Clinical trial • Phase IV • Neurology
Ofatumumab for Relapsing multiple sclerosis
Phase IV trial of Ofatumumab for Relapsing multiple sclerosis. open-label. 15 participants.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Neurology
- Trial Disease
- Relapsing multiple sclerosis
- Trial Stage
- Phase IV
- Drug Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 04-03-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 06-06-2024
Trial design
open-label Phase IV trial across 16 sites in France, Germany, Italy and others.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Target Sample Size
- 15
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 365
Eligibility
Recruits 15 Vulnerable population considerations: The study enrols lactating women (adults ≥18 years). Written informed consent must be obtained from each adult participant prior to any study assessments. Parent/legal guardian consent forms are provided for infant-related assessments (documents labelled 'L1_ICF - Parent Legal Guardian' are included for some countries). No separate assent procedures for minors are described..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- 3. Pregnant woman, confirmed by positive serum pregnancy test during screening.
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable population considerations: The study enrols lactating women (adults ≥18 years). Written informed consent must be obtained from each adult participant prior to any study assessments. Parent/legal guardian consent forms are provided for infant-related assessments (documents labelled 'L1_ICF - Parent Legal Guardian' are included for some countries). No separate assent procedures for minors are described.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1. Written informed consent must be obtained before any study assessment is performed."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 2. Participant is female with a relapsing form of MS and at least 18 years of age at the time of providing consent."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 3. Participant must be postpartum at the time of enrollment, plan to be exclusively breastfeeding and willing to provide breast milk samples."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 4. Participant has delivered term infant (at least 37 weeks gestation)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 5.\tParticipant must plan to initiate or re-initiate or have initiated or re-initiated treatment with ofatumumab between 2 to 24 weeks postpartum. The decision to be treated with ofatumumab and to breastfeed is made in accordance with the treating physician and must be completely independent of the decision to participate in this study."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1. Use of any investigational drugs within 5 half-lives of enrollment, or within 30 days or until the expected pharmacodynamic effect has returned to baseline, whichever is longer."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 9. Active infections, including mastitis (participant may be included once the infection is resolved)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 11. Participant with active hepatitis B disease prior to the initiation or re-initiation of ofatumumab. (Participant with positive hepatitis B serology should consult a liver disease expert before the start of treatment and should be monitored and managed following local medical standards to prevent hepatitis B reactivation.)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- 12. History of malignancy of any organ system (other than localized basal cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ cervical cancer), treated or untreated, within the past 5 years, regardless of whether there is evidence of local recurrence or metastases."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 13. Any contraindication as per local label."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 14. Participant who has an infant with any abnormality that may interfere with breastfeeding or confound the study assessment in the opinion of the Investigator."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 10. Prior or current history of primary or secondary immunodeficiency, or participant in an otherwise severely immunocompromised state."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 2. Participant taking medications prohibited by the protocol (see Section 6.6.2) at screening."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 3. Pregnant woman, confirmed by positive serum pregnancy test during screening."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 4. Females of childbearing potential should use effective contraception as per local label."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 5. Participant has history of chronic alcohol abuse or drug abuse in the last year."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 6. Participant has any medical, obstetrical, psychiatric or other medical condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, can jeopardize or would compromise the subject’s ability to participate in this study or confound the study assessment."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 7. Participant has history of breast implants, breast augmentation, or breast reduction surgery."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 8. Participant has received anti-CD20 agents during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- The concentration of ofatumumab in breast milk at the following timepoints: (pre-dose) on the day of the second (or any subsequent) maintenance dose, then 7, 14, 21 and (pre-dose) 28 days after the second (or any subsequent) maintenance dose.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quantification of ofatumumab concentration in breast milk measured at specified timepoints: pre-dose on day of second (or any subsequent) maintenance dose, and at 7, 14, 21 and pre-dose 28 days after that maintenance dose."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of participants with at least 1 sample with quantifiable ofatumumab concentrations in breast milk","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of participants having at least one breast milk sample with ofatumumab concentration above the assay quantification limit."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Maximum concentration (Cmax) of ofatumumab in breast milk over 28 days after the second (or any subsequent) maintenance dose.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measurement of Cmax in breast milk within 28 days following the second (or subsequent) maintenance dose."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The exposure (area under the curve (AUC) of ofatumumab in milk over 28 days (from the second or any subsequent maintenance dose to the next maintenance dose after initiation or re-initiation of ofatumumab post-partum)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Calculation of AUC (0–28 days) for ofatumumab concentrations in breast milk from the second (or subsequent) maintenance dose to the next maintenance dose."