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Hydroxychloroquine added to dexamethasone for immune thrombocytopenia with positive antinuclear antibodies

Tests hydroxychloroquine plus dexamethasone against dexamethasone alone in adults with immune thrombocytopenia.

Key facts

Who runs it
Yunfeng Cheng
Where
Hong Kong, Hong KongSee the siteAlso in 2 other countries, 6 sites
Trial code
Registry title
The Efficacy and Safety of HCQ Plus DEX in ANA Positive ITP
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
129 people, planned
Started
24 Apr 2024
Expected to end
Dec 2026
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Hydroxychloroquine Oral Tablet
  • Dexamethasone oral
Record updated
28 June 2024

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for people aged 15 to 75 with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP, a low platelet count caused by the immune system) who test positive for antinuclear antibodies.

Age
15 to 75 years
Sex
All sexes
Disease stage
Primary ITP. Platelet count below 30×10^9/L within 1 week before joining, or below 50×10^9/L with bleeding within 1 week before joining.
Earlier treatment
No immune-changing medicine for other diseases in the 3 months before screening. No medicine that affects platelets (such as aspirin, clopidogrel, NSAIDs) or blood thinners for over 3 days in a row within 2 weeks before screening.
Biomarker or test result
Antinuclear antibody (ANA) positive. Other autoantibodies (dsDNA, SSA, SSB, RNP, β 2-GP, ACA, ANCA) negative. Blood clotting tests (prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time) near normal.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Low platelets caused by another disease, such as lupus, myelodysplastic syndrome or antiphospholipid syndrome
  • Past blood clots, stroke, heart attack, or serious heart disease
  • HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection, or active cancer
  • G6PD deficiency, or allergy or eye damage from 4-aminoquinoline drugs
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding, or not willing to use effective birth control

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Age is between 15-75 years old, and gender is unlimited
  • Before randomization, the clinical diagnosis is primary immune thrombocytopenia. The platelet count is less than 30×10\^9 / L within 1 week before enrollment, or platelet count is less than 50×10\^9 / L with bleeding symptoms within 1 week before enrollment
  • The antinuclear antibody is positive
  • Other autoantibodies (mainly including dsDNA antibodies, SSA, SSB, RNP, β 2-GP, ACA, ANCA) are negative
  • Prothrombin time does not exceed ± 3s of the normal value ranget, activated partial thrombin time is not outside normal range ± 10s; no history of coagulopathy except ITP
  • Understand the study procedures and sign the written informed consent form

Who cannot take part

  • With evidence of malignant tumor activity, or receiving anti-tumor treatment within 5 years prior to the screening
  • Addicted to alcohol or drugs
  • Having participated in other clinical trials within 3 months prior to screening
  • Having received any immunomodulatory medication for other diseases 3 months before screening
  • With a history of vaccination within 8 weeks before enrollment or scheduled for vaccination during the trial period
  • Secondary thrombocytopenia caused by myelodysplastic syndrome, immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, early aplastic anemia, atypical reanemia, antiphospholipid syndrome, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and various other causes
  • The participant has experienced any arterial or venous thrombosis (stroke, transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction, deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism), or clinical symptoms and medical history indicate thrombophilia
  • With poorly controlled hypertension and diabetes mellitus
  • With severe digestive tract diseases affecting drug absorption
  • With serious mental illness patient
  • With liver cirrhosis or portal hypertension
  • Being allergic to 4-aminoquinoline compounds
  • Having evidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/ hepatitis C virus(HCV)/ hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection (HIV antibody or HCV antibody is positive, HBV surface antigen is positive, or HBV surface antigen is negative but HBV-DNA indicating viral replication
  • Congestive heart disease, including New York Heart Association (NHYA) Grade III / IV, occurred within 3 months prior to screening, arrhythmia requiring medication or myocardial infarction, or arrhythmia known to increase the risk of thrombotic events (such as atrial fibrillation), or corrected QT interval (QTc) is longer than 450 ms, or QTc> 480 ms in paricipants with bundle branch block
  • With severe hemorrhage (intracranial hemorrhage) or coagulation dysfunction (INR and APTT> 125% upper limit of normal)
  • Having received any medication affecting platelet function ( Including but not limited to aspirin, aspirin-containing complexes, clopidogrel, salicylates, and / or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs ) or anticoagulant therapy for over consecutive 3 days within 2 weeks before screening
  • With Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • Moderate to severe anaemia (hemoglobin <90g / L)
  • Glutamate transaminotransferase (ALT) or glutamate transaminase (AST) is higher than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal value (ULN), or total bilirubin or blood creatinine is higher than 1.2 times the ULN
  • With retinal or visual field changes caused by 4-aminoquinoline compounds
  • Participants being pregnant or lactating, or with potential fertility, reluctance to use effective contraception within the entire trial cycle and within 28 days after the end of the trial (or within 28 days after premature withdraw)

Check if you might fit

Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.

  • Are you between 15 and 75 years old?

Where in Hong Kong

Also in 2 other countries, 6 sites

  • Health and Humanity Research Centre, Hongkong, China.Hong Kong, Hong KongContact: Gregory ChengTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) plus dexamethasone (DEX) works to treat primary immune thrombocytopenia with positive anti-nuclear antibodies in adults. It will also learn about the safety of HCQ plus DEX. The main questions it aims to answer are:

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Does HCQ plus DEX raise the response rate in participants, compared to DEX alone? Does HCQ plus DEX prolong the response duration in participants, compared to DEX alone? What medical problems do participants have when taking HCQ plus DEX? Researchers will compare HCQ plus DEX with DEX alone to see if HCQ plus DEX works better to treat primary immune thrombocytopenia with positive anti-nuclear antibodies.

Participants will:

Take DEX every day for consecutive 4 days ( if platelet count does not recover higher than 30×10\^9/L after 2 weeks, take DEX every day for another consecutive 4 days) with or without HCQ twice a day for 1 year , Visit the clinic once every 1 weeks for the first 4 weeks, and once every 2-4 weeks in the following 11 months for checkups and tests, Keep a diary of their symptoms.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • HCQ plus DEX groupTreatment being tested

    This group is experiment group. Participants will take DEX every day for consecutive 4 days ( if platelet count does not recover higher than 30×10\^9/L after 2 weeks, take DEX every day for another consecutive 4 days) with HCQ twice a day for 1 year

    Treatment: Hydroxychloroquine Oral Tablet and Dexamethasone oral

  • DEX groupPlacebo, for comparison

    This group is control group.Participants will take DEX every day for consecutive 4 days ( if platelet count does not recover higher than 30×10\^9/L after 2 weeks, take DEX every day for another consecutive 4 days)

    Treatment: Dexamethasone oral

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
The Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine Plus Dexamethasone in Antinuclear Antibody-positive Patients With Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia-- The Multicenter, Randomized, Open-labled Clinical Trial
Plain-language title
Hydroxychloroquine added to dexamethasone for immune thrombocytopenia with positive antinuclear antibodiesGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
Fit questions
Built from NCT06479317, who can take part
Record updated
28 June 2024