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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT04578496
Date of registration: 05/10/2020
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited
Public title: A Safety Extension Study in Patients With Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP)
Scientific title: A Phase III, Safety Extension Study in Patients With Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP)
Date of first enrolment: July 11, 2011
Target sample size: 16
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04578496
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:     Pilar Bilbao
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Affiliation:  Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- male or female subjects with a positive diagnosis of EPP who successfully completed
the CUV017 or CUV029 studies;

- aged 18-75 years (inclusive);

- provide written informed patient consent prior to the performance of any
study-specific procedure.

Exclusion Criteria:

- any serious adverse event considered to be related to afamelanotide or the polymer
contained in the implant;

- any allergy to lignocaine or other local anaesthetic to be used during the
administration of the study medication;

- EPP patients with significant hepatic involvement;

- personal history of melanoma or dysplastic nevus syndrome;

- current Bowen's disease, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or other
malignant or premalignant skin lesions;

- any evidence of clinically significant organ dysfunction or any clinically significant
deviation from normal in the clinical or laboratory determinations;

- acute history of drug or alcohol abuse (in the last 12 months);

- female who is pregnant (confirmed by positive serum ß-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
(HCG) pregnancy test prior to baseline) or lactating;

- females of child-bearing potential (pre-menopausal, not surgically sterile) not using
adequate contraceptive measures (i.e. oral contraceptives, diaphragm plus spermicide,
intrauterine device);

- sexually active men with partners of child-bearing potential not using barrier
contraception during the trial and for a period of three months thereafter;

- participation in a clinical trial for an investigational agent within 30 days prior to
the screening visit;

- prior and concomitant therapy with medications which may interfere with the objectives
of the study.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Erythropoietic Protoporphyria
Intervention(s)
Drug: Afamelanotide
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Quality of Life Measured Using the EPP-quality of Life Questionnaire (EPP-QoL). [Time Frame: Baseline, Day 60, Day 120, Day 180 or early termination (ET) (if applicable)]
Change in Quality of Life Measured Using the Dermatology Life Quality Index Questionnaire (DLQI) [Time Frame: Baseline, Day 60, Day 120, Day 180 or early termination (ET) (if applicable)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CUV037
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 02/11/2020
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT04578496
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