Clinical trial • Phase II • Immunology|Rare Disease

OBINUTUZUMAB for Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's)|PR3-ANCA positive granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Phase II trial of OBINUTUZUMAB for Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's)|PR3-ANCA positive granulomatosis with polyangiitis. open-label.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Immunology|Rare Disease
Trial Disease
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's)|PR3-ANCA positive granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Orphan Drug
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
17-12-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
27-03-2025

Trial design

open-label Phase II trial across 28 sites in France.

Open Label
Yes
Target Sample Size
36
Trial Duration For Participant
365

Eligibility

Recruits 36 Vulnerable populations are not selected. The protocol explicitly excludes "Protected adults (including individual under legal guardianship by court order or curatorship) or adults deprived of liberty" and patients unable to give written informed consent. Inclusion requires the patient to be able to give written informed consent. No assent procedures for minors are described and no minors are included..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant women and lactation,
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable populations are not selected. The protocol explicitly excludes "Protected adults (including individual under legal guardianship by court order or curatorship) or adults deprived of liberty" and patients unable to give written informed consent. Inclusion requires the patient to be able to give written informed consent. No assent procedures for minors are described and no minors are included.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient aged of 18 years or older\n- Patients with relapsing granulomatosis with polyangiitis positive for PR3-ANCA at inclusion, according to the ACR/EULAR 2022 classification criteria, and/or the 2012 revised Chapel Hill Consensus Conference definition.\n- Patients with an active disease defined as a Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) ≥ 3\n- Patients within the first 21 days following initiation/increase of glucocorticoids at a dose ≤1 mg/kg/day\n- Patient able to give written informed consent prior to participation in the study\n- Affiliation with a mode of social security (profit or being entitled)"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients with MPO-positive AAV, or other vasculitis, defined by the ACR criteria and/or the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference,\n- Patients unable to give written informed consent prior to participation in the study.\n- Patients with vasculitis in remission of the disease defined as a BVAS < 3,\n- Patients with a newly-diagnosis of GPA\n- Patients treated with rituximab within the last 6 months before inclusion,\n- Patients treated with cyclophosphamide within the last 6 months before inclusion,\n- Patients with severe cardiac failure defined as class IV in New York Heart Association\n- Subject known to be seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (included history of previous infection) or hepatitis C,\n- Patients with active cancer or recent cancer (< 5 years), except basocellular carcinoma and prostatic cancer of low activity controlled by hormonal treatment,\n- Patients with hypersensitivity to a monoclonal antibody or biologic agent,\n- Patients with severe liver insufficiency (prothrombin time <50% and total bilirubin >50 micrmol/L) or pulmonary insufficiency requiring nasal oxygen\n- Patients with hypersensitivity to obinutuzumab or to its excipients,\n- Patients with an active infection or a history of chronic or recurrent infections\n- Vaccination with live virus vaccines in the 4 weeks before study enrolment\n- Contra-indications to auxiliary medicinal products (methylprednisolone, paracetamol, prednisone, dexchlorpheniramine),\n- Patients with other uncontrolled diseases that could interfere with participation in the trial according to the protocol,\n- Patients suspected not to be observant to the proposed treatments,\n- Pregnant women and lactation,\n- Men who refuse to use effective method of contraception (condom) from the date of consent through the end of the study and at least 18 months after stopping obinutuzumab,\n- Patient participating in another investigational therapeutic study,\n- Protected adults (including individual under legal guardianship by court order or curatorship) or adults deprived of liberty,"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The percentage of patients who achieved clinical and serological remission at week 24 (month 6), defined by: 1) a BVAS of 0; 2) a negativation of PR3-ANCA; 3) a successful completion of the prednisone taper","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Clinical and serological remission at week 24 (month 6) defined by: (1) BVAS of 0, (2) negativation of PR3-ANCA (serology conversion to negative), and (3) successful completion/discontinuation of prednisone according to the predefined prednisone taper schedule."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The number of adverse events, expressed as adverse events according to the CTCAE toxicity grading system per patient-year at week 24 and 52 for the following adverse events combined: death (all causes), grade 2 or higher leukopenia or thrombocytopenia, grade 3 or higher infections, hemorrhagic cystitis, malignancies, venous thromboembolic events, hospitalization resulting either from the disease or from a complication due to the study treatment, infusion reactions (within 24 hours of infusion","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Adverse events counted and graded by CTCAE; expressed per patient-year at weeks 24 and 52 for the listed event types (including death, specified grade thresholds, malignancies, VTE, hospitalizations, infusion reactions within 24 hours)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number and causes of deaths over the 12 months study period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Count of deaths during the 12-month study period with documentation of cause(s)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of participants who had vasculitis relapses (BVAS > 0), including minor and major relapses over the 12 months study period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants with BVAS > 0 at any time during the 12-month study period, categorized into minor and major relapses as per protocol definitions."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of participants who remain with a BVAS of 0 during the treatment period with prednisone at a dose of less than 10 mg per day","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants maintaining BVAS = 0 while on prednisone <10 mg/day during the treatment period (assessed at specified visits, e.g., 6 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The time to B-cell repopulation defined by detectable CD19+ B cells in peripheral blood over the 12 months study period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from treatment to first detection of CD19+ B cells in peripheral blood (repopulation), assessed over 12 months."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The patient-reported outcomes (PRO) including HAQ and SF-36, patient-reported disease activity, anxiety and depression, burden of the disease and treatment and adherence to treatment, at week 24 and 52","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PRO instruments (HAQ, SF-36 and other patient-reported measures) administered at weeks 24 and 52; scores and changes from baseline analyzed."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- The Vasculitis Damage Index at week 24 and 52","definition_or_measurement_approach":"VDI score assessed at weeks 24 and 52 to evaluate disease sequelae/damage."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
36
Recruitment Window Months
37
Consent Approach
Written informed consent must be provided by the patient; inclusion criterion requires the patient to be able to give written informed consent. Protected adults and adults deprived of liberty are excluded. The informed consent form document is listed (L1_SIS-ICF-patient_public) but specific languages and age-specific assent procedures are not specified in the source data.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
28
Total Number Of Participants
36

