Clinical trial • Phase I/II • Immunology

BELUMOSUDIL MESILATE for Chronic graft versus host disease

Phase I/II trial of BELUMOSUDIL MESILATE for Chronic graft versus host disease. open-label, none/not specified-controlled. 27 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Immunology
Trial Disease
Chronic graft versus host disease
Trial Stage
Phase I/II
Drug Modality
Small molecule
Paediatric Trial
Yes
Orphan Drug
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
04-06-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
30-09-2025

Trial design

open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase I/II trial across 14 sites in France, Germany, Belgium and others.

Open Label
Yes
Comparator
None/Not specified
Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
Yes
Target Sample Size
27

Eligibility

Recruits 27 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding
Vulnerable Population
Participants are children aged 1 to <18 years. Consent is to be obtained from the parent/legal guardian and assent obtained from minors as appropriate; age-specific information and consent/assent forms are provided (children, adolescents, parents, caregiver, minor-to-major). Multiple language ICF/assent versions and caregiver/parent forms are included in the documentation.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Participant must be 1 to <18 years of age, at the time the consent/assent is signed. For Phase 1: participant must be 1 to <12 years of age, at the time the consent/assent is signed. For Phase 2: participant must be 1 to <18 years of age, at the time the consent/assent is signed."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Life expectancy of >6 months"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Participants can take the IMP orally or via a nasogastric tube"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Participant has undergone an allogeneic HCT"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Has active moderate to severe cGVHD, defined using the NIH Consensus diagnosis and staging criteria for which systemic therapy is required"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- cGVHD is refractory to or has recurred after at least 2 prior lines of systemic treatment"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Has received at least two lines of prior systemic therapy for cGVHD, but no more than 5 lines."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- If participant receives corticosteroid therapy for cGVHD, the dose must be stable for at least 2 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Has a Lansky-Play (if aged ≤16) or Karnofsky (if aged >16) performance scale of ≥60"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Body weight of 8 kg and above"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Contraceptive use by sexually active male and female should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Progressive underlying disease or post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of the IMP."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Treatment with any non-GVHD investigational agent, or any investigational device or procedure, within 28 days (or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer) of enrollment, prior to the first dose of the IMP"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For Phase 1 only: Administration with strong CYP3A4 inducers is not allowed within 14 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) of the first dose of IMP until the study intervention discontinuation."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For Phase 1 only: PPIs are not allowed within 1 day or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) of the first dose of IMP and Day 15 of Cycle 1. They can be restarted on Cycle 1 Day 16."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Absolute neutrophil count <1.0 × 109/L. The use of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is not allowed to reach this level during screening"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Platelet count <25× 109/L. Platelet transfusions are not allowed within 72 hours before hematology screening test. Participants with platelet transfusion refractoriness will be excluded. (Participants who have suboptimal responses to at least 2 transfusions will be considered as platelet transfusion refractory)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >3× upper limit of normal (ULN) (> 5x ULN if abnormalities are due to cGVHD)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Total bilirubin >1.5 × ULN (>3 x ULN if Gilbert’s syndrome)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <30 mL/min/1.73 m2 using the revised Bedside Schwartz calculator"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Participants with an active viral disease including hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Active uncontrolled Cytomegalovirus (CMV) or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Diagnosed with another malignancy (other than malignancy for which transplant was performed) within 3 years prior to the first dose of the IMP"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Not suitable for participation, whatever the reason, as judged by the Investigator, including medical or clinical conditions, or participants potentially at risk of noncompliance to study procedures"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History or other evidence of severe illness or any other conditions that would make the participant, in the opinion of the Investigator, unsuitable for the study (such as malabsorption syndromes, active, uncontrolled infections, or poorly controlled psychiatric disease)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Has a forced expiratory volume (in the first second; FEV1) ≤ 39% or has lung score of 3"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Current treatment with systemic agents for cGVHD (apart from corticosteroids and calcineurin inhibitors), such as ibrutinib, ruxolitinib, sirolimus, mycophenolate (MMF), methotrexate, rituximab, imatinib, extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) and any investigational cGVHD treatment. Prior treatment with these agents and/or therapy is allowed with a washout of at least 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is shorter, prior to the first dose of the IMP"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- The use of herbal and recreational drugs within 7 days before the start of study intervention"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Participant has had previous exposure to belumosudil"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Administration of live or live-attenuated vaccines is prohibited within 28 days or 5 elimination half-lives of the respective vaccine, whichever is longer, prior to IMP administration and until study intervention discontinuation"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: AUC","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) as a pharmacokinetic parameter (Phase 1 PK measurement)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 2: Proportion of participants who achieve an overall response (partial response [PR] or complete response [CR]) by Week 25 or Cycle 7 Day 1 whichever is first","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion (percentage) of participants achieving overall response defined as PR or CR assessed by the study's response criteria by Week 25 or Cycle 7 Day 1, whichever occurs first."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: Number of participants with treatment- emergent adverse events [TEAEs], serious TEAEs, and adverse events of special interest (AESIs)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Counts and incidence of TEAEs, serious TEAEs and AESIs collected throughout treatment (safety monitoring)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: Cmax","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax) measured in PK sampling."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: AUC0-6h","definition_or_measurement_approach":"AUC from time 0 to 6 hours (AUC0-6h) as a PK parameter measured in Phase 1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: ORR","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall response rate (ORR) measured per study response criteria in Phase 1."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: DOR","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration of response (DOR) as measured from response until relapse or progression."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: response by organ","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Organ-specific response assessments as defined in the protocol (response per organ)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: failure-free survival (FFS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time-to-event endpoint measuring time until failure (per protocol definition)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: overall survival (OS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from enrollment to death from any cause."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1: time to response (TTR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from first dose to first documented response."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 2: Number of participants with treatment- emergent adverse events [TEAEs], serious TEAEs, and adverse events of special interest (AESIs)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Counts and incidence of TEAEs, serious TEAEs and AESIs collected throughout treatment (safety monitoring) in Phase 2."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 2: Ctrough of belumosudil","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Trough plasma concentration (Ctrough) of belumosudil measured at designated timepoints."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 2: DOR","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Duration of response measured in Phase 2 from first response until relapse/progression."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 2: response by organ","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Organ-specific response assessments as defined in protocol for Phase 2."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 2: FFS","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Failure-free survival as defined in the protocol for Phase 2."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 2: OS","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall survival measured in Phase 2."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 2: time to response (TTR)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from first dose to first documented response in Phase 2."}

