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NCT number NCT02808871
Other study ID # 2017p000062
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date April 7, 2017
Est. completion date April 7, 2021

Study information

Verified date July 2022
Source Brigham and Women's Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to to assess the safety and tolerability of pirfenidone 2403 mg/day for the treatment of RA-associated interstitial lung disease.


Description:

This is a phase 2, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial of pirfenidone for the treatment of RA associated interstitial lung disease. Approximately 270 subjects will be randomized to receive Pirfenidone 2403 mg per day or placebo in a 1:1 ratio. The primary outcome of this study is to assess the efficacy of pirfenidone 2403 mg/day versus placebo in patients with RA associated interstitial lung disease, as defined by progression free survival over the 52 weeks of treatment. Patients will receive blinded study treatment from the time of randomization until the Week 52 Visit. Eligible patients aged 18 to 85 years must meet 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria for RA (Aletaha, Neogi et al. 2010) as well as RA-associated ILD, as determined by imaging and, when available, lung biopsy. Patients will be required to have a % predicted FVC ≥40 and % predicted DLCO or TLCO ≥30 at screening. The dose of study treatment will be titrated over 14 days. Patients will receive a telephone assessment at Weeks 1 and 2, and visit the clinic at Weeks 4, 8, 13, 19, 26, 39, and 52. Subjects will have a follow up phone call 28 days after completion of the study drug. Patients should complete a compliance diary between visits. If patients discontinue study treatment for any reason before the end of the study, they should continue with all scheduled study procedures through Week 52. If subjects are unable to complete the study visits as scheduled, all efforts should be made to complete an early termination visit. The primary outcome variable of this study will be progression free survival, defined as progression free from decline in FVC of 10% or greater during the 52 week study period. More information can be found at www.ralung.org.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 123
Est. completion date April 7, 2021
Est. primary completion date April 7, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 85 Years
Eligibility Patients must fulfill all of the following criteria to be eligible for enrollment in the study: 1. Age 18 through 85 years, inclusive, at Screening 2. Probable or definite diagnosis of RA according to revised 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria, without evidence or suspicion of an alternative diagnosis that may contribute to their interstitial lung disease. 3. Diagnosis of ILD 1. supported by clinically indicated HRCT, and when available, surgical lung biopsy (SLB), prior to Screening, and 2. presence of fibrotic abnormality affecting more than 10% of the lung parenchyma, with or without traction bronchiectasis or honeycombing, on screening and confirmed by adjudicated HRCT prior to Baseline 4. No features supporting an alternative diagnosis on transbronchial biopsy, or SLB, if performed prior to Screening 5. Attainment of the following centralized spirometry criteria (based on local spirometry on standardized equipment and centralized quality controlled): 1. percent predicted FVC = 40% at Screening 2. change in pre-bronchodilator FVC (measured in liters) between Visit 1 (Screening) and Visit 2 (Randomization) must be a <10% relative difference, calculated as: 100% * [absolute value (Visit 1 FVC - Visit 2 FVC) / Visit 1 FVC] 3. percent predicted DLCO or TLCO =25 % at Screening 4. Screening (Visit 1) pre-bronchodilator(BD) and Post-BD spirometry meets ATS quality criteria as determined by a central reviewer 5. Baseline (Visit 2) Pre-BD spirometry meets ATS quality criteria as determined by the site Investigator or the central reviewer 6. Able to understand and sign a written informed consent form. 7. For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use two adequate methods of contraception, including at least one method with a failure rate of <1% per year, during the 52 week treatment period and for at least 118 days after the last dose of study drug. 1. A woman is considered to be of childbearing potential if she is postmenarcheal, has not reached a postmenopausal state (= 12 continuous months of amenorrhea with no identified cause other than menopause), and has not undergone surgical sterilization (removal of ovaries and/or uterus). 2. Examples of contraceptive methods with a failure rate of <1% per year include bilateral tubal ligation, male sterilization, established and proper use of hormonal contraceptives that inhibit ovulation, hormone-releasing intrauterine devices, and copper intrauterine devices. 3. The reliability of sexual abstinence should be evaluated in relation to the duration of the clinical trial and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the patient. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, or postovulation methods) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception. 