Clinical trial • Phase III • Immunology

DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ENRICHED ALLERGOID, MANNAN-CONJUGATED, POLYMERISED; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ENRICHED ALLERGOID, MANNAN-CONJUGATED, POLYMERISED for Allergic rhinitis | Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis | Allergic asthma

Phase III trial of DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ENRICHED ALLERGOID, MANNAN-CONJUGATED, POLYMERISED; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ENRICHED ALLERGOID, MANNAN-…

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Immunology
Trial Disease
Allergic rhinitis | Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis | Allergic asthma
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Vaccine
Paediatric Trial
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
17-01-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
07-05-2025

Trial design

Randomised, placebo: 'same solution and presentation that active treatment but without active ingredients.' placebo administered to match ep-088_mm09; active comparator: ep-088_mm09 at 3,000 mtu/ml administered subcutaneously (dose concentration specified; detailed schedule not specified in registry).-controlled Phase III trial in Portugal, Spain.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Placebo: 'Same solution and presentation that active treatment but without active ingredients.' Placebo administered to match EP-088_MM09; active comparator: EP-088_MM09 at 3,000 mTU/mL administered subcutaneously (dose concentration specified; detailed schedule not specified in registry).
Target Sample Size
250
Trial Duration For Participant
365

Eligibility

Recruits 250 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Breastfeeding or pregnant women.
Vulnerable Population
Minors are included (trial includes participants aged 12-17). Assent and parental consent procedures are provided: assent forms for 12-15 years and specific consent forms for 16-17 years and parent/guardian consent documents are listed in the trial documents (e.g., L1_PIS-Assent_12-15 yr_PT_Redacted; L1_PIS-ICF_16-17 yr_PT_Redacted; L1_SIS and ICF Adulto_Padre_Asentimiento_SP_002). The registry flag 'isVulnerablePopulationSelected' is false.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Subjects who have signed and dated Informed Consent Form (ICF).\n- Women of childbearing age must commit to using a highly effective contraception method during the trial and up to 1 months after the end of the investigational medicinal product. Such methods include combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal, contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, or transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, or implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS), male condom, diaphragm used with spermicide, bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomised partner, or sexual abstinence.\n- Subjects capable of complying with dosage regimen.\n- Subjects with negative skin prick test for moulds.\n- Subjects must record symptoms and medication consumption in an electronic diary via smartphone (preferably) or in a paper diary.\n- To be confirmed at visit 1 (V1). Only subjects who meet the following criteria will be eligible for randomization: 12.\tSubjects with a rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis combined symptom and medication score (RCSMS) ≥ 2 out of 6, recorded for at least 10 days, corresponding to moderate-to-severe allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis (See Section 6.2).\n- Subjects with negative skin prick test for moulds.\n- Women of childbearing age (i.e., following menarche and until postmenopause, defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause, or non-subject to permanent sterilisation methods, such as hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, and bilateral oophorectomy) must confirm menarche and have a urine pregnancy test negative result before enrolling the study\n- Women of childbearing age must commit to using a highly effective contraception method during the trial and up to 1 months after the end of the investigational medicinal product. Such methods include combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal, contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, intravaginal, or transdermal), progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation (oral, injectable, or implantable), intrauterine device (IUD), intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS), male condom, diaphragm used with spermicide, bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomised partner, or sexual abstinence.\n- Subjects capable of complying with dosage regimen.\n- Subjects must record symptoms and medication consumption in an electronic diary via smartphone (preferably) or in a paper diary."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Subjects sensitised (positive prick test) to one or more pollens where the time interval between baseline visit (BV) and additional baseline visit (ABV) is more than 7 months.\n- Use of drugs that could interfere with skin prick test reactions (e.g., antihistamines) within the deadlines set out in the protocol (See Section 9.2).\n- Subjects having any nasal condition (e.g., nasal polyp or non-allergic rhinitis) that could affect an appropriate evaluation of the efficacy and/or safety, according to investigator’s criteria.\n- Subjects who have received previous immunotherapy to allergens under study (D. pteronyssinus and D. farinae) during the last 5 years or currently receiving immunotherapy with any other allergen.\n- Subjects who required regular treatment with antihistamines and/or corticosteroids (systemic – oral or injectable-, topical, cutaneous, or inhaled) for other purposes than alleviating symptoms of allergic rhinitis, except temporal use (≤ 15 days) for diseases including common colds.\n- Breastfeeding or pregnant women.\n- Subjects who are immediate family members of the investigator.\n- Concurrent participation in other clinical trials or previous participation within 30 days prior to the screening/baseline visit.\n- Subjects with history of serious systemic reactions, including food, Hymenoptera venom, drugs, etc.\n- Subjects who have undergone any desensitisation process (e.g., oral immunotherapy [OIT], milk, or egg) except those in the maintenance phase since at least 12 months.