Tailored drug regimen shows promise for rare blood disorder
NCT ID NCT04720261
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether giving the drug caplacizumab based on regular blood tests (ADAMTS13 activity) could improve outcomes for adults with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP), a rare condition causing dangerous blood clots. The trial enrolled 58 adults and monitored for death, lack of response, or worsening disease within 30 days. The goal was to see if a personalized approach could reduce complications while using the drug more efficiently.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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58 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2021
- Finished
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May 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients ≥ 18 years; * Clinical diagnosis of aTTP based on standard clinical and laboratory criteria (French Score ≥ 2): i.e., thrombotic microangiopathy syndrome with platelet count ≤ 30 G/L and serum creatinine ≤ 200 μmol/L; severe ADAMTS13 deficiency is not a requirement for inclusion of patients with a French score of 2 \[31\]; * Patient having read and understood the information letter and signed the Informed Consent Form. If the patient is unable to express his consent, the consent will be signed by his representative ((1) the trusted person, or failing that, (2) a family member, or (3) a close relative of the person concerned). In this case, consent to continue the study will subsequently be requested from the patient (article L1122-1-1 of the CSP); * Patient affiliated with, or beneficiary of a social security (national health insurance) plan; * For women: * Women of childbearing potential : * Effective contraception according to WHO definition (estrogen-progestin or intrauterine device or tubal ligation) since at least 1 month and; * Negative blood pregnancy test; * Women surgically sterile (absence of ovaries and/or uterus); * Postmenopausal women (non-medically induced amenorrhea for at least 12 months prior to the inclusion visit). Exclusion Criteria: * Platelet count \> 100 G/L; * Patients with a French score \< 2 (a serum creatinine level \> 200 μmol/L +/- associated with a platelet count \> 30 G/L), in order to exclude possible cases of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome; * Known other causes of cytopenias and/or organ failure including but not limited to: uncontrolled cancer, chemotherapy, transplant, drugs, HIV at AIDS stage; * Pregnant women (positive result from a blood pregnancy test) or patients with an imminent project of pregnancy; breastfeeding women (due to lack of pharmacological data for caplacizumab during pregnancy and breastfeeding); * Congenital TTP; * Clinically significant active bleeding or high risk of bleeding (excluding thrombocytopenia); * Chronic treatment with anticoagulant that cannot be interrupted safely, including but not limited to: vitamin K antagonists, direct oral anticoagulant, low molecular weight heparin or heparin; * Malignant hypertension; * Contra-indication to CABLIVI 10 mg powder and solvent for solution for injection: hypersensitivity to caplacizumab or to any of the excipients; * Contra-indication to PE treatment; * Contra-indication to corticosteroid (= ((methyl)prednisone or (methyl)prednisolone)) or excipients; * Contra-indication to rituximab or excipients and to its premedication; * Person deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision or placed under judicial protection (guardianship or supervision); * Participation in another drug interventional clinical trial within 30 days prior to inclusion and during the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ah-Hp Hopital Saint Louis
Paris, 75010, France
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Ap-Hm Hopital de La Conception
Marseille, 13005, France
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Ap-Hp Hopital de Cochin
Paris, 75014, France
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Ap-Hp Hopital de Necker
Paris, 75015, France
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Ap-Hp Hopital de St Antoine
Paris, 75571, France
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CHU CAEN
Caen, 14033, France
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Ch Edouard Herriot
Lyon, 69003, France
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Ch Valenciennes
Valenciennes, 59300, France
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Chu Amiens
Amiens, 80054, France
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Chu Angers
Angers, 49933, France
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Chu Besancon
Besançon, 25030, France
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Chu Bordeaux
Bordeaux, 33404, France
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Chu Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
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Chu Lille
Lille, 59037, France
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Chu Limoges
Limoges, 87042, France
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Chu Montpellier
Montpellier, 34295, France
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Chu Nancy
Nancy, 54035, France
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Chu Nantes
Nantes, 44093, France
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Chu Reims
Reims, 51092, France
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Chu Rennes
Rennes, 35033, France
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Chu Rouen
Rouen, 76031, France
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Chu Tours
Tours, 37044, France
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Fort de France
Fort-de-France, 97261, Martinique
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Reunion Sud
Saint-Paul, 97448, France
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