Evaluation for Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Immune Mediated Neurological Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorAl-Azhar University

About this trial

The goal of this observational study is to Evaluation of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Immune-Mediated Neurological Diseases in a Sample of Egyptian Patients: An Experience at Al-Azhar University Hospitals, including evaluating clinical response rates and functional improvement.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

1. All neurological patients irrespective of age who will undergo TPE. 2.All new and relapse cases that meet the ASFA guidelines and where TPE is the first and/or second line of therapy

Disqualifiers

1. Individuals with contraindications to therapeutic plasma exchange, such as hemodynamic unstable, hypocalcaemia, allergy to fresh frozen plasma or albumin.

Trial population

An Experience at Al-Azhar University Hospitals (Al-Hussein \& Sayed Galal) in Egypt

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Modified Rankin Scale (mRS)

The mRS will be rated as follows: 0, no symptoms; 1, no substantial disability; 2, slight disability; 3, moderate disability; 4, moderately severe disability; 5, severe disability; and 6, deceased.

Time frame
will be conducted on each patient on two occasions: prior to and one month subsequent to the completion of plasmapheresis.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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