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COVID19(COVID19_BMT)NCT04349540

Role of Immune and Inflammatory Response in Recipients of Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT) Affected by Severe COVID19

An observational study of COVID19, run by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

COVID19 pandemic currently represents a public health emergency. Based on current data, 15% of the affected individuals will develop a severe form of the disease requiring admission to hospital and respiratory support. Data show that age and cardiovascular pre-existing comorbidities predict a poorer outcome. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 3 months and older
Conditions the study is for
COVID19
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
15 Apr 2020to 15 Jan 2021
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 3 months and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: all patinets who develop severe COVID19 infection (defined as requiring oxygen support) after having received an allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Who may be able to join

  • Adult and paediatric patents (any age) who have received allogeneic stem cell transplantation AND
  • Proven COVID19 infection as documented by PCR testing of nasal/ throat swab or NPA AND
  • Severe COVID 19 infection as defined by need for supplemental oxygen

Who cannot join

  • Patients beyond the first 72 hours of developing oxygen requirement or
  • Patients who have received cytokine targeting treatment before blood sampling or
  • Patients with a mild/moderate COVID19 infection (ie no need for supplementary oxygen)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    London, WC1N 3 JH

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About this study

Official title: A Prospective Non Interventional Study to Evaluate the Role of Immune and Inflammatory Response in Recipients of Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (SCT) Affected by Severe COVID19 Infection

COVID19 pandemic currently represents a public health emergency. Based on current data, 15% of the affected individuals will develop a severe form of the disease requiring admission to hospital and respiratory support. Data show that age and cardiovascular pre-existing comorbidities predict a poorer outcome. Some evidence suggests that a subset of patients with poorer outcome present with a cytokine mediated inflammatory response and with a secondary HLH like clinical phenotype. No data are so far available with regard to the risk of severe COVID19 disease in the post stem cell transplantation setting. Recipients of allogeneic stem cell transplantation are by definition immunologically dysregulated and could potentially present with a unique immune-inflammatory response to COVID 19 infection. Moreover, the immunosuppression used to prevent/treat GVHD may also impact clinical progression and it is possible that because of their immunological defects, SCT patients could potentially have prolonged carriage of the virus and hence act as "super spreaders".

The present study aims at documenting clinical and biological characteristics, including immunological profiling, of allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients presenting with severe COVID 19 infection and its impact on patients survival. This work may provide the scientific basis for targeted therapy with biological agents in this patient group.

Read the detailed description

The transplant teams in each participating site will be identifying and approaching eligible patients. Adult and paediatric patients with a history of allogeneic stem cell transplantation who are admitted to hospital with a proven severe COVID19 infection will be eligible for the study. Within 72 hrs of admission, a 10 ml clotted blood (5 mls for pts below 15 kg weight) will be collected and serum frozen at -80 C. This sample will be sent with a 10ml blood sample (5 mls for pts below 15 kg weight) in EDTA to the Immunology Laboratories at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London for centralized cytokine and lymphocyte subset analysis. The sample will be divided into 2 aliquots, one being analyzed directly, the second one being frozen for further assays as developed. Other immunological and biochemical parameters will be tested locally and results with local reference ranges will be collected for the purpose of the current study.

In case the patient deteriorates further from the respiratory perspective requiring either CPAP or mechanical ventilation, a second 5 ml serum sample may be collected, frozen at -80 C and sent to GOSH for repeated cytokine analysis.

HScore will be calculated as per published data but bone marrow aspiration will be optional in calculating the scoring given the expected acute clinical situation of the patient. (Fardet et al, Arthritis Rheumatol 2014).

Transplant research team members will collect demographic and clinical characteristics at the time samples are sent to GOS. Blood results, data on clinical course, therapy (including biological agents) and outcome data will be collected with a follow up survey 30 and 100 days after start of supplemental oxygen therapy for COVID19 infection.

Conditions
COVID19
Being tested
no intervention
Keywords
HSCT
Medical subject headings
COVID-19

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • no interventionOther

    no intervention

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Comparison of inflammatory/immunological biomarkers <72 hours after development of oxygen requirement

    Measured: 72 hrs

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Overall survival at 30 and 100 days after development of oxygen requirement

    Measured: day +30 and +100

  2. Comparison of 30 and 100 day survival in SCT patients who are vs are not ongoing immunosuppression

    Measured: Day +30 and +100

  3. Proportion of patients requiring mechanical ventilation

    Measured: Day +30

  4. Incidence of secondary HLH (as defined by HS score)

    Measured: Day +30

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted16 Apr 2020
  2. Study start15 Apr 2020
  3. Primary completion15 Oct 2020 (estimated)
  4. Study completion15 Jan 2021 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04349540
Sponsor's protocol ID
20BO08
Acronym
(COVID19_BMT)
Status last verified
Apr 2020
First submitted
14 Apr 2020
Last updated
16 Apr 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of COVID19, run by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Apr 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Comparison of inflammatory/immunological biomarkers <72 hours after development of oxygen requirement (time frame: 72 hrs). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Apr 2020.

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