Clinical trial • Phase III • Rare Disease|Neurology|Haematology
venglustat for Gaucher disease type 3
Phase III trial of venglustat for Gaucher disease type 3.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Rare Disease|Neurology|Haematology
- Trial Disease
- Gaucher disease type 3
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule|Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Paediatric Trial
- Yes
- Orphan Drug
- Yes
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 21-06-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 31-07-2024
Trial design
Randomised, cerezyme (imiglucerase) 400 units powder for concentrate for solution for infusion — intravenous infusion (comparator; product listing indicates max daily dose amount 60 u). double-dummy design includes matching placebo tablets and placebo for cerezyme as per product listings.-controlled Phase III trial across 5 sites in France, Germany, Italy.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Cerezyme (imiglucerase) 400 Units powder for concentrate for solution for infusion — intravenous infusion (comparator; product listing indicates max daily dose amount 60 U). Double-dummy design includes matching placebo tablets and placebo for Cerezyme as per product listings.
- Target Sample Size
- 35
Eligibility
Recruits 35 paediatric patients.
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- The participant is pregnant (has a positive serum beta-human chronic gonadotropin [β-hCG]) or lactating.
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable population flag selected. Pediatric participants aged ≥12 to <18 years are included; the protocol requires "Signed written informed assent/consent". Subject information and informed consent/assent documents are provided for adolescents, adults, parents/guardians, and participants who turned adult; country-specific ICFs are present (examples: French adolescent/adult/parent/guardian forms, German and Italian adolescent/adult/parent forms), indicating assent for minors and parental/guardian consent procedures.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has received ERT (Cerezyme or other ERT; as deemed appropriate by local regulations) for at least 3 years prior to enrollment, on a stable dose for at least 6 months, is deemed clinically stable for at least 1 year by the Investigator and is within the therapeutic goals as all of the following: - Hemoglobin level of ≥11.0 g/dL for females and ≥12.0 g/dL for males - Platelet count ≥100 000/mm3 - Spleen volume <10 multiples of normal (MN) - Liver volume <1.5 MN - No bone crisis and free of symptomatic bone disease such as bone pain attributable to osteonecrosis and/or pathological fractures within 3 months prior to screening"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Signed written informed assent/consent"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Adult participant is ≥18 years of age"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Pediatric participant is ≥12 years <18 years of age"}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has a clinical diagnosis of GD3 and a documented deficiency of acid beta-glucosidase activity confirming this diagnosis."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has a modified SARA score of 1 or above."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The presence of gaze palsy, predominantly horizontal, with slow or absent saccades."}
- {"criterion_text":"- If the participant has a history of seizures, they are well controlled under appropriate medication not identified as a strong or moderate inducer or inhibitor of CYP3A."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participants ≥ 30 kg of weight"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Contraception for sexually active male or female participants; not pregnant or breastfeeding; no sperm donating for male participant"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant is blood transfusion-dependent."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant is scheduled for in-patient hospitalization including elective surgery, during the study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has had a major organ transplant (eg, bone marrow or liver)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- A history of drug and/or alcohol abuse within the past year prior to the screening visit."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Chaperone therapy within 6 months, substrate reduction therapy other than venglustat within 6 months or venglustat substrate reduction therapy prior to enrollment."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Exposure to any investigational drug within the last 30 days or 5 half-lives from screening, whichever is longer"}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has received strong or moderate inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A within 14 days or 5 half-lives from screening, whichever is longer, prior to screening. This also includes the consumption of grapefruit, grapefruit juice, or grapefruit containing products within 72 hours of starting venglustat. The participant is unwilling to abstain from consumption of grapefruit, grapefruit juice, or grapefruit containing products for the duration of the treatment period."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant, in the opinion of the investigator, is unable to adhere to the requirements of the study or unable to undergo study assessments (eg, contraindication for MRI)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Type of participant and disease characteristic: the participant has had a total splenectomy prior to enrollment. The patient had a partial splenectomy within 3 years prior to randomization."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Participant not suitable for participation, whatever the reason, as judged by the Investigator, including medical or clinical conditions, or participants potentially at risk of noncompliance to study procedures."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Sensitivity to any of the study interventions, or components thereof, or drug or other allergy that, in the opinion of the Investigator, contraindicates participation in the study"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Prior esophageal varices or liver infarction or current liver enzymes (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]/ aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) or total bilirubin >2 times the upper limit of normal, unless the participant has a diagnosis of Gilbert Syndrome."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has any clinically significant disease, other than GD, including cardiovascular (congenital cardiac defect, coronary artery disease, valve disease or left sided heart failure; clinically significant arrhythmias or conduction defect), hepatic, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, neurologic, endocrine, metabolic (eg, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia) or psychiatric disease, other medical conditions, or serious intercurrent illnesses that may preclude participation in the opinion of the Investigator."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has renal insufficiency, as defined by an estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/1.73m2 at the screening visit."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has a history of cancer, except for basal cell carcinoma."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant has progressive myoclonic epilepsy."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant is pregnant (has a positive serum beta-human chronic gonadotropin [β-hCG]) or lactating."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant requires use of invasive ventilatory support."