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Clinical Trial Summary

Mepolizumab is an anti-interleukin-5 ( IL-5) monoclonal antibody that neutralizes IL-5 and reduces eosinophil counts in both sputum and blood. Omalizumab is an anti-immunoglobulin E (IgE) monoclonal antibody (mAb) used in the treatment of severe allergic eosinophilic asthma

The investigators propose that in patients with the dual phenotypes of severe allergic and eosinophilic asthma, that Mepolizumab is as effective as Omalizumab. However, this trial will also identify key clinical biomarkers that will clarify which patients will respond best to each of these interventions.

This study will be the first direct clinical comparison of these agents and will apply expert clinical characterization, along with cutting edge biotechnology to better inform treatment choices for severe asthma. This is an important and urgent management problem facing the Australian pharmaceutical scheme, where imprecision in prescribing will result in reduced clinical effectiveness as well as substantial and sustained costs.


Clinical Trial Description

'Choosebetweenamab' will compare active treatment arms (Mepolizumab and Omalizumab) for efficacy and adverse events in a Phase 4, parallel arm, randomized controlled trail setting with computer generated randomization (permuted block randomization, with block sizes of 4 or 6, stratified by baseline eosinophil count using a median split). There is no placebo control. Particpants will not be blinded but masking will be used for people assessing outcomes and analyzing data.

'Chossebetweenamab' will also include a secondary outcome substudy (ISS 11066) to assess biomarkers of efficacy response to treatment using single cell sequencing of peripheral blood cells. Blood samples are taken from the randomized patients in each treatment arm (Mepolizumab and Omalizumab) at baseline and gene expression changes assessed using transcriptomic single cell sequencing of patient white blood cells. The data generated from this will be compared to the clinical outcomes of 'Choosebetweenamab' at all follow-up time points. Single cell gene expression and cell type cluster patterning will be compared to the primary and secondary outcomes to identify baseline predictors (gene and cell type) of treatment efficacy. ;


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NCT number NCT04585997
Study type Interventional
Source University of Newcastle, Australia
Contact Peter Wark, MBBS/PhD
Phone (02) 40420110
Email peter.wark@health.nsw.gov.au
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date November 3, 2018
Completion date December 2022

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