Clinical trial • Phase III • Dermatology

CICLOSPORIN for Atopic dermatitis

Phase III trial of CICLOSPORIN for Atopic dermatitis.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Dermatology
Trial Disease
Atopic dermatitis
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule
Paediatric Trial
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
04-10-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
02-12-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, standard of care (not specified) is used as comparator. active interventional arms: ciclosporin (oral liquid) — dose unit mg/kg, max daily dose 3.75 mg/kg, max total amount 120 (as reported); methotrexate (oral solution) — dose unit mg/kg, max daily dose 0.3 mg/kg, max total amount 640 (as reported). topical products referenced (used in study procedures or as concomitant/other medicinal products): tacrolimus (ointment) concentrations recorded 0.1% and 0.03%; mometasone furoate (ointment) 0.1%. (schedule/frequency not specified in available data.)-controlled Phase III trial across 1 site in Poland.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Standard of care (not specified) is used as comparator. Active interventional arms: CICLOSPORIN (oral liquid) — dose unit mg/Kg, max daily dose 3.75 mg/Kg, max total amount 120 (as reported); METHOTREXATE (oral solution) — dose unit mg/kg, max daily dose 0.3 mg/kg, max total amount 640 (as reported). Topical products referenced (used in study procedures or as concomitant/other medicinal products): TACROLIMUS (ointment) concentrations recorded 0.1% and 0.03%; MOMETASONE FUROATE (ointment) 0.1%. (Schedule/frequency not specified in available data.)
Target Sample Size
317
Trial Duration For Participant
224

