Clinical trial • Phase III • Neurology

Eptacog alfa (activated) for Intracerebral haemorrhage | Acute haemorrhagic stroke

Phase III trial of Eptacog alfa (activated) for Intracerebral haemorrhage | Acute haemorrhagic stroke.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Neurology
Trial Disease
Intracerebral haemorrhage | Acute haemorrhagic stroke
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
28-08-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
24-09-2024

Trial design

Randomised, placebo arm: eptacog alfa placebo; active arm: novoseven 5 mg (eptacog alfa (activated)), dosing unit µg/kg, maximum total dose amount reported 80 µg/kg, route: intravenous slow bolus injection. (trial described as randomized, parallel group, double-blind, placebo controlled.) Phase III trial in Germany, Spain.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Placebo arm: Eptacog alfa Placebo; Active arm: NovoSeven 5 mg (eptacog alfa (activated)), dosing unit µg/Kg, maximum total dose amount reported 80 µg/Kg, route: intravenous slow bolus injection. (Trial described as randomized, parallel group, double-blind, placebo controlled.)
Target Sample Size
855
Trial Duration For Participant
180

Eligibility

Recruits 855 The trial includes vulnerable populations due to emergency presentation (acute intracerebral haemorrhage). The protocol specifies efforts to obtain informed consent per EFIC guidelines (U.S.) or adherence to country-specific emergency research informed consent regulations (Canada, Germany, Spain, U.K., Japan, Australia, Finland). Subject information and consent documentation include adult ICFs, abbreviated/regained-capacity versions, and legal representative versions (documents exist for Germany and Spain), and other materials addressing determination of emergency situations..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Females of childbearing potential who are known to be pregnant or within 12 weeks post-partum and/or lactating at time of enrollment
Vulnerable Population
The trial includes vulnerable populations due to emergency presentation (acute intracerebral haemorrhage). The protocol specifies efforts to obtain informed consent per EFIC guidelines (U.S.) or adherence to country-specific emergency research informed consent regulations (Canada, Germany, Spain, U.K., Japan, Australia, Finland). Subject information and consent documentation include adult ICFs, abbreviated/regained-capacity versions, and legal representative versions (documents exist for Germany and Spain), and other materials addressing determination of emergency situations.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1) Patients aged 18-80 years, inclusive\n- 2) Patients with spontaneous ICH (intracerebral hemorrhage)\n- 3) Able to treat with study medication (rFVIIa/placebo) within 2 hours of stroke onset or last known well\n- 4) Positive spot sign on baseline CTA (Part 2 only) or able to be treated within 90 minutes with or without a positive spot sign.\n- 5)\tEfforts to obtain informed consent per EFIC guidelines (U.S.) or adherence to country-specific emergency research informed consent regulations (Canada, Germany, Spain, U.K., Japan, Australia, Finland)"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1) Score of 3 to 7 on the Glasgow Coma Scale\n- 2) Secondary ICH related to known causes (e.g., trauma, aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), oral anticoagulant use (vitamin K antagonists or novel oral anticoagulants) within the past 7 days, coagulopathy, etc.)\n- 3) ICH volume < 2 ml or ≥ 60 ml\n- 4) Blood filling 2/3 or more of one lateral ventricle of the brain, OR, blood filling at least 1/3 of both lateral ventricles\n- 5) Pre-existing disability (mRS > 2)\n- 6) Symptomatic thrombo-embolic or vaso-occlusive disease in past 90 days (e.g., cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolus, deep vein thrombosis, or unstable angina)\n- 7) Clinical findings or EKG evidence of ST segment elevation consistent with acute myocardial ischemia\n- 8) Brainstem location of hemorrhage (patients with cerebellar hemorrhage may be enrolled)\n- 9) Refusal to participate in study by patient, legal representative, or family member\n- 10) Known or suspected thrombocytopenia (unless current platelet count documented above 50,000/μL)\n- 11) Unfractionated heparin use with abnormal PTT\n- 12) Pro-coagulant drugs within 24 hours prior to patient enrollment into the FASTEST trial (example, tranexamic acid or aminocaproic acid)\n- 13) Low-molecular weight heparin use within the previous 24 hours\n- 14) Recent (within 90 days) carotid endarterectomy or coronary or cerebrovascular angioplasty or stenting\n- 15) Advanced or terminal illness or any other condition the investigator feels would pose a significant hazard to the patient if rFVIIa were administered\n- 16) Recent (within 30 days) participation in any investigational drug or device trial or earlier participation in any investigational drug or device trial for which the duration of effect is expected to persist until to the time of FASTEST enrollment\n- 17) Planned withdrawal of care or comfort care measures\n- 18) Patient known or suspected of not being able to comply with trial protocol (e.g., due to alcoholism,drug dependency, or psychological disorder)\n- 19) Known or suspected allergy to trial medication(s), excipients, or related products\n- 20) Contraindications to study medication\n- 21) Previous participation in this trial (previously randomized)\n- 22) Females of childbearing potential who are known to be pregnant or within 12 weeks post-partum and/or lactating at time of enrollment"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Part 1: The primary outcome measure is the following distribution of the ordinal mRS (modified Rankin Score) at 180 days: 0-2, 3, and 4-6.\n- Part 2: The primary outcome measure is the following distribution of the ordinal mRS (modified Rankin Score) at 90 days: 0-2, 3, and 4-6.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Part 1 measured as the distribution of the ordinal modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 180 days (categories 0-2, 3, 4-6). Part 2 measured as the distribution of the ordinal mRS at 90 days (categories 0-2, 3, 4-6)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- ordinal mRS (all seven steps)\n- routine CT\n- utility-weighted Rankin Score\n- mRS of 0-2\n- EQ-5D at 90 days and 180 days\n- the trichotomous endpoint at 180 days for Part 2\n- change in the volume of ICH and ICH-IVH between the baseline routine CT and 24-hour routine CT","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Secondary measures include the full ordinal mRS at specified timepoints, imaging-based assessments (routine CT at baseline and 24 hours to assess change in ICH and ICH-IVH volume), utility-weighted Rankin, dichotomous mRS (0-2), EQ-5D at 90 and 180 days, and a trichotomous endpoint at 180 days for Part 2."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
855
Recruitment Window Months
93
Consent Approach
Emergency research consent procedures are used: efforts to obtain informed consent per EFIC guidelines in the U.S. or adherence to country-specific emergency research informed consent regulations (Canada, Germany, Spain, U.K., Japan, Australia, Finland). Subject information and informed consent forms (SIS and ICF) are provided for adults, abbreviated and 'regained capacity' versions exist, and legal representative ICFs and materials on determination of an emergency situation are available (documents in German and Spanish listed). Consent may be obtained from legal representatives where applicable.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
17
Total Number Of Participants
125

