Efficacy and Safety of Intrathecal OAV101 (AVXS-101) in Pediatric Patients With Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Clinical Trial

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Official title:

A Randomized, Sham-controlled, Double-blind Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intrathecal OAV101 in Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Patients Who Are ≥ 2 to < 18 Years of Age, Treatment Naive, Sitting, and Never Ambulatory

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05089656
• Other study ID #: COAV101B12301
• Secondary ID: 2021-003474-31
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: February 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: February 27, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Novartis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of intrathecal (IT) OAV101 in treatment naive patients with Type 2 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who are ≥ 2 to < 18 years of age over a 15 month trial duration.

Description:

This is a multi-center, randomized, sham-controlled, double-blind study to investigate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of IT OAV101 in sitting and never ambulatory SMA participants. The study will enroll treatment naive Type 2 SMA participants who are ≥ 2 years to < 18 years. The study consists of a Screening and a Baseline Period followed by a Treatment Period 1 and Follow-up Period 1 (total of 52 weeks) and a Treatment and Follow-up Period 2 (total of 12 weeks). The total trial duration period is 64 weeks.

The study will include a standard screening period that will last 45 to 60 days, during which eligibility will be assessed and baseline assessments will be performed prior to treatment. Participants who meet eligibility criteria at screening and baseline visits will be randomized in a 3:2 ratio to receive OAV101 by lumbar intrathecal injection or to receive a sham procedure.

Treatment Period 1 consists of OAV101/sham administration with in-patient hospitalization on Study Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 (optional). Treatment Period 1 is followed by a 52-week out-patient Follow-Up Period 1 for safety and efficacy assessments.

At the time point each participant completes Follow-up Period 1, those who are eligible will subsequently enter into Treatment Period 2. Entry into Treatment Period 2 will occur immediately after each participant completes their participation in Follow-up Period 1. In Treatment Period 2, eligible participants who received a sham procedure on Study Day 1 of Treatment Period 1 will be hospitalized to receive OAV101 and participants who received OAV101 on Study Day 1 of Treatment Period 1 will be hospitalized to receive a sham procedure on Week 52 +1 Day. A sham procedure is a skin prick in the lumbar region without any medication. In-patient observation will continue on Week 52 +2 Days and Week 52 +3 Days (optional). Treatment Period 2 is followed by a 12-week follow-up period for safety and efficacy assessments. Blinding is maintained for all patients during both Treatment Period 1 and 2. At the end of the study all participants will be eligible to enroll in a long-term follow-up study (15 years) to monitor long-term safety and efficacy.

During the study, participants will complete visits as defined in the Schedule of Assessments. Prednisolone or placebo treatment will be given per study protocol.

Safety monitoring will be performed as per study schedule and protocol requirements. Safety for the participants enrolled in the study will be evaluated by a designated group of unblinded study team members together with the Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) as described in the charter.

The primary analysis will be performed after all participants have completed Week 52 or discontinued prior to Week 52. A final analysis will be performed after all participants have completed Week 64 (or discontinued prior to Week 64).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 125
• Est. completion date: February 27, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 2, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 2 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Key Inclusion criteria:

• Diagnostic confirmation during screening period of 5q SMA

• The patient must be treatment naive (historical or current use) for all SMN-targeting therapies (e.g., risdiplam (Evrysdi) and nusinersen (Spinraza)).

• Onset of clinical signs and symptoms at = 6 months of age

• A complete Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale - Expanded (HFMSE) assessment during the screening period for trial eligibility

• Able to sit independently at screening, but has never had the ability to walk independently.

Key Exclusion criteria:

• Anti-adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) antibody titer reported as elevated (reference to > 1:50 or validated result consistent with being elevated) at screening as determined by sponsor designated lab.

• Infectious process (e.g. viral, bacterial) or febrile illness prior to start of screening, and up to OAV101 treatment or sham procedure

• Hepatic dysfunction (i.e. alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total bilirubin, gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) or glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH), > upper limit of normal (ULN).

• Requiring invasive ventilation, awake noninvasive ventilation for > 6 hours during a 24-hour period, noninvasive ventilation for > 12 hours during a 24-hour period or requiring tracheostomy

• Complications at screening that would interfere with motor efficacy assessments including but not limited to, severe contractures or Cobb angle > 40 in a sitting position

• Surgery for scoliosis or hip fixation in the 12 months prior to Screening or planned within the next 64 weeks

• Clinically significant sensory abnormalities in the neurological examination at Screening

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Atrophy
• Muscular Atrophy
• Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
• Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Intervention

