E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Inherited mitochondrial disease, including MELAS (mitochondrial Encephalopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke like episodes) and MIDD (Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness) |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Inherited mitochondrial diseases |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To evaluate the effect of KH176 on gait (Gaitrite®) parameters: step-length and variability in step-time and step-width in patients with a m.3243A>G mutation |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
- To explore the effect of KH176 on biomarkers of mitochondrial functioning in patients with an m.3243A>G mutation. - To explore the effect of KH176 on functional clinical measures of mitochondrial disease in patients with an m.3243A>G mutation. - To investigate the tolerability and safety of KH176 following 28 days of oral administration to patients with an m.3243A>G mutation. - To investigate the multiple dose pharmacokinetics of KH176 following 28 days of oral administration in patients with an m.3243A>G mutation
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
Participants in the trial will be patients with a mitochondrial DNA tRNALeu(UUR) m.3243A>G mutation and clinical signs of mitochondrial disease, including but not limited to MELAS, MIDD and mixed types. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Motoric abnormalities other than related to the mitochondrial disease interfering with the outcome parameters. 2. CPEO patients with clinical signs and symptoms restricted to the eye only 3. Heteroplasmy level as measured in urine < 20% 4. Poor nutritional state as judged by the investigator 5. Body Mass Index (BMI) not within 18.0-30.0 kg/m2 at screening. 6. History of cancer 7. Surgery or active illness of gastro-intestinal tract that might interfere with absorption. 8. Participation in a trial of an investigational product in the preceding 3 months prior to the first dose or during this trial. 9. Positive drug, alcohol or cotinine test at screening and/or admission (Day 1 of the first dosing period). 10. Clinically relevant abnormal laboratory, ECG recordings, cardiac echo (within 1 year prior to screening), vital signs or physical or mental findings at screening as judged by the Investigator. 11. Clinically relevant abnormal ECG or cardiac functioning as judged by a cardiologist. 12. ECG: QTc > 450 ms, abnormal T-wave 13. Symptomatic heart failure or signs of ischemic heart disease 14. Left Ventricular Ejaction Fraction <45% 15. History or family history of congenital Long QT syndrome 16. Increased or decreased potassium (local laboratory normal range) 17. Inadequate contraception use, pregnancy or breast feeding (females) 18. Clinically significant presence or history of allergy as judged by the Investigator. 19. History of hypersensitivity or idiosyncrasy to any of the components of the investigational drug. 20. Within 4 weeks prior to dosing, the use of (multi)vitamins, co-enzyme Q10, Vitamine E, riboflavin, and anti-oxidant supplements (and idebenone/EPI-743), as well as any medication negatively influencing mitochondrial functioning (including but not limited to valproic acid, glitazones, statins, anti-virals, amiodarone, and NSAID’s) as well as any strong Cytochrome P450 inhibitors (all ‘conazoles-anti-fungals’, HIV antivirals, grapefruit) and strong Cytochrome P450 inducers (a.o. carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampicine, St Johns wort, pioglitazone, troglitazone) as well as any medication known to affect cardiac repolarization (all anti-psychotics, several anti-depressants: nor/amytriptilline, fluoxetine, anti-emetics: domperidone (motilium) granisetron, ondansetron)
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Gait parameters: cadence, walking speed, right and left step and stride lengths, and right and left step times |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
baseline and after 28 days |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
- Safety parameters, including cardiovascular - Pharmacokinetic parameters - Pharmacodynamic parameters (metabolome, oxidative platform, glutathione, FGF21, GDF12, PRDX1) - NMDAS Score - Spirometric parameters: Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 sec (FEV1), Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF), Maximal inspiratory mouth pressure (MIP), Maximal Expiratory mouth pressure (MEP) - 30-Seconds sit – stand test: Number of standings. - Handgrip dynamometry: Maximum grip strength - 6 Minutes Chewing test: VAS pain, VAS tiredness, Rate of Mastication, quality of movement - 6 Minutes Walk Test (during the gait evaluation): Distance - RAND-SF36 score - Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD), supplemented with a Beck Depression Index (BDI) - Checklist Individual Strenght (CIS) - Test of Attentional Performance (TAP): Alertness and Mental Flexibility
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
Safety parameters continuously and several assessements during treatment Pharmacokinetics on Day 1 and 28 Other assessments at baseline and after 28 days |
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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 | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | Yes |
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) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
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 | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | Yes |
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 | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
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.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 7 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |