Clinical trial • Phase III • Immunology
INEBILIZUMAB for Myasthenia gravis
Phase III trial of INEBILIZUMAB for Myasthenia gravis.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Immunology
- Trial Disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 05-04-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 07-05-2024
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, placebo: 10 ml (nominal) solution containing 10 mm histidine/histidine hydrochloride, 75 mm sodium chloride, 106 mm (4% [w/v]) trehalose dihydrate, and 0.02% (w/v) polysorbate 80, ph 6.0 administered intravenously (placebo arm). dose and schedule not specified in the available record.-controlled Phase III trial across 13 sites in Germany, France, Spain and others.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- Placebo: 10 mL (nominal) solution containing 10 mM histidine/histidine hydrochloride, 75 mM sodium chloride, 106 mM (4% [w/v]) trehalose dihydrate, and 0.02% (w/v) polysorbate 80, pH 6.0 administered intravenously (placebo arm). Dose and schedule not specified in the available record.
- Biomarker Stratified
- True, biomarker: antibody status (AChR-Ab+ vs MuSK-Ab+)
- Target Sample Size
- 105
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 364
Eligibility
Recruits 105 isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true. Subject information and informed consent forms are provided (Main Adult ICF, Double Blind ICF, Open Label ICF, Safety follow-up ICF, Pregnancy ICF). Documents indicate adult consent forms in multiple languages, but no details on assent or consent procedures for minors are provided in the available record..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- 9. Females of childbearing potential who are sexually active with a nonsterilized male partner must use at least one highly effective contraception method from the time of screening and for 6 months after the final dose of IP. Periodic abstinence, the rhythm method, or the withdrawal method is not an acceptable methods of contraception
- Vulnerable Population
- isVulnerablePopulationSelected = true. Subject information and informed consent forms are provided (Main Adult ICF, Double Blind ICF, Open Label ICF, Safety follow-up ICF, Pregnancy ICF). Documents indicate adult consent forms in multiple languages, but no details on assent or consent procedures for minors are provided in the available record.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1. Diagnosis of MG with anti-AChR or anti-MuSK antibody\n- 2. MGFA Clinical Classification Class II, III, or IV.\n- 3. MG-ADL score at the time of screening and randomization between 6 and 10 with > 50% of this score attributed to non-ocular items, or an MG-ADL score ≥ 11.\n- 4. QMG score ≥ 11 or greater at the time of screening and at randomizatio\n- 5. Subjects must be on: a. Corticosteroids only, with no dose increase within 4 weeks prior to randomization, or b. One allowed non-steroidal IST, with continuous use for ≥ 6 months prior to randomization and no dose increase within 4 months prior to randomization, or c. Combination of (1) corticosteroids with no dose increase within 4 weeks prior to randomization and (2) one allowed non-steroidal IST with continuous use for ≥ 6 months prior to randomization and no dose increase within 4 months prior to randomization. Allowed ISTs, alone or in combination with corticosteroids, are azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, and mycophenolic acid.\n- 9. Females of childbearing potential who are sexually active with a nonsterilized male partner must use at least one highly effective contraception method from the time of screening and for 6 months after the final dose of IP. Periodic abstinence, the rhythm method, or the withdrawal method is not an acceptable methods of contraception"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 8. Thymectomy within the 12 months prior to baseline (Day 1) visit or planned thymectomy during the duration of the RCP.\n- 25. History of untreated hepatitis C infection, or positive antibody test for hepatitis C virus (HCV) unless the subject is considered to be cured following antiviral therapy and has an HCV viral load below the limit of detection ≥ 24 weeks after completion of treatment at site or central lab.\n- 30. Hospitalization for any reason < 30 days prior to randomization.\n- 31. Current or recent MG deterioration that has not returned to baseline/resolved within ≥ 30 days prior to randomization.\n- 9. Receipt of the following medications or treatments at any time prior to randomization: a. Alemtuzumab, b. Total lymphoid irradiation, c. Bone marrow transplant, d. T-cell vaccination therapy, e. Natalizumab, 10. Receipt of rituximab, ocrelizumab, ofatumumab, obinutuzumab, inebilizumab, or any experimental B-cell depleting agent within the 6 months prior to Day 1, unless the subject has a CD19+ B-cell count ≥ 40 cells/μL according to the central laboratory at screening. 11. Receipt of Leflunomide within 1 year prior to Day 1. 12. Receipt of the following within the 3 months prior to Day 1: a. Tocilizumab, b. Belimumab, c. Eculizumab, d. Cyclophosphamide, e. Ravulizumab, f. Neonatal Fc receptor blockers (efgartigimod alfa) g. Abatacept, h. Etanercept, i. Mitoxantrone, j. Sirolimus\n- 10. Receipt of the following within the 4 weeks prior to Day 1: a. Cyclosporine (except eye drops) b. Tacrolimus (except topical) (tacrolimus ≤ 3 mg/day is allowed in Japan only; see inclusion criterion 7C) c. Methotrexate d. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or SC Ig e. PLEX treatment f. Thalidomide g. Tofacitinib\n- 11. Current use of: a. Corticosteroids (prednisone > 40 mg/day or > 80 mg over a 2-day period, or equivalent dose of other corticosteroids) b. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (pyridostigmine > 480 mg/day) or unstable dose in the 2 weeks prior to Day 1 c. Azathioprine > 3 mg/kg/day d. Mycophenolate mofetil > 3 g/day or mycophenolic acid > 1440 mg/day e. Any IST, alone or in combination with corticosteroids, except for azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, and mycophenolic acid.\n- 12. Concurrent/previous enrollment in another clinical study involving an investigational treatment within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the investigational treatment, whichever is longer, prior to Day 1.\n- 13. Receipt of a live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to randomization. Administration of inactivated (killed) vaccines is acceptable.