Observational Study of Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Sezary Syndrome
This study is looking at how a treatment called Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) works in people with Sezary syndrome, a type of skin lymphoma. ECP involves treating your white blood cells and plasma with a light-sensitizing drug called Methoxsalen outside your body, then returning them. Researchers want to see if ECP can reduce the percentage of tumor cells in your body. They plan to enroll 20 adults, aged 18 to 100, who have Sezary syndrome and can receive ECP. To be eligible, you also need to have recovered from any side effects of previous treatments. Participants will receive ECP weekly for four weeks, then every two weeks for five months. The study will measure changes in your body's immune response against tumor cells over three and six months to see how well the treatment works.
- Study design
- This is an observational study planning to enroll 20 participants with Sezary syndrome. It is not a randomized study.
- What's involved
- You would receive ECP weekly for 4 weeks, then twice monthly for 5 months. You would also provide 5 blood samples and have skin assessments and flow cytometry at baseline, 3, and 6 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your immune responses will be measured up to 6 months after starting ECP treatment.
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Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Sezary Syndrome
At a glance
Conditions
NCT05157581
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 3 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Cutaneous Translational Research Program - Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, Marylandstudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgiastudy coordinator listed
Not yet recruiting
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Oleg E Akilov, MD, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Pittsburgh
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Change from baseline in tumor-specific immunityUp to 3 months post baseline
Evaluate immune responses post ECP using innovative technology such as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) coupled with TCR sequencing to characterize ECP-related change in malignant cells
- Change from baseline in tumor-specific immunityUp to 6 months post baseline
Evaluate immune responses post ECP using innovative technology such as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) coupled with TCR sequencing to characterize ECP-related change in malignant cells