Overview

Corticosteroids for Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)

Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2012-02-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The objectives of this study are to explore the effects of administering high-dose corticosteroids to participants who developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) while on natalizumab as measured by time-course change in functional status based on Karnofsky Performance Status Index through 6 months following the completion of plasma exchange (PLEX; or equivalent), survival at 6 months following the completion of PLEX (or equivalent), and incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs); to characterize the evolution of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) as measured by time course changes in Global Clinical Impression of Improvement (GCI-I), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), chemokines, cytokines, C-reactive protein (CRP), John Cunningham virus (JCV) load and cell count in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); and to characterize the time course elimination of serum natalizumab concentrations in the study population following the last PLEX (or equivalent) procedure.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Biogen
Collaborator:
Elan Pharmaceuticals
Treatments:
Methylprednisolone
Methylprednisolone Acetate
Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate
Prednisolone
Prednisolone acetate
Prednisolone hemisuccinate
Prednisolone phosphate
Criteria
Key Inclusion Criteria:

- Must have been receiving natalizumab for multiple sclerosis (MS) prior to the
diagnosis or suspicion of Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).

- Subject must be willing to undergo or have completed plasma exchange (PLEX) prior to
initiating study treatment.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

- History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions or known hypersensitivity to any
drug including hypersensitivity to corticosteroids.

NOTE: Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.