E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with fibrosis |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 24.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10086370 |
E.1.2 | Term | NASH with fibrosis |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004871 |
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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 evaluate the safety and tolerability of cotadutide as compared with placebo in participants with non-cirrhotic NASH with fibrosis - To assess the immunogenicity of cotadutide |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Provision of informed consent
2. Males and female participants ≥ 18 to ≤ 75 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent.
3. Histologically confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) per NASH Clinical Research Network (CRN) criteria as diagnosed by histology from a liver biopsy performed . 180 days from randomization and fulfilling all of the following histological criteria:
(a) NAS (Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Activity Score) ≥ 4 with a score of ≥ 1 for each component: steatosis, lobular inflammation, and ballooning
(b) Presence of fibrosis stage F2 or F3
4. Women of childbearing potential, non-pregnant and non-breastfeeding at least one highly effective method of birth control to avoid pregnancy throughout the study and for up to 4 weeks after the last dose of study intervention. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1 Chronic liver disease of other etiologies.
2 History of cirrhosis and/or hepatic decompensation, including evidence of portal hypertension (e.g. low platelet count, splenomegaly, ascites, history of hepatic encephalopathy, esophageal varices, or variceal bleeding).
3 Clinically significant cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease within 90 days prior to screening, including but not limited to, myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina pectoris, transient ischemic attack, or stroke, or participants who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention or a coronary artery bypass graft within the past 90 days or who are due to undergo these procedures at the time of screening
4 History of malignant neoplasms within 5 years prior to screening, except for adequately treated basal cell, squamous cell skin cancer, or any in situ carcinoma.
5 Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product administered within the last 30 days or 5 half-lives of the therapy (whichever is longer) at the time of screening or the time of the historical biopsy or concurrent participation in another interventional study of any kind or prior randomization in this study.
6 Severe allergy/hypersensitivity to any of the proposed study treatments or excipients
7 Contraindication to liver biopsy (eg, bleeding diathesis, such as hemophilia, suspected hemangioma, or suspected echinococcal infection) or inability to safely obtain a liver biopsy as determined by the investigator
8 Severely uncontrolled hypertension defined as SBP ≥ 180 mmHg or DBP ≥ 110 mmHg on the average of 2 seated BP measurements after being at rest for at least 10 minutes at screening or randomization
9 Any positive results for human immunodeficiency virus infection, positive results for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis C antibody test along with a positive HCV RNA test. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
- Safety and tolerability will be evaluated in terms of AEs, vital signs, clinical and laboratory assessments, and ECG. - Incidence of ADAs to cotadutide and titer during treatment and follow-up |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
End of study and follow up visit |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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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 | Yes |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Yes |
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 | Yes |
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 | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 4 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| No |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 2 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 21 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned |
Argentina |
Malaysia |
New Zealand |
Taiwan |
Australia |
Austria |
Canada |
France |
Germany |
Greece |
Israel |
Italy |
Japan |
Korea, Republic of |
South Africa |
Spain |
Thailand |
Turkey |
United Kingdom |
United States |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
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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The end of the study is defined as the date of the last visit of the last participant in the study. |
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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 | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 10 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 24 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 21 |