Clinical Trial Results:
An open-label, pilot study to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and effects of inhaled PC945 in the pre-emptive treatment of Aspergillus fumigatus colonisation in lung transplant recipients
Summary
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EudraCT number |
2018-000240-26 |
Trial protocol |
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Global end of trial date |
01 Jun 2020
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Results information
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Results version number |
v1(current) |
This version publication date |
30 Jul 2021
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First version publication date |
30 Jul 2021
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Trial Information
Subject Disposition
Baseline Characteristics
End Points
Adverse Events
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Subject Disposition
Baseline Characteristics
End Points
Adverse Events
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Trial identification
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Sponsor protocol code |
PC_ASP_002
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Additional study identifiers
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ISRCTN number |
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US NCT number |
NCT03905447 | ||
WHO universal trial number (UTN) |
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Sponsors
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Sponsor organisation name |
Pulmocide Ltd
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Sponsor organisation address |
44 Southampton Buildings, London, United Kingdom, WC2A 1AP
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Public contact |
Dr Lance Berman, Pulmocide Ltd, +34 660745200, Lance@pulmocide.com
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Scientific contact |
Dr Lance Berman, Pulmocide Ltd, +34 660745200, Lance@pulmocide.com
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Paediatric regulatory details
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Is trial part of an agreed paediatric investigation plan (PIP) |
No
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Does article 45 of REGULATION (EC) No 1901/2006 apply to this trial? |
No
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Does article 46 of REGULATION (EC) No 1901/2006 apply to this trial? |
No
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Results analysis stage
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Analysis stage |
Final
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Date of interim/final analysis |
13 May 2021
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Is this the analysis of the primary completion data? |
Yes
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Primary completion date |
01 Jun 2020
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Global end of trial reached? |
Yes
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Global end of trial date |
01 Jun 2020
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Was the trial ended prematurely? |
Yes
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General information about the trial
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Main objective of the trial |
• To assess the safety and tolerability of PC945 in lung transplant recipients with A. fumigatus colonisation
• To ascertain derived systemic pharmacokinetic parameters of PC945 and the potential circulating metabolite(s), if detectable, following single and repeat doses of PC945
The study was terminated early as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak as the study was being conducted in a vulnerable patient group that was at very high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and recruitment was halted by the hospitals involved in the study. As it was not possible to predict when recruitment could recommence, and it was unlikely that the trials could be completed without significant changes to the protocols, the Sponsor stopped the study on 01 June 2020.
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Protection of trial subjects |
This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki and that are consistent with Good Clinical Practice and applicable regulatory requirements. Known instances of non-conformance were documented and are not considered to have had an impact on the overall conclusions of the study.
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Background therapy |
Subjects were able to receive standard of care post-transplant antifungal prophylaxis, which could include nebulised amphotericin B and/or a systemic antifungal. | ||
Evidence for comparator |
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Actual start date of recruitment |
05 Sep 2019
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Long term follow-up planned |
No
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Independent data monitoring committee (IDMC) involvement? |
No
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Population of trial subjects
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Number of subjects enrolled per country |
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Country: Number of subjects enrolled |
United Kingdom: 2
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Worldwide total number of subjects |
2
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EEA total number of subjects |
2
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Number of subjects enrolled per age group |
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In utero |
0
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Preterm newborn - gestational age < 37 wk |
0
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Newborns (0-27 days) |
0
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Infants and toddlers (28 days-23 months) |
0
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Children (2-11 years) |
0
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Adolescents (12-17 years) |
0
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Adults (18-64 years) |
2
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From 65 to 84 years |
0
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85 years and over |
0
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Recruitment
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Recruitment details |
It was anticipated that approximately 30 lung transplant recipients would be included in the Surveillance Phase and undergo SoC bronchoscopies in order to identify 10 subjects colonised with A. fumigatus for inclusion in the Pre-Emptive Treatment Phase with PC945. | ||||||
Pre-assignment
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Screening details |
Pre transplant consent was signed by 21 subjects. Two of these patients entered the 12 week post transplant surveillance phase before the study was put on temporary hold 15 November 2019. No subjects entered the treatment phase. | ||||||
Pre-assignment period milestones
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Number of subjects started |
2 | ||||||
Number of subjects completed |
2 | ||||||
Period 1
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Period 1 title |
Surveillance Phase (overall period)
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Is this the baseline period? |
Yes | ||||||
Allocation method |
Not applicable
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Blinding used |
Not blinded | ||||||
Blinding implementation details |
This was an open label study thus no blinding was implemented.
