB, Ballas SK. Cost-effectiveness of hydroxyurea in sickle cell anemia. Investigators of the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia. Am J Hematol. 2000 May;64(1):26-31. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(200005)64:13.0.co;2-f.
- Steinberg MH, Barton F, Castro O, Pegelow CH, Ballas SK, Kutlar A, Orringer E, Bellevue R, Olivieri N, Eckman J, Varma M, Ramirez G, Adler B, Smith W, Carlos T, Ataga K, DeCastro L, Bigelow C, Saunthararajah Y, Telfer M, Vichinsky E, Claster S, Shurin S, Bridges K, Waclawiw M, Bonds D, Terrin M. Effect of hydroxyurea on mortality and morbidity in adult sickle cell anemia: risks and benefits up to 9 years of treatment. JAMA. 2003 Apr 2;289(13):1645-51. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.13.1645. Erratum In: JAMA. 2003 Aug 13;290(6):756.
- Charache S, Barton FB, Moore RD, Terrin ML, Steinberg MH, Dover GJ, Ballas SK, McMahon RP, Castro O, Orringer EP. Hydroxyurea and sickle cell anemia. Clinical utility of a myelosuppressive "switching" agent. The Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia. Medicine (Baltimore). 1996 Nov;75(6):300-26. doi: 10.1097/00005792-199611000-00002.
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 306
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Study Data/Documents
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Individual Participant Data Set
Information identifier: MSHInformation comments: NHLBI provides controlled access to IPD through BioLINCC. Access requires registration, evidence of local IRB approval or certification of exemption from IRB review, and completion of a data use agreement.
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