Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18-65 (full criteria)
Location
at UCSF
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by Laura Koth, MD (ucsf)
Headshot of Laura Koth
Laura Koth

Description

Summary

The objective is this study is to test whether use of Acthar gel in the context of sarcoidosis will lead to improved symptoms and lung function and correlate with decreased levels of predictive blood biomarkers, like chemokine ligand 9 (CXCL9).

Details

The investigators will test whether Acthar gel's anti-inflammatory properties will modulate immune cells and lead to decreases in blood biomarkers and improvements in clinical parameters. Specific Aim 1 will examine the levels of the predictive biomarker, chemokine ligand 9 (CXCL9), and related transcripts, and determine whether they decrease in participants over time while taking Acthar. Specific Aim 2 will test whether the biologic changes measured in blood correlate to clinical markers, including lung function and symptom scores. Since the investigators have found that CXCL9 predicts clinical course, they hypothesize that CXCL9 transcript levels in the blood will decrease over time in pulmonary sarcoidosis participants whose clinical outcome measures improve with Acthar.

Keywords

Sarcoidosis, Acthar, CXCL9, chemokine ligand 9, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Acthar gel

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 18-65

  • Biopsy-proven diagnosis of sarcoidosis with demonstrated pulmonary involvement
  • Refractoriness to or intolerance of immunosuppressive agents like prednisone or methotrexate

You CAN'T join if...

  • Smoking
  • Cancer
  • Chronic infections (e.g. tuberculosis, viral, fungal, bacterial)
  • Inflammatory conditions
  • Coexisting lung disease
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • Recent surgery
  • Active peptic ulcers
  • Osteoporosis

Location

  • University of California, San Francisco accepting new patients
    San Francisco California 94143 United States

Lead Scientist at University of California Health

  • Laura Koth, MD (ucsf)
    Laura Koth received a B.S. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in Biochemistry and an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1994. She completed her Internal Residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and her Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. She joined the UCSF Pulmonary faculty in 2003.

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Links
Homepage for the Sarcoidosis Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco
ID
NCT02523092
Phase
Phase 4 Sarcoidosis Research Study
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 14 study participants
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