Institutional Review Board, Hospital for Special Surgery
July 18, 2007
The safety of study participants is our top priority. The trial is approved and periodically reviewed by an Institutional Review Board (IRB), which includes doctors, administrators, ethicists, and members of the general public. The safety of clinical trials is reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Before enrolling in a clinical trial, the investigator will explain the purpose of the trial, its expected benefits, any possible risks or side effects, and what your role will be. This is the time to ask questions! If you want to join the trial, you must sign the informed consent documents. You can leave a clinical trial at any time without penalty.
For further information, see Understanding Clinical Trials.
Persistently antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive patients, age 18 - 75 years of age, with anticoagulation-resistant manifestations of APS and fulfilling protocol defined study inclusion criteria will receive two doses of Rituximab, and will be followed for 6 and 12 months for clinical and safety outcomes, respectively.
Patients are eligible to take part in this study if their blood test is persistently positive for aPL and they have one or more of the aPL-related clinical problem(s) listed below:
Joann Vega
Clinical Research Coordinator
Division of Rheumatology
Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021
Tel: 212.774.2795
Fax: 212.774.7298
vegaj@hss.edu