Recruitment

Digital Remote Recruitment
Yes
Planned Sample Size
27
Recruitment Window Months
28
Consent Approach
Consent is obtained from parent/legal guardian; assent is obtained from minors as appropriate. Age-specific subject information and informed consent/assent forms are provided (children, adolescents, parents, caregiver, minor-to-major). Multiple language versions of ICF/assent are available (English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish as evidenced by provided L1/L1-redacted documents and localized ICFs). Contact details for sponsor clinical sciences are provided in public contact materials.

Methods

  • Referral letters to healthcare professionals (referal-letter-to-hp) in multiple languages (EN/FR/DE/NL/IT/ES) to inform HCPs about the study (document titles: K2-recruitment-material-referal-letter-to-hp-*)
  • Infographic patient brochure / patient-facing brochures (K2-recruitment-material-infographic-patient-brochure-*) targeted to patients and caregivers
  • Understanding-study video materials with OST and voiceover scripts (K2-recruitment-material-understanding-study-video-ost-script-*, -vo-script-*) for patient/caregiver education
  • Study passports and age-specific study passports for children/adolescents (K2-recruitment-material-study-passport-7-12, -13-17) for families and participants
  • K1 recruitment arrangements documents (K1-recruitment-arrangements-en and localized versions) describing recruitment approach
  • Patient diary materials (d4-patient-facing-material-patient-diary-*) provided to participants as part of study procedures

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
14
Total Number Of Participants
23

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
17-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
30-09-2025
Processing Time Days
13
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
3

Sites

Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Hopital Robert Debre - Centre Hospitalo Universitaire (CHU) Service Hematologie
Principal Investigator Name
Lou Le Mouel
Principal Investigator Email
lou.lemouel@aphp.fr
Contact Person Name
Lou Le Mouel
Contact Person Email
lou.lemouel@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
Department Name
Hôpital La Timone Service Hematologie Immunologie Oncologie pediatrique
Principal Investigator Name
Paul Saultier
Principal Investigator Email
paul.saultier@ap-hm.fr
Contact Person Name
Paul Saultier
Contact Person Email
paul.saultier@ap-hm.fr

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
12-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
01-10-2025
Processing Time Days
19
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
3

Sites

Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
Charite Campus Virchow-Klinikum Klinik für Paediatrie m.S. Onkologie/Haematologie/SZT
Principal Investigator Name
Sandra Cyrul
Principal Investigator Email
sandra.cyrull@charite.de
Contact Person Name
Sandra Cyrul
Contact Person Email
sandra.cyrull@charite.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg AöR
Department Name
Paediatrische Haematologie, Onkologie und Stammzelltransplantation
Principal Investigator Name
Katharina Kleinschmidt
Contact Person Name
Katharina Kleinschmidt

