Immune Intervention With Rituximab to Preserve Beta Cell Function in Early Onset Type 1 Diabetes
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01280682 |
Recruitment Status
: Unknown
Verified April 2010 by Nanjing Medical University.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted
: January 21, 2011
Last Update Posted
: January 21, 2011
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 | Drug: rituximab | Phase 4 |
Although the presence of autoantibodies is a diagnostic criterion, the immunopathogenesis of beta-cell destruction in type 1 diabetes is typically associated with T-lymphocyte autoimmunity.
Many T-lymphocyte-mediated diseases include a B-lymphocyte component. B lymphocytes can play a crucial role as antigen-presenting cells, expressing high levels of class II major-histocompatibility-complex antigens and generating cryptic peptides to which T lymphocytes are not tolerant.
B lymphocytes can be selectively depleted with the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody. We will test the hypothesis that transient elimination of B lymphocytes with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody would decrease immune-mediated destruction of beta cells and result in preserved beta-cell function in patients with type 1 diabetes of recent onset.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 50 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Immune Intervention With Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody to Preserve Beta Cell Function in Early Onset Type 1 Diabetes |
Study Start Date : | July 2010 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: rituximab |
Drug: rituximab
anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody 125mg/m^2 day1 day8 day15 day22 repeat after six months (only day1 and day8)
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- CD19+ cells [ Time Frame: 1 week later ]number of CD19+ cells
- C-peptide level [ Time Frame: 6 monthes later ]C-peptide level during the first 2 hours of a mixed meal tolerance test
- glycated hemoglobin level [ Time Frame: 6 monthes later ]
- insulin dose [ Time Frame: 6 monthes later ]insulin dose(u/Kg)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 8 Years to 45 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed diagnosis of type 1 diabetes
- The age of subjects between 8 and 45 years old
- Course of disease within 1 year
- Presence of at least one type of detectable islet autoantibody [zinc transporter 8 antibody(ZnT8A),glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody(GADA),protein tyrosine phosphatase-2 antibody(IA-2A),insulin autoantibody(IAA)]
- Stimulated peak C-peptide levels of at least 0.2 pmol/mL
Exclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
- Severe chronic or acute complications of diabetes
- Severe infection or damage to the immune response
- Presence of chronic latent infection in vivo
- Viral hepatitis B patients whose hepatitis B virus(HBV)DNA > log10^5
- Liver and kidney dysfunction, alanine aminotransferase(ALT), aspartate aminotransferase(AST), and creatinine more than 2 times the upper limit of normal
- Hypotension, systolic blood pressure(SBP) ≤ 90mmHg, diastolic blood pressure(DBP) ≤ 60mmHg
- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis
- Allergic to any component of this drug
- Pregnancy, breast-feeding women
- Use of other immunosuppressive agents 3 months before selected

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01280682
Contact: Tao Yang, MD/PhD | 86-25-83718836 ext 6466 | yangt@njmu.edu.cn |
China, Jiangsu | |
First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University | Recruiting |
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210029 | |
Contact: Tao Yang, PhD 86-25-83718836 ext 6466 yangt@njmu.edu.cn | |
Principal Investigator: Tao Yang, PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Tao Yang, MD/PhD | First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, China |
Responsible Party: | Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01280682 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2010-SR-021 |
First Posted: | January 21, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 21, 2011 |
Last Verified: | April 2010 |
Keywords provided by Nanjing Medical University:
type 1 diabetes age course of disease autoantibodies C-peptide levels |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases |
Rituximab Antibodies, Monoclonal Antineoplastic Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Antirheumatic Agents |