Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT05331755 |
Other study ID # |
SGZ-2021-13401 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
April 1, 2021 |
Est. completion date |
December 31, 2022 |
Study information
Verified date |
September 2023 |
Source |
Franciscus Gasthuis |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Observational
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Clinical Trial Summary
Rationale: Dupilumab has proven to be effective and safe in several large randomized
controlled trials. However, study populations in RCT's represent only a small proportion of
severe asthma patients treated in real life circumstances. Therefore, real-life studies
provide data complementary to RCT's derived from a more diverse and heterogeneous group of
patients. This study is unique in that it represents a large population of European patients
that are not represented in the Global Registry.
Objective: To collect and analyse efficacy and safety data in severe asthma patients treated
with dupilumab in a real-life setting.
Study design: Single center, retrospective cohort analysis of severe asthma patients treated
with dupilumab, as decided by the treating physician.
Setting: Severe Asthma Expert Center Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam Study
population: All patients that started with dupilumab from jan 2019 (early access program)
until June 2020 are eligible for the study. They should be 18 years or older, with severe T2
high asthma and treated with at least one dose of dupilumab.
Main study parameters/endpoints:
- Primary endpoint: To assess changes in annual exacerbation rate between baseline and
after 12 months treatment in severe asthma patients treated with dupilumab.
- Secondary endpoints: To collect data on ACQ, OCS use, FEV1, treatment response rate,
influence of co-morbidities and safety.
Methods:
Exacerbation history and patient characterization will be done at baseline. We aim to include
patients in the analysis that had at least one administration of dupilumab
(intention-to-treat). Treatment response evaluation is done at 12 months. Final evaluation of
efficacy and safety is done at 12 months of treatment. We aim to enroll at least 120 patients
in the study. Data collection will be done in Castor Electronic Data Capture. Of the 120
patients scheduled for inclusion, all have already started treatment and data will be
collected retrospectively at the predefined time points. Patient data will be handled
confidentially.
Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group
relatedness: Since this is a retrospective cohort analysis there are no extra visits,
interventions or procedures needed. Therefore, there is no increased burden or risk for the
patients involved.
Description:
1. INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE
Background:
Severe asthma is a rare condition affecting approximately 5% of all asthma patients.
Patients experience daily symptoms and often have frequent exacerbations despite the use
of high dose ICS and LABA. Influencing factors such as co-morbidity and non-adherence to
therapy are optimized. Nevertheless, they continue having uncontrolled asthma or can
only be controlled with systemic corticosteroids.
Dupilumab is a monoclonal anti-IL-4Rα antibody developed for the treatment of severe
asthma. It effectively targets both the IL-4 and IL-13 pathway, resulting in reduction
of asthma exacerbations and improvement of asthma control in patients with T2-high
asthma. T2-inflammation is defined by the presence of eosinophils in sputum or blood,
clinically relevant allergic sensitization and/or increased fraction of exhaled nitric
oxide (FeNO). This type of inflammation is present in 60-70% of severe asthma patients.
Severe asthma is a heterogeneous group of asthma phenotypes which are not all
represented well in previously performed clinical trials. Therefore, it is of importance
to conduct real-life studies which include all kind of patients regardless of
co-morbidity, environmental exposures, previous treatment with biologicals or ethnical
background. These studies provide the necessary data that complement to those obtained
by RCT's.
To date, little is known about the response rate, efficacy, and safety of dupilumab in
daily practice. To our knowledge, this study will be the largest study to date to assess
response rate, efficacy as well as safety in patients with severe T2-high asthma who are
treated with at least one dose of dupilumab. The investigators expect 80% of the
patients to respond to dupilumab. This is in line with the French cohort of dupilumab in
real life published bij Dupin et al. Furthermore, half of the patients will be on
chronic OCS treatment, these patients are expected to respond well, even so patients
with nasal polyposis and atopic eczema. The investigators expect a reduction in mean ACQ
of 0.8 point (MCID = -0,5) and in asthma-exacerbations of at least 70% compared to
baseline (MCID = -30%). This would be in line with previous real life biological studies
that the investigators performed in and the French cohort. As for post-FEV1 the
investigators expect an increase of 10% predicted during the study period. The
investigators expect 40% to be super-responders.
