Clinical trial • Phase III • Immunology|Infectious Disease

RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERFERON GAMMA 1B for Sustained immunosuppression|ICU-acquired sustained immunosuppression

Phase III trial of RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERFERON GAMMA 1B for Sustained immunosuppression|ICU-acquired sustained immunosuppression.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Immunology|Infectious Disease
Trial Disease
Sustained immunosuppression|ICU-acquired sustained immunosuppression
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
02-01-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
22-04-2025

Trial design

Randomised, placebo: chlorure de sodium 0,9 % lavoisier (sodium chloride) solution for infusion; route: subcutaneous injection; product info shows max daily dose 0.5 ml and max total dose 2.5 ml. test product: imukin (recombinant human interferon gamma 1b) solution for injection; route: subcutaneous injection; product info shows max daily dose 0.1 mg and max total dose 0.5 mg; max treatment period 9 (time unit code 1).-controlled Phase III trial across 23 sites in France.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Placebo: CHLORURE DE SODIUM 0,9 % LAVOISIER (sodium chloride) solution for infusion; route: SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION; product info shows max daily dose 0.5 ml and max total dose 2.5 ml. Test product: IMUKIN (RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERFERON GAMMA 1B) solution for injection; route: SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION; product info shows max daily dose 0.1 mg and max total dose 0.5 mg; max treatment period 9 (time unit code 1).
Target Sample Size
326
Trial Duration For Participant
90

Eligibility

Recruits 326 Vulnerable ICU patients are included; consent may be given by the patient or the legal representative ("Patient or the legal representative giving consent must be able to understand the trial in its entirety"). Patients under legal protection are excluded. Subject information and informed consent forms are available (documents include patient and 'proche' [relative/next-of-kin] versions in English and French), indicating processes for representatives/relatives to receive information and provide consent..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnancy or breast feeding
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable ICU patients are included; consent may be given by the patient or the legal representative ("Patient or the legal representative giving consent must be able to understand the trial in its entirety"). Patients under legal protection are excluded. Subject information and informed consent forms are available (documents include patient and 'proche' [relative/next-of-kin] versions in English and French), indicating processes for representatives/relatives to receive information and provide consent.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Adult patient hospitalized in the ICU for at least 1week"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Expected length of stay in the ICU greater than 10 days at screening"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- At least 1 episode of multiple organ failure, defined as a SOFA ≥ 6 (excluding the respiratory component when related to a neurological failure), during the first 1 weeks of ICU hospitalization"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Immunosuppression defined as an HLA-DR < 8000 Ab/c and a lymphopenia < 1000/mm3 within a 96 hours time window"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient or the legal representative giving consent must be able to understand the trial in its entirety"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient affiliated to the social security system"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For female participants of childbearing potential, agreement to use dual methods of contraception until Day 90"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For male participants with female partners of childbearing potential, agreement to use barrier method of contraception until Day 90."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Uncontrolled secondary infections ongoing at the time of screening"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Chemotherapy / radiation therapy within the last 6 weeks"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Acute ECG abnormality such as myocardial infarction or any acute life-threatening ECG abnormalities (e.g: ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia…)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Apache II ≥ 30"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Mental state rendering the person giving consent incapable of understanding the trial"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient being the investigator, or any member of the team or relative of the investigator directly involved in the trial, including assistant doctors, pharmacists, nurses, trial coordinators"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of autoimmune disease"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Organ or bone marrow transplant"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of hematologic malignancy"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of hepatitis C"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Severe chronic renal failure (eGFR<10 ml/min/1.73m2 CKP-EPI method)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- HIV stage C within the last 12 months"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Hepatic cytolysis with AST/ALT > 5 times ULN (local laboratory)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Suspected acute pancreatitis with lipase or amylase > 3 times ULN (local laboratory)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient with thrombocytopenia below 50,000/mm3"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient with traumatic brain and spinal injury"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients under legal protection"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of or ongoing tuberculosis"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Chronic hepatitis B"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients receiving immunosuppressive medications including patient receiving a steroid dose greater than 1mg/kg/day of prednisone equivalent for more than 1 week and patient that have been on corticosteroid for more than 3 months ( see appendix 1)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Pregnancy or breast feeding"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Subjects with a history hypersensitivity to interferon gamma or excipient (Mannitol, Sodium succinate dibasic hexahydrate, Succinic acid, polysorbate 20), known latex hypersensitivity or other interferon"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Participation in another research clinical trial within 30 days"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of secondary infection episodes at three months (Day 90) validated by an independent adjudication committee based on the current standardized definitions (CDC surveillance definitions, January 2024)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Validated by an independent adjudication committee using current standardized definitions (CDC surveillance definitions, January 2024)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- All-cause ICU mortality and at Day 90","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Length of stay in the ICU and in the hospital at Day 90","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Antibiotic and antifungal consumption at Day 90","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Percentage of biological immune restoration (defined as an HLA-DR > 13 500 Ab/c [Antibodies bound per cell] and an absolute lymphocyte count > 1200 mm3) at Day 10","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Biological immune restoration defined as HLA-DR > 13 500 Ab/c and absolute lymphocyte count > 1200/mm3 measured at Day 10."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Healthcare costs at Day 90, cost per secondary infection avoided and cost per additional survivor, isolation requirement and antibiotic resistance","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Rate of serious adverse reactions and suspected unexpected serious adverse reaction (SUSAR) at D90","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
326
Recruitment Window Months
40
Consent Approach
Consent is from the patient or the legal representative ("Patient or the legal representative giving consent must be able to understand the trial in its entirety"). Subject information and informed consent forms are available in English and French (documents include patient forms and 'proche' [relative/next-of-kin] forms), indicating provision for representatives/relatives to be informed and to provide consent.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
23
Total Number Of Participants
326