Eligibility

Recruits 317 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female and male participants may be included. The participants who reached sexual maturity must be willing and give permission to use contraceptives or, together with the parent(s)/legal guardian(s), give a written agreement on sexual abstinence for the whole duration of clinical trial and within 6 months after cessation of IMP. In females with childbearing potential (defined as Tanner stage ≥3 or menarche), a pregnancy test must be performed at screening and baseline visit to rule out pregnancy. Pregnancy tests will be performed according to schedule.
Vulnerable Population
The trial enrols children aged 2-18 years (isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true). Written informed consent is required at enrolment; parent(s)/legal guardian(s) are explicitly referenced throughout the eligibility criteria as giving permission. Age-specific subject information and consent materials are provided (documents listed: 'L1_ SIS and ICF Informacja dla pacjenta w wieku ponizej 10 lat', 'L1_ SIS and ICF Informacja dla pacjenta w wieku 10-15 lat', 'L1_ SIS and ICF Informacja dla pacjenta w wieku powyzej 15 lat', 'L1_ SIS and ICF Informacja dla rodzica opiekuna prawnego', 'L1_ SIS and ICF Formularz Swiadomej Zgody'), indicating assent/age-appropriate information and parent/guardian consent handling.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- At the moment of giving written informed consent the patient must be between 2-18 y.o.\n- The participant, parent(s)/legal guardian(s) must be willing and give permission to use only one emollient during the clinical trial, provided by the Sponsor.\n- The patient must be vaccinated according to national regulations, the last vaccination at least one month before the first dose of IMP (8 weeks in case of live vaccine). There are no contraindications to vaccination with live vaccines if the patient is in the standard of care arm and 12 weeks after the end of treatment in the arm with CsA and MTX.\n- Diagnosis of moderate or severe AD established at least 6 months before baseline. Moderate-to-severe AD (EASI>16, BSA>10, SCORAD>25) must be confirmed based on clinical features on the screening and baseline visits.\n- The patient, according to doctor’s opinion, is a candidate for systemic therapy.\n- Body weight of the participant is within 3 and 97 percentile grid, matched for sex and age.\n- Female and male participants may be included. The participants who reached sexual maturity must be willing and give permission to use contraceptives or, together with the parent(s)/legal guardian(s), give a written agreement on sexual abstinence for the whole duration of clinical trial and within 6 months after cessation of IMP. In females with childbearing potential (defined as Tanner stage ≥3 or menarche), a pregnancy test must be performed at screening and baseline visit to rule out pregnancy. Pregnancy tests will be performed according to schedule.\n- Within 2 weeks before administration of the first drug dose the patient can use only topical emollients.\n- The participant, parent(s)/legal guardian(s) are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures.\n- The participant, parent(s)/legal guardian(s) give permission to avoid excessive exposure to natural or artificial sunlight (solaria) during the course of clinical trial.\n- The medications taken by the participants because of other causes than AD, must be in stable doses within 2 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the screening visit."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- The participant suffers from any acute or chronic disease or has abnormal laboratory tests results which could increase the risk of the trial medical intervention and which, according to the Investigator’s opinion, could interfere with the treatment and obscure the interpretation of the results or which make the subject otherwise ineligible to take part in the clinical trial.\n- Immunosuppressive treatment or use of systemic steroids within 4 weeks before the first dose of IMP.\n- Use of phototherapy within 2 weeks prior to baseline visit or PUVA-therapy within 4 weeks prior to baseline visit.\n- Use of topical steroids or topical calcineurin inhibitors within two weeks before baseline visit.\n- Participation in this and any other clinical trial involving investigational drug(s) within 8 weeks or within 5 half-lives (if known) whichever is longer, prior to clinical trial entry and/or during trial participation.\n- Use of MTX or CsA within 6 months prior to baseline visit.\n- Known or suspected hypersensitivity to any component of the IMP.\n- History of cancer: Subjects who have had any malignancies are eligible provided that the subject is in remission and curative therapy was completed at least 5 years prior to the date informed consent was obtained.\n- Any disorder which is not stable and in the Investigator’s opinion could: affect the safety of the subject throughout the trial, interfere with the evaluation of the IMP or, impede the subject’s ability to complete the clinical trial. Examples include but are not limited to cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, neurological, musculoskeletal, infectious, endocrine, metabolic, hematological, immunological, and psychiatric disorders and major physical impairment.\n- Any abnormal finding which in the Investigator’s opinion may put the subject at risk because of their participation in the trial, influence the results of the trial, influence the subject’s ability to complete the trial.\n- Subjects with strong fear of drawing blood or unwilling to comply with the assessments scheduled during the trial.\n- The presence of any psychiatric disorder, alcohol abuse, drug dependency in the participant or in the participant’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s), which in the Investigator’s opinion may make them unable to take part in the clinical trial and to comply with the trial protocol.\n- Subject or subject’s parent(s)/legal guardian(s) have a language barrier, mental incapacity, unwillingness or lacking ability to understand the trial-related procedures.\n- Subjects who are legally institutionalised.\n- Employees of the Clinical Trial Site or any other individuals directly involved with the planning or conduct of the trial, or immediate family members of such individuals.\n- Subject who has received any live vaccination within the 8 weeks prior to Baseline Visit. Live vaccines are not allowed during the trial until 12 weeks after last dose IMP.\n- Current clinically significant infection or a history of a clinically significant infection including herpes simplex infection, within 3 months prior to baseline visit which, in the opinion of the Investigator or Sponsor’s medical expert, may compromise the safety of the subject in the trial, interfere with evaluation of the IMP, or reduce the subject’s ability to participate in the trial. Clinically significant infections, are defined as: a systemic infection and/or a serious skin infection requiring parenteral (intravenous or intramuscular) antibiotics, antiviral, or antifungal medication.\n- History of any active skin infection within 1 week prior to baseline visit.\n- Positive test for HIV.\n- Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb), hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) or hepatitis C virus antibody (anti-HCV) serology at screening. Subjects with positive HBsAb may be randomized provided they are hepatitis B vaccinated and have negative HBsAg and HBcAb.\n- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level ≥2.0 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening.\n- Immune disorders which may, in the opinion of the Investigator, comprise the safety of the subject in the trial or interfere with evaluation of the IMP.\n- Active or latent tuberculosis or improperly treated tuberculosis, proven with QuantiFERON TB Gold test performed on the screening visit or within 12 weeks before the baseline visit. Chemoprophylaxis in accordance with local guidelines may enable re-screening."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients achieving 75% improvement in EASI (EASI75) from baseline at week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients achieving 75% improvement in EASI score (EASI75) from baseline measured at week 32."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients achieving 75% improvement in EASI (EASI75) from baseline at week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients achieving EASI75 at week 16 compared to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Percent change in EASI score from baseline to week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percent change in EASI score at week 16 relative to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Percent change in EASI score from baseline to week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percent change in EASI score at week 32 relative to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with Investigator’s Global Assessment (IGA) 0 (clear) or 1 (almost clear) at week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients with IGA score 0 or 1 at week 16."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with Investigator’s Global Assessment (IGA) 0 (clear) or 1 (almost clear) at week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients with IGA score 0 or 1 at week 32."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) from baseline to week 16","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in SCORAD score at week 16 compared to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Scoring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) from baseline to week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in SCORAD score at week 32 compared to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Itch Reduction of Pruritus in numeric rating scale (NRS) and in VAS (visual analogue scale) from baseline to Week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in pruritus measured by NRS and VAS at week 16 versus baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Itch Reduction of Pruritus in numeric rating scale (NRS) and in VAS (visual analogue scale) from baseline to Week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in pruritus measured by NRS and VAS at week 32 versus baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) score from baseline to Week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in CDLQI score at week 16 relative to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Children’s Dermatology Life Quality Index (CDLQI) score from baseline to Week 32","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in CDLQI score at week 32 relative to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDQL) from baseline to week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in FDQL at week 16 versus baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Family Dermatology Life Quality Index (FDQL) from baseline to week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in FDQL at week 32 versus baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Infant’s Dermatitis Quality of Life (IDQI) from baseline to week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in IDQI at week 16 versus baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Infant’s Dermatitis Quality of Life (IDQI) from baseline to week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in IDQI at week 32 versus baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) from baseline to week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in POEM score at week 16 compared to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) from baseline to week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in POEM score at week 32 compared to baseline."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of treatment-emergent AE from baseline through week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence (frequency) of treatment-emergent adverse events from baseline to week 16."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of treatment-emergent AE from baseline through week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence (frequency) of treatment-emergent adverse events from baseline to week 32."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of treatment-emergent AE leading to treatment discontinuation from baseline through week 16.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events leading to discontinuation from baseline to week 16."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of treatment-emergent AE leading to treatment discontinuation from baseline through week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events leading to discontinuation from baseline to week 32."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Time to exacerbation of AD (loss of at least 50% of the EASI response at week 32) after treatment cessation at week 32.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time to exacerbation defined as loss of at least 50% of the EASI response achieved at week 32 after treatment cessation at week 32."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
317
Recruitment Window Months
76
Consent Approach
Written informed consent is required. The trial enrols participants aged 2-18 years; parent(s)/legal guardian(s) involvement is specified throughout eligibility criteria (permission/consent). Age-specific information and consent documents are provided: 'L1_ SIS and ICF Informacja dla pacjenta w wieku ponizej 10 lat', 'L1_ SIS and ICF Informacja dla pacjenta w wieku 10-15 lat', 'L1_ SIS and ICF Informacja dla pacjenta w wieku powyzej 15 lat', 'L1_ SIS and ICF Informacja dla rodzica opiekuna prawnego', and 'L1_ SIS and ICF Formularz Swiadomej Zgody' (indicating assent/information materials and a parent/guardian consent form).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
1
Total Number Of Participants
317