\n- Those cases in which allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) would be a contraindication according to the criteria of European Allergy and Clinical Immunology Immunotherapy Subcommittee.\n- Unstable subjects who have suffered a respiratory tract infection and/or asthma exacerbation within 4 weeks prior to the screening/baseline visit.\n- Subjects with uncontrolled asthma, according to GINA 2023,asthma with poor symptom control (frequent symptoms or reliever use, activity limited by asthma, night waking due to asthma) and/or frequent exacerbations (≥2/year) requiring oral corticosteroids (OCS), or serious exacerbations (≥1/year) requiring hospitalization.\n- Asthmatic subjects with forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) <80% despite pharmacological treatment. The result shall be valid up to 12 months prior to signing of informed consent (See Section 9.2).\n- Subjects with severe asthma, according to GINA 2023, on Step 4 or 5 treatment, who had poor symptom control and had good adherence and inhaler technique.\n- Subjects on treatment with β-blockers, except those administered topically, or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors.\n- Subjects on treatment with immunosuppressive (not including corticosteroids), except those administered topically, or biological drug\n- Subjects requiring regular treatment with systemic corticosteroids (oral or injectable) for the treatment of rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma. The regular use of topical, cutaneous, or inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of the pathologies mentioned above and atopic dermatitis is permitted.\n- Subjects with controlled or uncontrolled cancer.\n- Subjects who have suffered chronic urticaria, severe anaphylaxis, or family history of angioedema within 2 years prior to the screening/baseline visit.\n- Subjects having any contraindication for the use of adrenaline (e.g., hyperthyroidism, heart disease, or hypertension) according to the investigator’s criteria.\n- Subjects with other severe disease not related asthma or rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis that could interfere in the study treatment or the follow-up (e.g., epilepsy or nephropathy) according to investigator’s criteria.\n- Subjects with uncontrolled autoimmune diseases (e.g., thyroiditis or lupus), tumoral diseases, or immunodeficiencies.\n- Subjects that could not comply with the study protocol, according to investigator’s criteria, or have a serious mental illness.\n- Subjects with known allergy to any of the components of the investigational medicinal products (IMPs) other than study allergens.\n- Subjects with lower respiratory tract diseases, different from asthma, as emphysema, bronchiectasis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rhinitis/Rhinoconjunctivitis Combined Symptom and Medication Score (RCSMS) by means of the Subject’s Diary","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by the Subject's Diary (daily diary), i.e., RCSMS (combined symptom and medication score) recorded in the subject diary."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rhinitis/Rhinoconjunctivitis Symptom Score (RSS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rhinitis/Rhinoconjunctivitis Medication Score (RMS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma-Combined Symptom and Medication Score (ACSMS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma Symptom Score (ASS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma Medication Score (AMS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma and Rhinitis/Rhinoconjunctivitis Symptom Score (ARSS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma and Rhinitis/Rhinoconjunctivitis Medication Score (ARMS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma and Rhinitis/Rhinoconjunctivitis Combined Symptom and Medication Score (ARCSMS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma exacerbations: time to first asthma exacerbation; number, duration, and severity","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time-to-event and counts/duration/severity metrics for exacerbations"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Immunological parameters:  Total IgE  Specific IgE and IgG4  Specific IgE/Total IgE ratio  Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) IgA and IgG","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Laboratory measurement of total IgE, specific IgE and IgG4, specific IgE/total IgE ratio, ASCA IgA and IgG"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Allergen profiling (ALEX technique)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Allergen profile measured using the ALEX technique"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported QoL via AQLQ questionnaire"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported QoL via RQLQ questionnaire"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Asthma Control Questionnaire (GINA 2023)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Asthma control assessed using GINA 2023 questionnaire"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported VAS for symptoms"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Consumption of Health Resources","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of health resource utilization related to study pathologies"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Safety parameters: • Overall rate and severity of adverse events (AEs) per administration and per subject. • Evaluation of reactions at the site of administration, systemic reactions and of any medications administered for the treatment of the adverse reaction (AR).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"AE collection and assessment per administration and per subject; evaluation of local and systemic reactions and treatments given"}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
250
Recruitment Window Months
42
Consent Approach
Informed consent is required from participants; adults provide ICF. For minors: parental/guardian consent and age-appropriate assent procedures are provided — assent forms for 12-15 years and specific consent/assent documents for 16-17 years are listed in trial documents (e.g., L1_PIS-Assent_12-15 yr_PT_Redacted; L1_PIS-ICF_16-17 yr_PT_Redacted; L1_SIS and ICF Adulto_Padre_Asentimiento_SP_002). Consent/participant information documents are available in Portuguese and Spanish (documents labelled _PT and _SP). A pregnancy-specific ICF is also included (L1_ICF Pregnancy_PT_Redacted).

