High-dose Cyclophosphamide for Moderate to Severe Refractory Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Summary

The primary endpoint of this study is to determine what percentage of patients receiving high-dose Cyclophosphamide may experience a halt in the worsening of their disease or experience improvement of their disease and for how long the benefit may last.

Timeline

Start

2003-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-11

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “I am relocating to Johns Hopkins Medical Center”

Publications

• Results Gladstone DE, Prestrud AA, Brannagan TH 3rd. High-dose cyclophosphamide results in long-term disease remission with restoration of a normal quality of life in patients with severe refractory chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2005 Mar;10(1):11-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1085-9489.2005.10104.x.
• Results Brannagan TH 3rd, Pradhan A, Heiman-Patterson T, Winkelman AC, Styler MJ, Topolsky DL, Crilley PA, Schwartzman RJ, Brodsky I, Gladstone DE. High-dose cyclophosphamide without stem-cell rescue for refractory CIDP. Neurology. 2002 Jun 25;58(12):1856-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.58.12.1856.

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