- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00991939
Initial Treatment of Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP^2)
Initial Treatment of Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura: The ITP^2 Study
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
ITP is a common disorder associated with significant morbidity. For more than 40 years it has been recognized that this disorder was responsive to corticosteroid therapy. As corticosteroids are easily obtainable and inexpensive, they have become the standard first-line therapy for adult patients with newly-diagnosed ITP. Generally, patients are treated with prednisone at a dose of approximately 1 mg/kg, or 60 mg/day, and once a response is obtained the daily dosage is gradually tapered. While approximately 70% of patients treated in this manner respond initially, most will relapse as the corticosteroid dose is lowered; ultimately only 15-20% of patients achieve a complete or partial remission of their ITP at an "acceptable" dose of prednisone. Recently, several studies have suggested that the use of high dose corticosteroids, specifically pulse dexamethasone, may be a more efficacious initial therapy for ITP, capable of causing a higher initial response rate and a significantly longer duration of remission despite a shorter course of initial therapy.
This study will compare treatment with 3 courses of high-dose dexamethasone versus treatment with prednisone, for patients recently diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The primary hypothesis is that patients treated with high-dose dexamethasone will obtain a more durable remission than patients treated with standard oral corticosteroids. This may reflect the ability of high dose corticosteroids to eradicate a sensitive pathogenic lymphoid clone that may be transiently susceptible to aggressive immunosuppressive therapy early in the course of disease.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Louisiana
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
- Tulane University
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Maryland
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
- University of Maryland
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Massachusetts
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
- Children's Hospital Boston
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
- Brigham & Women's Hospital
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New York
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New York, New York, United States, 10021
- Weill Medical College, Cornell University
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North Carolina
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514
- University of North Carolina Hospitals
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Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
- Duke University
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Ohio
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
- Case Western Reserve University
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
- The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
- University of Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
- University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian and Shadyside Hospital
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Washington
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Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
- University of Washington Medical Center
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Wisconsin
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La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, 54601
- Gundersen Clinic
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792
- University of Wisconsin
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must meet criteria for a diagnosis of ITP as specified by ASH guidelines
- Must be within 30 days after diagnosis of ITP at the time of randomization (diagnosis of ITP starts with first platelet count ≤ 100,000/μl)
- Platelet count ≤ 30,000/μl at the time ITP is diagnosed, and/or at some time between the diagnosis of ITP and study entry
- Platelet count ≤ 150,000/μl at the time of randomization
- Age ≥ 15 years
- If bone marrow examination is available, it must be compatible with ITP
- Subjects, or their legal guardians, must have the ability to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Rituximab therapy or splenectomy for ITP or for any other cause within the previous 8 weeks.
- Known HIV infection
- Known HCV infection
- Known systemic lupus erythematosus
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Insulin-requiring diabetes mellitus
- Previous exposure to prednisone for ITP at a dose ≥ 1.5 mg/kg prednisone/day for ≥ 1 week prior to study entry
- Ongoing use of treatments that are known to inhibit platelet function, e.g. aspirin
- Anything that in the opinion of the investigator is likely to interfere with participation in the study
- Persons previously randomized in the ITP^2 study
- Persons currently enrolled in other interventional clinical trials
- Exposure to thrombopoietic agent prior to study entry
- Previous exposure to dexamethasone for the treatment of ITP at a dose of 30 mg/day or greater for subjects < 60 kg or 40 mg/day or greater for subjects >= 60 kg for at least four days
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: High dose pulse dexamethasone
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The dose for dexamethasone is 30 mg/day for patients < 60 kg and 40 mg/day for patients > 60 kg.
The patient will be dosed on days 1-4, 15-18 and 29-32.
On the remaining days during the treatment phase of the study, the patient will receive placebo capsules.
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Active Comparator: Standard prednisone therapy
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Prednisone will be administered to study patients at a dose of 60 mg/day for patients less than 60 kg and 80 mg/day for patients > 60 kg for 21 days.
The following schedule for tapering of prednisone will be used: after three weeks of treatment at either 60 mg/day (for patients < 60 kg) or 80 mg/day (for patients ≥ 60 kg), the dose will be reduced to 40 mg/day for 1 week, then 20 mg/day for 1 week, then 10 mg/day for 1 week, then 5 mg/day for 1 week and then stopped.