Genetic:
• OAV101
Gene therapy

Procedure:
• Sham control
The sham procedure will consist of a small needle prick on the lower back at the location where the LP injection is normally made. The needle will break the skin, but no needle insertion for lumbar puncture will occur.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Novartis Investigative Site	Campinas	SP
Brazil	Novartis Investigative Site	Curitiba	PR
Brazil	Novartis Investigative Site	Porto Alegre	RS
Brazil	Novartis Investigative Site	Sao Paulo	SP
China	Novartis Investigative Site	Beijing
China	Novartis Investigative Site	Beijing
China	Peking University First Hospital	Beijing
China	Novartis Investigative Site	Chengdu	Sichuan
China	Novartis Investigative Site	Chongqing	Chongqing
China	Novartis Investigative Site	Guangzhou	Guangdong
China	Novartis Investigative Site	Hangzhou	Zhejiang
China	Novartis Investigative Site	Shenzhen	Guangdong
Colombia	Novartis Investigative Site	Bogota
Denmark	Paediatric Neurology	Copenhagen
Egypt	Novartis Investigative Site	Cairo	Abbassia
India	Novartis Investigative Site	Hyderabad
India	Novartis Investigative Site	Kolkata	West Bengal
India	Novartis Investigative Site	Kozhikode
India	P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & MRC	Mumbai
India	AIIMS, Ansari Nagar	New Delhi
India	Sir Ganga Ram Hospital	New Delhi	Delhi
Malaysia	Novartis Investigative Site	Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia	Novartis Investigative Site	Kuala Lumpur
Mexico	Hospital Civil De Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde	Guadalajara	Jalisco
Mexico	Novartis Investigative Site	Mexico	Distrito Federal
Saudi Arabia	Novartis Investigative Site	Riyadh
Singapore	Novartis Investigative Site	Singapore
South Africa	Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital	Cape Town
Taiwan	Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital	Kaohsiung
Thailand	Siriraj Hospital	Bangkok
United States	Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois
United States	Connecticut Children's Medical Center	Farmington	Connecticut
United States	St Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis	Tennessee
United States	Children's Specialty Group/CHKD	Norfolk	Virginia
United States	Clinic for Special Children	Strasburg	Pennsylvania
Vietnam	National Children's Hospital	Hanoi

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Vietnam,  Brazil,  China,  Colombia,  Denmark,  Egypt,  India,  Malaysia,  Mexico,  Saudi Arabia,  Singapore,  South Africa,  Taiwan,  Thailand, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline in Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale - Expanded (HFMSE) total score at the end of Follow-up Period 1 in treated patients compared to sham controls in the = 2 to < 18 years age group	The HFMSE is a validated SMA specific assessment devised for use in children with SMA to give objective information on motor ability and clinical progression. The HFMSE contains 33 items rated from 0 (unable to perform) to 2 (performs without modification/adaptation/compensation). Total scores range from 0-66. Higher scores indicate higher levels of motor ability.	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Change from baseline in HFMSE total score at the end of Follow-up Period 1 in treated patients compared to sham controls in the = 2 to < 5 years age group	The HFMSE is a validated SMA specific assessment devised for use in children with SMA to give objective information on motor ability and clinical progression. The HFMSE contains 33 items rated from 0 (unable to perform) to 2 (performs without modification/adaptation/compensation). Total scores range from 0-66. Higher scores indicate higher levels of motor ability.	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Change from baseline in Revised Upper Limb Module (RULM) total score at the end of Follow-up Period 1 in treated patients compared to sham controls in the = 2 to < 18 years age group	The RULM is a validated SMA specific assessment of motor performance in the upper limbs from childhood through adulthood in ambulatory and non-ambulatory individuals with SMA. The scale consists of 19 scorable items: 18 items scored on 0 (unable) to 2 (full achievement) scale, and one item that is scored from 0 (unable) to 1 (able). Total scores range from 0-37 points. Higher scores reflect higher level of motor ability.	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Change from baseline in the RULM total score at the end of Follow-up Period 1 in treated patients compared to sham controls in the = 2 to < 5 years age group	The RULM is a validated SMA specific assessment of motor performance in the upper limbs from childhood through adulthood in ambulatory and non-ambulatory individuals with SMA. The scale consists of 19 scorable items: 18 items scored on a 0 (unable) to 2 (full achievement) scale, and one item that is scored from 0 (unable) to 1 (able). Total scores range from 0-37 points. Higher scores reflect higher level of motor ability.	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Number of participants with treatment emergent Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events	An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence (e.g. any unfavorable and unintended sign [including abnormal laboratory findings], symptom or disease) in a clinical investigation participant after providing written informed consent for participation in the study.; A Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (TEAE) is defined as an event that emerges during treatment, having been absent pretreatment, or worsens relative to the pretreatment state.; The occurrence of AEs must be sought by non-directive questioning of the participant at each visit during the study. Adverse events also may be detected when they are volunteered by the participant during or between visits or through physical examination findings, laboratory test findings, or other assessments.	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Achievement of at least a 3-point improvement from baseline in HFMSE total score at the end of Follow-up Period 1 in the = 2 to < 18 years age group	The HFMSE is a validated SMA specific assessment devised for use in children with SMA to give objective information on motor ability and clinical progression. The HFMSE contains 33 items rated from 0 (unable to perform) to 2 (performs without modification/adaptation/compensation). Total scores range from 0-66. Higher scores indicate higher levels of motor ability.	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Achievement of at least a 3-point improvement from baseline in HFMSE total score at the end of Follow-up Period 1 in the = 2 to < 5 years age group	The HFMSE is a validated SMA specific assessment devised for use in children with SMA to give objective information on motor ability and clinical progression. The HFMSE contains 33 items rated from 0 (unable to perform) to 2 (performs without modification/adaptation/compensation). Total scores range from 0-66. Higher scores indicate higher levels of motor ability.	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Number of participants with adverse events of special interest (AESIs)	An AESI is primarily defined by using standard Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) queries, and identified as follows: Hepatotoxicity; Thrombocytopenia; Cardiac adverse events; Dorsal Root Ganglia Toxicity; Thrombotic microangiopathy	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Number (and percentage) of patients with intracardiac thrombi	Intracardiac thrombi is defined as the presence of thrombus on post-baseline echocardiograms	Baseline up to 52 weeks
Secondary	Number(and percentage) of patients with low cardiac function	Low cardiac function is defined as left ventricular ejection fraction <56% or left ventricular fractional shortening <28% on post-baseline echocardigrams	Baseline up to 52 weeks