Study of Epratuzumab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00111306 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
First Posted : May 20, 2005
Last Update Posted : November 8, 2011
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Drug: epratuzumab | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 510 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind. Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center Study of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus With Acute Severe SLE Flares Excluding Renal or Neurological Systems |
Study Start Date : | June 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2007 |

- Patient response variable (complete response, partial response, non-response) evaluated at 24 weeks.
- Proportion of patients with complete response or partial response;
- Individual BILAG assessments;
- Physician and patient assessment scores;
- Time-to treatment failure;
- Successful steroid reduction by weeks 20 and 24;
- Maintenance of steroid reduction at 24 and 48 weeks;
- Monitor the plasma concentration and immunogenicity profile of epratuzumab in patients with Lupus;
- Assess epratuzumab on Health-related quality of life.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Has SLE by ACR revised criteria (meets <4 criteria);
- Has SLE with at least one elevated lupus antibody;
- Has new onset of severe lupus disease flare in at least one body or organ system, excluding renal or neurologic
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active severe CNS or Renal disease defined by BILAG as Level A
- Allergy to murine or human antibodies
- Antiphospholid antibodies AND a history of thrombocytopenic events

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00111306
United States, Alabama | |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States | |
United States, Arizona | |
Tucson, Arizona, United States | |
United States, California | |
Los Angeles, California, United States | |
Upland, California, United States | |
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Denver, Colorado, United States | |
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States | |
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Bronx, New York, United States | |
New York, New York, United States | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States | |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States | |
United States, Oklahoma | |
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | |
United States, South Carolina | |
Charleston, South Carolina, United States | |
Belgium | |
Brussels, Belgium | |
Hungary | |
Debrecen, Hungary | |
Netherlands | |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
Spain | |
Santander, Spain | |
United Kingdom | |
Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Study Director: | Anna Barry | UCB Pharma |
Responsible Party: | UCB Pharma |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00111306 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SL0003 (IMMU-103-03) EudraCT #: 2005-000705-59 |
First Posted: | May 20, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 8, 2011 |
Last Verified: | November 2011 |
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