Placebo capsules will be added as necessary during the treatment phase of the study, to maintain blinding.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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The Percentage of Patients in Each Treatment Arm Who Remain Free of All ITP Therapy With a Platelet Count ≥ 50,000/μl From 60 Days Through 365 Days After Study Entry.
Time Frame: From 60 days through 365 days after study entry.
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From 60 days through 365 days after study entry.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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The Percentage of Patients Who Remain Free of All ITP Therapy With a Platelet Count ≥ 150,000/μl From 60 Days Through 365 Days After Study Entry
Time Frame: From 60 days through 365 days after study entry
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From 60 days through 365 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Patients With Platelets ≥ 50,000/μl at 365 Days Who Are Off All Treatment, Have Received ≤ 2 Acute Therapeutic Interventions for Thrombocytopenia, and Whose Last Acute Therapeutic Intervention Occurred at Least 90 Days Before Day 365
Time Frame: 365 days after study entry
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365 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Patients Who Remain Free of All ITP Therapy With a Platelet Count of ≥ 150,000 From 180 Through 365 Days After Study Entry
Time Frame: From 180 days through 365 days after study entry
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From 180 days through 365 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Patients Who Remain Free of All ITP Therapy With a Platelet Count of ≥ 50,000 From 180 Through 365 Days After Study Entry
Time Frame: From 180 days through 365 days after study entry
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From 180 days through 365 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Patients Receiving Acute Therapeutic Intervention During the First 60 Days After Study Entry
Time Frame: Through 60 days after study entry
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Through 60 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Patients Receiving Acute Therapeutic Intervention Beyond the First 60 Days After Study Entry
Time Frame: From 60 days through 365 days after study entry
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From 60 days through 365 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Platelet Counts ≥ 50,000/μl After Day 60 (If a Subject Receives an Acute Therapeutic Intervention, the Next Protocol-specified Platelet Count Will be Excluded From This Analysis, as it May be Influenced by the Intervention.)
Time Frame: From 60 days through 365 days after study entry
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From 60 days through 365 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Platelet Counts ≥ 150,000/μl After Day 60 (If a Subject Receives an Acute Therapeutic Intervention, the Next Protocol-specified Platelet Count Will be Excluded From This Analysis, as it May be Influenced by the Intervention.)
Time Frame: From 60 days through 365 days after study entry
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From 60 days through 365 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Patients Undergoing Splenectomy
Time Frame: Through 365 days after study entry
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Through 365 days after study entry
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Change in the Quality of Life From Randomization to Weeks 4, 8 and End of Study, Determined Using the SF-36 Health Survey
Time Frame: Weeks 4, 8, and 52 after study entry
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Weeks 4, 8, and 52 after study entry
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The Incidence and Severity of Bleeding as Defined by a Customized Bleeding Score
Time Frame: Through 365 days after study entry
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Through 365 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Patients Not Completing Study Therapy
Time Frame: 49 days after study entry
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49 days after study entry
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The Percentage of Patients With Severe Adverse Events Attributable to Steroid Therapy
Time Frame: Through 1 year after study entry
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Through 1 year after study entry
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: James Bussel, MD, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
- Principal Investigator: Alvin Schmaier, MD, Case Western Reserve University
- Principal Investigator: Jodi Segal, MD, Johns Hopkins University
- Principal Investigator: Eliot Williams, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Principal Investigator: Thomas Ortel, MD, Duke University
- Principal Investigator: James George, MD, The University of Oklahoma
- Principal Investigator: Michele Lambert, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Principal Investigator: Bruce Sachais, MD, PHD, University of Pennsylvania
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Immune System Diseases
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Hematologic Diseases
- Hemorrhage
- Hemorrhagic Disorders
- Blood Coagulation Disorders
- Skin Manifestations
- Thrombocytopenia
- Blood Platelet Disorders
- Thrombotic Microangiopathies
- Purpura
- Purpura, Thrombocytopenic
- Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Autonomic Agents
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Antiemetics
- Gastrointestinal Agents
- Glucocorticoids
- Hormones
- Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
- Dexamethasone
- Prednisone
Other Study ID Numbers
- 675
- U01HL072268 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
- HL072268
- HL072033
- HL072291
- HL072196
- HL072289
- HL072248
- HL072191
- HL072299
- HL072305
- HL072274
- HL072028
- HL072359
- HL072072
- HL072355
- HL072283
- HL072346
- HL072331
- HL072290
Drug and device information, study documents
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