“A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate Pegcetacoplan in Patients with Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD)”

• Register: EUCTR
• Last refreshed on: 19 February 2024
• Main ID: EUCTR2021-003160-27-HU
• Date of registration: 23/02/2022
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB
• Public title: “A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate Pegcetacoplan in Patients with Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD)”
• Scientific title: A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Pegcetacoplan in Patients with Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD)
• Date of first enrolment: 19/04/2022
• Target sample size: 60
• Recruitment status: Not Recruiting
• URL: https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search?query=eudract_number:2021-003160-27
• Study type: Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
• Study design: Controlled: yes Randomised: yes Open: no Single blind: no Double blind: yes Parallel group: no Cross over: no Other: no If controlled, specify comparator, Other Medicinial Product: no Placebo: yes Other: no Number of treatment arms in the trial: 2
• Phase: Human pharmacology (Phase I): no Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II): no Therapeutic confirmatory - (Phase III): yes Therapeutic use (Phase IV): no

Countries of recruitment

Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

• Name: Anke Arnold
• Affiliation: Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB

• Name: Anke Arnold
• Affiliation: Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:
1. Age18 years or older.
2. Diagnosis of primary CAD on the basis of the presence of all the following criteria:
a Signs of hemolysis with abnormal values by at least 2 of the following hemolytic markers:
i Reduced haptoglobin level (< LLN).
ii Elevated LDH level (> ULN).
iii Elevated indirect bilirubin level (> ULN; > 3 x ULN for patients with Gilbert-Meulengracht Syndrome).
iv Increased ARC (above the ULN).
b Monospecific direct antiglobulin test strongly positive for C3d.
c Cold agglutinin titer = 64 at 4 °C.
3. Hb level = 9 g/dL.
4. Documented results from bone marrow biopsy within 1 year of screening with lymphoproliferative infiltration = 20 %. Patients who have not received a bone marrow biopsy within 1 year of their screening visit or those patients for whom bone marrow biopsy reports are incomplete or unavailable will be required to receive a bone marrow biopsy to determine eligibility.
5. Body weight = 100 kg.
6. Either have vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis (Types A, C, W, Y, and B), and Haemophilus influenzae (Type B) within 2 years prior to screening or agree to receive vaccination during screening as follows:
First dose of vaccine against N. meningitidis Types A, C, W, and Y at least 2 weeks prior to start of study drug with second dose 2 months late (Study Day 57), and then boosters every 5 years.
First dose of the vaccine against N. meningitidis Type B at least 2 weeks prior to start of study drug with a second dose after at least 1 month (Study Day 29). First booster dose 1 year later, and then additional booster doses every 2 to 3 years.
S. pneumoniae: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 23 (PCV13) and/or pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine 23 (PPSV23) as per Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) guidelines for adults or children with immunocompromising conditions.
H. influenzae Type B: 1 dose at least 2 weeks prior to start of study drug.
Vaccination is mandatory, unless documented evidence exists that patients are non responders to vaccination. Patients who were not previously vaccinated should not receive multiple vaccines on the same day.
7. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP), defined as any women who have experienced menarche and who are NOT permanently sterile or postmenopausal, must have a negative pregnancy test at screening and agree to use protocol-defined methods of contraception for the duration of the study and 8 weeks after their last IMP dose.
Note: Postmenopausal is defined as having had 12 consecutive months with no menses without an alternative medical cause.
8.Men must agree to the following for the duration of the study and 8 weeks after their last IMP dose:
a Avoid fathering a child.
b Use protocol-defined methods of contraception.
c Refrain from donating sperm.
9. Willing and able to give written informed consent.
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 60
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion criteria:
1. Have received other anticomplement therapies (approved or investigational) within 5 half-lives of the agent prior to randomization (e.g., eculizumab within 10 weeks, ravulizumab within 36 weeks or sutimlimab within 4 weeks) and are not able or willing to refrain from using them during the study.
2. Treatment with rituximab monotherapy within 12 weeks prior to randomization, or rituximab combination therapies (e.g., with bendamustine, fludarabine, other cytotoxic drugs or ibrutinib) within 16 weeks prior to randomization.
3. Use of prohibited medications as described in the protocol. The list of acceptable medications and required stable regimen periods are outlined in the study protocol.
4. Diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune diseases with antinuclear antibodies.
5. History of an aggressive lymphoma or presence of a lymphoma requiring therapy.
6. Have received an organ transplant.
7. Cold agglutinin syndrome secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Epstein-Barr virus or other specific causative infection.
8. HIV or hepatitis C virus detectable by polymerase chain reaction at screening or documented in the patient’s medical record.
9. Chronic inactive hepatitis B virus with viral loads > 1000 IU/mL (> 5000 copies/mL) at screening or documented in the patient’s medical record. Eligible patients who are chronic active carriers (= 1000 IU/mL) must receive prophylactic antiviral treatment (e.g., entecavir, tenofovir, lamivudine) according to local country guidelines.
10. Presence of an active malignant disease within the last 12 months other than skin basal cell carcinoma or in situ carcinoma of the cervix. A low-grade lymphoproliferative bone marrow disorder not requiring therapy by itself is not defined as a malignant disease in this context.
11. A monospecific direct antiglobulin test result of IgG > 1+.
12. Presence or suspicion of liver dysfunction as indicated by elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 2.5 x ULN, or direct bilirubin levels > 2 x ULN .
13. Presence or suspicion of severe recurrent or chronic infections that, in the opinion of the investigator, increase the patient’s risk by participating in the study.
14. Participation in any other investigational drug trial or exposure to other investigational agent, device or procedure within 30 days prior to screening period.
15. If breastfeeding, is unwilling to discontinue for the duration of study and for at least 8 weeks after the final IMP dose.
16. Inability to cooperate with study procedures.
17. Any disease(s), psychiatric condition, metabolic dysfunction, or findings from a physical examination or clinical laboratory test result that would cause reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that may jeopardize the patient’s wellbeing, that may increase the risk associated with study participation, that may affect the interpretation of the results, or that would make the patient unsuitable for this study.


