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TELO-SCOPE study: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial of danazol for short telomere related pulmonary fibrosis
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Mackintosh, JA and Pietsch, M and Lutzky, V and Enever, D and Bancroft, S and Apte, SH and Tan, M and Yerkovich, ST and Dickinson, JL and Pickett, HA and Selvadurai, H and Grainge, C and Goh, NS and Hopkins, P and Glaspole, I and Reynolds, PN and Wrobel, J and Jaffe, A and Corte, TJ and Chambers, DC, TELO-SCOPE study: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial of danazol for short telomere related pulmonary fibrosis, BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 8, (1) Article 001127. ISSN 2052-4439 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2021-001127
Abstract
Introduction: Recent discoveries have identified shortened telomeres and related mutations in people with pulmonary fibrosis (PF). There is evidence to suggest that androgens, including danazol, may be effective in lengthening telomeres in peripheral blood cells. This study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of danazol in adults and children with PF associated with telomere shortening.
Methods and analysis: A multi-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial of danazol will be conducted in subjects aged >5 years with PF associated with age-adjusted telomere length ≤10th centile measured by flow fluorescence in situ hybridisation; or in children, a diagnosis of dyskeratosis congenita. Adult participants will receive danazol 800 mg daily in two divided doses or identical placebo capsules orally for 12 months, in addition to standard of care (including pirfenidone or nintedanib). Paediatric participants will receive danazol 2 mg/kg/day orally in two divided doses or identical placebo for 6 months. If no side effects are encountered, the dose will be escalated to 4 mg/kg/day (maximum 800 mg daily) orally in two divided doses for a further 6 months. The primary outcome is change in absolute telomere length in base pairs, measured using the telomere shortest length assay (TeSLA), at 12 months in the intention to treat population.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | pulmonary fibrosis, familial, inherited predisposition |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
Research Field: | Respiratory diseases |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Treatment of human diseases and conditions |
UTAS Author: | Dickinson, JL (Professor Joanne Dickinson) |
ID Code: | 148200 |
Year Published: | 2021 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2021-12-10 |
Last Modified: | 2022-12-06 |
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