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High Cut-off Hemodialysis in Patients With Advanced Cardiac AL Amyloidosis and End Stage Renal Disease (DIACAL)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01531751
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn
First Posted : February 13, 2012
Last Update Posted : March 21, 2018
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Giampaolo Merlini, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The aim of the study is to assess survival of patients with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis treated with high cut-off hemodialysis (HCO-HD) combined with chemotherapy.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Primary Amyloidosis of Light Chain Type Device: High Cut-off Hemodialysis Drug: Chemotherapy Phase 2

Detailed Description:

This will be a single-center phase II open label trial. Subjects with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis and end-stage renal disease will undergo HCO-HD while receiving chemotherapy for their plasma cell dyscrasia according to the current standards of care.

After giving written informed consent, the patients will be evaluated for eligibility. Briefly, the subjects with a biopsy-proven diagnosis of AL amyloidosis who are cardiac stage 3 based on NT-proBNP (> 332 ng/L) and cTnI (> 100 ng/L) and whose estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is < 15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 will be eligible for the study. Patients with non-AL (e.g. familial and senile) amyloidosis will be excluded, as well as subjects who have less than 100 mg/L circulating amyloidogenic FLC. Sixteen patients will be enrolled.

The study includes 3 periods: screening, treatment followed by the end-of-treatment evaluation and follow-up. During dialysis the patients will undergo the first cycle of chemotherapy according to the current standard of care for subjects with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis. Measurements of FLC and cardiac biomarkers will be done before and after each dialysis session. High cutoff HD will be continued during the first chemotherapy cycle. After the first cycle the end-of-treatment evaluation will take place. Follow-up evaluations will be performed after the end of each subsequent chemotherapy cycle and every 2 months after chemotherapy discontinuation for 1 year or until disease progression occurs.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 0 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: An Open Label Phase II Trial of Free Light Chain Removal by Extended High Cut-Off Hemodialysis in Patients With Advanced Cardiac AL Amyloidosis and End-Stage Renal Disease.
Actual Study Start Date : February 2015
Actual Primary Completion Date : December 2015
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2015

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: High Cut-off Hemodialysis Device: High Cut-off Hemodialysis
During dialysis the patients will undergo the first cycle of chemotherapy according to the current standard of care for subjects with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis. Measurements of FLC and cardiac biomarkers will be done before and after each dialysis session. High cutoff HD will be continued during the first chemotherapy cycle. After the first cycle the end-of-treatment evaluation will take place.
Other Name: Theralite

Drug: Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy will be based on alchilators, proteasome inhibitors, steroids, IMiDs.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Survival [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
    The primary objective will be to assess survival of patients with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis treated with HCO-HD combined with chemotherapy.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. tolerability of the experimental device [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
    Secondary objectives will be to assess the feasibility and tolerability of HCO-HD in patients with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis, the efficiency of HCO-HD plus chemotherapy in reducing amyloidogenic FLC in this setting, and the ability of this approach to promote improvement of cardiac dysfunction as assessed by biomarkers.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of AL amyloidosis.
  • Age ≥ 18 years.
  • Evidence of a monoclonal light chain in serum and/or urine by positive immunofixation and abnormal FLC κ/λ ratio.
  • Evidence of cardiac involvement at echocardiography (mean left ventricular wall thickness > 12 mm in the absence of other causes).
  • Cardiac stage III (both NT-proBNP > 332 ng/L and cTnI > 100 ng/L).
  • Estimated GFR < 15 mL/min per 1.73 m2 or requiring dialysis.
  • NYHA class III or IV.
  • Initiation of chemotherapy for AL amyloidosis scheduled between day 3 and day 8 after first HCO-HD session.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Non-AL (e.g. familial, senile) amyloidosis.
  • Concomitant non-amyloid related clinically significant cardiac diseases.
  • Involved (amyloidogenic) FLC < 100 mg/L.
  • Inability to undergo chemotherapy for AL amyloidosis.
  • Uncontrolled infection.
  • Inability to give informed consent.
  • Previous or ongoing psychiatric illness (excluding reactive depression).
  • Pregnant or nursing women.
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Locations
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Italy
Centro per lo Studio e la Cura delle Amiloidosi Sistemiche - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S.Matteo
Pavia, Italy, 27100
Sponsors and Collaborators
IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
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Responsible Party: Giampaolo Merlini, Director, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01531751    
Other Study ID Numbers: AC-005-IT
First Posted: February 13, 2012    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 21, 2018
Last Verified: March 2018
Keywords provided by Giampaolo Merlini, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo:
HCO-HD
survival
cardiac biomarkers
AL amyloidosis
Light Chain Amyloidosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Renal Insufficiency
Proteostasis Deficiencies
 Metabolic Diseases
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Paraproteinemias