IVIG Versus Placebo for the Treatment of Patients With Severe C-Diff

Stopped early · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Clostridium Difficile-associated Diarrhea (CDAD)

In brief

In this trial, eligible patients will be randomly assigned to receive a single dose of 400 mg/kg of IVIG or a normal saline infusion as placebo over 4-6 hours, in addition to their usual medications for CDAD. We expect to enroll approximately 40 patients over a period of two years from UPMC Shadyside Hospital, McKeesport Hospital, and St. Margaret's Hospital who are unresponsive to standard antimicrobial therapy for CDAD. During the course of this study we expect that IVIG group compared with placebo group will have fewer number of stools per day (\< 3 per day). Secondary endpoints will include normal WBC count, normal body temperature, 75% reduction in abdominal pain / tenderness, and decrease in length of hospital stay. Subjects will sign a written informed consent prior to any study procedures. Patients will be monitored closely during the infusion of the study medication and will continue to be monitored on a daily basis up to the time of discharge. Data collection will include vital signs, CBC, stool C. difficile cytotoxin assay, and stool counts before and after therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00177970

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

14

Starts

2003-10-01

Expected to finish

2008-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Males and female greater than 18 years of age
• Positive stool C. difficile cytotoxin assay and/or biopsy evidence of Pseudomembranous Colitis (PMC) at onset of illness
• Current history of severe, relapsing CDAD or Current history of severe, refractory CDAD
• A score of 6 or 7 on the C.Diff Severity and Prognosis Score (CDSPS) scale27,28,29,30 OR failure to respond (as identified by a score of 4 or more on the CDSPS scale below) to any of the following: a 4-day or more course of oral or IV metronidazole 500 mg po TID or QID; or to a 4-day course of oral vancomycin 125-500 mg po Q6 hours; or to a 4-day course of vancomycin enemas; or failure to respond to a 4-day course of combination therapy of oral vancomycin 125-500 mg po Q6 hours and IV metronidazole 500mg IV Q8 or Q6 hours and/or vancomycin enemas.
• CDSPS SCALE (each item is scored as one point for a 7 point maximum total)
• underlying immunosuppression/chronic medical condition
• altered or depressed mental status as defined by medical chart documentation
• abdominal pain and/or distention
• WBC > 20,000 or < 1,500 and/or bandemia > 10%
• hypoalbuminemia (<3 mg/dL)
• ascites (clinically or per CT scan findings per medical chart)
• abnormal CT scan findings per medical chart -

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant or lactating women
• Selective IgA deficiency
• Hypersensitivity to immune globulin, human albumin, or thimerosal -

Where it is running

• UPMC McKeesport Hospital and SemperCare Hospital of McKeesport, Inc — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• UPMC Presbyterian Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• UPMC St. Margaret Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• UPMC Shadyside Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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