Study of orBec® as Monotherapy in the Treatment of Patients With Upper GI Symptoms Caused by Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
Status: | Terminated |
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Conditions: | Hematology |
Therapuetic Areas: | Hematology |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - Any |
Updated: | 11/3/2018 |
Start Date: | December 2013 |
End Date: | May 2015 |
A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study of the Safety and Efficacy of orBec® (Oral Beclomethasone 17,21-Dipropionate) Administered as Monotherapy in the Treatment of Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Symptoms Caused by GVHD in Patients With Chronic GI GVHD
Use of an oral topically-active glucocorticoid with limited side effects may control the
gastrointestinal inflammatory process of GVHD and minimize glucocorticoid exposure.
gastrointestinal inflammatory process of GVHD and minimize glucocorticoid exposure.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Receipt of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant >100 days prior to consent
- Documented cGVHD as defined by the NIH consensus criteria in at least one organ system
other than the GI tract (for example, cGVHD of the oral cavity would qualify as a
criterion)
- Endoscopic findings consistent with GI GVHD
- Must be able to swallow tablets
- Must be able to read and understand informed consent
- Adequate birth control methods for the duration of the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- >500 mL/day of diarrhea on any 1 day within 3 days prior to the first dose of study
drug
- GI infection
- Multi-organ failure or other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would
compromise the patient's ability to complete the study.
- HIV seropositivity
- Pregnant or nursing female
- Use of any investigational drug to treat chronic GVHD within 28 days of the first dose
of study drug
- Evidence of recurrent or progressing malignant disorder that was the indication for
HCT
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