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NCT03808805CompletedPhase 3

Aprepitant Versus Hydroxyzine in Persistent Aquagenic Pruritus for Patients With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Aprepitant Versus Hydroxyzine in Association With Cytoreductive Treatments for Patients With Myeloproliferative Neoplasia Suffering From Persistent Aquagenic Pruritus.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Dec 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Phase 3, randomized prospective study, double blind-double placebo, testing oral therapies APREPITANT versus HYDROXYZINE in patients followed for myeloproliferative neoplasms and suffering of persistent aquagenic pruritus.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
63 (actual)
First submitted
26 Sept 2018
Start date
16 Apr 2019
Primary completion date
1 Sept 2023
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Brest
NCT number
NCT03808805
EudraCT number
2018-000426-66

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 63
  • From 16 Apr 2019 to the primary completion date, 1 Sept 2023
  • 11 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • patients with diffuse dermatological disease where pruritus may be present (psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, prurigo
  • hypersensitivity to Aprepitant and / or Hydroxyzine or to any of their excipients

Other

  • patients with a physical or psychological disability to sign the consent form
  • patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms and suffering of aquagenic pruritus but only treated by aspirin
  • patients already included in another therapeutic protocol
  • patients already on anti-anxiety and / or anti-depressant treatment
  • patients with absolute contraindications to the use of Aprepitant or Hydroxyzine
  • lactose intolerance
  • pregnant or lactating women

Who the study is looking for

  • Major patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia or myelofibrosis)
  • and treated with hydroxyurea, pipobroman, anagrelide, α2a pegylated interferon, ruxolitinib or bled for more than 6 months
  • and suffering of persistent aquagenic pruritus
  • and with a pruritus intensity on Analogic Visual Scale \>5/10
  • patients who gave their written consent for participation in the study

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (11)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
CHU d Angers
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AngersFranceUnknown status
CHRU de Brest - Hôpital Morvan
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BrestFranceUnknown status
CHU de CAEN
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CaenFranceUnknown status
Centre Hospitalier de Douarnenez
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DouarnenezFranceUnknown status
CHU Grenoble Alpes
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GrenobleFranceUnknown status
Centre Leon Berard
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LyonFranceUnknown status
Centre Hospitalier des Pays de Morlaix
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MorlaixFranceUnknown status
CHU de Nantes
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NantesFranceUnknown status
Centre Hospitalier de Cornouaille
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QuimperFranceUnknown status
Hôpital Pontchaillou
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RennesFranceUnknown status
Hôpital Yves Le Foll
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Saint-BrieucFranceUnknown status

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