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Milk/Plasma (M/P) ratio of ofatumumab at 28 days after the second or any subsequent maintenance dose.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Ratio of concentration of ofatumumab in milk versus plasma at 28 days after the second (or any subsequent) maintenance dose."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Estimated relative infant dose (RID, %) over 28 days after the lactating mother receives second or subsequent maintenance dose","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Estimated relative infant dose (%) calculated over 28 days after the mother receives the second or subsequent maintenance dose, based on measured milk concentrations and standard infant milk intake assumptions."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Rate and nature of adverse events in the mothers treated with ofatumumab up to 12 months after ofatumumab treatment initiation/re-initiation","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Collection and tabulation of adverse events (frequency, severity, relationship) in mothers up to 12 months after ofatumumab initiation/re-initiation."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Rate and nature of serious adverse events and any infections in the breast-fed infants of mothers up to 12 months after ofatumumab treatment initiation/re-initiation","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Collection and tabulation of serious adverse events and infections in breastfed infants up to 12 months after maternal ofatumumab initiation/re-initiation."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 15
- Recruitment Window Months
- 20
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent must be obtained from each adult participant prior to any study assessments. Participants must be ≥18 years and sign the main adult ICF. Optional assessments have separate optional ICFs. Parent/legal guardian consent forms are available for infant-related assessments (country-specific Parent Legal Guardian ICF documents provided). ICF documents are available in local languages as provided (e.g., German, Italian, Polish, English).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 16
- Total Number Of Participants
- 15
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 18-04-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 06-06-2024
- Processing Time Days
- 49
- Number Of Sites
- 4
- Number Of Participants
- 6
Sites
- Site Name
- Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg
- Department Name
- 1003: Neurology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Jérôme DE SEZE
- Principal Investigator Email
- Jerome.de.seze@chru-strasbourg.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Jérôme DE SEZE
- Contact Person Email
- Jerome.de.seze@chru-strasbourg.fr
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
- Department Name
- 1002: Neurology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Laure Michel
- Principal Investigator Email
- Laure.michel@chu-rennes.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Laure Michel
- Contact Person Email
- Laure.michel@chu-rennes.fr
- Site Name
- Hospices Civils De Lyon
- Department Name
- 1000: Neurology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Sandra VUKUSIC
- Principal Investigator Email
- Sandra.vukusic@chu-lyon.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Sandra VUKUSIC
- Contact Person Email
- Sandra.vukusic@chu-lyon.fr
- Site Name
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Department Name
- 1001: Neurology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Elisabeth MAILLART
- Principal Investigator Email
- Elisabeth.maillart@aphp.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Elisabeth MAILLART
- Contact Person Email
- Elisabeth.maillart@aphp.fr
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 08-05-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 06-06-2024
- Processing Time Days
- 29
- Number Of Sites
- 4
- Number Of Participants
- 3
Sites
- Site Name
- Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
- Department Name
- 2003:Neurologische Klinik
- Principal Investigator Name
- Antje Giede-Jeppe
- Principal Investigator Email
- Antje.giede-jeppe@med.uni-tuebingen.de
- Contact Person Name
- Antje Giede-Jeppe
- Contact Person Email
- Antje.giede-jeppe@med.uni-tuebingen.de
- Site Name
- Multipel Studies Institut fuer klinische Studien GbR
- Department Name
- 2001
- Principal Investigator Name
- Birte Elias-Hamp
- Principal Investigator Email
- Birte.eliashamp@neuropraxis-elias.de
- Contact Person Name
- Birte Elias-Hamp
- Contact Person Email
- Birte.eliashamp@neuropraxis-elias.de
- Site Name
- Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen AöR
- Department Name
- 2002: Institut fuer klinische Neuroimmunologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Tania Kuempfel
- Principal Investigator Email
- Tania.kuempfel@med.uni-muenchen.de
- Contact Person Name
- Tania Kuempfel
- Contact Person Email
- Tania.kuempfel@med.uni-muenchen.de
- Site Name
- Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH
- Department Name
- 2000: Klinik für Neurologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Kerstin Hellwig
- Principal Investigator Email
- Kerstin.hellwig@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
- Contact Person Name
- Kerstin Hellwig
- Contact Person Email
- Kerstin.hellwig@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Italy
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 28-02-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 19-05-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 80
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 2
Sites
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino
- Department Name
- 7001: S.C. Neurologia 2
- Principal Investigator Name
- Paola Cavalla
- Principal Investigator Email
- pcavalla@cittadellasalute.to.it
- Contact Person Name
- Paola Cavalla
- Contact Person Email
- pcavalla@cittadellasalute.to.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Universitario Tor Vergata
- Department Name
- 7000: Clinica neurologica
- Principal Investigator Name
- Girolama Alessandra Marfia
- Principal Investigator Email
- marfia@uniroma2.it
- Contact Person Name
- Girolama Alessandra Marfia
- Contact Person Email
- marfia@uniroma2.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti
- Department Name
- 7002: S.C. Neurologia Universitaria
- Principal Investigator Name
- Aurora Zanghì
- Principal Investigator Email
- aurora.zanghi@unifg.it
- Contact Person Name
- Aurora Zanghì
- Contact Person Email
- aurora.zanghi@unifg.it
Poland
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 12-05-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 08-06-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 27
- Number Of Sites
- 5
- Number Of Participants
- 4
Sites
- Site Name
- Nmedis Sp. z o.o.