Methods

  • Recruitment via participating clinical sites (Allergology departments) in Spain and Portugal (site list in trialSites).
  • Advertising/recruitment materials and arrangements (documents: K2_Advertising material; K1_Recruitment arrangements_Redacted).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
11
Total Number Of Participants
250

Portugal

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
05-02-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
19-09-2025
Processing Time Days
226
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
125

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Divino Espirito Santo De Ponta Delgada EPER
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Rodrigo Rodrigues Alves
Contact Person Email
rodrigosralves@gmail.com
Site Name
CCAB Centro Clinico Academico Braga Associacao
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Carmen Botelho
Contact Person Email
carmen.botelho@hb.min-saude.pt
Site Name
Unidade Local de Saude do Algarve E.P.E.
Department Name
immunoallergology
Contact Person Name
Natacha Santos

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
13-06-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
26-09-2025
Processing Time Days
105
Number Of Sites
8
Number Of Participants
125

Sites

Site Name
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Javier Figueroa Rivero
Contact Person Email
jafiri@hotmail.com
Site Name
Policlínica Nuetra Señora del Rosario
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Silvia Martinez Blanco
Site Name
Hospital De La Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Lorena Soto
Contact Person Email
lsoto@santpau.cat
Site Name
Hospital General Universitario De Elche
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Ramón Sánchez Antonio
Contact Person Email
amon_antsan@gva.es
Site Name
Clínica Dermatología y Alergia (Badajoz)
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Iran Sanchez
Contact Person Email
iran120@hotmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Quironsalud Malaga
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Alfonso Miranda
Contact Person Email
amp01ma@hotmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Miguel Tortajada
Contact Person Email
tortajadamig@gmail.com
Site Name
Quirónsalud Alicante
Department Name
Allergology
Contact Person Name
Angel Ferrer Torres
Contact Person Email
info.alicante@quironsalud.es

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Inmunotek S.L.
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
Spain

Third parties

  • {"country":"Portugal","full_name":"Blueclinical Investigacao E Desenvolvimento Em Saude Lda.","duties_or_roles":"1,12,2,5","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Spain","full_name":"Bioclever 2005 S.L.","duties_or_roles":"1,10,11,12,2,5,6","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Mannan-conjugated allergoid (polymerized) Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae parenteral vaccine
Active Substance
DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ENRICHED ALLERGOID, MANNAN-CONJUGATED, POLYMERISED; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE ENRICHED ALLERGOID, MANNAN-CONJUGATED, POLYMERISED
Modality
Vaccine
Routes Of Administration
Subcutaneous
Route
Subcutaneous
Authorisation Status
Authorised (EU MP Number PRD11177574)
Starting Dose
3,000 mTU/mL (administered subcutaneously)
Maximum Dose
Max daily dose 0.5 ml; max total dose 6 ml
Investigational Product Name
Same solution and presentation that active treatment but without active ingredients.
Modality
Other
Routes Of Administration
Subcutaneous
Route
Subcutaneous

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