E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Inflammation and ulceration in the mouth as complication of cancer treatment |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To determine a safe and tolerable dose of palifermin in pediatric subjects of different age groups when administered once daily for 3 consecutive days before and 3 consecutive days after a myeloablative chemo-radiotherapy conditioning regimen with allogeneic HSCT. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
• To define the safety profile of palifermin over a range of doses in pediatric subjects with leukemia undergoing allogeneic HSCT
• To characterize the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of intravenous (IV) bolus injections of palifermin for multiple dose levels in pediatric subjects
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. ALL or AML requiring HSCT
2. Age ≥ 1 and ≤ 16 years at screening
3. Lansky performance status > 60%
4. Candidate for allogeneic HSCT protocol:
• Adequate kidney function: Serum creatinine: ≤ 1.5 mg/dL or creatinine clearance or radioisotope GFR ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73m2
• Adequate liver function: Serum total bilirubin: ≤ 2.0 mg/dl; AST/ALT ≤ 4.0 x institutional upper limits of normal (IULN); Albumin ≥ 2 g/dL
• Adequate cardiac function: shortening fraction > 29% documented by echocardiogram, or ejection fraction ≥ 50% documented by multigated acquisition scan (MUGA).
• Adequate pulmonary function documented by corrected DLCO > 50% or oxygen saturation of
≥ 92% on room air if unable to perform pulmonary function tests
• Negative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV)
5. Identification of an HLA-compatible donor per institutional standards
6. Assent from a minor (if the child is capable of giving assent) per Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) guidelines listed in 21CFR 50.55 and local IRB standards.
7. Serum amylase and lipase: ≤ 1.2 x IULN
8. Negative serum/urine pregnancy test for females with childbearing potential within 4 days before administration of the first palifermin dose
9. Agreement by males and females of reproductive potential to use an effective means of contraception 30 days prior to enrollment through Day +30 (end of treatment)
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Prior treatment with palifermin or other keratinocyte growth factors
2. Received an investigational product or device, with the exception investigational stem cell separators, in another clinical trial within 30 days before enrollment.
3. Known to have a life threatening infection not responding well to treatment
4. Past history of veno-occlusive disease of the liver
5. Known sensitivity to any Escherichia coli-derived products with grade 3 to 4 allergies to
L-asparaginase [grade 1 to 2 allergies to
L-asparaginase will be allowed].
6. Receiving glutamine or any other medication to reduce the incidence of OM within 30 days before enrollment
7. Previous or concurrent malignancy other than entry diagnostic criteria and/or solid organ transplantation and/or treatment of congenital immunodeficiency
8. History of pancreatitis
9. Breastfeeding (giving) |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Incidence of Dose limiting toxicity |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
A Incidence and severity of AEs, change in vital signs, and incidence of laboratory abnormalities
B PK parameters of palifermin (eg, CL, Vss, t ½z) after the 1st and 3rd IV bolus injection for multiple dose levels
C Incidence of serum palifermin antibody formation
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
A Day -10 to +16
B After 1st and 3rd bolus dose
C Day +30 |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | Yes |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | Yes |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description |
Single arm, open-label, dose escalation design |
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E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.3 |
Will this trial be conducted at a single site globally?
| No |
E.8.4 | Will this trial be conducted at multiple sites globally? | Yes |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.3 | Specify the countries outside of the EEA in which trial sites are planned |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 10 |