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
14-02-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
15-12-2025
Processing Time Days
304
Number Of Sites
28
Number Of Participants
36

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Et Universitaire De Brest
Department Name
Rhumatologie
Contact Person Name
Divi CORNEC
Contact Person Email
divi.cornec@chu-brest.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Alice BEREZNE
Contact Person Email
aberezne@ch-annecygenevois.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens Picardie
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Jean SCHMIDT
Contact Person Email
Schmidt.Jean@chu-amiens.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Benjamin TERRIER
Contact Person Email
benjamin.terrier@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nice
Department Name
Rhumatologie
Contact Person Name
Nathalie TIEULIE
Contact Person Email
tieulie.n@chu-nice.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Arsène MEKINIAN
Contact Person Email
arsene.mekinian@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Antoine NEEL
Contact Person Email
antoine.neel@chu-nantes.fr
Site Name
Hopitaux Prives De Metz
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Julien CAMPAGNE
Contact Person Email
julien.campagne@uneos.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Maxime SAMSON
Contact Person Email
maxime.samson@chu-dijon.fr
Site Name
Hospices Civils De Lyon
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Grégroire DUCOUX
Contact Person Email
gregoire.ducoux@chu-lyon.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Ygal BENHAMOU
Contact Person Email
ygal.benhamou@chu-rouen.fr
Site Name
University Hospital Of Clermont-Ferrand
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Hervé LOBBES
Contact Person Email
hlobbes@chu-clermontferrand.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Thomas LE GALLOU
Contact Person Email
Thomas.LE.GALLOU@chu-rennes.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Estibaliz LAZARO
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Eric HACHULLA
Contact Person Email
eric.hachulla@chru-lille.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Grégrory PUGNET
Contact Person Email
pugnet.g@chu-toulouse.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Mikael EBBO
Contact Person Email
mikael.ebbo@ap-hm.fr
Site Name
Hospital Foch
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Romain PAULE
Contact Person Email
r.paule@hopital-foch.com
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier De Dax Cote D'Argent
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
François LIFERMANN
Contact Person Email
lifermannf@ch-dax.fr
Site Name
Institut Mutualiste Montsouris
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Pierre CHARLES
Contact Person Email
Pierre.CHARLES@imm.fr
Site Name
Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Vincent POINDRON
Site Name
University Hospital Of Clermont-Ferrand
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Perrine SMETS
Contact Person Email
psmets@chu-clermontferrand.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Néphrologie
Contact Person Name
Vincent AUDARD
Contact Person Email
vincent.audard@aphp.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Fleur COHEN
Contact Person Email
fleur.cohen@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Christian LAVIGNE
Contact Person Email
ChLavigne@chu-angers.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier De Valenciennes
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Amélie NICOLAS
Contact Person Email
nicolas-a@ch-valenciennes.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Thomas PAPO
Contact Person Email
thomas.papo@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
Department Name
Médecine Interne
Contact Person Name
Pierre-André JARROT
Contact Person Email
Pierre.JARROT@ap-hm.fr

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Gazyvaro 1,000 mg concentrate for solution for infusion.
Active Substance
OBINUTUZUMAB
Modality
Monoclonal antibody
Routes Of Administration
Intravenous
Route
Intravenous
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation EU/1/14/937/001 (product listed with MA number)
Orphan Designation
Yes
Starting Dose
1000 mg IV (week 0)
Dose Levels
1000 mg (fixed dosing at weeks 0, 2, 24, 26)
Frequency
Infusions at week 0, week 2, week 24 and week 26
Maximum Dose
4000 mg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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