Belgium

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
01-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
14-11-2025
Processing Time Days
74
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
3

Sites

Site Name
UZ Leuven
Department Name
UZ Leuven - Gasthuisberg Campus UZ Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg
Principal Investigator Name
Heidi Segers
Principal Investigator Email
heidi.segers@uzleuven.be
Contact Person Name
Heidi Segers
Contact Person Email
heidi.segers@uzleuven.be
Site Name
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Department Name
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent UZ Gent (#1)
Principal Investigator Name
Maria Victoria Bordon Cueto De Braem
Principal Investigator Email
victoria.bordon@uzgent.be
Contact Person Name
Maria Victoria Bordon Cueto De Braem
Contact Person Email
victoria.bordon@uzgent.be

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
18-08-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
17-11-2025
Processing Time Days
91
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
5

Sites

Site Name
Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo Dei Tintori
Department Name
Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo Dei Tintori
Principal Investigator Name
Adriana Cristina Balduzzi
Principal Investigator Email
adriana.balduzzi@unimib.it
Contact Person Name
Adriana Cristina Balduzzi
Contact Person Email
adriana.balduzzi@unimib.it
Site Name
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu
Department Name
Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù Cardiologia
Principal Investigator Name
Franco Locatelli
Principal Investigator Email
franco.locatelli@opbg.net
Contact Person Name
Franco Locatelli
Contact Person Email
franco.locatelli@opbg.net
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino
Department Name
A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza - Oncoematologia Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita
Principal Investigator Name
Franca Fagioli
Principal Investigator Email
franca.fagioli@unito.it
Contact Person Name
Franca Fagioli
Contact Person Email
franca.fagioli@unito.it

Netherlands

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
02-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
04-11-2025
Processing Time Days
63
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
4

Sites

Site Name
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie B.V.
Department Name
Prinses Maxima Centrum voor Kinderoncologie
Principal Investigator Name
Caroline Ariane Lindemans
Principal Investigator Email
c.a.lindermans@prinsesmaximacentrum.nl
Contact Person Name
Caroline Ariane Lindemans

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
15-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
31-10-2025
Processing Time Days
46
Number Of Sites
4
Number Of Participants
5

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Sant Joan De Deu Barcelona
Department Name
Pediatric hematology
Principal Investigator Name
Julia Marsal Ricoma
Principal Investigator Email
julia.marsal@sjd.es
Contact Person Name
Julia Marsal Ricoma
Contact Person Email
julia.marsal@sjd.es
Site Name
Hospital Infantil Universitario Nino Jesus
Department Name
Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús
Principal Investigator Name
Marta Gonzalez Vicent
Principal Investigator Email
martagonzalezvicent@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Marta Gonzalez Vicent
Contact Person Email
martagonzalezvicent@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Sant Joan De Deu Barcelona
Department Name
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu
Principal Investigator Name
Cristina Rivera Perez
Principal Investigator Email
cristina.rivera@sjd.es
Contact Person Name
Cristina Rivera Perez
Contact Person Email
cristina.rivera@sjd.es
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
Department Name
Paediatric Oncology
Principal Investigator Name
Cristina Diaz-de-Heredia
Principal Investigator Email
crdiaz@vhebron.net
Contact Person Name
Cristina Diaz-de-Heredia
Contact Person Email
crdiaz@vhebron.net

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Sanofi-Aventis Recherche & Developpement
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
France

Contract research organisations

Name
Endpoint Clinical Inc.
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties code 3
Name
Labcorp Central Laboratory Services LP
Responsibilities
sponsorDuties code 4 (central laboratory services)

Third parties

  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services LP","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Endpoint Clinical Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code 3","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"ESMS Global Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code 15 (Centralized 24-Hour Emergency System)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Spain","full_name":"Alcura Health Espana S.A.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
SAR445761 - belumosudil
Active Substance
BELUMOSUDIL MESILATE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Authorized (prodAuthStatus=1)
Orphan Designation
Yes
Investigational Product Name
belumosudil
Active Substance
BELUMOSUDIL MESILATE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL, NASOGASTRIC TUBE OR PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBE USE
Route
ORAL, NASOGASTRIC TUBE OR PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY TUBE USE
Authorisation Status
Authorized (prodAuthStatus=1)
Orphan Designation
Yes

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