Efficacy of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Acute GVHD Treatment
Recruiting
Phase 2
Interventional Study
Acute Graft Versus Host Disease
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Trial phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 20 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez · Other
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About This Trial
Graft-versus-host disease is a complication of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with high morbidity and mortality. The standard treatment is corticosteroids, and based on the response within 3 to 7 days, a second-line therapy is added, which is expensive and not easily accessible. The administration of human chorionic gonadotropin has shown therapeutic effectiveness in 50% of patients…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Aged 18 years or older.
* Any gender.
* Post-allogeneic transplantation status (haploidentical or identical) of hematopoietic cells.
* Presenting recently onset aGVHD, grades 2 to 4, and requiring systemic steroid use as determined by the treating physician.
* Have not receive…
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