Clinical trial • Phase III • Dermatology

BARZOLVOLIMAB for Chronic spontaneous urticaria

Phase III trial of BARZOLVOLIMAB for Chronic spontaneous urticaria.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Dermatology
Trial Disease
Chronic spontaneous urticaria
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
05-08-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
20-11-2024

Trial design

Randomised, placebo prefilled syringes (barzolvolimab vehicle containing 0 mg/ml barzolvolimab) administered q4w during the 24-week placebo-controlled treatment phase; active arms: barzolvolimab sc 150 mg every 4 weeks (q4w) following an initial loading dose of 300 mg, and barzolvolimab 300 mg every 8 weeks (q8w) following an initial loading dose of 450 mg., adaptive Phase III trial in Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria and others.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Placebo prefilled syringes (barzolvolimab vehicle containing 0 mg/mL barzolvolimab) administered Q4W during the 24-week placebo-controlled treatment phase; active arms: barzolvolimab SC 150 mg every 4 weeks (Q4W) following an initial loading dose of 300 mg, and barzolvolimab 300 mg every 8 weeks (Q8W) following an initial loading dose of 450 mg.
Adaptive
True, Participants in the Active Treatment Phase (Arm 3) will be re-randomised 1:1 to receive either barzolvolimab 150 mg Q4W (after a 300 mg loading dose) or 300 mg Q8W (after a 450 mg loading dose) — i.e., planned re-randomisation within the study.
Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
Yes
Target Sample Size
861
Trial Duration For Participant
490

Eligibility

Recruits 861 Vulnerable population selected. Participants must be able to provide written informed consent themselves ("Read, understood, and provided written informed consent... Participants must be able to provide informed consent themselves."). Age eligibility requires ≥18 years. Subject information and informed consent forms (including pregnancy/partner and newborn-data ICFs) are provided in country-specific documents..

Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable population selected. Participants must be able to provide written informed consent themselves ("Read, understood, and provided written informed consent... Participants must be able to provide informed consent themselves."). Age eligibility requires ≥18 years. Subject information and informed consent forms (including pregnancy/partner and newborn-data ICFs) are provided in country-specific documents.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Read, understood, and provided written informed consent, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization if applicable, after the nature of the study has been fully explained. Participants must be able to provide informed consent themselves."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 2. Male or female, ≥ 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 3. CSU ≥ 6 months prior to Screening. Note: the investigator should establish the presence of CSU for the noted duration based on all available supporting documentation, including written medical records and communication with the participants’ previous healthcare providers, if applicable."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- CSU refractory to a stable dose and regimen containing a second-generation H1AH as defined by all of the following: • Recurrent pruritic wheals with or without angioedema for ≥ 6 weeks at any time prior to Screening (Visit 1) despite treatment with a H1AH (hives consistent with CSU should be documented and confirmed by the investigator prior to randomization) • Participants must have been on a stable dose and regimen containing a secondgeneration H1 antihistamine (H1AH) at approved or increased (up to 4x approved) dose as background therapy for the treatment of CSU for ≥ 4 weeks prior to randomization and which is expected to remain stable throughout the study. • UAS7 (range: 0 to 42) ≥ 16 and ISS7 (range: 0 to 21) ≥ 8 during the 7-day period (Day -7 to Day -1) immediately prior to randomization."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 5. Willing and able to comply with all study requirements and procedures, including the completion of a daily symptom diary during screening and throughout the study."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Diseases with possible symptoms of urticaria or angioedema such as urticarial vasculitis, erythema multiforme, cutaneous mastocytosis (urticaria pigmentosa), autoimmune syndromes with urticarial lesions (e.g., Schnitzler Syndrome) and hereditary or acquired angioedema (e.g., due to C1 inhibitor deficiency)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 2. Chronic urticaria whose predominant manifestation is due to CIndU including symptomatic dermographism [urticaria factitia], cold-, heat-, solar-, pressure-, delayed pressure-, aquagenic-, cholinergic-, or contact urticaria Note: CIndU is not excluded per se"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 3. Any other active pruritic skin diseases that would confound CSU assessments (e.g., atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, bullous pemphigoid, dermatitis herpetiformis, prurigo nodularis, chronic pruritus of unknown origin) based on the investigator's clinical judgment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 4. Prior receipt of barzolvolimab or other anti-KIT therapy."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from baseline in UAS7 at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from baseline in weekly urticaria activity score (UAS7) measured at Week 12."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- 1. Mean change from baseline in ISS7 and HSS7 at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from baseline in weekly itch severity score (ISS7) and weekly hive severity score (HSS7) at Week 12."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 2. Proportion of participants with UAS7 = 0 at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants achieving UAS7 = 0 at Week 12."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 3. Proportion of participants with UAS7 ≤ 6 at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants with UAS7 ≤ 6 at Week 12."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 4. Proportion of participants with AAS7 = 0 at Week 12 in participants who have AAS7 > 0 at baseline","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants with weekly angioedema activity score (AAS7) = 0 at Week 12 among those with AAS7 > 0 at baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 5. Mean change from baseline in UAS7 in participants refractory to omalizumab treatment at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Mean change from baseline in UAS7 at Week 12 in the subgroup refractory to omalizumab treatment."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 6. Proportion of participants with UAS7 = 0 in participants refractory to omalizumab treatment at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of omalizumab-refractory participants achieving UAS7 = 0 at Week 12."}

Recruitment

Digital Remote Recruitment
True, recruitment includes digital/remote methods: country-specific social media campaigns, landing pages and PPC/keyword search, mobile landing pages, online prescreening tools, email communications, and subject-facing apps/self-capture tools (e.g., TrialMax/app materials referenced in documents).
Planned Sample Size
861
Recruitment Window Months
31
Consent Approach
Participants (adults ≥18) must read, understand, and provide written informed consent themselves; HIPAA authorization is required if applicable. Multiple country-specific subject information and informed consent forms are provided (documents show ICFs in languages including Hungarian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Spanish, Polish, Slovak, Dutch, Italian, German, Lithuanian, English). There are specific ICF documents for pregnant participants/partners and newborn-data as indicated in the document list.