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
23-08-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
07-01-2026
Processing Time Days
502
Number Of Sites
9
Number Of Participants
60

Sites

Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden an der Technischen Universitaet Dresden AöR
Department Name
Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie
Principal Investigator Name
Kristian Barlinn
Principal Investigator Email
Kristian.Barlinn@ukdd.de
Contact Person Name
Kristian Barlinn
Contact Person Email
Kristian.Barlinn@ukdd.de
Site Name
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Department Name
Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie
Principal Investigator Name
Goetz Thomalla
Principal Investigator Email
thomalla@uke.de
Contact Person Name
Goetz Thomalla
Contact Person Email
thomalla@uke.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
Department Name
Universitätsklinik für Neurologie
Principal Investigator Name
Annerose Mengel
Principal Investigator Email
annerose.mengel@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Contact Person Name
Annerose Mengel
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg
Department Name
Klinik für Neurologie und klinische Neurophysiologie
Principal Investigator Name
Hauke Schneider
Principal Investigator Email
hauke.schneider@uk-augsburg.de
Contact Person Name
Hauke Schneider
Contact Person Email
hauke.schneider@uk-augsburg.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Neurologie
Principal Investigator Name
Jan Purrucker
Principal Investigator Email
jan.purrucker@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Contact Person Name
Jan Purrucker
Site Name
Klinikum Frankfurt Hoechst GmbH
Department Name
Klinik für Neurologie
Principal Investigator Name
Thorsten Steiner
Principal Investigator Email
thorsten.steiner@klinikumfrankfurt.de
Contact Person Name
Thorsten Steiner
Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
Campus Benjamin Franklin, Klinik für Neurologie,Centrum für Schlaganfallforschung (CBS)
Principal Investigator Name
Christian Nolte
Principal Investigator Email
christian.nolte@charite.de
Contact Person Name
Christian Nolte
Contact Person Email
christian.nolte@charite.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen AöR
Department Name
Neurologische Klinik
Principal Investigator Name
Bernd Kallmünzer
Principal Investigator Email
bernd.kallmuenzer@uk-erlangen.de
Contact Person Name
Bernd Kallmünzer
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig AöR
Department Name
Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie
Principal Investigator Name
Katja Wartenberg
Principal Investigator Email
katja.wartenberg@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Contact Person Name
Katja Wartenberg

