Compassionate Use of Beclomethasone in Treating Patients With Graft-Versus-Host Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract

March 7, 2011 updated by: Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Compassionate Use Of Oral Beclomethasone Dipropionate For Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Graft Versus Host Disease

RATIONALE: Beclomethasone may be effective in treating patients who have graft-versus-host disease of the gastrointestinal tract.

PURPOSE: Compassionate use of beclomethasone in treating patients who have graft-versus-host disease of the gastrointestinal tract that has not responded to previous therapy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Provide beclomethasone dipropionate to patients with gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease refractory to standard therapy or with a contraindication to systemic steroids.
  • Minimize the serious side effects associated with systemic steroid use in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive oral beclomethasone dipropionate 4 times daily for 28 days in the absence of graft-versus-host disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients may then receive a second course for 31 days if symptoms of graft-versus-host disease persist. Patients may receive up to 4 treatments (1 or 2 courses each) per year.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 24-45 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

51

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • Buffalo, New York, United States, 14263-0001
        • Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

4 years to 70 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Clinically or pathologically confirmed graft-versus-host disease of the gastrointestinal tract

    • Failed standard therapy with or has a contraindication to systemic immunosuppressive agents
  • No clinically significant intestinal infection (confirmed by stool culture)
  • No persistent vomiting of all oral intake
  • Not a candidate for approved beclomethasone dipropionate Enteron Pharmaceuticals protocol

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 4 to 70

Performance status

  • Not specified

Life expectancy

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic

  • Not specified

Hepatic

  • Not specified

Renal

  • Not specified

Other

  • Able to swallow medication

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy

  • See Disease Characteristics

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • Not specified

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Philip L. McCarthy, MD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2001

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 6, 2003

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 6, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

March 7, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 8, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 7, 2011

Last Verified

March 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDR0000270747
  • RPCI-DS-01-04

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