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NCT number NCT01987076
Other study ID # P110108
Secondary ID 2012-001471-36
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received September 17, 2013
Last updated July 29, 2015
Start date October 2013
Est. completion date October 2016

Study information

Verified date July 2015
Source Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Contact Olivier CHOSIDOW, MD, PhD
Phone (0) 149812501
Email olivier.chosidow@hmn.aphp.fr
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority France: Ministry of Health
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a rare and severe multiorgan adverse drug reaction occurring within 2 to 6-8 weeks after a new drug intake. DRESS syndrome is defined by the combination of clinical manifestations, cutaneous, visceral and biological disturbances. Its prognosis is directly linked to severity of visceral involvement, with a mortality evaluated above 10%.

Considering curative treatment, there is no consensus. Until now, no controlled trial has been performed. Systemic steroids are mainly used in first intention, in particular for management of visceral involvements, whatever their severity. From clinical practice, topical steroids are often used and could be helpful in the therapeutic management of DRESS.

We propose to evaluate systemic steroids versus very potent topical steroids in a multicentric randomized controlled trial including defined moderate DRESS, ie the non-inferiority of very potent topical steroids in terms of remission of visceral involvement at Day30 and the superiority of very potent topical steroids in terms of delay to remission of skin involvement.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 112
Est. completion date October 2016
Est. primary completion date October 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- patient age = 18 years

- signing informed consent form

- DRESS diagnosis with at least 4 criteria a, b, c, d

1. Skin rash occurring at least 10 days and not more than two months after continuous drug intake (or within less than 10 days in case of rechallenge)

2. Fever = 38 ° at the time of examination or fever = 38.5 ° peak in the last 72 hours (amendment 2 : ANSM + CPP : 08/04/14)

3. at least one visceral compatible :

- lymphadenopathy on at least two different sites measuring at least 1 cm in diameter

- transaminases > 2 upper limit of normal (ULN) or alkaline phosphatise > 3 ULN

- lung involvement defined by hypoxemia (capillary oximetry = 95%) and/or interstitial lung disease on chest radiography or scanner, in absence of other lung disease

- myocarditis, pericarditis (ECG clinical suspicion and confirmed by echocardiography)

- renal impairment defined as creatinine increase above the normal laboratory value associated with leucocyturia > 1000 / mm3 or proteinuria, a Na / K ratio >1 and Urine Cyto-bacteriology (EBCU) sterile in the absence of preexisting renal disease d) At least one of the following haematological abnormalities:

- eosinophilia = 0.7 g/l or > 10 % absolute

- lymphocytosis = 5*10^9 /l

- presence of atypical blood lymphocytes

- Patient with moderate DRESS : defined by at least one reached as follows :

- pulmonary: interstitial pneumonia with oxygen partial pressure in arterial blood (PaO2) 60-75 mmHg without dyspnoea at rest

- Hepatic: transaminases = 4 ULN and < 15 ULN and/or PAL =5 ULN and V factor 50% (amendment 2 : ANSM + CPP : 08/04/14)

- renal :

- acute renal failure and organic sharp increase in the 48 hours preceding the inclusion of more of 26.4 micromol/l creatinine

- and / or increase of 1.5 times the normal creatinine value

- and / or decrease of oliguria of less than 0.5 ml/kg/h followed by a 6 hours

- cord: pancytopenia (7=Hb=10 gr/dl and/or 50<p<100 G/L, 0.5<PNN=1.5G/l)

- AND absence of cardiac, neurological or gastrointestinal (gut, pancreas) threatening

- Drug withdrawal

- Patient with health insurance (or entitled beneficiary)

- Patient accepting the constraints of the test

Exclusion Criteria:

- uncontrolled sepsis

- unability to discontinue the medication(s) due

- known hypersensitivity to systemic or topical corticosteroids

- hepatitis B or C known, (active HIV status known suppressed by amendment 5 : ANSM16/04/2015 and CPP 07/04/2015)

- (Patient already treated by corticosteroid :

- More than 48 hours

- Less than 48 hours to following conditions :

