A Long-term Extension of Study GNC-401

Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Long-term Extension of Study GNC-401 With Temelimab in Patients With Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (RMS) Under Treatment With Rituximab

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05049161
• Other study ID #: GNC-402
• Secondary ID: 2021-001973-21
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: August 27, 2021
• Est. completion date: May 18, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: July 2022
• Source: GeNeuro SA
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This Phase II study is a monocenter, long-term extension study of study GNC-401 and will start after individual completion of Week 48 of the GNC-401 study. At entry, all patients will receive active treatment with temelimab. The patients of the placebo group in study GNC-401 will be re-randomized to temelimab 18 mg/kg, 36 mg/kg or 54 mg/kg (1:1:1), while the patients who received temelimab in study GNC-401 will continue with the same dose in study GNC-402. Following final analysis of the results of the GNC-401 study, the Sponsor may switch all patients to an optimal dose of temelimab based on safety and efficacy demonstrated in the GNC-401 study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 33
• Est. completion date: May 18, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 18, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Main Inclusion Criteria:

1. The patient has given written informed consent to participate in the study;

2. Current diagnosis of RMS, based on the McDonald 2017 criteria ;

3. Patients must have completed study GNC-401. Completion is defined as having performed the Week 48 assessments of study GNC 401;

4. Have no clinical (relapses) or MRI signs (=2 new T2 lesions of >10 mm diameter) of acute MS disease activity, based on the Week 48 MRI of study GNC 401, or, if yes, been retreated prior to study entry with rituximab;

5. Have a B cell count =0.05 x 109 CD19 cells/L (assessed at the end of study GNC 401, or before inclusion in this study GNC 402 (available result from routine clinical practice); if not retreated with rituximab before entering study GNC-402, monthly B-cell count will be executed and retreatment will be considered by the treating physician when B-cells are >0.05 x 109 CD19 cells/L);

Main exclusion criteria

1. The emergence of any disease diagnosis during the course of study GNC-401 that is not due to MS and could better explain the patient's neurological signs and symptoms;

2. Body weight =40 kg;

3. Contraindication to continue rituximab therapy;

4. Has received rituximab less than 12 days prior to study entry;

5. Use of any of the following medications since Week 48 of the GNC 401 study:

1. Interferon (IFN) ß, glatiramer acetate, IV immunoglobulin (IVIG), dimethyl fumarate or teriflunomide;

2. Natalizumab, mitoxantrone, cladribine, alemtuzumab, cyclophosphamide, systemic cytotoxic therapy, total lymphoid irradiation, and/or bone marrow transplantation;

3. Highly potent immune modulating therapy, such as: ocrelizumab, ofatumumab, fingolimod, siponimod, ozanimod or anti-cytokine therapy, plasmapheresis or azathioprine;

4. Any experimental drugs for the treatment of MS;

6. Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Grade 2 or greater lymphopenia (based on Week 48 of study GNC 401);

7. Any major medical or psychiatric disorder that would affect the capacity of the patient to fulfill the requirements of the study, including:

1. Diagnosis or history of schizophrenia;

2. Current diagnosis of moderate to severe bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, major depressive episode, history of suicide attempt, or current suicidal ideation;

3. Current or past (within the last 2 years) alcohol or drug abuse;

8. History or presence of serious or acute heart disease such as uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmia or arrhythmia, uncontrolled angina pectoris, cardiomyopathy, or uncontrolled congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] class 3 or 4);

9. Known inability to undergo an MRI scan;

10. Contraindications to the use of 5% glucose solution for infusion;

11. Inability to follow study instructions, or complete study assessments, as defined by the protocol;

12. Any history of cancer with the exceptions of basal cell carcinoma and/or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, and only if successfully treated by complete surgical resection, with documented clean margins and any medically unstable condition as determined by the Investigator;

13. Pregnant or breastfeeding women;

14. Abnormal liver function tests: aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >2 times upper limit of normal range (ULN), or conjugated bilirubin >2 times ULN, or alkaline phosphatase (AP) or gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) >3 times ULN;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Sclerosis

Intervention

Drug:
• Temelimab 18 mg/kg
temelimab 18 mg/kg will be given as monthly (4-weekly) intravenous (IV) infusions over 48 weeks (12 administrations in total)
• Temelimab 36mg/kg
temelimab 36 mg/kg will be given as monthly (4-weekly) intravenous (IV) infusions over 48 weeks (12 administrations in total)
• Temelimab 54 mg/kg
temelimab 54 mg/kg will be given as monthly (4-weekly) intravenous (IV) infusions over 48 weeks (12 administrations in total)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Center for Neurology, Academic Specialist Center	Stockholm

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
GeNeuro Innovation SAS

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	safety and tolerability:adverse event	Number of Patients With Treatment-Related Adverse Events	48 weeks
Secondary	Neuroimaging	Change in Brain parenchymal volume fraction at Week 48 compared to Baseline	48 weeks
Secondary	Neuroimaging	change in magnetization transfer Saturation (MTSat) in periventricular NAWM at at Week 48 compared to Baseline	48 weeks
Secondary	Neuroimaging	Change in thalamic volume fraction at Week 48 compared to Baseline	48 weeks
Secondary	Neuroimaging	Change in magnetization Transfer Saturation (MTSat) in cortex at Week 48 compared to Baseline	48 weeks
Secondary	Neuroimaging	Change in T1 and T2 lesion volume at Week 48 compared to Baseline	48 weeks