Hydroxychloroquine in Children's Interstitial Lung Diseases With Genetic Causes

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseEarly Phase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1-18
SponsorChildren's Hospital of Fudan University

About this trial

The aim of this proposed study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in children's interstitial lung diseases(chILD) with genetic causes. This study is a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

A clinical diagnosis of chILD with age<18 years

Genetically diagnosed (e.g. SFTPC, SFTPB, ABCA3, NKX2-1, CSF2RA, CSF2RB, IARS, MARS, COPA, SLC7A7, LRBA)

Patients have to be clinically stable with no major changes in their medication in the last 4 weeks

No HCQ treatment in the last 12 weeks

Disqualifiers

Acute severe infectious exacerbations

Known hypersensitivity to HCQ, or other ingredients of the tablets

Proven retinopathy or maculopathy

Renal insufficiency at screening, defined as glomerular filtration rate (GFR)< 40 mL/min/1.73 m2 in patients aged 3 to 8 weeks< 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 in patients ≥ 8 weeks of age

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Hydroxychloroquine

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups