Clinical trial • Phase III • Respiratory | Rare Disease
Molgramostim for Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Phase III trial of Molgramostim for Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Respiratory | Rare Disease
- Trial Disease
- Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme | Other
- Orphan Drug
- Yes
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 25-09-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 29-10-2024
Trial design
Randomised, molgradex (molgramostim) inhalation solution, administered once daily by nebulizer (active arm; product details: solution for inhalation; route: inhalation; max daily dose reported 300 µg). comparator arm: placebo nebulizer solution (placebo inhalation), schedule matched to active (once daily nebulization).-controlled Phase III trial across 11 sites in Germany, Portugal, Ireland and others.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Molgradex (molgramostim) inhalation solution, administered once daily by nebulizer (active arm; product details: solution for inhalation; route: inhalation; max daily dose reported 300 µg). Comparator arm: Placebo nebulizer solution (placebo inhalation), schedule matched to active (once daily nebulization).
- Target Sample Size
- 118
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 336
Eligibility
Recruits 118 Participants must be capable of giving signed informed consent as described in Appendix 1. For France only: subjects considered to be “vulnerable” (e.g., due to mental or physical disability, socio-economic situation, or deprived of liberty) are excluded as further defined by French Health Code articles L1121-6, L1121-8, and L1121-8-1..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Pregnant, planning to become pregnant during the trial, or breastfeeding woman. For France only: including as further defined by French Health Code L-1121-5.
- Vulnerable Population
- Participants must be capable of giving signed informed consent as described in Appendix 1. For France only: subjects considered to be “vulnerable” (e.g., due to mental or physical disability, socio-economic situation, or deprived of liberty) are excluded as further defined by French Health Code articles L1121-6, L1121-8, and L1121-8-1.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Subject must be ≥18 years of age, at the time of signing the informed consent. Specific for Japan; Subject must be ≥20 years of age, at the time of signing the informed consent.\n- Capable of giving signed informed consent as described in Appendix 1 which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol.\n- Willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other trial procedures specified in the protocol as judged by the Investigator.\n- A serum anti-GM-CSF autoantibody test result confirming autoimmune PAP.\n- History of PAP, based on examination of a lung biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cytology, or a high-resolution computed tomogram (HRCT) of the chest.\n- DLCO 70% predicted or lower at the first screening and Baseline visits\n- Change in % predicted DLCO of <15% points during the screening period.\n- Willing and able to come off supplemental oxygen use prior to and during the treadmill exercise test, the DLCO assessment, and the arterial blood gas sampling.\n- Resting SpO2 >85% during 15 minutes without use of supplemental oxygen at the Screening visits.\n- Male or female\n- Contraceptive use by men or women should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies. a. Male subjects: Males agreeing to use condoms during and until 30 days after last dose of trial treatment, or males having a female partner who is using adequate contraception as described below. b. Female subjects: Females who have been post-menopausal for >1 year, or females of childbearing potential after a confirmed menstrual period using a highly efficient method of contraception (i.e. a method with <1% failure rate such as combined hormonal contraception, progesterone-only hormonal contraception, intrauterine device, intrauterine hormone-releasing system, bilateral tubal occlusion, vasectomized partner, sexual abstinence*), during and until 30 days after last dose of trial treatment. Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at Screening (Visit 1) and a negative urine pregnancy test at baseline (Visit 3) and must not be lactating. *Sexual abstinence is considered a highly effective method only if defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse during the entire period of risk associated with the trial treatments. The reliability of sexual abstinence needs to be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the subject."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Diagnosis of hereditary or secondary PAP, or a metabolic disorder of surfactant production.\n- Pregnant, planning to become pregnant during the trial, or breastfeeding woman. For France only: including as further defined by French Health Code L-1121-5.\n- WLL performed within 3 months prior to baseline.\n- Requirement for WLL at screening or baseline.\n- GM-CSF treatment within 6 months prior to baseline.\n- Treatment with rituximab within 6 months prior to baseline.\n- Treatment with plasmapheresis within 6 weeks months prior to baseline.\n- Treatment with any investigational medicinal product within 5 half- lives or 3 months (whichever is longer) prior to baseline.\n- Previously randomized in this trial.\n- History of allergic reactions to GM-CSF or any of the excipients in the nebulizer solution.\n- For France only: Any subject considered to be “vulnerable” on account of, e.g., mental or physical disability, socio-economic situation, or subjects deprived of their liberty, including as further defined by French Health Code articles L1121-6, L1121-8, and L1121-8-1.\n- Inflammatory or autoimmune disease of a severity that necessitates significant (e.g. more than 10 mg/day systemic prednisolone) immunosuppression.\n- Previous experience of severe and unexplained side-effects during aerosol delivery of any kind of medicinal product.\n- History of, or present, myeloproliferative disease or leukemia.\n- Apparent pre-existing concurrent pulmonary fibrosis, or diagnosis of interstitial lung disease other than aPAP.\n- Acute or unstable cardiac or pulmonary disease that may be aggravated by exercise or confound assessment of the primary endpoint: including presence of pulmonary edema, or diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary vasculitis, or pulmonary hypertension.\n- Known active infection (viral, bacterial, fungal, or mycobacterial) that may affect the efficacy evaluation in the trial.\n- Physical disability or other condition that precludes safe and adequate exercise testing.\n- Any other serious medical condition which in the opinion of the Investigator would make the subject unsuitable for the trial"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in % predicted DLCO from baseline to Week 24","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in percent predicted DLCO measured at baseline and at Week 24 (percent predicted DLCO comparison from baseline to Week 24)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in % predicted DLCO from baseline to Week 48","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in percent predicted DLCO measured at baseline and at Week 48."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in SGRQ Total from baseline to Week 24","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) total score from baseline to Week 24."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in SGRQ Activity from baseline to Week 24","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in SGRQ Activity domain score from baseline to Week 24."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in EC (expressed as peak METs) from baseline to Week 24","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in exercise capacity expressed as peak metabolic equivalents (METs) from baseline to Week 24."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in SGRQ Total from baseline to Week 48","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in SGRQ total score from baseline to Week 48."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in SGRQ Activity from baseline to Week 48","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in SGRQ Activity domain score from baseline to Week 48."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in EC (expressed as peak METs) from baseline to Week 48","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in exercise capacity expressed as peak METs from baseline to Week 48."}
Recruitment
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- True, digital recruitment materials explicitly provided (e.g., 'K1_BEL Recruitment Brochure Digital English' and other digital brochures and posters), targeting patients with aPAP and healthcare professionals across participating countries.
- Planned Sample Size
- 118
- Recruitment Window Months
- 114
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent must be provided as a signed informed consent form (ICF) as described in Appendix 1; participants must be capable of giving signed informed consent. Country-specific ICFs and participant information sheets are provided (multiple L1 Country ICF Main and Other documents). Age-specific considerations: adults only (≥18 years; Japan ≥20). Languages available in the documentation include English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, German, Italian, Romanian (country-specific ICFs and lay synopses available in multiple languages).
Methods
- Recruitment brochures (digital and print) targeted to patients (documents: K1_BEL Recruitment Brochure, K1_BEL Recruitment Brochure Digital, K1_FRA Recruitment Brochure, etc.).
- Posters for patient recruitment in clinics/hospitals (K1_BEL Recruitment Poster English/Dutch/French; K1_FRA Recruitment Poster French).
- Physician 'infogetter' materials to engage other physicians for referrals (K1_BEL Recruitment Other Physician Infogetter).
- Country-specific IRB/IEC filenotes and recruitment procedure descriptions (e.g., K1_ITA IRB-IEC Filenote, K1_ROU ICF_Recruitment Placeholder-EU-CTR, Recruitment Procedure Description FILE NOTE).
- Consent navigation materials to assist informed consent discussions (K1_BEL Recruitment Other Consent Navigator).
- Country-specific translations/local materials provided (multiple country-specific ICFs and brochures).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 11
- Total Number Of Participants
- 34
Germany
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 30-10-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 7
Sites
- Site Name
- Ruhrlandklinik Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum Am Universitaetsklinikum Essen gGmbH
- Department Name
- 09: Interstitielle Lungenerkrankungen
- Principal Investigator Name
- Francesco Bonella
- Principal Investigator Email
- francesco.bonella@rlk.uk-essen.de
- Contact Person Name
- Francesco Bonella
- Contact Person Email
- francesco.bonella@rlk.uk-essen.de
- Site Name
- Asklepios Klinik Gauting GmbH
- Department Name
- 10: Klinik für Pneumologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Wolfgang Gesierich
- Principal Investigator Email
- w.gesierich@asklepios.com
- Contact Person Name
- Wolfgang Gesierich
- Contact Person Email
- w.gesierich@asklepios.com
Portugal
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 04-11-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 1
Sites
- Site Name
- Unidade Local de Saude de Sao Joao E.P.E.
- Department Name
- #77: Serviço de Pneumologia
- Principal Investigator Name
- Antonio Morais
- Principal Investigator Email
- amorais@ulssjoao.min-saude.pt
- Contact Person Name
- Antonio Morais
- Contact Person Email
- amorais@ulssjoao.min-saude.pt
Ireland
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 29-10-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 1
Sites
- Site Name
- St Vincent's University Hospital
- Department Name
- #12: Pulmonology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Cormac McCarthy
- Principal Investigator Email
- cormac.mccarthy@ucd.ie
- Contact Person Name
- Cormac McCarthy
- Contact Person Email
- cormac.mccarthy@ucd.ie
Spain
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 05-11-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 2
Sites
- Site Name
- Bellvitge University Hospital
- Department Name
- #80: Neumología
- Principal Investigator Name
- Maria Molina
- Principal Investigator Email
- mmolina@idibell.cat
- Contact Person Name
- Maria Molina
- Contact Person Email
- mmolina@idibell.cat
Italy
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 26-11-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 9
Sites
- Site Name
- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo
- Department Name
- #13: UOC Pneumologia
- Principal Investigator Name
- Francesca Mariani
- Principal Investigator Email
- fr.mariani@smatteo.pv.it
- Contact Person Name
- Francesca Mariani
- Contact Person Email
- fr.mariani@smatteo.pv.it
Romania
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 06-11-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 2
Sites
- Site Name
- Institutul De Pneumoftiziologie Marius Nasta
- Department Name
- #33: Pneumologie III
- Principal Investigator Name
- Florin-Dumitru Mihaltan
- Principal Investigator Email
- mihaltan@starnets.ro
- Contact Person Name
- Florin-Dumitru Mihaltan
- Contact Person Email
- mihaltan@starnets.ro
Poland
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 16-11-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 3
Sites
- Site Name
- National Institute Of Tuberculosis And Lung Diseases
- Department Name
- 32: III Klinika Chorob Pluc i Onkologii
- Principal Investigator Name
- Justyna Fijolek
- Principal Investigator Email
- jfijolek@op.pl
- Contact Person Name
- Justyna Fijolek
- Contact Person Email
- jfijolek@op.pl
Belgium
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 29-10-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 1
Sites
- Site Name
- Hopital Erasme
- Department Name
- #92: Pneumology Unit
- Principal Investigator Name
- Benjamin Bondue
- Principal Investigator Email
- benjamin.bondue@hubruxelles.be
- Contact Person Name
- Benjamin Bondue
- Contact Person Email
- benjamin.bondue@hubruxelles.be
France
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 14-05-2025
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 8
Sites
- Site Name
- Hospices Civils De Lyon
- Department Name
- #08: Service de Pneumologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Vincent Cottin
- Principal Investigator Email
- vincent.cottin@chu-lyon.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Vincent Cottin
- Contact Person Email
- vincent.cottin@chu-lyon.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
- Department Name
- #07: Service de Pneumologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Stéphane Jouneau
- Principal Investigator Email
- stephane.jouneau@chu-rennes.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Stéphane Jouneau
- Contact Person Email
- stephane.jouneau@chu-rennes.fr
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Savara ApS
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Denmark
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Parexel International (IRL) Limited
- Responsibilities
- codes:1,10,11,12,13,2,3,6,7,8,9
- Name
- Klifo A/S
- Responsibilities
- Secondary packaging, GCP Auditing, IMP CT supply
- Name
- BioAgilytix Europe GmbH
- Responsibilities
- Anti drug antibody testing and PK analyses
- Name
- Cerba Research
- Responsibilities
- code:4
Third parties
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"BioAgilytix Europe GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Anti drug antibody testing and PK analyses","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"Cerba Research","duties_or_roles":"code:4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"Denmark","full_name":"Klifo A/S","duties_or_roles":"Secondary packaging, GCP Auditing, IMP CT supply","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Parexel International (IRL) Limited","duties_or_roles":"codes:1,10,11,12,13,2,3,6,7,8,9","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Molgradex
- Active Substance
- Molgramostim
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- Inhalation (nebulizer)
- Route
- INHALATION
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised
- Orphan Designation
- Yes
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Maximum Dose
- 300 µg per day
- Investigational Product Name
- Placebo nebulizer solution
- Modality
- Other
- Routes Of Administration
- Inhalation (nebulizer)
- Route
- INHALATION
- Frequency
- Once daily (matching active arm)
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