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NCT Number: NCT02342184

Efficacy and Safety Study of GB-0998 for Guillain-Barré Syndrome

This study will carry out to assess the efficacy of GB-0998 (intravenous immunoglobulin;400mg/kg/day for five days) in the treatment of the Guillain-Barré Syndrome based on the changes in Hughes Functional Grade (FG) as primary endpoint, and in addition, to assess the safety of GB-0998.

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • In principle, patients are able to receive the treatment within 2 weeks (with limits of 4 weeks) from the start of symptoms.
  • Patients with predominant motor neuropathy and FG is grade 4 or grade 5 (if symptoms is progressive, patients with FG is grade 3 involve in this study).
  • Patients with plasmapheresis, steroids and immune globulin therapy is no operation for this onset.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who have the anamnesis of shock or hypersensitivity to GB-0998.
  • Patients who have been diagnosed as hereditary fructose intolerance.
  • Patients who have impaired peripheral neuropathy except Guillain-Barré syndrome.
  • Patients with history of volatile organic solvent abuse, abnormal porphyrin metabolism, history of pharynx or cutaneous diphtheria, plumbism, poliomyelitis, botulism, hysterical paralysis, toxic neuropathy.
  • Patients who have received treatment of malignant tumors.
  • Patients who were administered immunoglobulin within 8 weeks before informed consent.
  • Patients who have been diagnosed IgA deficiency in their past history.
  • Patients with severe renal disorder or decreased cardiac function.
  • Patients who have the anamnesis of cerebro- or cardiovascular disorders, or symptom of these diseases.
  • Patients with high risk of thromboembolism.
  • Pregnant, lactating, and probably pregnant patients.
  • Patients who were administered other investigational drug within 12 weeks before consent.

Treatment and study plan

GB-0998

Drug

Other names: Venoglobulin-IH

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients with more than 1 grade improvement in Hughes Functional Grade (FG)

    Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. days required for 1 grade improvement of FG

    Time frame: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 weeks

  2. days required for 2 grade improvement of FG

    Time frame: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 weeks

  3. changes in FG

    Time frame: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 weeks

  4. proportion of patients with more than 1 grade improvement in the Arm Grade (AG) relative to baseline

    Time frame: 4weeks

  5. days required for 1 grade improvement of the AG

    Time frame: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 weeks

  6. days required for 2 grade improvement of the AG

    Time frame: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 weeks

  7. changes in AG

    Time frame: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 weeks

  8. changes in grip strength

    Time frame: 1,2,4,8,12 weeks

  9. changes in manual muscle testing (MMT)

    Time frame: 1,2,4,8,12 weeks

  10. changes in activity of daily living (ADL)

    Time frame: 1,2,4,8,12 weeks

  11. changes in motor nerve conduction velocity

    Time frame: 4,12 weeks

  12. changes in FG on rescue treatment

    Time frame: 1,2,3,4,6,8,12 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Japan Blood Products Organization

Industry

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Jan 19, 2015
Registry last updated
Feb 4, 2016

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