\n- 14. History of untreated hepatitis C infection, or positive antibody test for hepatitis C virus (HCV) unless patient is considered to be cured following antiviral therapy and has a HCV viral load below the limit of detection ≥ 24 weeks after completion of treatment at site or central lab\n- 15. Hospitalization for any reason < 30 days prior to randomization\n- 16. Current or recent myasthenia gravis exacerbationdeterioration that has not returned to baseline/resolved within at least 30 days prior to randomization."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change from baseline in Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score at Week 26 in the overall study population (ie, the AChR-Ab+ and MuSK-Ab+ populations).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in MG-ADL score measured at Week 26 in the overall study population (includes AChR-Ab+ and MuSK-Ab+ populations)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- 1 (Key). Change from baseline in Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG) score at Week 26 in the overall study population","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in QMG score at Week 26 in overall population."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 2 (Key). Change from baseline in MG-ADL score at Week 26 in the AChR-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in MG-ADL score at Week 26 in the AChR-Ab+ subpopulation."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 3 (Key). Change from baseline in QMG score at Week 26 in the AChR-Ab+ population","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in QMG score at Week 26 in the AChR-Ab+ subpopulation."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 4 (Key). Change from baseline in MG-ADL score at Week 26 in the MuSK-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in MG-ADL score at Week 26 in the MuSK-Ab+ subpopulation."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 5 (Key). Change from baseline in QMG score at Week 26 in the MuSK-Ab+ population","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in QMG score at Week 26 in the MuSK-Ab+ subpopulation."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 1 (Additional). The proportion of subjects with ≥ 3-point improvement in MG-ADL score at Week 26 and no use of rescue therapy between Day 28 and Week 26 in the overall study population, the AChR-Ab+ population, and the MuSK-Ab+ population and at Week 52 and no use of rescue therapy between Day 28 and Week 52 in the AChR-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of subjects achieving ≥3-point improvement in MG-ADL at specified timepoints without rescue therapy between specified days/weeks."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 2 (Additional). Change from baseline in MG-ADL score at Week 52 in the AChR-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in MG-ADL score at Week 52 in AChR-Ab+ population."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 3 (Additional). Change from baseline in QMG score at Week 52 in the AChR-Ab+ population","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in QMG score at Week 52 in AChR-Ab+ population."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 4 (Additional). Change from baseline in Myasthenia Gravis Composite (MGC) score at Week 26 in the overall study population, the AChR-Ab+ population, and the MuSK-Ab+ population and at Week 52 in the AChR-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in MGC score at Weeks 26 and 52 in specified populations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 5 (Additional). Change from baseline in Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life-15, revised score at Week 26 in the overall study population, the AChR-Ab+ population, and the MuSK-Ab+ population and at Week 52 in the AChR-Ab+ population","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in MG-QOL-15r at Weeks 26 and 52 in specified populations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 6 (Additional). Patient Global Impression of Change score at Week 26 in the overall study population, the AChR-Ab+ population, and the MuSK-Ab+ population and at Week 52 in the AChR-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PGIC score at Week 26 (and Week 52 for AChR-Ab+) in specified populations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 7 (Additional). Time to first MG exacerbation by Week 26 in the overall study population, the AChR-Ab+ population, and the MuSK-Ab+ population and by Week 52 in the AChR-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time-to-event: time to first MG exacerbation by specified weeks in specified populations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 8 (Additional). The safety and tolerability of inebilizumab as measured by the incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events, adverse events of special interest, and treatment-emergent serious adverse events. Laboratory measurements will also be evaluated as part of safety","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety endpoints measured by incidence of TEAEs, AESIs, serious AEs, and laboratory evaluations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 9 (Additional). The proportion of subjects with steroid tapered to ≤ 5 mg/day at Week 26 for the overall study population, the AChR-Ab+ population, and the MuSK-Ab+ population and at Week 52 for the AChR-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of subjects achieving steroid taper to ≤5 mg/day at specified weeks in specified populations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 10 (Additional). The proportion of subjects in whom steroid dose was reduced by ≥ 50% by Week 26 for the overall study population, the AChR-Ab+ population, and the MuSK-Ab+ population and by Week 52 for the AChR-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion with ≥50% steroid dose reduction by specified weeks in specified populations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 11 (Additional). The proportion of subjects achieving minimal symptom expression, defined as MG-ADL = 0 or 1, at Week 26.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion achieving MG-ADL = 0 or 1 at Week 26."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- 12 (Additional). Anti-drug antibody status and titer during the study in the overall study population, the AChR-Ab+ population, and the MuSK-Ab+ population.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of anti-drug antibody presence and titer during study in specified populations."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 105
- Recruitment Window Months
- 87