- Patients receiving more than 1 mg/kg/day of prednisone per os

- Patients receiving methylprednisolone pulse up to 1mg/kg prednisone equivalent

- (Patients receiving more than 30 grams per day level 3 topical steroid or more than 10 grams per day level 4 topical steroid --> suppressed by amendment 3 : ANSM 28/05/14 CPP : 10/06/14)

- (Patient undergoing immunosuppressive therapy for another disease suppressed by amendment 5 : ANSM16/04/2015 and CPP 07/04/2015)

- Participation in another drug biomedical research

- Primitive bacterial infections, fungal or parasitic

- Severe rosacea cont-indicating the use of corticosteroid

- Presence of at least one ulcerated lesion (more than 10cm2)

- Severe dermatitis perioral cont-indicating the use of corticosteroid

- Severe acne contra-indicating the use of a corticosteroid

- Pregnant or nursing women

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Prednisone
Prednisone: Day 0 to day 30: 0.5mg/kg/day Day 30 to day 180: doses decreasing from 15 to 25% every 15 days until Day75 and 10 to 15% every 15 days.
Clobetasol
Clobetasol: cream 0.05% Day 0 to day 30: 30 grams per day Day 30 to day 45: 20 grams per day Day 45 to day 60: 20 grams every other day Day 60 to day 120: 20 grams biweekly Day 120 to day 150: 20 grams one a week

Locations

Country Name City State
France Henri Mondor Hospital Creteil

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

References & Publications (2)

Eshki M, Allanore L, Musette P, Milpied B, Grange A, Guillaume JC, Chosidow O, Guillot I, Paradis V, Joly P, Crickx B, Ranger-Rogez S, Descamps V. Twelve-year analysis of severe cases of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: a cause of unpredictable multiorgan failure. Arch Dermatol. 2009 Jan;145(1):67-72. doi: 10.1001/archderm.145.1.67. — View Citation

Mardivirin L, Valeyrie-Allanore L, Branlant-Redon E, Beneton N, Jidar K, Barbaud A, Crickx B, Ranger-Rogez S, Descamps V. Amoxicillin-induced flare in patients with DRESS (Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms): report of seven cases and demonstration of a direct effect of amoxicillin on Human Herpesvirus 6 replication in vitro. Eur J Dermatol. 2010 Jan-Feb;20(1):68-73. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0821. Epub 2009 Oct 12. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Rate of patients with a complete or almost healing of visceral involvement to D30 +/- 5 days AND complete or almost complete healing of skin involvement. Day 30 No
Secondary Rate of patients with a complete or almost complete healing of cutaneous and visceral involvement at Day 30 ± 5 days Day 30 No
Secondary Delays of complete or almost complete visceral healing Month 12 No
Secondary Relapse rates and bounces rates between the end of acute treatment and M12 Month 12 No
Secondary Patients rate evaluating to severe form (occurrence of a criterion defining the severe form cf. Above) Month 12 No
Secondary Occurrence rate of moderate DRESS visceral involvement, during the initial treatment (D0 to D30) not existing at inclusion Day 30 No
Secondary Mortality rate at Month 12 Month 12 No
Secondary Sequelae rate at Month 12 Month 12 No
Secondary Systemic steroids adverse reactions rate Month 12 Yes
Secondary Topical steroids adverse reactions rate Month 12 Yes
Secondary Patch tests evaluation in DRESS Month 6 No
Secondary Reactivation kinetics of Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Herpes Simplex virus (HSV), Human Herpes virus6 (HHV6) and Human Herpes virus7 (HHV7) Day 0, Day 7, Day 14, Day 21, Day 30, Month 3, Month 6, Month 12 No
Secondary Predictive value of lymphocyte transformation test in imputability Day 0, Day 30, Month 6, Month 12 No
Secondary Immunological factors evaluation in the skin Day 30 No
Secondary Blood inflammatory cytokines and chemokines analysis Day 0, Day 30, Month 6 No
Secondary Blood cytokines polymorphisms analysis Month 12 No