8. For men who are not surgically sterile: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm, as defined below: 1. With female partners of childbearing potential, men must remain abstinent or use a condom plus an additional contraceptive method that together result in a failure rate of < 1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 118 days after the last dose of study drug. 2. Men must refrain from donating sperm during this same period. PARTICIPANT EXCLUSION CRITERIA 1. Not a suitable candidate for enrollment or unlikely to comply with the requirements of this study, in the opinion of the investigator 2. Cigarette smoking or vaping within 3 months of Screening or unwilling to avoid tobacco products throughout the study 3. History of clinically significant environmental exposure known to cause pulmonary fibrosis (PF), including but not limited to drugs (such as amiodarone), asbestos, beryllium, radiation, and domestic birds 4. Concurrent presence of the following conditions: 1. Other interstitial lung disease, related to but not limited to radiation, drug toxicity, sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, or bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia 2. Medical history including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 3. Medical history of viral hepatitis (positive Hep A antibody in the absence of elevated liver enzymes is not an exclusion) 5. Concurrent presence of other pleuropulmonary manifestations of RA, including but not limited to rheumatoid nodular disease of the lung, pleuritis/pleural thickening, and obliterative bronchiolitis 6. Post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC <0.65 at Screening 7. Presence of pleural effusion occupying more than 20% of the hemithorax on Screening HRCT 8. Clinical diagnosis of a second connective tissue disease or overlap syndrome (including but not limited to scleroderma, sjogren's, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus but excluding Raynaud's phenomena) 9. Coexistent clinically significant COPD/emphysema or asthma in the opinion of the site principal investigator 10. Clinical evidence of active infection, including but not limited to bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, urinary tract infection, or cellulitis. The infection should be resolved per PI assessment prior to enrollment. Any use of antibiotics must be completed 2weeks prior to the screening visit. Note that prophylactic antibiotics are not contraindicated or exclusionary 11. Any history of malignancy diagnosed within 5 years of screening, other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or low grade cervical carcinoma, and/or low grade prostate cancer. Criteria for low grade prostate cancer: - Patients with suspicion for prostate cancer based on PSA and/or DRE should have been evaluated by urology - Patients with NCCN very low risk prostate cancer (· T1c and Grade Group 1 (Gleason 6) and PSA <10 ng/mL and Fewer than 3 prostate biopsy fragments/cores positive, =50% cancer in each fragment/coreg and · PSA density <0.15 ng/mL/g) can be monitored without intervention and enrolled in study. - Patients with NCCN low risk prostate cancer can be monitored on a case by case basis (T1-T2a and Grade Group 1 (Gleason 6) and · PSA <10 ng/mL) and enrolled in study. - All other patients should be excluded. 12. History of LFT abnormalities as outlined below, or imaging, laboratory or other clinical information suggesting liver dysfunction, advanced liver disease or cirrhosis. Evidence of hepatic impairment that in the opinion of the investigator could interfere with drug metabolism or increase the risk of the known hepatotoxicity of study drug. Any of the following liver function abnormalities: 1. Total bilirubin above the upper limit of normal (ULN), excluding patients with Gilbert's syndrome; 2. Aspartate or alanine aminotransferase (AST/SGOT or AST/SGPT) > 3 X ULN; 3. Alkaline phosphatase > 2.5 X ULN. 13. History of end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis 14. History of unstable or deteriorating cardiac disease, or unstable cardiac arrhythmia or arrhythmia requiring modification of drug therapy, myocardial infarction within the previous year, heart failure requiring hospitalization. 15. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, might be significantly exacerbated by the known side effects associated with the administration of pirfenidone 16. History of alcohol or substance abuse in the past 2 years, at the time of Screening 17. Family or personal history of long QT syndrome 18. Any of the following test criteria above specified limits: 1. Estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/1.73m2 2. ECG with a QTc interval >500 msec at Screening 19. Prior use of pirfenidone or known hypersensitivity to any of the components of study treatment 20. Use of any of the following therapies within 28 days before Screening and during participation in the study: 1. Investigational therapy, defined as any drug that has not been approved for marketing for any indication in the country of the participating site 2. Potent inhibitors of CYP1A2(e.g. fluvoxamine, enoxacin) 3. Potent inducers of CYP1A2. 4. Sildenafil (daily use). Note: intermittent use for erectile dysfunction is allowed 21. Introduction and/or modification of dose of corticosteroids or any cytotoxic, immunosuppressive, or cytokine modulating or receptor antagonist agent for the management of pulmonary manifestations of RA, within 3 months of screening, is an exclusion criterion for enrollment, with the exception of dose modification of systemic corticosteroids that are maintained at or below 20 mg prednisone daily or the equivalent. However, introduction and/or modification of dose of corticosteroids or any cytotoxic, immunosuppressive, or cytokine modulating or receptor antagonist agent for the management of extrapulmonary manifestations of RA is not an exclusion criterion for enrollment. 22. Any use of an approved anti-fibrotic medication within 28 days of screening.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Pirfenidone
Pirfenidone three times daily (2403 mg) for 52 weeks
Placebo
Placebo three times daily for 52 weeks

