Clinical trial • Phase II • Haematology|Rare Disease

MITAPIVAT for Sickle cell disease

Phase II trial of MITAPIVAT for Sickle cell disease. adaptive. 10 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Haematology|Rare Disease
Trial Disease
Sickle cell disease
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Small molecule
Paediatric Trial
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
15-07-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
01-08-2024

Trial design

adaptive Phase II trial across 1 site in Netherlands.

Adaptive
True, includes a Dose Finding Period where maximum efficacy is defined by change in Point of Sickling (PoS) assessed by Oxygenscan and subsequent Fixed Dose Extension and Prolonged Fixed Dose Extension periods; specific dose-escalation rules or interim/stopping rules are not provided in the available data.
Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
Yes
Target Sample Size
10
Trial Duration For Participant
322

Eligibility

Recruits 10 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Are currently pregnant or breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant during the course of the study.
Vulnerable Population
The trial includes participants aged ≥16 years (includes 16- and 17-year-olds who must be documented as Tanner Stage 5). Participants must be willing and able to give written informed consent. 'isVulnerablePopulationSelected' is true in the record; no specific parental/guardian consent or assent procedures for minors are described in the available data.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Male or female with documented homozygous sickle cell anemia (HbSS) or HbS/beta(0 or +)-thalassemia. Documentation of genotype may be based on documented history of laboratory testing or must be confirmed by laboratory testing during screening (thin layer isoelectric focusing or high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with confirmation by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing if necessary)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients with increased albumin to creatinine ratio are prioritized above patients with a normal albumin to creatinine ratio. Both are eligible."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For women of reproductive potential, have a negative urine and serum pregnancy test during the Screening Period (D-50 to D-1). Women of reproductive potential are defined as sexually mature women who have not undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy or tubal occlusion; or who have not been naturally postmenopausal (i.e., who have not menstruated at all for at least the preceding 12 months prior to signing informed consent)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For (fertile men of) women of reproductive potential, agree to use double anticonception during the trial period plus 90 days (for male subjects) or 28 days (for female subjects) after the last dose of AG-348."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Documented history of VOCs, and number of days admitted in hospital for acute sickle cell related complications during 24 months before inclusion."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- SCD with at least one of the following conditions: I.\tat least 1 (but no more than 10) VOC in the past 12 months prior to the first day of study treatment; II.\tany sickle cell related hospital admission in the past 12 months prior to the first day of study treatment; III.\tany history of sickle cell related complications (such as osteonecrosis, osteoporosis, nephropathy, retinopathy, leg ulcer, acute chest syndrome, acute hemolytic crisis); IV.\tpresence of any clinical biomarkers associated with increased mortality in SCD prior to the first day of study treatment (NT-proBNP >160 pg/mL, LDH/HbCO ratio >1,200, tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity ≥2.5 m/s)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥16 years, inclusive; subjects age 16 or 17 years must be documented Tanner Stage 5."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Hemoglobin (Hb) ≤6.9 mmol/L (approx. 11.1 g/dL) and >2.5 mmol/L (approx. 4.0 g/dL)) during screening."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For subjects taking hydroxyurea (HU), the dose of HU (mg/kg) must have been stable for at least 3 months prior to the first day of study treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Subjects must start or continue taking at least the equivalent of daily 0.7 mg oral folic acid for the duration of the study."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have adequate organ function, as defined by: a. Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5 × ULN (unless the increased AST is assessed by the Investigator as due to hemolysis and/or hepatic iron deposition) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5 × ULN. b. Normal or elevated levels of serum bilirubin. In subjects with serum bilirubin > ULN, the elevation must be attributed to hemolysis with or without Gilbert’s syndrome and must not be associated with choledocholithiasis, cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, or hepatocellular disease. Elevated bilirubin attributed to hemolysis with or without Gilbert’s syndrome is not exclusionary. c. Serum creatinine ≤1.25 × ULN. If serum creatinine is >1.25 × ULN, then glomerular filtration rate, estimated by 24-hour measured or calculated (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)) creatinine clearance, must be ≥60 mL/min/1,73 m2. d. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0 × 109/L during screening. e. Platelet count ≥100 × 109/L during screening. f. Activated partial thromboplastin time and international normalized ratio ≤1.25 × ULN, unless the subject is receiving therapeutic anticoagulants."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Be willing and able to give written informed consent and to comply to all study procedures for the duration of the study."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have adequate organ function, as defined by: a. Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5 × ULN (unless the increased AST is assessed by the Investigator as due to hemolysis and/or hepatic iron deposition) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5 × ULN. b. Normal or elevated levels of serum bilirubin. In subjects with serum bilirubin > ULN, the elevation must be attributed to hemolysis with or without Gilbert’s syndrome and must not be associated with choledocholithiasis, cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, or hepatocellular disease. Elevated bilirubin attributed to hemolysis with or without Gilbert’s syndrome is not exclusionary. c. Serum creatinine ≤1.25 × ULN. If serum creatinine is >1.25 × ULN, then glomerular filtration rate, estimated by 24-hour measured or calculated (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)) creatinine clearance, must be ≥60 mL/min/1,73 m2. d. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0 × 109/L during screening. e. Platelet count ≥100 × 109/L during screening. f. Activated partial thromboplastin time and international normalized ratio ≤1.25 × ULN, unless the subject is receiving therapeutic anticoagulants."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- More than 10 VOCs within the past 12 months."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have a prior bone marrow or stem cell transplant."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Are currently pregnant or breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant during the course of the study."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have a history of major surgery within 6 months prior to signing informed consent. Note that procedures such as laparoscopic gallbladder surgery are not considered major in this context."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Are currently receiving medications that are strong inhibitors of CYP3A4 or strong inducers of CYP3A4 that have not been stopped for a duration of at least 5 days or a timeframe equivalent to 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of study treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Are currently receiving hematopoietic stimulating agents (eg, erythropoietins, granulocyte colony stimulating factors, thrombopoietins) that have not been stopped for a duration of at least 28 days prior to the first dose of study treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Known allergy to mitapivat or its excipients (microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, sodium stearyl fumarate, and mannitol) or history of acute allergic reaction to drugs characterized by acute hemolytic anemia, druginduced liver injury, anaphylaxis, rash of erythema multiforme type or StevensJohnson syndrome, cholestatic hepatitis, or other serious clinical manifestations."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For men and women of reproductive potential: unwillingness to use double anticonception during the trial period."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Hospitalized for sickle cell crisis or other vaso-occlusive event within 14 days prior the first day of study treatment. Subjects who may get hospitalized during the Screening Period are allowed to be rescreened 14 days after discharge."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have a point of sickling (PoS) ≤24.6 mmHg as quantified by the Oxygenscan during screening to exclude subjects with no clinical relevant detectable sickling."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Subjects age 16 or 17 years who are documented Tanner stage 1-4."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Receiving regularly scheduled blood (RBC) transfusion therapy (also termed chronic, prophylactic or preventive transfusion), defined as more than 4 transfusion episodes in the 12-month period up to the first day of study treatment, and/or have received a transfusion within the past 3 months prior to the first day of study treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have a significant medical condition that confers an unacceptable risk to participating in the study, and/or that could confound interpretation of the study data. Such significant medical conditions include, but are not limited to: a) Poorly controlled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure >150 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >90 mmHg) refractory to medical management. b) Any history of congestive heart failure; myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris; hemorrhagic, embolic, or thrombotic stroke; or recent (< 6 months prior to signing informed consent) deep venous thrombosis, or pulmonary or arterial embolism. c) Cardiac dysrhythmias judged as clinically significant by the Investigator. d) Heart-rate corrected QT interval (QTc) by Fridericia's method >450 msec with the exception of subjects with right or left bundle branch block. e) Clinically symptomatic cholelithiasis or cholecystitis. Prior cholecystectomy is not exclusionary. Subjects with symptomatic cholelithiasis or cholecystitis may be rescreened once the disorder has been treated and clinical symptoms have resolved. f) History of drug-induced cholestatic hepatitis. g) Iron overload sufficiently severe to result in a clinical diagnosis by the Investigator of cardiac (eg, clinically significant impaired left ventricular ejection fraction), hepatic (eg, fibrosis, cirrhosis), or pancreatic (eg, diabetes) dysfunction. h) Have a diagnosis of any other congenital or acquired blood disorder or any other hemolytic process, except mild allo-immunization, as a consequence of transfusion therapy. i) Positive test for HBsAg or HCVAb with signs of active hepatitis B or C virus infection. Subjects with hepatitis C may be rescreened after receiving ap propriate hepatitis C treatment. j) Positive test for HIV-1 or -2 antibodies. k) Active infection requiring the use of parenteral antimicrobial agents or Grade ≥3 in severity (per NCI CTCAE) within 2 months prior to the first dose of study treatment. l) Diabetes mellitus judged to be under poor control by the Investigator or requiring >3 antidiabetic agents, including insulin (all insulins are considered 1 agent); use of insulin per se is not exclusionary. m) History of any primary malignancy, with the exception of: curatively treated non-melanomatous skin cancer; curatively treated cervical or breast carcinoma in situ; or other primary tumor treated with curative intent, no known active disease present, and no treatment administered during the last 3 years. n) Unstable extramedullary hematopoiesis that could pose a risk of imminent neurologic compromise. o) Severe hepatic issues such as liver fibrosis (F3 or worse), significant cirrhosis or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. p) Current or recent history of psychiatric disorder that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could compromise the ability of the subject to cooperate with study visits and procedures."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Are currently enrolled in another therapeutic clinical trial involving ongoing therapy with any investigational or marketed product or placebo. Participation in registry studies is allowed."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have exposure to any investigational drug, device, or procedure within 3 months prior to the first dose of study treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Have had any prior treatment with a pyruvate kinase activator."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Safety of AG-348 including the type, incidence, severity and relationship of AG-348 to AE and SAE; number of medication discontinuations due to AE; physical examination findings, vital signs and 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) data.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessed by monitoring type, incidence, severity and relationship of AEs and SAEs; counting medication discontinuations due to AEs; physical examination findings; vital signs; and 12-lead ECG data."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy of treatment of AG-348 as evaluated by changes in sickling behaviour (Point of Sickling) as quantified by the Oxygenscan (= primary main study parameter).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Efficacy measured by change in Point of Sickling (PoS) quantified using the Oxygenscan; during Dose Finding Period maximum efficacy defined as lowest PoS during treatment relative (%) to mean PoS during Screening Period (D-50 to D-1) and D0; during extension periods efficacy evaluated by mean PoS relative to screening period."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Efficacy of treatment of AG-348 evaluated by percentage of responders defined as: o Anti-sickling response o Hematological response","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Responder rate calculated as percentage of subjects meeting predefined anti-sickling response and hematological response criteria (definitions provided in protocol)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Maximum change in Hb, bilirubin, HbCO, p50 (TCS HEMOX Analyzer), 2,3-DPG and ATP levels.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Laboratory measurements comparing maximum change from baseline for hemoglobin and biochemical markers (methods include blood assays and p50 by TCS HEMOX Analyzer)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Maximum change in RBC deformability, dehydration and cell membrane stability, ex vivo (Osmotic gradient ektacytometry (Osmoscan).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Ex vivo assessment using osmotic gradient ektacytometry (Osmoscan) to measure RBC deformability, dehydration and membrane stability; maximum change from baseline reported."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in clinical characteristics: o Health related Quality of Life (HRQoL) (EQ-5D-5L, SF-36). o Movement behaviour (accelerometer Activ8) o Dyspnea (MRC dyspnea) o Fatigue (PROMIS fatigue short form)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported outcomes and device-based measures: HRQoL via EQ-5D-5L and SF-36; movement via Activ8 accelerometer; dyspnea via MRC dyspnea scale; fatigue via PROMIS fatigue short form; changes from baseline assessed."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in surrogate markers of organ damage or biomarkers associated with mortality at D56 compared to baseline: o Urinary albumin to creatinine ratio o NT-proBNP o CRP o LDH/HbCO ratio o Endothelial activation: D-dimer, von Willebrand factor-antigen (VWF-Ag), soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) o Change in number of crises compared to historical rate","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Biomarker assessments at D56 vs baseline including urine ACR, NT-proBNP, CRP, LDH/HbCO ratio, D-dimer, VWF-Ag, sVCAM-1; comparison of crises frequency to historical rate."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
10
Recruitment Window Months
98
Consent Approach
Written informed consent is required from participants. Subjects aged 16 or 17 are eligible only if documented as Tanner Stage 5. Subject information and informed consent form documents are present in the dossier; no specific description of parental/guardian consent, assent processes, age-specific consent documents, or languages for consent forms is provided in the available data.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
1
Total Number Of Participants
10

Netherlands

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
18-07-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
08-05-2026
Processing Time Days
659
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
10

Sites

Site Name
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Department Name
Van Creveldkliniek
Principal Investigator Name
Eduard van Beers
Principal Investigator Email
e.j.vanbeers-3@umcutrecht.nl
Contact Person Name
Eduard van Beers
Contact Person Email
e.j.vanbeers-3@umcutrecht.nl
Number Of Participants
10

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Julius Clinical Research B.V.
Organisation Type
Patient organisation/association
Country Of Registered Address
Netherlands

Third parties

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Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
MITAPIVAT
Active Substance
MITAPIVAT
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Dose Levels
maxDailyDoseAmount 200 mg (as recorded in product entry)
Maximum Dose
200 mg
Investigational Product Name
MITAPIVAT
Active Substance
MITAPIVAT
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Dose Levels
maxDailyDoseAmount 200 mg (as recorded in product entry)
Maximum Dose
200 mg
Investigational Product Name
MITAPIVAT
Active Substance
MITAPIVAT
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Dose Levels
maxDailyDoseAmount 40 mg (as recorded in product entry)
Maximum Dose
40 mg

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