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
15-01-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
27-05-2025
Processing Time Days
132
Number Of Sites
23
Number Of Participants
326

Sites

Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Jean Luc DIEHL
Principal Investigator Email
jean-luc.diehl@aphp.fr
Contact Person Name
Jean Luc DIEHL
Contact Person Email
jean-luc.diehl@aphp.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Nicolas DEYE
Principal Investigator Email
nicolas.deye@lrb.aphp.fr
Contact Person Name
Nicolas DEYE
Contact Person Email
nicolas.deye@lrb.aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier De Versailles
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Stéphane LEGRIEL
Principal Investigator Email
slegriel@ch-versailles.fr
Contact Person Name
Stéphane LEGRIEL
Contact Person Email
slegriel@ch-versailles.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Antoine ROQUILLY
Principal Investigator Email
antoine.roquilly@chu-nantes.fr
Contact Person Name
Antoine ROQUILLY
Contact Person Email
antoine.roquilly@chu-nantes.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Jean Paul MIRA
Principal Investigator Email
jean-paul.mira@aphp.fr
Contact Person Name
Jean Paul MIRA
Contact Person Email
jean-paul.mira@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre hospitalier de Melun-Sénart
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Merhan MONCHI
Principal Investigator Email
mehran.monchi@ghsif.fr
Contact Person Name
Merhan MONCHI
Contact Person Email
mehran.monchi@ghsif.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Gaetan PLANTEFEVE
Principal Investigator Email
gaetan.plantefeve@ch-argenteuil.fr
Contact Person Name
Gaetan PLANTEFEVE
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Rennes
Department Name
Maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale
Principal Investigator Name
Jean-Marc TADIE
Principal Investigator Email
jeanmarc.tadie@chu-rennes.fr
Contact Person Name
Jean-Marc TADIE
Contact Person Email
jeanmarc.tadie@chu-rennes.fr
Site Name
Centre hospitalier de Lens
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Nicolas VAN GRUNDERBEECK
Principal Investigator Email
nicovgdb9@orange.fr
Contact Person Name
Nicolas VAN GRUNDERBEECK
Contact Person Email
nicovgdb9@orange.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Pierre ASFAR
Principal Investigator Email
pierre.asfar@univ-angers.fr
Contact Person Name
Pierre ASFAR
Contact Person Email
pierre.asfar@univ-angers.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D Orleans
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
François BARBIER
Principal Investigator Email
francois.barbier@chr-orleans.fr
Contact Person Name
François BARBIER
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Et Universitaire De Limoges
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Bruno FRANCOIS
Principal Investigator Email
bruno.francois@chu-limoges.fr
Contact Person Name
Bruno FRANCOIS
Contact Person Email
bruno.francois@chu-limoges.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier De Brive
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Nicolas PICHON
Principal Investigator Email
nicolas.pichon@ch-brive.fr
Contact Person Name
Nicolas PICHON
Contact Person Email
nicolas.pichon@ch-brive.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Djillali ANNANE
Principal Investigator Email
djillali.annane@rpc.aphp.fr
Contact Person Name
Djillali ANNANE
Contact Person Email
djillali.annane@rpc.aphp.fr
Site Name
Hopital Nord Franche Comte
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Julio BADIE
Principal Investigator Email
Julio.BADIE@hnfc.fr
Contact Person Name
Julio BADIE
Contact Person Email
Julio.BADIE@hnfc.fr
Site Name
Hospices Civils De Lyon
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Anne-Claire LUKASZEWICZ
Principal Investigator Email
anne-claire.lukaszewicz@chu-lyon.fr
Contact Person Name
Anne-Claire LUKASZEWICZ
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Le Mans
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Christophe GUITTON
Principal Investigator Email
cguitton@ch-lemans.fr
Contact Person Name
Christophe GUITTON
Contact Person Email
cguitton@ch-lemans.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Samy HRAIECH
Principal Investigator Email
sami.hraiech@ap-hm.fr
Contact Person Name
Samy HRAIECH
Contact Person Email
sami.hraiech@ap-hm.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Antoine GUILLON
Principal Investigator Email
antoine.guillon@univ-tours.fr
Contact Person Name
Antoine GUILLON
Contact Person Email
antoine.guillon@univ-tours.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier William Morey
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Thomas MALDINEY
Principal Investigator Email
thomas.maldiney@ch-chalon71.fr
Contact Person Name
Thomas MALDINEY
Contact Person Email
thomas.maldiney@ch-chalon71.fr
Site Name
CHRU De Nancy
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Sébastien GIBOT
Principal Investigator Email
s.gibot@chru-nancy.fr
Contact Person Name
Sébastien GIBOT
Contact Person Email
s.gibot@chru-nancy.fr
Site Name
Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Louise-Marie JANDEAUX
Principal Investigator Email
louise-marie.jandeaux@chru-strasbourg.fr
Contact Person Name
Louise-Marie JANDEAUX
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
Department Name
ICU
Principal Investigator Name
Jean Pierre QUENOT
Principal Investigator Email
jean-pierre.quenot@chu-dijon.fr
Contact Person Name
Jean Pierre QUENOT

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Centre Hospitalier Et Universitaire De Limoges
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
IMUKIN 2 X 106 UI (0,1 mg), solution injectable
Active Substance
RECOMBINANT HUMAN INTERFERON GAMMA 1B
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Route
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation: 34009 557 767 8 9 (France)
Maximum Dose
Max daily 0.1 mg; max total 0.5 mg
Investigational Product Name
CHLORURE DE SODIUM 0,9 % LAVOISIER, solution pour perfusion
Active Substance
SODIUM CHLORIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Route
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation: 34009 363 405 3 4 (France)
Maximum Dose
Max daily 0.5 ml; max total 2.5 ml

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