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
23-08-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
25-09-2025
Processing Time Days
398
Number Of Sites
8
Number Of Participants
65

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Universitari De Girona Doctor Josep Trueta
Department Name
Unitat d'Ictus, Neurologia
Principal Investigator Name
Yolanda Silva Blas
Principal Investigator Email
ysilva.girona.ics@gencat.cat
Contact Person Name
Yolanda Silva Blas
Contact Person Email
ysilva.girona.ics@gencat.cat
Site Name
Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol
Department Name
Unidad de Ictus
Principal Investigator Name
Alejandro Bustamante Rangel
Principal Investigator Email
abustamanter.germanstrias@gencat.cat
Contact Person Name
Alejandro Bustamante Rangel
Site Name
Hospital Clinico Universitario De Valladolid
Department Name
Servicio de Neurología
Principal Investigator Name
Juan Arenillas
Principal Investigator Email
juanfarenillas@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Juan Arenillas
Contact Person Email
juanfarenillas@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Arnau De Vilanova De La Gerencia Territorial De Lleida
Department Name
Neurología
Principal Investigator Name
Francisco Purroy
Principal Investigator Email
fpurroygarcia@gmail.com
Contact Person Name
Francisco Purroy
Contact Person Email
fpurroygarcia@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII De Tarragona
Department Name
Servicio de Neurología
Principal Investigator Name
Xavier Ustrell Roig
Principal Investigator Email
xustrell.hj23.ics@gencat.cat
Contact Person Name
Xavier Ustrell Roig
Contact Person Email
xustrell.hj23.ics@gencat.cat
Site Name
Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
Department Name
Unidad de Ictus
Principal Investigator Name
Carlos Molina
Principal Investigator Email
carlosav.molina@vallhebron.cat
Contact Person Name
Carlos Molina
Contact Person Email
carlosav.molina@vallhebron.cat
Site Name
Bellvitge University Hospital
Department Name
Neurologia - Unidad d'Ictus
Principal Investigator Name
Pere Cardona Portela
Principal Investigator Email
pcardonap@bellvitgehospital.cat
Contact Person Name
Pere Cardona Portela
Site Name
Hospital De La Santa Creu I Sant Pau
Department Name
Unidad de Ictus
Principal Investigator Name
Anna Ramos Pachón
Principal Investigator Email
ARamosP@santpau.cat
Contact Person Name
Anna Ramos Pachón
Contact Person Email
ARamosP@santpau.cat

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine
Organisation Type
Educational Institution
Country Of Registered Address
United States

Contract research organisations

Name
Clinical Research Services - Dr Diana Salein
Responsibilities
[{ "id":937647, "code":"1" }, { "id":937648, "code":"12" }]
Name
Medical University of South Carolina - NIH StrokeNet National Datamanagement Center -NDMC
Responsibilities
[{ "id":937642, "code":"10" }, { "id":937643, "code":"15", "value":"Regulatory document management/filing" }, { "id":937644, "code":"3" }, { "id":937645, "code":"6" }, { "id":937646, "code":"7" }]

Third parties

  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Clinical Research Services - Dr Diana Salein","duties_or_roles":"[{ \"id\":937647, \"code\":\"1\" }, { \"id\":937648, \"code\":\"12\" }]","organisation_type":"SME"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Medical University of South Carolina - NIH StrokeNet National Datamanagement Center -NDMC","duties_or_roles":"[{ \"id\":937642, \"code\":\"10\" }, { \"id\":937643, \"code\":\"15\", \"value\":\"Regulatory document management/filing\" }, { \"id\":937644, \"code\":\"3\" }, { \"id\":937645, \"code\":\"6\" }, { \"id\":937646, \"code\":\"7\" }]","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
NovoSeven 5 mg (250 KIU) powder and solvent for solution for injection
Active Substance
Eptacog alfa (activated)
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
INTRAVENOUS SLOW BOLUS INJECTION
Route
INTRAVENOUS SLOW BOLUS INJECTION
Authorisation Status
Authorised (marketing authorisation PRD3583261, EU/1/96/006/010)
Maximum Dose
80 µg/Kg
Investigational Product Name
Eptacog alfa Placebo
Modality
Other

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