Locations

Country Name City State
Australia Royal Brompton Brisbane Queensland
Australia Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Camperdown Sydney
Australia The Prince Charles Hospital Camperdown
Australia Melbourne Alfred Hospital Melbourne Victoria
Canada University of Calgary Cummings School of Medicine Calgary Alberta
Canada St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Ontario
Canada Toronto General Hospital Toronto Ontario
Canada St. Paul's Hospital - Providence Health Care Vancouver British Columbia
United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Headquarters, Southmead Hospital Bristol
United Kingdom Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge
United Kingdom Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Exeter
United Kingdom Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds
United Kingdom University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Foundation Trust Leicester
United Kingdom Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Liverpool
United Kingdom Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust London
United Kingdom Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (South) Wythenshawe Hospita Manchester
United Kingdom Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle Upon Tyne
United Kingdom Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Norwich
United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford
United Kingdom University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Southhampton
United States University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan
United States John Hopkins Medicine Baltimore Maryland
United States University of Alabama Site at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama
United States Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts
United States National Jewish Health Denver Colorado
United States University of Miami Miami Florida
United States Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville Tennessee
United States Tulane Medical Center New Orleans Louisiana
United States Weill Cornell Medicine New York New York
United States Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota
United States University of Utah Health Care Salt Lake City Utah
United States University of California San Francisco San Francisco California
United States University of Washington Seattle Washington

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Australia,  Canada,  United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Disease Activity Score (DAS) Change from Baseline to end of study in Disease Activity Score (DAS) 52 weeks
Other RAPID3 Score Change from baseline to end of study in Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) score 52 weeks
Other Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Change from Baseline to end of study in Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) 52 weeks
Other CRP Change from Baseline to end of study in C-Reactive Protein (CRP) 5. Candidate 52 weeks
Other Biomarker Expression Candidate biomarker expression in the peripheral blood of patients with RA-ILD over the 52 weeks of treatment 52 weeks
Other HRCT Parameters Changes from Baseline to end of study in high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) parameters evaluated by quantitative functional imaging 52 weeks
Other SGRQ Changes from Baseline to Week 13, 26, 39 and final visit in the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) 52 weeks
Other Dyspnea 12 Changes from Baseline to Week 13, 26, 39 and final visit in Dyspnea 12 questionnaire 52 weeks
Other LCQ Changes from Baseline to Week 13, 26, 39 and final visit in Leicester Cough Questionnaire (LCQ) 52 weeks
Other Patient Global Assessment Changes from Baseline to Week 13, 26, 39 and final visit in the Patient global assessment 52 weeks
Other Health Assessment Questionnaire Changes from Baseline to Week 13, 26, 39 and final visit in the Health assessment questionnaire 52 weeks
Primary Number of Participants Who Developed Any Element of the Composite Endpoint Number of participants who developed any element of the composite endpoint of decline in percent predicted FVC of 10% or greater or death. 52 weeks
Secondary Number of Participants With FVC Decline From Baseline of 10% or Greater Number of participants with decline from baseline in percent predicted FVC of 10% or greater during the study period. 52 weeks
Secondary Number of Participants With Progressive Disease Number of participants with progressive disease as defined by OMERACT: FVC% relative decline of >=10% or FVC% change in >=5< 10% and >=15% diffusing capacity (DLCO) 52 weeks
Secondary Change in Absolute Value FVC Over the 52 Week Study Period Change from baseline to end of study in absolute value of FVC over the 52 week study period 52 weeks
Secondary Change in % Predicted FVC From Baseline to End of Study Over the 52 Week Study Period Change from baseline to end of study of percent predicted FVC over the 52 week study period 52 weeks
Secondary Time to Composite of Decline in FVC or Death Time to decline of 10% or greater in percent predicted FVC or death while on study 52 weeks
Secondary Change in PRO of Dyspnea Change from Baseline to end of study in dyspnea, as measured by the Dyspnea 12 questionnaire - Total scores range from 0 to 36, with higher scores corresponding to greater severity. 52 weeks
Secondary All-cause Mortality Number of participants experiencing mortality due to all causes 52 weeks
Secondary All Cause Hospitalization Number of participants requiring hospitalization for any cause 52 weeks
Secondary Hospitalization for Respiratory Cause Number of participants requiring hospitalization for respiratory cause 52 weeks
Secondary Acute Exacerbations Requiring Hospitalization Number of participants experiencing acute exacerbation requiring hospitalization 52 weeks
Secondary Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (AEs) Number of participants with treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs) 52 weeks
Secondary Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) Number of participants with treatment-emergent serious adverse events (SAEs) in the as treated population 52 weeks
Secondary Treatment-emergent/Treatment-related AEs Number of participants with treatment-emergent/treatment-related AEs 52 weeks
Secondary Treatment-emergent/Treatment-related SAEs Number of participants with treatment-emergent/treatment-related SAEs 52 weeks
Secondary AEs Leading to Early Discontinuation of Study Treatment Number of participants with AEs leading to early discontinuation of study treatment 52 weeks
Secondary Treatment-emergent Death or Transplant Number of participants who experienced treatment-emergent death or transplant 52 weeks
Secondary Treatment-emergent RA-ILD-related Mortality Number of participants who experienced treatment-emergent RA-ILD-related mortality 52 weeks