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Filter by:Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired neuropathy characterized by an inflammatory multifocal segmental demyelination. Due to the clinical heterogeneity of this condition and the lack of specific marker that can reliably identify all patients, the diagnosis of CIDP remains difficult. Similarly, there are no clear factors predicting the evolution or the prognosis of the disease. Current treatments are the intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), corticoids and plasma exchange; IVIg therapy being the most commonly used. Responses of the patients to the treatments are variable. Thus, it is necessary to identify predictive markers of the therapeutic response of CIDP patients treated by IVIg. Several potential biomarkers have been proposed recently, but none of them has yet been validated as a predictive criterion for therapeutic response. It is therefore necessary to continue to investigate several biological parameters to identify a reliable biological marker. In electromyography, the Motor Unit Number Index (MUNIX) technique allows measuring the axonal loss by a precise count of functional motor units. This method, more sensitive than the measure of the Compound Muscle Action Potential (CMAP), is rarely used in CIDP. MUNIX might be a good tool to better characterize the patients and to follow the course of CIDP. It also might be a new sensitive and reliable marker predictive of the therapeutic response. Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI) is increasingly used for the assessment of neuromuscular diseases. A recent study on CIDP patients reported a significant decrease of the muscle Magnetisation Transfer Ratio (MTR) compared to healthy subjects, correlated to clinical parameters. The use of advances MRI techniques could allow characterizing the structure and composition of muscle and nerve tissues of CIDP patients. It could also be a mean for identifying potential new markers, largely unexplored until now, that might be sensitive to disease course and/or IVIg response. The objective of this study is to identify predictive markers of the treatment response of CIDP patients receiving IVIg. This is a prospective observational exploratory study of a cohort of 30 CIDP patients treated with IVIg and followed-up during one year.
This study aims analyze the transcriptome to identify predictive biomarkers of IVIG in CIDP patients. 25 patients with a diagnosis of CIDP according to European criteria, naïve of treatment, will be included and followed for 1 year. Clinical assessment (RT-MRC ; Martin vigorimeter, RT-mISS,R-ODS,TW25, 9hole-peg test) will be performed at baseline and at 3, 6 and 12 months after the first IVIG course. Responder/No responder status will be defined at 3 month and confirmed at 12 months. Blood samples will be collected before the IVIG course at baseline, and at 2months and 6 months. At the end of the first IVIG course a blood sample will be collected to assess early changes of transcriptome. The CIDP diagnosis and responder/no responder status will be confirmed by an independent committee. The transcriptome of the patients will be individually analyzed and compared regarding Responder/Non responder status to a control groups of 20 healthy subjects
The aim of this study is to learn more about the following treatment options in adults with CIDP: - Subcutaneous self-infusion with HyQvia. - Intravenous infusion with Gammagard/Kiovig. Gammagard and Kiovig are the brand names for the same immunoglobulin compound. The study is in two parts. In Part 1, participants receive either HyQvia or a placebo subcutaneously. In Part 2 (only for participants who have a CIPD relapse during Part 1), participants will receive Gammagard Liquid/Kiovig intravenously. US participants will receive Gamunex-C. The first SC infusion will be given in the study clinic. The remaining SC infusions may be given in the study clinic or the participant's home. This will be decided by the study doctor and whether the participant or their caregiver can do the self-infusion.
Primary objective: To assess the efficacy of I10E in improving the disability of patients with CIDP. Secondary objective: To assess the safety of I10E in patients with CIDP.
This study is an extension study to the pivotal study IgPro20_3003 (NCT01545076). The purpose of this extension study is to investigate the long-term treatment of CIDP with IgPro20, with regard to safety and efficacy. Subjects who have completed subcutaneous (SC) Week 25 or were successfully rescued from a CIDP relapse during the SC Treatment Period of pivotal study IgPro20_3003 (NCT01545076) will have the option to receive open-label low-dose IgPro20 (0.2 g/kg bodyweight [bw]) weekly for up to 48 weeks. Subjects relapsing on low-dose IgPro20 will either return to high-dose IgPro20 (0.4 g/kg) immediately or be discontinued, depending on investigator's judgment. Subjects returning to high-dose IgPro20 will continue on high-dose until they have completed a total of 48 weeks of IgPro20 treatment. If subjects do not successfully recover from CIDP relapse within 4 weeks, they will be withdrawn. The treatment duration will be up to 48 weeks, followed by a completion visit (week 49).
We want to study whether MRI can be useful in diagnosing and monitoring patients with CIDP in maintenance treatment with immunoglobulin
The study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fingolimod in the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy compared with placebo.
This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group 3-arm study to investigate 2 different doses of subcutaneous (SC) IgPro20 compared with placebo for maintenance treatment of patients with CIDP. Patients who received at lease 1 dose of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) within 8 weeks before screening will be assessed during 4 separate study periods. Patients first undergo a Screening Period, followed by an IgG Dependency Test Period of up to 12 weeks to test for ongoing need of IgG. Those patients experiencing CIDP relapse during this test period will be administered a standardized IVIG regimen during an IVIG Re-stabilization Period. Patients with improved and maintained adjusted inflammatory neuropathy cause and treatment scale (INCAT) in the IVIG Re-stabilization Period will continue to the SC Treatment Period of the study. Patients entering the 24 week SC Treatment Period will be randomized to receive weekly infusions of 1 of 2 IgPro20 doses (0.2 or 0.4 g/kg body weight) or placebo. The overall study duration is up to 52 weeks. Clinical outcomes will be assessed by the Inflammatory Neuropathy Cause and Treatment (INCAT) score, maximum grip strength, the Medical Research Council (MRC) sum score, the Rasch-built Overall Disability Scale (R-ODS), and electrophysiological evaluations.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether subcutaneous immunoglobulin given in small doses, is effective in maintaining the force, in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy compared with placebo (saline infusions), and intravenous immunoglobulin.
The aim of this study is to quantify the effect of IVIG treatment in a group of patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy(CIDP), who requires continues treatment of IVIG at regular intervals of 3-10 weeks: 1. During continues treatment of IVIG at regular intervals of 3-10 weeks. 2. During pause in treatment. Hypothesis: 1. The disease activity in the patients are cyclical correlating to the treatment intervals. 2. Pause in treatment will increase disease activity, which can be quantified with symptom scores, disability scales, and clinical test. Primary effect parameter is muscle strength quantified by isokinetic dynamometry. Added to the protocol there is an immunological study of inflammatory markers in blood samples of patients under treatment pause.