- Department Name
- 6001
- Principal Investigator Name
- Iwona Rosciszewska-Zukowska
- Principal Investigator Email
- iwona.rosciszewska@op.pl
- Contact Person Name
- Iwona Rosciszewska-Zukowska
- Contact Person Email
- iwona.rosciszewska@op.pl
- Site Name
- Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Nr 1 Im.Prof.Stanislawa Szyszko Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego W Katowicach
- Department Name
- 6003: Oddzial Neurologiczny
- Principal Investigator Name
- Monika Adamczyk-Sowa
- Principal Investigator Email
- msowa@sum.edu.pl
- Contact Person Name
- Monika Adamczyk-Sowa
- Contact Person Email
- msowa@sum.edu.pl
- Site Name
- Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Szpital Uniwersytecki W Krakowie
- Department Name
- 6000: Zespol Poradni Specjalistycznych - Botaniczna 3 Poradnia Neurologiczn
- Principal Investigator Name
- Agnieszka Slowik
- Principal Investigator Email
- slowik@cm-uj.krakow.pl
- Contact Person Name
- Agnieszka Slowik
- Contact Person Email
- slowik@cm-uj.krakow.pl
- Site Name
- Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny W Bialymstoku
- Department Name
- 6004: Klinika Neurologii i Oddzial Udarowy
- Principal Investigator Name
- Alina Kulakowska
- Principal Investigator Email
- alina.kulakowska@umb.edu.pl
- Contact Person Name
- Alina Kulakowska
- Contact Person Email
- alina.kulakowska@umb.edu.pl
- Site Name
- Resmedica Sp. z o.o.
- Department Name
- 6002
- Principal Investigator Name
- Elzbieta Jasinska
- Principal Investigator Email
- ejasinska6@gmail.com
- Contact Person Name
- Elzbieta Jasinska
- Contact Person Email
- ejasinska6@gmail.com
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Novartis Pharma AG
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Switzerland
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Syneos Health Inc.
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties code: 1
- Name
- IQVIA Limited
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties code: 1
- Name
- Parexel International (IRL) Limited
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties code: 12
- Name
- Icon Clinical Research Limited
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties code: 1
- Name
- Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Limited
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties code: 4
- Name
- Q Squared Solutions LLC
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties code: 7
Third parties
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Medical Equipment Supplies And Management Limited","duties_or_roles":"Medical Equipment Supplies and Management Limited (MESM): Industry pharmaceutical company - providing breast pumps, sterilizer kits and user guides for patients on study","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Syneos Health Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 1","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"IQVIA Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 1","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Parexel International (IRL) Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 12","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 7","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Q Squared Solutions Limited","duties_or_roles":"Specimen management – preparing lab kits and storing extra lab samples.","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Icon Clinical Research Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 1","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Kesimpta 20 mg solution for injection in pre-filled syringe
- Active Substance
- Ofatumumab
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- Subcutaneous
- Route
- Subcutaneous
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (marketing authorisation EU/1/21/1532/001)
- Starting Dose
- 20 mg
- Dose Levels
- 20 mg
- Maximum Dose
- maxDailyDoseAmount 20 mg; maxTotalDoseAmount 300 mg
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