Could a needle replace a machine? new study aims to simplify lifesaving iTTP treatment
NCT ID NCT06291025
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a simpler treatment for immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) works as well as the standard approach. Instead of daily plasma exchange (an invasive procedure), patients receive plasma infusions, immune-suppressing drugs, and caplacizumab. The goal is to reduce complications and burden while still controlling the disease. About 131 adults with iTTP will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 131 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 years and older
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient ≥ 18 years; * Clinical diagnosis of iTTP 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; it is not necessary to have the laboratory result confirming the severe ADAMTS13 deficiency for inclusion of patient \[32\] (For patient with previous TTPflare, French score can be \< 2); * 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 before plasma treatment; * Patients with a French score \< 2 (a serum creatinine level \> 200 μmol/L and/or with a platelet count \> 30 G/L), in order to exclude possible cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (except for patient with previous TTPflare, French score can be \< 2); * Other known causes of cytopenias and/or organ failure including but not limited to: uncontrolled cancer, chemotherapy, transplant, drugs, HIV at AIDS stage; * Patients with a severe neurological disorder i.e. seizure, coma, focal deficiency, trouble of consciousness; * 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); * Weight \> 100KG; * 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 Plasma 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.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
30 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ap-Hm La Conception
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13005, France
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Ap-Hp Pitie Salpetriere
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75651, France
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Ap-Hp Saint Louis
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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Ap-Hp St Antoine
RECRUITINGParis, 75571, France
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CH PAU
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPau, 64046, France
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CHU NICE
RECRUITINGNice, 06200, France
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Ch Saint-Nazaire
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSaint-Nazaire, 44606, France
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Ch Valenciennes
RECRUITINGValenciennes, 59322, France
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Chru Besanon
RECRUITINGBesançon, 25030, France
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Chu Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, 80054, France
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Chu Angers
RECRUITINGAngers, 49933, France
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Chu Bobigny
RECRUITINGBobigny, 93000, France
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Chu Bordeaux
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33076, France
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Chu Clermont-Ferrand
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
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Chu Edouard Herriot
RECRUITINGLyon, 69003, France
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Chu Lille
RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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Chu Limoges
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLimoges, 87042, France
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Chu Martinique
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFort-de-France, 97261, Martinique
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Chu Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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Chu Nancy
RECRUITINGNancy, 54500, France
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Chu Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, 44093, France
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Chu Nimes
RECRUITINGNîmes, 30029, France
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Chu Reims
RECRUITINGReims, 51092, France
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Chu Reunion Sud
RECRUITINGSaint-Pierre, 97448, Reunion
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Chu Rouen
RECRUITINGRouen, 76031, France
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Chu Strasbourg
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67091, France
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Chu Toulouse
RECRUITINGToulouse, 31000, France
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Chu Tours
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTours, 37044, France
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Hopital Jean Verdie
RECRUITINGBondy, 93140, France
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Reunion Nord
RECRUITINGSaint-Denis, 97400, Reunion
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