AZTEC

AZTEC: A phase II study of the use of azacitidine for the treatment of patients with chronic graft-versus-host-disease who have failed therapy with corticosteroids

Trial Overview and Summary

Bone marrow (stem cell) transplantation is effective in curing patients of leukaemia and lymphoma. A major complication is graft-versus-host-disease (GvHD), a condition in which the donor immune system recognises the patient's normal cells as 'foreign' and attacks them leading to organ damage. cGvHD may respond to drugs such as steroids but these  can lead to complications. Azacitidine is a novel drug that has been shown to increase the number of normal 'regulatory' cells to control the activity of the immune system. This study will determine the value of this drug in patients with cGvHD who do not respond to steroids.


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Chief Investigator: Dr Ram Malladi
  
Sponsor: University of Birmingham
  
Funders: Bloodwise and Celgene
  
Disease Site: Graft versus Host Disease
  
Trial Type: Clinical Trial of an Investigational Medicinal Product
  
Status: Open
  
UKCRN Study ID: N/A
  
Open to new sites? Yes
  
Recruitment start date: 01-Mar-2016
  
Anticipated Recruitment end date: December 2019  
CRCTU Trial Management Team: Haematology Team
  
Trial E-mail Address: AZTEC@trials.bham.ac.uk
  

Trial Protocol

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