Safety Evaluation of Cellavita HD Administered Intravenously in Participants With Huntington's Disease

Huntington Disease Clinical Trial

— SAVE-DH  

Official title:

First in Human Study to Evaluate Safety of Cellavita HD Investigational Product After Intravenous Application in Participants With Huntington's Disease

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02728115
• Other study ID #: SAVE-DH
• Secondary ID: 51005115.9.0000.
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: October 16, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Azidus Brasil
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Cellavita HD is a stem-cell therapy for Huntington's Disease. This is a first-in-human, non-randomized, phase I study in which participants with Huntington's Disease will receive three intravenous injections and will be followed for 5 years to evaluate safety and tolearability of product and preliminary evidence of effectiveness.

Description:

This is a first-in-human, non-randomized, phase I study in which participants with HD will receive three intravenous injections of one of two doses of the investigational product, one every month for three months. Safety evaluation data will be composed by the register of adverse events (including type, frequency, intensity, seriousness, severity, and action taken related to the investigational product), could be include changes in vital signs, physical and medical evaluations, laboratory or serology tests and electrocardiogram (ECG), and by the incidence of benign and malign neoplasms. Preliminary evidence of efficacy will be evaluated by global clinical improvement (CIBIS) and evolution of disease improvement (motor, cognitive and behavioral degradation) through Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale - UHDRS and inflammatory markers: IL-4, IL-6, IL-10 (interleukin IL) e TNF-alpha (tumoral necrosis factor alpha). CNS improvement will be assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Fluctuation in suicide tendency grade will be evaluated by Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS).The immunological response of HD product over the administration period will be evaluated by CD4+ and CD8+ proliferation and inflammatory markers release. Participants who show evidence of loss of clinical benefit achieved over the course of treatment verified through worsening greater or equal to that expected for the natural course of the disease on motor, cognitive, behavioral and functional capacity symptoms assessed by the UHDRS scale, will receive additional doses of the product as long as there is clinical benefit at the Investigator's discretion and/or until the product is marketed. The same dose used by the subject during the treatment period will be administered throughout the period of additional doses.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 6
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 21 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Sign and date ICF;
• Ability to follow instructions as well as ability to understand and fulfill the study requirements correctly;
• Male participant aged = 21 and = 65;
• Participants who submit medical report (PCR) attesting Huntington's disease with a number of CAG repeats on chromosome 4, greater than or equal to 40 and less than or equal to 50 (if the participant has not performed the examination and/or if he does not have the report available, a new exam should be done);
• Score 5 points or more in motor assessment UHDRS scale (Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale) at the time of enrollment;
• Score between 8 and 11 points in the functional capacity of the UHDRS scale at the time of enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participation within 12 months in any clinical trial;
• Any medical observation data (clinical and physical) that medical research judge as a risk for subject if enrollment at the study;
• Any laboratory exam data that medical research judge as a risk for subject if enrollment at the study;
• Juvenile Huntington disease diagnosis;
• History of epilepsy;
• Diagnostic of major cognitive impairment;
• Active decompensated psychiatric disease;
• Current or prior history of neoplasia;
• Current history of gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, endocrine, pulmonary, hematologic, immune, metabolic pathology or severe and uncontrolled cardiovascular disease;
• Diagnostic of any active infection, be it viral, bacterial, fungal, or caused by another pathogen;
• Participants who have contraindication to undergo any of the tests performed in this study, for example, have pacemakers or surgical clip;
• History of alcohol or illegal drugs abusers;
• History of 1 or more episodes of suicide in the two years before Visit V-4;
• Active smoker or have stopped smoking less than six months prior to enrollment;
• Test positive in at least one of the serological tests: HIV 1 and 2 (Anti-HIV-1,2), HTLV I and II, HBV (HBsAg, anti-HBc), HCV (anti-HCV-Ab) and VDRL (Treponema pallidum);
• History of drug allergy, including contrasts for imaging, or bovine products;
• In use or expected use of immunosuppressive drugs or prohibited medicines for the first three months after the first administration of the investigational product;
• Any clinical changes that is interpreted by the medical researcher as a risk to participant's enrollment.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Huntington Disease

Intervention

Biological:
• Cellavita HD Lower Dose
The first three participants enrolled in the study will be assigned to the lower dose arm with staggered treatment, with an interval of 30 days between the first administration of the first participant and the first administration of the second participant assigned to this arm. All participants will receive a total of 3 intravenous administration, one every 30 days.
• Cellavita HD Higher dose
The last three participants enrolled in the study will be assigned to the higher dose arm with staggered treatment, with an interval of 30 days between the first administration of the first participant and the first administration of the second participant assigned to this arm. All participants will receive a total of 3 intravenous administration, one every 30 days.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Azidus Brasil Pesquisa Científica e Desenvolvimento Ltda.	Valinhos	São Paulo

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Azidus Brasil	Azidus Brasil Scientific Research and Development Ltda, Cellavita Pesquisa Científica Ltda

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Safety of Cellavita HD by periodic monitoring changes at adverse events, vital signs, laboratory tests, ECG and incidence of benign and malignant neoplasms	The safety of the investigational product will be evaluated in detail from periodic evaluations contemplating monitoring changes of: Adverse events including type, frequency, intensity, seriousness, severity, and action taken related to the investigational product study; Vital signs (BP, HR, axillary temperature), physical and medical examination (BMI, weight, height, medical condition - cardiovascular, pulmonary, digestive, musculoskeletal and peripheral, with emphasis on the neurological assessment and others); Laboratory tests included hematologic, biochemical, urologic and serological analysis; Electrocardiogram (ECG) of 12 derivations; Incidence and classification of benign and malignant neoplasms in the following organs/systems: CNS, lung, liver, spleen, pancreas, prostate, testicle, urinary, hematological and skeletal system through the laboratory tests, magnetic resonance imaging, computerized tomography and ultrasonography.	first year and in the following 4 years
Secondary	Preliminary efficacy of Cellavita HD by UHDRS improvement and global clinical response (CIBIS)	Will be evaluated by statistical comparison of the results of each UHDRS scale component: motor, cognitive and behavior. The global clinical response will be assessed by statistical comparison between baseline score observed by the Investigator before and after Cellavita HD treatment.	first year and in the following 4 years
Secondary	Preliminary efficacy of Cellavita HD by comparison of the inflammatory markers	Will be evaluated by statistical comparison of the inflammatory markers included IL-4, IL-6, IL-10 (interleukin IL) and TNF-alpha (tumoral necrosis factor alpha).	first year
Secondary	Immunological Response of Cellavita HD	The immunological response induced by Cellavita HD will be evaluated by statistical comparison between baseline results of CD4+ and CD8+ proliferation and the other evaluated times.	first year
Secondary	Preliminary efficacy of Cellavita HD by comparison of the CNS assessment	Will be evaluated by statistical comparison of the CNS assessment through magnetic resonance image at cortical thickness measurements, volumes of different brain structures, especially the basal ganglia, with special attention to caudate and metabolic changes identified in proton spectroscopy.	first year
Secondary	Risk of suicidal ideation by Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS)	Will be evaluated by suicidal domain. The classificatory pontuation may correspond to mild depression (score: 8 to 13), moderate depression (score: 19 - 22) and severe depression (score: > 23).	first year and in the following 4 years