Study rationale:
Dupilumab has proven to be effective and safe in several large randomized controlled
trials. However, study populations in RCT's represent only a small proportion of severe
asthma patients treated in real life circumstances. Therefore, real-life studies provide
data complementary to RCT's derived from a more diverse and heterogeneous group of
patients.
2. OBJECTIVES
Primary objectives:
To assess changes in annual exacerbation rate prior to and after 12 months treatment in
severe asthma patients treated with dupilumab.
Secondary objectives:
- Patient characterization, including severity and inflammatory profile,
- Diagnosis and referral history,
- Responder rate and average treatment time with dupilumab,
- Efficacy in patients previously treated with biologicals (anti-IgE, anti-IL5),
- Change in lung function,
- Change in asthma control,
- Reduction of comedication,
- Reduction in hospital admissions
- Effect on comorbidities,
- Safety issues.
3. STUDY DESIGN Single center, retrospective cohort analysis of severe asthma patients
treated with dupilumab, as decided by the treating physician. The follow-up period is
one-year after start of therapy. Patients that stopped treatment with dupilumab during
the follow-up year are also included in the data analysis.
4. STUDY POPULATION 4.1 Population (base)
Included patients will have severe type 2 high asthma, are eligible for dupilumab
conform EU label, minimally treated with high dose ICS and LABA and have:
- blood eosinophils 150 - 1500/mm2 OR
- FeNO >20 ppb OR
- clinical significant inhalation allergy (+ sIgE positive) OR
- OCS dependency
The investigators have access to dupilumab since January 2019 (early access program);
from June 2019 on dupilumab was registered in the Netherlands. To date, the
investigators have 143 patients on dupilumab treatment. There is no extra burden for the
patient because there is no intervention and because the visits and outcome parameters
described in this proposal are already part of standard care in the Institution, a
tertiary referral centre. Therefore, the investigators expect to include at least 85% of
the patients. Our back-up plan is to extend the study to our regional severe asthma
network South-West Netherlands, which comprises 11 general hospitals and 1 academic
centre.
4.2 Inclusion criteria All patients that started with dupilumab from Jan 2019 (early
access program) until June 2020 are eligible for the study. They should be 18 years or
older, with severe T2 high asthma and treated with at least one dose of dupilumab. All
included patients should provide written informed consent.
4.3 Exclusion criteria Patients with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) or
EGPA (Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with PolyAngiitis) will be excluded.
Also, patients that had dupilumab prescribed for other reasons (nasal polyposis or
atopic dermatitis) will be excluded as well.
4.4 Sample size calculation Since the study is retrospective and observational in
nature, no sample size calculation needs to be done.
5. TREATMENT OF SUBJECTS Patients will be uploaded with 600 mg when having atopic eczema or
nasal polyposis as a co-morbid condition next to their severe asthma or when on
maintenance treatment with OCS. In all other cases 400 mg dupilumab was considered
sufficient. After the first dose treatment was continued with resp. 300 mg or 200 mg
according to the local protocol. The first three injections were given in the hospital.
After the third injection patients were allowed to proceed with self-injection at home.
During the first year of treatment patients were followed-up at regular intervals either
by outpatient visit or telephone call.
5.1 Summary of findings from non-clinical studies Dupilumab is a monoclonal anti-IL-4Rα
antibody developed for the treatment of severe asthma. It effectively targets both the
IL-4 and IL-13 pathway.
5.2 Summary of findings from clinical studies Treatment with dupilumab results in
reduction of asthma exacerbations and improvement of asthma control in patients with
T2-high asthma.
5.3 Summary of known and potential risks and benefits Dupilumab is already registered
for the treatment of severe T2-high asthma. It has proven to be effective and safe in
RCT's. However, it is of importance to conduct real-life studies which include all kind
of patients regardless of co-morbidity, environmental exposures, previous treatment with
biologicals or ethnical background. These studies provide the necessary data that
complement to those obtained by RCT's.
6. METHODS 6.1 Study parameters/endpoints 6.1.1 Main study parameter/endpoint To assess
asthma exacerbation* rate annually at both baseline (up to 12 months prior to the start
of dupilumab therapy) and after 12 months of dupilumab therapy.
6.1.2 Secondary study parameters/endpoints (if applicable)
- Patient characterization, including severity (GINA score), Medical Research
Council- dyspnea scale (MRC), FeNO (ppb) and blood eosinophils (abs nr).
