Clinical trial • Phase III • Infectious Disease

Valganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus infection

Phase III trial of Valganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus infection.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Infectious Disease
Trial Disease
Cytomegalovirus infection
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
12-07-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
13-08-2024

Trial design

Randomised, comparator: universal prophylactic strategy (comparator group) versus immuno-guided preventive strategy (experimental group). specific drug name, dose and schedule for the comparator are not specified in the ctis record.-controlled Phase III trial across 2 sites in France.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Comparator: universal prophylactic strategy (comparator group) versus immuno-guided preventive strategy (experimental group). Specific drug name, dose and schedule for the comparator are not specified in the CTIS record.
Target Sample Size
144
Trial Duration For Participant
365

Eligibility

Recruits 144 The record indicates vulnerable population considerations: persons deprived of liberty or persons placed under legal safeguard / sub-tutorship or curatorship are excluded (exclusion criterion). Informed consent is required: "Patient having read and understood the information letter and signed"; subject information and informed consent form documents are provided (multiple NIFC/consent documents listed). No assent procedures for minors are applicable because eligible age is 18–75..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant or parturient or breast-feeding woman or absence of proven contraception
Vulnerable Population
The record indicates vulnerable population considerations: persons deprived of liberty or persons placed under legal safeguard / sub-tutorship or curatorship are excluded (exclusion criterion). Informed consent is required: "Patient having read and understood the information letter and signed"; subject information and informed consent form documents are provided (multiple NIFC/consent documents listed). No assent procedures for minors are applicable because eligible age is 18–75.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 18 years ≤ Age ≤ 75 years"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Renal transplant patient for 1 to 12 days"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- CMV seropositivity on the day of transplantation: IgG threshold =6 AU/mL CMIA CMV IgG, Architect i4000 (Abbott)) (Serology performed on D0, before the transplant)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Non-depleting inducing immunosuppressive treatment (Basiliximab) (implementation before the transplant)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Affiliation to a social security scheme"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient having read and understood the information letter and signed"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- For women: - Woman of childbearing potential using effective contraception (Cf. CTFG) (estrogen-progestin or intrauterine device or tubal ligation) for at least 1 month and a negative β-HCG blood pregnancy test at inclusion, throughout the duration of study treatment and for at least 30 days after stopping study treatment. - Postmenopausal woman: confirmatory diagnosis (non-medically induced amenorrhea for at least 12 months before the inclusion visit) - Surgically sterile woman (absence of ovary and/or uterus)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Pour les hommes : - Stérilité chirurgicale, ou - Contraception mécanique (préservatif) pendant toute la durée du traitement à l’étude et pendant au moins 90 jours après la fin du traitement à l’étude, ou - Avec une partenaire en âge de procréer prenant une contraception efficace (Cf. CTFG) (oestro-progestatifs ou dispositif intra-utérin ou ligature de trompes) depuis au moins 1 mois à l’inclusion, pendant toute la durée du traitement à l’étude et pendant au moins 90 jours après l’arrêt du traitement, ou - Avec une partenaire ménopausée : diagnostic de confirmation (aménorrhée non médicalement induite depuis au moins 12 mois avant la visite d’inclusion), ou - Avec une partenaire chirurgicalement stérile (absence d’ovaire et/ou d’utérus)."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age < 18 or > 75"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Active CMV infection (detectable CMV DNAemia - peripheral CMV DNAemia ≥ 305 IU/mL)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient with hypersensitivity to valganciclovir, ganciclovir, aciclovir or valaciclovir or to any of the excipients"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Lympho-depleting inducing immunosuppressive treatment (antithymoglobulins)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Neutropenia (neutrophils < 500/mm3) or thrombocytopenia (platelets < 25,000/mm3) or anemia (hemoglobin < 8g/dl) identified on routine care samples taken on the day of inclusion"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Pregnant or parturient or breast-feeding woman or absence of proven contraception"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Person deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person placed under legal safeguard / sub-tutorship or curatorship"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of illness or psychological or sensory abnormality likely to prevent the subject from fully understanding the conditions required for their participation in the protocol or preventing them from giving their informed consent"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Person participating in another interventional trial (Medicinal product)"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with CMV infection within 6 months of transplantation.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients with CMV infection within 6 months of transplantation. CMV infection is defined in the record (see secondary endpoints) with CMV DNAemia thresholds (CMV DNAemia ≥ 305 IU/mL referenced in endpoints)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients requiring the use of curative antiviral treatment within 6 months after transplantation","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients requiring curative antiviral treatment within 6 months post-transplant (as recorded)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with CMV disease within 6 months of transplantation","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients meeting criteria for CMV disease within 6 months post-transplant (as recorded)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients with CMV infection (CMV DNAemia ≥ 305 IU/mL (= 2.3 log IU/mL), CMV infection (CMV DNAemia ≥ 4 log IU/mL requiring curative treatment or CMV disease within the first year following transplant","definition_or_measurement_approach":"CMV infection defined by CMV DNAemia ≥ 305 IU/mL (=2.3 log IU/mL); clinically significant infection defined as CMV DNAemia ≥ 4 log IU/mL requiring curative treatment or CMV disease within first year post-transplant."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of CMV-specific T lymphocytes (IE-1 and pp65) at W+15","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quantitative measurement of CMV-specific T lymphocytes (IE-1 and pp65) at week +15 post-transplant."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of CMV-specific T lymphocytes (IE-1 and pp65) at W+28","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quantitative measurement of CMV-specific T lymphocytes (IE-1 and pp65) at week +28 post-transplant."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- CMV serological status of the donor (D+/R+ versus D-/R+)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Donor/recipient CMV serostatus comparison (D+/R+ vs D-/R+)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio will be calculated for the period from randomization to the visit at S+28 post-transplantation for the experimental group (Arm ) compared to the comparator group (Arm ) with the average costs and efficacies for each strategy. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio will be presented as additional cost per CMV infection avoided.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Economic evaluation: incremental cost-effectiveness ratio from randomization to S+28 post-transplantation comparing the two strategies; presented as additional cost per CMV infection avoided."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
144
Recruitment Window Months
24
Consent Approach
Informed consent must be obtained from the participant: "Patient having read and understood the information letter and signed". Subject information and informed consent form documents are listed in the CTIS record (multiple NIFC and consent form documents). No separate assent/parental consent procedures are indicated because eligible age is 18–75. Languages of consent documents are not specified in the record.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
2
Total Number Of Participants
144

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
07-08-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
26-03-2026
Processing Time Days
596
Number Of Sites
2
Number Of Participants
144

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Lille
Department Name
Néphrologie
Principal Investigator Name
Mehdi MAANAOUI
Principal Investigator Email
mehdi.maanaoui@chu-lille.fr
Contact Person Name
Mehdi MAANAOUI
Contact Person Email
mehdi.maanaoui@chu-lille.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen
Department Name
Néphrologie, transplantation et Dialyse
Principal Investigator Name
Dominique Bertrand
Principal Investigator Email
BDominique.Bertrand@chu-rouen.fr
Contact Person Name
Dominique Bertrand

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

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

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
VALGANCICLOVIR VIATRIS 450 mg, comprimé pelliculé
Active Substance
Valganciclovir
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL USE
Route
ORAL USE
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation (marketingAuthNumber: NL 44187)
Maximum Dose
900 mg per day

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