Clinical Trial Results:
Intratympanic injection of N-acetylcysteine for prevention of Cisplatine-induced ototoxicity
Summary
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EudraCT number |
2019-004463-44 |
Trial protocol |
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Global end of trial date |
03 Sep 2023
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Results information
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Results version number |
v1(current) |
This version publication date |
07 Nov 2023
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First version publication date |
07 Nov 2023
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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 |
CHUB-NAC
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Additional study identifiers
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ISRCTN number |
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US NCT number |
NCT04226456 | ||
WHO universal trial number (UTN) |
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Sponsors
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Sponsor organisation name |
Departement of ENT and head&neck surgery
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Sponsor organisation address |
Rue Haute 322, Brussels, Belgium,
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Public contact |
Gaëtan Cavelier, Department of ENT and Head&Neck Surgery of CHU Saint Pierre, 0032 02535 42 67, gaetan_cavelier@stpierre-bru.be
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Scientific contact |
Gaëtan Cavelier, Department of ENT and Head&Neck Surgery of CHU Saint Pierre, 0032 02535 42 67, gaetan_cavelier@stpierre-bru.be
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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 |
03 Sep 2023
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Is this the analysis of the primary completion data? |
Yes
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Primary completion date |
03 Sep 2023
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Global end of trial reached? |
Yes
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Global end of trial date |
03 Sep 2023
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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 |
The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate the protecting effect of Lysomucil® 10% against Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. In this case, we will evaluate its effect through the transtympanic administration in both ears.
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Protection of trial subjects |
Local anesthesia of the eardrum was made with xylocain 10% before the injection for patients in the interventional arm.
For those patients, tramadol 50mg sublingual was administered prior to the injection and could be given again after the injection if needed in order to control the pain induced by the IMP.
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Background therapy |
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Evidence for comparator |
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Actual start date of recruitment |
03 Feb 2020
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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 |
Belgium: 19
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Worldwide total number of subjects |
19
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EEA total number of subjects |
19
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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) |
14
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From 65 to 84 years |
5
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85 years and over |
0
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Recruitment
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Recruitment details |
The recruitment started in February 2020, 7 months late because of SARS-CoV2 pandemic, and early end of recruitment was declared on 4th February 2023 because of poor accrual. The recruitment only occurred in Belgium, more specifically at CHU Saint-Pierre Hospital in Brussels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pre-assignment
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Screening details |
Thirty-seven patients were assessed for eligibility. Of these, 19 were randomized. Nine patients refused to participate. 2 were not eligible because the oncologist changed the chemotherapy before the visit of eligibility and 7 had exclusion criteria. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period 1
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Period 1 title |
Overall trial (overall period)
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Is this the baseline period? |
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Allocation method |
Randomised - controlled
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Blinding used |
Not blinded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arms
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Are arms mutually exclusive |
Yes
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Arm title
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NAC (intervention) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arm description |
Arm of intervention. Patients received N-acetylcysteine injection during each cisplatin cycle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arm type |
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Investigational medicinal product name |
N-acetylcystein 10%
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Investigational medicinal product code |
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Other name |
Lysomucil®
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Pharmaceutical forms |
Injection
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Routes of administration |
Auricular use
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Dosage and administration details |
N-acetylcysteine 10% was administered through transtympanic injection using a 26-gauge syringe until the middle ear of both ears was filled (0.4-1ml). The injections were administered 40 to 60 minutes maximum prior to each Cisplatin cycle. After the injection, patients remained motionless in a neutral head position with the thorax elevated 30° for horizontal position for 30 to 40 minutes.
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Arm title
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Control arm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arm description |
Control arm. Patients did not receive any other treatment during cisplatin cycle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arm type |
No intervention | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investigational medicinal product name |
No investigational medicinal product assigned in this arm
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Baseline characteristics reporting groups
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Reporting group title |
Overall trial
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Reporting group description |
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End points reporting groups
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Reporting group title |
NAC (intervention)
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Reporting group description |
Arm of intervention. Patients received N-acetylcysteine injection during each cisplatin cycle. | ||
Reporting group title |
Control arm
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Reporting group description |
Control arm. Patients did not receive any other treatment during cisplatin cycle. |
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End point title |
Ototoxicity | |||||||||||||||
End point description |
Primary endpoint is the apparition of ototoxicity (taken as a binary indicator) as defined by the International Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5:
- A Threshold shift of 15 - 25 dB averaged at 2 contiguous test frequencies in at least
one ear
- and/or the apparition of a tinnitus (not previously present).
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End point type |
Primary
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End point timeframe |
The primary endpoint was measured at 6 months after the last Cisplatin cycle and compared to the baseline between the two arms.
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Statistical analysis title |
Ototoxicity analysis | |||||||||||||||
Statistical analysis description |
The presence of ototoxicity at 6 months after the last cycle of Cisplatin baseline was reported as a proportion with its exact 95% confidence interval. The statistical significance of the results was measured by the Fisher’s Exact Test of Independence. The appearance of an ototoxicity (taken as a binary indicator) was defined using the CTCAE, V.5: a threshold shift of 15 - 25 dB averaged at 2 contiguous test frequencies in at least one ear, and/or the appearance of a tinnitus.
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Comparison groups |
Control arm v NAC (intervention)
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Number of subjects included in analysis |
11
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Analysis specification |
Pre-specified
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Analysis type |
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P-value |
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Method |
Fisher exact | |||||||||||||||
Confidence interval |
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Adverse events information
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Timeframe for reporting adverse events |
The adverse event assessment was made throughout the period of the trial.
We started on the date of the first patient "in" until the declaration of end of trial.
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Assessment type |
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Dictionary used for adverse event reporting
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Reporting group title |
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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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06 May 2021 |
1) Protocol version 3.0 dated 03 May 2021:
We decided to modify our exclusion criteria as they excluded to many patients and were not consistent with our clinical practice. Indeed, N-acetylcystein (NAC) has demonstrated protective effects against cisplatin induced ototoxicity in previous clinical trials (ref 14,15 of the protocol). In these trials, only one ear was injected with N-acetylcystein while the other was control or receiving another drug. In these studies, authors excluded patients with middle ear disease or eardrum perforation. We have begun our trial with 2 of our exclusion criteria: - Pathological findings on otoscopy that do not allow safe intratympanic drug delivery and reliable distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) testing. - Conductive hearing loss > 10dBHL. The problem of those criteria is that we had to exclude patients with serous media otitis. However, patients with rhinopharynx carcinoma often suffer from this condition and need transtympanic drainage to restore their hearing. The primary objective of our trial is to evaluate the protecting effect of NAC 10% against Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity. In this case, we will evaluate its effect through the transtympanic administration in both ears. If the treatment is contributive, we aim to implement it as the future gold standard to prevent cisplatin induced ototoxicity. In order to do it, we need to show that the treatment is effective in clinical practice. In clinical practice, the first line of treatment of patient with rhinopharynx treatment is radiotherapy and radiochemotherapy with cisplatin. Therefore, we deleted the exclusion by the impossibility to allow reliable DPOAEs testing as with a transtympanic drainage, DPOAEs will often be impossible to test. We decided to extend to conductive hearing loss up to 20 dBHL as patients with tympanic drainage will often have a small conductive hearing loss less than 20 dBHL. 2) The reference safety information was updated for NAC. |
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Interruptions (globally) |
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Were there any global interruptions to the trial? No | |||
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. | |||
The major limitation of our trial in the small number of patients recruited and a higher dropout rate than expected. Only half of the patients recruited completed the study. The SARS-Cov2 pandemic delayed the recruitment beginning. |