Pilot Study of Cyclophosphamide in Patients With Life-Threatening Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the induction of durable remission in patients with life-threatening systemic lupus erythematosus or antiphospholipid antibody syndrome treated with cyclophosphamide.

II. Determine the toxicity of this drug in these patients.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
• Treatments: Antibodies; Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; Cyclophosphamide

Criteria

PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:

--Disease Characteristics--

Diagnosis of life-threatening systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); must show at least 4 American College of Rheumatology criteria for SLE; must have severe organ damage in 1 or more organs; must have 1 or more of the following indications of ongoing disease activity: disease activity score (SLEDAI) at least 4, hospitalization for disease activity within 12 months, life-threatening disease not captured on SLEDAI

OR

Diagnosis of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome by the Hughes criteria; must show severity by ongoing symptoms or signs of hypercoagulability in spite of warfarin therapy

--Patient Characteristics--

Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL; transaminases no greater than 2.0 times normal

Renal: Creatinine no greater than 3.0 mg/dL

Cardiovascular: Ejection fraction at least 45%

Pulmonary: FVC, FEV1, or DLCO at least 50% predicted

Other: Not preterminal or moribund; not pregnant or nursing; fertile patients must use effective contraception