Clinical trial • Phase III • Infectious Disease|Respiratory

LYOPHILIZED BACTERIAL LYSATES OF: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; STREPTOCOCCUS (DIPLOCOCCUS) PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND OZAENAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES AND VIRIDANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA / NEISSERIA) CATARRHALIS for Lower respiratory tract infections | Wheezing in moderate-late preterm infants

Phase III trial of LYOPHILIZED BACTERIAL LYSATES OF: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; STREPTOCOCCUS (DIPLOCOCCUS) PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND OZAENAE; ST…

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Infectious Disease|Respiratory
Trial Disease
Lower respiratory tract infections | Wheezing in moderate-late preterm infants
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Other
Paediatric Trial
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
18-11-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
05-12-2024

Trial design

Randomised Phase III trial in Netherlands.

Randomised
Yes
Target Sample Size
500
Trial Duration For Participant
730

Eligibility

Recruits 500 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Maternal TNF-alpha inhibitors or other immunosuppression during pregnancy and/or breastfeeding
Vulnerable Population
The trial enrolls moderate-late preterm infants (vulnerable population). Informed consent must be written and provided by both parents or formal caregivers. Assent is not applicable for this infant population. Parents/caregivers must be able to read and speak Dutch or English (parents unable to speak and read Dutch/English are excluded).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Gestational age at delivery between 30+0 and 35+6 weeks\n- Postnatal age at least 6 weeks at randomization & postmenstrual age at least 37 weeks\n- Written informed consent by both parents or formal caregivers"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Underlying other severe respiratory disease such as broncho-pulmonary dysplasia (un-expected in this group); hemodynamic significant cardiac disease; immunodeficiency; severe failure to thrive; birth asphyxia with predicted poor neurological outcome; syn-drome or serious congenital disorder.\n- Dysmaturity and/or weight < 2.5 kg at age of randomization\n- Maternal TNF-alpha inhibitors or other immunosuppression during pregnancy and/or breastfeeding\n- Parents unable to speak and read Dutch/English language\n- Known allergic hypersensitivity to the active ingredients/substance or to any of the ex-cipients."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Protea-1: Total number of physician diagnosed lower RTI and wheezing episodes in the first year of life.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Count of physician-diagnosed lower respiratory tract infections and wheezing episodes occurring during the participant's first year of life."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Protea-2: The time to the first lower respiratory episode after 12 months of age.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time-to-event measure: time from defined baseline to first lower respiratory episode occurring after 12 months of age."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- time to first lower RTI or wheezing episode in the first year of life","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time-to-event: time from baseline to first lower RTI or wheezing episode within the first year of life."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- total number of RTI in the first and second year of life","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Count of respiratory tract infections occurring during the first and second years of life."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- total number of wheezing episodes in the first and second year of life","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Count of wheezing episodes occurring during the first and second years of life."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- distribution of viruses during lower RTI/wheezing","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Virological assessment of causative viruses during episodes of lower RTI/wheezing (distribution by virus type)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- medication use (bronchodilators, corticosteroids, antibiotics)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Recording and summary of medication use during follow-up (bronchodilators, corticosteroids, antibiotics)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- lung function as measured by expiratory variability index","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Lung function assessed using expiratory variability index measurements."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- quality of life","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessment of quality of life using study-specified QoL instruments (not further specified in extracted data)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- (serious) adverse events (respiratory episodes are not regarded as an (S)AE since they comprise primary and secondary outcomes)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Recording and classification of adverse events and serious adverse events; respiratory episodes are excluded from AE classification as they are outcomes."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- serum specific IgE (allergen sensitization) at 12 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measurement of serum-specific IgE at 12 months to assess allergen sensitization."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- infant vaccination titers at 12 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measurement of infant vaccination antibody titers at 12 months of age."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- costs- and cost-effectiveness","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Economic evaluation assessing costs and cost-effectiveness of bacterial lysate treatment regimens."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
500
Recruitment Window Months
77
Consent Approach
Written informed consent required from both parents or formal caregivers. Study-specific subject information and informed consent forms (L1 documents) were provided for participants; parents must be able to read and speak Dutch or English (parents unable to speak and read Dutch/English are excluded). Assent is not applicable for infant participants.

Methods

  • Recruitment arrangements: 'K2_Recruitment material Flyer' (recruitment flyer) associated with Netherlands sites (e.g. Medisch Centrum Twente) as indicated in submitted recruitment documents.
  • Site-based recruitment at participating hospitals/clinics (example site: Sint Franciscus Vlietland Groep Stichting, Pediatrics department).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
1
Total Number Of Participants
500

Netherlands

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
04-12-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
05-12-2024
Processing Time Days
1
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
500

Sites

Site Name
Sint Franciscus Vlietland Groep Stichting
Department Name
Pediatrics
Contact Person Name
Gerdien Tramper
Contact Person Email
g.tramper@franciscus.nl

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Sint Franciscus Vlietland Groep Stichting
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Netherlands

Third parties

  • {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"OM Pharma","duties_or_roles":"in kind","organisation_type":""}
  • {"country":"Netherlands","full_name":"Longfonds Nederland","duties_or_roles":"monetary support","organisation_type":""}
  • {"country":"Finland","full_name":"Ventica","duties_or_roles":"in kind","organisation_type":""}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
BRONCHO-VAXOM Kinderen, capsules, hard
Active Substance
LYOPHILIZED BACTERIAL LYSATES OF: HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; STREPTOCOCCUS (DIPLOCOCCUS) PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND OZAENAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES AND VIRIDANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA / NEISSERIA) CATARRHALIS
Modality
Other
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation present (marketingAuthNumber BE137313 / PRD11117092)
Maximum Dose
3.5 mg (max daily dose amount listed as 3.5)

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