Poland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
21-10-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
02-12-2024
Processing Time Days
42
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
317

Sites

Site Name
Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Uniwersytetu Medycznego W Lodzi
Department Name
Subdivision of Pediatric Dermatology and Oncology, the Department of Pediatrics
Principal Investigator Name
Joanna Narbutt
Principal Investigator Email
joanna.narbutt@umed.lodz.pl
Contact Person Name
Joanna Narbutt
Contact Person Email
joanna.narbutt@umed.lodz.pl

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Medical University Of Lodz
Organisation Type
Educational Institution
Country Of Registered Address
Poland

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
CICLOSPORIN
Active Substance
CICLOSPORIN
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus: 2
Maximum Dose
max daily 3.75 mg/Kg; max total 120 (as reported)
Investigational Product Name
METHOTREXATE
Active Substance
METHOTREXATE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus: 2
Maximum Dose
max daily 0.3 mg/kg; max total 640 (as reported)
Investigational Product Name
TACROLIMUS
Active Substance
TACROLIMUS
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
TOPICAL
Route
TOPICAL
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus: 2
Maximum Dose
max daily 0.1% (one entry) and 0.03% (another entry) as reported
Investigational Product Name
MOMETASONE FUROATE
Active Substance
MOMETASONE FUROATE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
TOPICAL
Route
TOPICAL
Authorisation Status
prodAuthStatus: 2
Maximum Dose
max daily 0.1% (as reported)

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