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Female: yes
Male: yes

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Immune System Diseases [C20]

Patients with Cold Agglutinin Disease (CAD)

Intervention(s)

Trade Name: APL-2
Product Name: PEGCETACOPLAN (APL-2)
Product Code: 2019171-69-6
Pharmaceutical Form: Solution for injection/infusion
INN or Proposed INN: Pegcetacoplan
CAS Number: 2019171-69-6
Concentration unit: IU/mg international unit(s)/milligram
Concentration type: range
Concentration number: 90-1440
Pharmaceutical form of the placebo: Solution for injection/infusion
Route of administration of the placebo: Intravenous use

Primary Outcome(s)

Secondary Objective: • To demonstrate the effect of pegcetacoplan on the number of packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions in patients with CAD.
• To demonstrate the effect of pegcetacoplan on health-related quality of life in patients with CAD.
• To assess the effect of pegcetacoplan on clinical laboratory markers of hemolysis and transfusion dependence in patients with CAD.
• To determine the durability of response in patients with CAD receiving pegcetacoplan.
• To assess tolerability, safety and immunogenicity of pegcetacoplan in patients with CAD.
• To describe long-term effect of pegcetacoplan in patients with CAD.

Main Objective: To demonstrate the efficacy of twice-weekly subcutaneous (s.c.) 1080-mg infusions of pegcetacoplan compared with that of placebo in patients with CAD

Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: • Transfusion avoidance (Yes/No) from Week 5 to Week 24.
• Change from Baseline to Week 24 in Hb level.
• Change from Baseline to Week 24 in the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Anemia/Fatigue (FACT-An) score.

Primary end point(s): Response to treatment at Week 24.
Response is defined as:
• An increase in hemoglobin (Hb) of = 1.5 g/dL from Baseline or Hb
normalization at Week 16; AND
• Maintenance of this effect from Week 16 to Week 24; AND
• The absence of PRBC transfusions (between Week 5 and Week 24).
Note: Hb normalization is defined as within normal range (between the defined
upper and lower limits of normal [ULN and LLN]), as set by the testing
laboratory.

Secondary Outcome(s)

Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: Part C:
• Change from Baseline to Week 96 in the following:
• Hb level.
• LDH level.
• Haptoglobin level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• ARC.
• D-dimer level.
• Normalization of markers of hemolysis at Week 96, specifically:
• LDH level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• ARC.
• Time to normalization from Baseline to Week 96 for the following:
• Hb level.
• LDH level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• ARC.
• Change from Baseline to Week 96 in the following:
• FACT-An score.
• SF-12 score.
• EQ-5D-5L score

Secondary end point(s): Part A:
• Number of PRBC transfusions from Week 5 to Week 24.
• Change from Baseline to Week 24 in the following:
• Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level.
• Haptoglobin level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• Absolute reticulocyte counts (ARC).
• D-dimer level.
• Normalization of markers of hemolysis at Week 24, specifically:
• LDH level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• ARC.
• Time to normalization from Baseline to Week 24 for the following:
• Hb level.
• LDH level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• ARC.
• Number of PRBC units transfused from Week 5 to Week 24.
• Change from Baseline to Week 24 in the following:
• 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12) score.
• 5-Level EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D-5L) score.
Part B:
• Change from Baseline to Week 48 in the following:
• Hb level.
• LDH level.
• Haptoglobin level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• ARC.
• D-dimer level.
• Normalization of markers of hemolysis at Week 48, specifically:
• LDH level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• ARC.
• Time to normalization from Baseline to Week 48 for the following:
• Hb level.
• LDH level.
• Indirect bilirubin level.
• ARC.
• Durability of response for patients randomized to pegcetacoplan who achieve the primary endpoint at Week 24 (patients are considered to
maintain response until they receive a blood transfusion or they experience Hb decrease by at least 1.5 g/dL from the highest level achieved or to below 10.0 g/dL).
• Change from Baseline to Week 48 in the following:
• FACT-An score.
• SF-12 score.
• EQ-5D-5L score.

Secondary ID(s)

Sobi.PEGCET-101

2021-003160-27-DE

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 09/03/2022
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