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent obtained from adult participants. Subject information and informed consent forms are listed (Main Adult ICF, Main Double Blind ICF, Main Open Label ICF, Safety Follow Up ICF, Pregnancy ICF, etc.). ICFs/patient-facing documents are available in multiple languages (English, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish). No details on assent for minors or age-specific consent procedures are provided in the available record.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 13
- Total Number Of Participants
- 125
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 18-04-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 10-05-2024
- Processing Time Days
- 22
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 25
Sites
- Site Name
- Universitaetsklinikum Essen AöR
- Department Name
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen
- Contact Person Name
- Tim Hagenacker
- Contact Person Email
- Tim.Hagenacker@uk-essen.de
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 18-04-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 16-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 697
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 25
Sites
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nice
- Department Name
- Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Sabrina SACCONI
- Contact Person Email
- sacconi.s@chu-nice.fr
- Site Name
- Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg
- Department Name
- Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Aleksandra NADAJ-PAKLEZA
- Contact Person Email
- Aleksandra.Nadaj-Pakleza@chru-strasbourg.fr
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 18-04-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 19-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 700
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 25
Sites
- Site Name
- Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol
- Department Name
- Neurologia
- Contact Person Name
- Alicia Martínez
- Contact Person Email
- amartinezp.germanstrias@gencat.cat
- Site Name
- Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofia
- Department Name
- Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Eduardo Agüera
- Contact Person Email
- doctoredu@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Hospital Del Mar
- Department Name
- Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Miguel Angel Rubio
- Contact Person Email
- 97495@parcdesalutmar.cat
Italy
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 18-04-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 20-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 701
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 25
Sites
- Site Name
- IRCCS Foundation Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
- Department Name
- UOC Neurology IV - Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular diseases
- Contact Person Name
- Carlo Giuseppe Antozzi
- Contact Person Email
- carlo.antozzi@istituto-besta.it
- Site Name
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
- Department Name
- Department of Neurosciences
- Contact Person Name
- Raffaele Iorio
- Contact Person Email
- raffaele.iorio@policlinicogemelli.it
Poland
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 18-04-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 23-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 704
- Number Of Sites
- 5
- Number Of Participants
- 25
Sites
- Site Name
- Med Polonia Sp. z o.o.
- Department Name
- Med Polonia
- Contact Person Name
- Karolina Piasecka-Stryczyńska
- Contact Person Email
- badania.kliniczne@medpolonia.pl
- Site Name
- Gornoslaskie Centrum Medyczne Im Prof. Leszka Gieca Sląskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego W Katowicach
- Department Name
- Oddział Neurologii
- Contact Person Name
- Anetta Lasek-Bal
- Contact Person Email
- bfdzial@gcm.pl
- Site Name
- Mtz Clinical Research Powered By Pratia
- Department Name
- MTZ Clinical Research Powered by Pratia
- Contact Person Name
- Małgorzata Zajda
- Contact Person Email
- malgorzata.e.zajda@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Krakowska Akademia Neurologii Sp. z o.o.
- Department Name
- Centrum Neurologii Klinicznej
- Contact Person Name
- Andrzej Szczudlik
- Contact Person Email
- olga.fraczek@neurologia.org.pl
- Site Name
- Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Im. Prof. K. Gibinskiego Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego W Katowicach
- Department Name
- Oddział Neurologii
- Contact Person Name
- Joanna Siuda
- Contact Person Email
- jsiuda@sum.edu.pl
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Horizon Therapeutics Ireland Designated Activity Company
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Ireland
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Parexel International Limited
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties codes: 8
- Name
- Medpace Inc.
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties codes: 1,12,2,3,5,6,7,9
Third parties
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Fisher Clinical Services GmbH","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Fisher Clinical Services GmbH","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Parexel International Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 8","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Fisher Clinical Services GmbH","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Veeva Systems Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 7","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services SARL","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Medpace Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 1,12,2,3,5,6,7,9","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Yale University School Of Medicine","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 4","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Yprime LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 3","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- INEBILIZUMAB
- Active Substance
- INEBILIZUMAB
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- Intravenous use
- Route
- Intravenous
- Maximum Dose
- 300 mg (max daily); 3000 mg (max total)
- Investigational Product Name
- 10 mL (nominal) solution containing 10 mM histidine/histidine hydrochloride, 75 mM sodium chloride, 106 mM (4% [w/v]) trehalose dihydrate, and 0.02% (w/v) polysorbate 80, pH 6.0
- Modality
- Other
- Routes Of Administration
- Intravenous use
- Route
- Intravenous
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