Conditions: Hereditary Angioedema
Keywords: Hereditary Angioedema HAE Angioedema Recombinant C1 Inhibitor rhC1INH
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 75
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study is being conducted to confirm the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of recombinant human C1 inhibitor (rhC1INH) at a dose of 50 U/kg when used for the treatment of acute angioedema attacks in Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) patients.

Detailed description:
HAE is characterized by recurrent localized angioedema caused by uncontrolled activation of the complement and contact systems due to a congenital deficiency of functional C1 inhibitor.

rhC1INH has been developed to offer a more widely available therapeutic alternative to the existing plasma-derived C1INH (pdC1INH) products that have been used in the treatment of acute angioedema attacks patients with HAE.

Patients who have qualified for enrollment in advance and who present to a study center within 5 hours of onset of an attack will be evaluated for eligibility. 75 eligible patients will be randomized (3:2) to receive an intravenous infusion of rhC1INH or saline in a double-blind fashion. Open-label rhC1INH may be provided as rescue medication to patients who do not experience the beginning of relief within 4 hours or who experience life-threatening oropharyngeal-laryngeal angioedema symptoms.

Any patient having received a randomized treatment will be allowed to receive treatment with rhC1INH in an open-label fashion for subsequent eligible attacks.

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: rhC1INH intervention 2: Placebo (Saline)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: One i.v. injection of rhC1INH at the dose of 50 U/kg, for patients up to 84 kg; one i.v. injection of rhC1INH at the dose of 4200U (2 vials) for patients of 84 kg body weight or greater. intervention 2: One i.v. injection of saline (NaCl 0.9% w/v), equivalent in volume to the active treatment

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