Active clinical trials for "Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes"

Background: Head injury is one of the top three diagnosis leading to intensive care unit (ICU) admission in Malaysia. There has been growing interest in using immunonutrition as a mode of modulating the inflammatory response to injury or infection with the aim of improving clinical outcome. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of an immunonutrition on biomarkers (IL-6, glutathione, CRP, total protein and albumin) in traumatic brain injury patients. Methods: Thirty six patients with head injury admitted to neurosurgical ICU in University Malaya Medical Centre were recruited for this study, over a 6-month period from July 2014 to January 2015. Patients were randomized to receive either an immunonutrition (Group A) or a standard (Group B) enteral feed. Levels of biomarkers were measured at day 1, 5 and 7 of enteral feeding. Results: Patients in Group A showed significant reduction of IL-6 at day 5 (p<0.001) with concurrent rise in glutathione levels (p= 0.049). Patients in Group A also demonstrated a significant increase of total protein level at the end of the study (day 7). Conclusion: These findings indicate the potential of immunonutrition reducing cytokines and increasing antioxidant indices in patients with TBI. However, further studies incorporating patient outcomes are needed to determine its overall clinical benefits.

To study the use of subcutaneous (injected under the skin) immunoglobulin replacement therapy (replacement of antibodies, which are infection-fighting proteins) in patients with a type of blood cancer called lymphoma, who have been treated with rituximab (a type of chemotherapy) and have an abnormal immune system putting them at increased risk of infection.

This multicenter, open-label, parallel-arm, non-randomized study is designed to evaluate safety and tolerability of higher infusion parameters of IgPro20 in subjects with primary immunodeficiency (PID). A total of 45 subjects (including at least 14 [30%] pediatric subjects ≤ 17 years of age and at least 9 [20%] obese subjects with body mass index [BMI] of ≥30 kg/m2) with confirmed PID will be evaluated in the study. The study will include three cohorts of 15 subjects each as follows: i) Pump-Assisted Volume Cohort (weekly infusions), volume per injection site of 25 mL up to 50 mL, ii) Pump Assisted Flow Rate Cohort (weekly infusions), flow rate per injection site of 25 mL/hour up to 100 mL/hour, iii) Manual Push Flow Rate Cohort (2 to 7 infusions per week), flow rate per injection site of 25 to 30 mL/hour up to 120 mL/hour (equivalent of approximately 0.5 mL/minute up to 2 mL/minute). Each cohort will test 3 infusion parameter levels (4 for the pump-assisted flow rate cohort), repeated at least 4 times over a duration of 12 weeks (16 weeks for the flow rate cohort). After 4 infusion weeks at each level, qualifying subjects (responders) will switch to the next infusion parameter level (eg, from 25 to 50 mL/h). During the study, the weekly dose will remain unchanged (as prescribed by treating physician, usually within 100-200 mg/kg per week range); only the respective infusion parameter under evaluation will change.

GSK2838232 is a novel HIV-1 maturation inhibitor (MI) that is being developed for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in combination with other antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study will be a 10-day monotherapy, open-label, adaptive, dose ranging, repeat-dose study. This study will be conducted in two Parts (Part A and Part B) consisting single daily doses of GSK2838232 and Cobicistat from Day 1 to Day 10. This proof of concept open-label study will be aimed to characterize the acute antiviral activity, pharmacokinetics (PK), the relationship between PK and antiviral activity, and safety of GSK2838232/cobi administered across a range of doses over 10 days in HIV-1 infected patients. A cohort of 10 subjects will be studied in Part I followed by interim (go/no-go) analysis of Part A data. On completion of an interim analysis of part A data, further cohorts of 8 subjects will then be studied in Part B in a parallel design in two or more cohorts (depending upon the data obtained in Part A). Approximately 34 HIV-1 infected treatment-naive subjects will be enrolled during the study. Subjects in both parts will have a screening visit within 30 days prior to first dose and a follow-up visit 7-14 days after the last dose. Maximum duration of study participation will be approximately 6 Weeks.

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (ABT-493/ABT-530) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype (GT)1 to GT6-infected Asian participants with compensated cirrhosis with or without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection who are HCV treatment-naïve or treatment-experienced with interferon (IFN) (alpha, beta or pegylated interferon [pegIFN]) with or without ribavirin (RBV) OR sofosbuvir with RBV with or without IFN.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) GC5107 in subjects with Primary Humoral Immunodeficiency (PHID).

Smoking is a significant cause of damage to health and quality of life specifically for Veterans with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Smoking cessation interventions for this population are lacking. The primary aim of this project is to explore smoking cessation treatment preferences among Veteran smokers living with HIV. The study team will refine the design and content of a smoking cessation treatment for Veteran smokers living with HIV. The intervention uses mobile health and telehealth technology to personalize smoking cessation counseling and medications and provide relapse prevention text messaging.

The main aim of the study is to check how much TAK-771 stays in their blood over time, side effect from the study treatment or TAK-771, how much TAK-771 participants can receive without getting side effects from it, and if TAK-771 improves symptoms of primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID). This will help the study sponsor (Takeda) to work out the best dose to give people in the future. The participants will be treated with TAK-771 for totally 27 or 30 weeks. Treatment period is consist of two periods called Epoch 1 and Epoch 2. In Epoch 1, different groups of participants will receive lower to higher doses of TAK-771 for 3 to 6 weeks. The study doctors will check for side effects from each dose of TAK-771. In Epoch 2, participants will receive TAK-771 once a 3 or 4 weeks until the end of 24 weeks. There will be many clinic visits. The number of visits will depend on the infusion cycles of study drug (every 3, or 4 weeks).

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (E/C/F/TAF) fixed dose combination (FDC) plus darunavir (DRV) relative to current antiretroviral regimens (ARV) in virologically suppressed, HIV-1 positive participants with HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL at Week 24. This study consists of 48 weeks of open-label phase followed by an optional Extension Phase in which all the participants will receive E/C/F/TAF+DRV.

This study is designed to demonstrate the non-inferior antiviral activity of DTG/ABC/3TC fixed dose combination (FDC) once daily (OD) compared to atazanavir plus ritonavir (ATV+RTV) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine fixed dose combination (TDF/FTC FDC) OD in HIV-1 infected, ART-naïve women over 48 weeks. This study will also characterize the safety and tolerability of DTG/ABC/3TC FDC compared to ATV+RTV+TDF/FTC FDC. Sufficient number of subjects will be screened in order to ensure a total of approximately 474 subjects will be randomized (237 in each study arm)