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The participant requires use of noninvasive ventilator support while awake for longer than 12 hours daily."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) modified total score","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in the modified total SARA score (Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) total scale index score","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in RBANS total scale index score (Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Percent change in spleen volume","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percent change from baseline in spleen volume."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Percent change in liver volume","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percent change from baseline in liver volume."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in hemoglobin level","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in hemoglobin concentration."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Percent change in platelet count","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percent change from baseline in platelet count."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Percent change in CSF GL-1 and lyso-GL-1 levels","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percent change from baseline in cerebrospinal fluid GL-1 and lyso-GL-1 biomarker levels."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Percent change in plasma GL-1 and lyso-GL-1 levels","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Percent change from baseline in plasma GL-1 and lyso-GL-1 biomarker levels."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients with treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs)/ serious adverse events (SAEs)/ adverse events of special interest (AESIs)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Count and incidence of TEAEs, SAEs and AESIs occurring during the treatment-emergent period."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in score of Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) during the treatment-emergent period (for participants 13 years of age and above at baseline)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in BDI-II score during the treatment-emergent period (applicable to participants ≥13 years at baseline)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) during the treatment-emergent period (for participants 12 years of age at baseline)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in PHQ-9 score during the treatment-emergent period (applicable to participants ≥12 years at baseline)."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 35
- Recruitment Window Months
- 52
- Consent Approach
- Signed written informed assent/consent is required. The protocol includes age-specific informed consent/assent documents (adolescent, adult, parent/guardian, participant who turned adult) and addenda. Patient-facing materials and ICFs are available in multiple languages as provided in the documents list (English, French, German, Italian are present in the submission).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 5
- Total Number Of Participants
- 15
France
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 05-07-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 20-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 654
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 5
Sites
- Site Name
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Department Name
- Service des maladies héréditaires du métabolisme
- Contact Person Name
- Anais Brassier
- Contact Person Email
- anais.brassier@aphp.fr
- Site Name
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Department Name
- Departement de neurologie
- Contact Person Name
- Yann Nadjar
- Contact Person Email
- yann.nadjar@aphp.fr
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 05-07-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 22-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 656
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 5
Sites
- Site Name
- SphinCS GmbH
- Department Name
- SphinCS GmbH
- Contact Person Name
- Eugen Mengel
- Contact Person Email
- eugen.mengel@sphincs.de
Italy
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 05-07-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 22-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 656
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 5
Sites
- Site Name
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
- Department Name
- SC medicina ad indirizzo metabolico
- Contact Person Name
- Irene Motta
- Contact Person Email
- irene.motta@policlinico.mi.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II Di Napoli
- Department Name
- U.O.S.D. Medicina Interna e Ipertensione
- Contact Person Name
- Domenico Rendina
- Contact Person Email
- domenico.rendina@unina.it
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Sanofi-Aventis Recherche & Developpement
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- France
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Icon Clinical Research Limited
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties codes: 1 (contact email: CTIS-Biotech@iconplc.com)
- Name
- Marken LLP
- Responsibilities
- Direct to Patient (IMP) Transportation
- Name
- Labcorp Central Laboratory Services LP
- Responsibilities
- Central laboratory services (sponsorDuties code: 4)
- Name
- Eresearchtechnology Inc.
- Responsibilities
- Clinical Outcomes Assessment Instrument
- Name
- Bioclinica Inc.
- Responsibilities
- Central medical Reading / Imaging Reading
- Name
- ESMS Global Limited
- Responsibilities
- Centralized 24-Hour Emergency System
- Name
- Endpoint Clinical Inc.
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties code: 3
- Name
- Clario
- Responsibilities
- Cardiac Safety
Third parties
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Icon Clinical Research Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 1","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services LP","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Marken LLP","duties_or_roles":"Direct to Patient (IMP) Transportation (sponsorDuties code: 15)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Eresearchtechnology Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Clinical Outcomes Assessment Instrument (sponsorDuties code: 15)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Bioclinica Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Central medical Reading / Imaging Reading (sponsorDuties code: 15)","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"ESMS Global Limited","duties_or_roles":"Centralized 24-Hour Emergency System (sponsorDuties code: 15)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Endpoint Clinical Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 3","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Clario","duties_or_roles":"Cardiac Safety (sponsorDuties code: 15)","organisation_type":"Health care"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- venglustat GZ402671 - SAR402671
- Active Substance
- venglustat
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- oral
- Orphan Designation
- Yes
- Dose Levels
- 12 mg (paediatric formulation listed); 15 mg (adult formulation listed)
- Maximum Dose
- 12 mg (one product entry) and 15 mg (other product entry) listed as maxDailyDoseAmount
- Investigational Product Name
- Cerezyme 400 Units Powder for concentrate for solution for infusion
- Active Substance
- imiglucerase
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENOUS USE
- Route
- intravenous
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorisation entries present (EU marketing authorisation numbers listed)
- Dose Levels
- Max daily dose amount listed as 60 U
- Maximum Dose
- 60 U
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