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Arms
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Arm title
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Surveillance Period | ||||||
Arm description |
A 12 week surveillance period commenced post transplant. Eligible subjects found to be colonised with A. fumigatus during the 12-week surveillance period were to enter the Pre-emptive PC945 Treatment Phase. Subjects who were A. fumigatus-positive but with clinical, bronchoscopic or radiological features of respiratory fungal disease, or those infected with fungi other than A. fumigatus, were to receive SoC antifungal treatment. Subjects without fungal infections participated in the Surveillance Phase only and did not receive PC945. | ||||||
Arm type |
Experimental | ||||||
Investigational medicinal product name |
PC945
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Investigational medicinal product code |
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Other name |
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Pharmaceutical forms |
Nebuliser suspension
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Routes of administration |
Inhalation use
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Dosage and administration details |
PC945 5mg emitted dose, to be administered once daily for 28 days, in subjects found to be colonised with A. fumigatus during the 12-week surveillance period.
Subjects without fungal infections participated in the Surveillance Phase only and did not receive investigational product.
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Baseline characteristics reporting groups
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Reporting group title |
Surveillance Phase
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Reporting group description |
Surveillance Phase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject analysis sets
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Subject analysis set title |
Surveillance Phase
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Subject analysis set type |
Safety analysis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subject analysis set description |
Patients in the surveillance phase only - no treatment
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End points reporting groups
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Reporting group title |
Surveillance Period
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Reporting group description |
A 12 week surveillance period commenced post transplant. Eligible subjects found to be colonised with A. fumigatus during the 12-week surveillance period were to enter the Pre-emptive PC945 Treatment Phase. Subjects who were A. fumigatus-positive but with clinical, bronchoscopic or radiological features of respiratory fungal disease, or those infected with fungi other than A. fumigatus, were to receive SoC antifungal treatment. Subjects without fungal infections participated in the Surveillance Phase only and did not receive PC945. | ||
Subject analysis set title |
Surveillance Phase
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Subject analysis set type |
Safety analysis | ||
Subject analysis set description |
Patients in the surveillance phase only - no treatment
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End point title |
Safety of PC945 [1] | ||||||
End point description |
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End point type |
Primary
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End point timeframe |
Adverse events will be reported from 48 hours post-transplant until completion of the subject's last study-related procedure.
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Notes [1] - No statistical analyses have been specified for this primary end point. It is expected there is at least one statistical analysis for each primary end point. Justification: No data to report. No adverse events nor safety issues were reported during the surveillance phase. |
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No statistical analyses for this end point |
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Adverse events information [1]
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Timeframe for reporting adverse events |
Adverse events were to be reported from 48 hours post-transplant until completion of the subject's last study-related procedure.
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Adverse event reporting additional description |
No adverse events were reported.
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Assessment type |
Systematic | ||
Dictionary used for adverse event reporting
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Dictionary name |
MedDRA | ||
Dictionary version |
21.1
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Frequency threshold for reporting non-serious adverse events: 0% | |||
Notes [1] - There are no non-serious adverse events recorded for these results. It is expected that there will be at least one non-serious adverse event reported. Justification: No subjects received study treatment and no adverse events were reported during the study. Two subjects were included in a 12 week surveillance phase before the study was terminated and no adverse events were reported by these subjects. |
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Substantial protocol amendments (globally) |
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Were there any global substantial amendments to the protocol? Yes | ||||||||||
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Amendment |
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14 Nov 2018 |
Amendment 1 was written to define post-menopausal status and to increase the number of pregnancy tests performed in subjects taking IP. The number of days that female subjects must use an acceptable effective form of contraception after the final dose of PC945 was increased from 30 days to 55 days to account for the long half-life of PC945. Assessment of subjects’ vital signs were to include temperature recordings. In addition, it was clarified that recognised complications of the lung transplant procedure were not to be recorded as adverse events unless the investigator considered these to be related to the study medication (PC945) or an antifungal prescribed as standard of care. |
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29 Aug 2019 |
Amendment 3 included:
The criteria for being able to provide Extended PC945 treatment were too stringent (i.e., evidence of Aspergillus fumigatus was required in the Week 6 bronchoscopy for patients to qualify for extended treatment and if these were negative, there was no flexibility to continue treatment). There could be other patients that require >4 weeks of treatment. As cultures may be suppressed by the PC945 in the samples, it was considered to be prudent to also allow continued treatment in those patients that concerned investigators, on clinical grounds (e.g., with clinical or bronchoscopic features of disease).
Other changes included :
The bronchosorption synthetic absorption matrix (BSAM) sampling for collection of mucosal lining fluid for pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis was removed.
Measurement of Aspergillus immunoglobulin (Ig)G, Aspergillus IgE and Total IgE were added.
Bacterial microbiome assessments were included.
The first in human study data were removed as they were included in the updated Investigator’s Brochure. |
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Interruptions (globally) |
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Were there any global interruptions to the trial? Yes | ||||||||||
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Limitations and caveats |
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Limitations of the trial such as small numbers of subjects analysed or technical problems leading to unreliable data. | ||||||||||
Due to the early termination of the study due to the COVID19 pandemic and given that no subjects received PC945 pre-emptive treatment there are no study data to be analysed or reported. |