- Diagnosis and referral history, including time between diagnosis, referral and
treatment initiation.
- Responder rate, according to predefined criteria** (super response, partial
response and no response).
- Average treatment time with dupilumab after 12 months follow-up (total group).
- Exacerbation rate at 6 months.
- Change in asthma control*** (ACQ-5)
- Efficacy in patients previously treated with biologicals (anti-IgE, anti-IL5).
- Change in lung function (FEV1) in mL and %pred; change in FeNO (ppb).
- Reduction of comedication, including dose of oral corticosteroids (OCS).
- Hospital admission; historical data 1 year before start until 1 year after start of
dupi-lumab.
- Effect on comorbidities, including atopic dermatitis, sinusitis and nasal polyps.
- Safety, adverse events and serious adverse events (aligning with Sanofi
require-ments).
- Asthma exacerbation: increase of asthma symptoms above daily variation
requiring treatment with oral corticosteroids for at least 3 days.
- Super responders were defined as follows: meeting at least 3 or more
criteria (2 of which should be major) and should be assessed over 12
months.
Major criteria:
- No exacerbations
- Major improvement in asthma control (2x MCID)
- No maintenance OCS (or weaning to adrenal insufficiency)
Minor Criteria:
- 75% exacerbation reduction
- Well-controlled asthma (ACQ < 1.0)
- More than 500 mL improvement in FEV1
Patients were considered partial responders after 12 months when they met at least 1
(but < 3) of the above-mentioned criteria after 12 months of dupilumab therapy.
Non-responders were characterized by meeting none of the above criteria and/or quitting
dupilumab before 12 months due to insufficient efficacy according to the treating
physician or patient.
*** Asthma control, using Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ, Juniper 1999): the
investigators use the ACQ-5 comprising 5 questions about symptoms. An improvement of 0,5
is considered to be clinically significant.
6.2 Randomisation, blinding and treatment allocation NA
6.3 Study procedures Data were collected from the digital patient file system of the
Sint Franciscus Hospital Rotterdam (HiX: Healthcare Information eXchange, Chipsoft BV,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and stored in Castor EDC (Castor Electronic Data Capture,
Ciwit BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands).
Of the 120 patients scheduled for inclusion, all have already started treatment and data
will be collected retrospectively at the predefined time points: At start of dupilumab
therapy (baseline), at 6 months- and at 12 months after initiation of dupilumab therapy.
Patient data will be handled confidentially. For each subject a unique identification
code will be used to link the data to the subject. The personal data will be handled
according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Patients will be asked for
written informed consent to share their clinical information anonymously.
6.4 Withdrawal of individual subjects All patients will be asked for their consent prior
to data collection. Subjects can withdraw their consent at any time for any reason if
they wish to do so without any consequences.
6.5 Replacement of individual subjects after withdrawal NA
6.6 Follow-up of subjects withdrawn from treatment Patients that stopped with dupilumab
within one year after start of the treatment will be included in the data analysis
following the intention-to-treat principle.
6.7 Premature termination of the study NA
7. SAFETY REPORTING 7.1 Temporary halt for reasons of subject safety NA
7.2 AEs, SAEs and SUSARs 7.2.1 Adverse events (AEs) Adverse events are defined as any
undesirable experience occurring to a subject during the study, whether or not
considered related to [the investigational product / trial procedure/ the experimental
intervention]. All adverse events reported spontaneously by the subject or observed by
the investiga¬tor or his staff will be recorded.
7.2.2 Serious adverse events (SAEs) A serious adverse event is any untoward medical
occurrence or effect that
- results in death;
- is life threatening (at the time of the event);
- requires hospitalisation or prolongation of existing inpatients' hospitalisation;
- results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity;
- is a congenital anomaly or birth defect; or
- any other important medical event that did not result in any of the outcomes listed
above due to medical or surgical intervention but could have been based upon
appropriate judgement by the investigator.
An elective hospital admission will not be considered as a serious adverse event.
7.2.3 Suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions (SUSARs) NA
7.3 Annual safety report NA
8. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 8.1 Primary study parameter(s) The primary effectiveness analysis
will be performed on the intent-to-treat (ITT) population comparing exacerbation rate at
12 months after first dose of dupilumab with exacerbation rate in the year prior to
initiation. The ITT population comprises all enrolled patients who received at least one
dose of dupilumab and had at least one post-baseline effectiveness assessment.
8.2 Secondary study parameter(s) Demographic and other baseline characteristics will be
summarized using descriptive statistics. All results are expressed as median for
continuous variables, and number (%) for categorical variables. Efficacy tables will
also be created for the per protocol (PP) population to measure the impact on the
results of patients with at least one major protocol deviation. The safety population
comprises all patients who were enrolled in the database, who received at least one dose
of dupilumab and had at least one post-baseline safety assessment. Descriptive summaries
are presented for treatment effect, asthma exacerbations, FEV1, ACQ-5, eosinophils,
FeNO, hospitalizations and OCS use.
Subgroup analysis will be done with the binomial regression model. Subgroup analyses
will be conducted on 3 predefined endpoints: previous biological use, atopy and nasal
polyps. Each subgroup will be evaluated for treatment response, ACQ, FEV1 (mL), FEV1 (%)
predicted, use of OCS and OCS dose at 12 months. The investigators will compare the
outcomes with historical data in the literature for magnitude of clinical effect. No
direct comparisons will be made. Data analysis will be performed with SPSS statistics
version 27 (IBM SPSS).
8.3 Interim analysis (if applicable) NA
9. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 9.1 Regulation statement The personal data will be handled
according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
9.2 Recruitment and consent Patient data will be handled confidentially. For each
subject a unique identification code will be used to link the data to the subject.
Patients will be asked for written informed consent to share their clinical information
anonymously.
9.3 Objection by minors or incapacitated subjects (if applicable) NA
9.4 Benefits and risks assessment, group relatedness Dupilumab is already registered for
the treatment of severe T2-high asthma. It has proven to be effective and safe in RCT's.
However, it is of importance to conduct real-life studies which include all kind of
patients regardless of co-morbidity, environmental exposures, previous treatment with
biologicals or ethnical background. These studies provide the necessary data that
complement to those obtained by RCT's.
9.5 Compensation for injury NA
9.6 Incentives (if applicable) NA
10. ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS, MONITORING AND PUBLICATION 10.1 Handling and storage of data and
documents Data collection will be done in Castor Electronic Data Capture. Of the 120
patients scheduled for inclusion, all have already started treatment and data will be
collected retrospectively at the predefined time points. Patient data will be handled
confidentially. For each subject a unique identification code will be used to link the
data to the subject. The personal data will be handled according to the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR). Patients will be asked for written informed consent to
share their clinical information anonymously.
10.2 Monitoring and Quality Assurance An independent monitor (quality officer), appointed by
the sponsor, will monitor the study data according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP). The
frequency of the monitoring is related to the risk of the investigation. For at least a
selection of the subjects, Informed Consents will be checked. Source Data Verification will
not or minimally be performed (checking if data from the Case Report Forms (research forms /
questionnaires) matches with the source data (patient status, results, etc.)). The quality of
data will be guaranteed by using the data management software Castor EDC. The monitor will
check whether all (S)AEs and SUSARs are adequately reported within the timelines as required
by law, the presence and correctness of the Informed consent forms, the delegation log and
the data storage
10.3 Amendments All substantial amendments will be notified to the METC and to the competent
authority.
Non-substantial amendments will not be notified to the accredited METC and the competent
authority but will be recorded and filed by the sponsor.
10.4 Annual progress report The sponsor/investigator will submit a summary of the progress of
the trial to the accredited METC once a year. Information will be provided on the date of
inclusion of the first subject, numbers of subjects included and numbers of subjects that
have completed the trial, serious adverse events/ serious adverse reactions, other problems,
and amendments.
10.5 Temporary halt and (prematurely) end of study report The investigator/sponsor will
notify the accredited METC of the end of the study within a period of 8 weeks. The end of the
study is defined as the last patient's included in the data file.
The sponsor will notify the METC immediately of a temporary halt of the study, including the
reason of such an action.
In case the study is ended prematurely, the sponsor will notify the accredited METC within 15
days, including the reasons for the premature termination.
Within one year after the end of the study, the investigator/sponsor will submit a final
study report with the results of the study, including any publications/abstracts of the
study, to the accredited METC.
10.6 Public disclosure and publication policy Data will be disclosed after review by
sponsor/PI and published on conferences and medical journals.