Desperate patients get early access to promising drug
NCT ID NCT04745637
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This program provides early access to the drug ruxolitinib for people with serious or life-threatening conditions like certain blood cancers, severe COVID-19, or graft-versus-host disease. It is for patients who have no other treatment options and cannot join a clinical trial. The goal is to offer potential benefit when standard therapies are not available.
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- Lead sponsor
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A company
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- Ages
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2 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion criteria 1. An independent request was received from a licensed physician. 2. The patient has a serious or life-threatening disease or condition and there is no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy available for diagnosis, monitoring, or treatment. 3. The patient is not eligible or able to enroll in a clinical trial or continue participation in such trial. 4. There is a potential patient benefit to justify the potential risk of the treatment use, and the potential risk is not unreasonable in the context of the disease or condition to be treated. 5. The patient must meet any other medical criteria established by the medical experts responsible for the product or by the health authority in the country of request (as applicable). 6. Provision of the product will not interfere with the initiation, conduct, or completion of a Novartis clinical trial or overall development program. 7. Managed Access provision is allowed per local laws/regulations.
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