Methods

  • Social media campaigns and social media fact sheets (materials labeled SOCIAL MEDIA, SM_FactSheet) — digital outreach targeting potential patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria; country-specific social media materials available (e.g., BG, HR, ES, PL, DE, NL, IT, HU, LT, SVK).
  • Landing pages, mobile landing pages and PPC/keyword search (documents labeled PP_URLs, PP_KEYWORD_SEARCH, PP_LandingPage, PP_MOBILE LandingPage) — online recruitment channels/paid search targeting patients seeking urticaria information.
  • Doctor-to-patient letters and GP/doctor letters (documents labeled Doctor_to_Patient_Letter, Doctor-to-Patient-Letter, Doctor-to-Doctor-Letter, GP letter) — site-based referral via treating physicians.
  • Site flyers, posters, recruitment brochures, flipcharts and appointment reminder cards (documents labeled Recruitment_Brochure, Flipchart, Appt Reminder Card) — on-site recruitment materials distributed at trial sites.
  • Prescreening tools and patient referral questionnaires (documents labeled prescreening tool questions, Patient Referral Questionnaire) — pre-screen via site or online prescreen forms.
  • Email communications (documents labeled Email-Communication, Scout-Email-Comm) — direct email outreach to potential participants or registrants.
  • Patient concierge and reimbursement/participant support services (documents referencing Scout Clinical, Patient concierge, Reimbursement-ICF, Patient reimbursement) — participant support and reimbursement to facilitate site visits.
  • Self-capture app and at-home photography tools (documents in LT: TrialMax/App materials, Subject-At-Home-Photography-QRG, App-Subject_Facing_Screens) — digital remote capture of symptoms/photos and app-based data collection.

Geography

Total Number Of Participants
861

Hungary

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
13-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
22-04-2026
Processing Time Days
525
Number Of Participants
20

Croatia

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
19-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-04-2026
Processing Time Days
518
Number Of Participants
20

Bulgaria

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
01-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
22-04-2026
Processing Time Days
537
Number Of Participants
75

Slovakia

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
08-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
17-04-2026
Processing Time Days
525
Number Of Participants
24

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
12-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-04-2026
Processing Time Days
525
Number Of Participants
30

Lithuania

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
01-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
20-04-2026
Processing Time Days
535
Number Of Participants
34

Netherlands

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
01-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-04-2026
Processing Time Days
536
Number Of Participants
20

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
01-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-04-2026
Processing Time Days
536
Number Of Participants
60

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
01-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-04-2026
Processing Time Days
536
Number Of Participants
45

Poland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
20-11-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
21-04-2026
Processing Time Days
517
Number Of Participants
200

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Celldex Therapeutics Inc.
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
United States

Contract research organisations

Name
PPD Development LP
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties codes: 1, 5

Third parties

  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"PPD Development LP","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 1, 5","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"France","full_name":"Inato","duties_or_roles":"Site selection (code 15); other duties (code 2)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Canfield Scientific Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Photo collection services","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Arup Laboratories Inc.","duties_or_roles":"thyroid peroxidase (and code 4)","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Medidata Solutions Inc.","duties_or_roles":"electronic data capture/support (code 7)","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Quest Diagnostics Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Anti-IgE IgG (and code 4)","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"PPD Global Central Labs","duties_or_roles":"biopsy storage and shipment (and code 4)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Croatia","full_name":"Optimapharm d.o.o.","duties_or_roles":"operational support (codes 1 and 12)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Intuvigilance Limited","duties_or_roles":"pharmacovigilance/safety (code 8)","organisation_type":"Industry"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Catalent Germany Schorndorf GmbH","duties_or_roles":"manufacturing/packaging duties (code 14)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Scout Clinical","duties_or_roles":"Patient concierge","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"National Jewish Health","duties_or_roles":"IgE receptor Antibody (and code 4)","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"PPD Development LP (second entry)","duties_or_roles":"ADA/PK (and code 4)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Signant Health Global Solutions Limited","duties_or_roles":"eCOA","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
BARZOLVOLIMAB
Active Substance
BARZOLVOLIMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
SUBCUTANEOUS
Route
Subcutaneous
Starting Dose
Loading dose 300 mg (for 150 mg Q4W regimen) and loading dose 450 mg (for 300 mg Q8W regimen)
Dose Levels
150 mg Q4W; 300 mg Q8W
Frequency
Every 4 weeks (Q4W) or every 8 weeks (Q8W)
Maximum Dose
2400 mg (maxTotalDoseAmount as listed)
Investigational Product Name
FASTJEKT 300 Mikrogramm, Injektionslösung im Fertigpen
Active Substance
EPINEPHRINE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
SUBCUTANEOUS
Route
Subcutaneous
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation information present (marketingAuthNumber: 13579.00.00) and authorisationCountryCode: DE
Maximum Dose
600 µg (maxDailyDoseAmount)
Investigational Product Name
Placebo prefilled syringes will be identical to the prefilled syringes containing barzolvolimab but will contain only the inactive ingredients (barzolvolimab vehicle containing 0 mg/mL barzolvolimab).
Modality
Other
Combination Treatment
Yes

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