TArgeting Type 1 Diabetes Using POLyamines (TADPOL)

Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Trial

— TADPOL  

Official title:

TArgeting Type 1 Diabetes Using POLyamines (TADPOL): A Randomized, Double-Masked, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) to Preserve Insulin Production in Type 1 Diabetes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05594563
• Other study ID #: 4-SRA-2022-1205-M-B
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: March 14, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 2027

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Indiana University
• Contact: Maria L Spall, BSN
• Phone: 317-278-7034
• Email: malnicho[@]iu.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a drug known as DFMO in people with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• Does it reduce stress on the cells that make insulin?

• Does it preserve what is left of the body's insulin production? Participants will take either DFMO or a placebo (looks like DFMO but has no active ingredients) two times a day for about 6 months. Participants will have 6 in person visits and 1 phone visit over a period of 12 months. Visits will include blood draws urine collection and other tests.

Description:

This study will be a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2:1 random assigned, phase II clinical trial for individuals with recent onset type 1 diabetes. The investigators are conducting a double masked placebo-controlled intention to treat study enrolling persons with new onset T1D with documented continued residual C-peptide production. Within 45 days of screening and a run-in period during which eligibility will be determined and glycemic control optimized, subjects will have a 6-month double-masked treatment period with either DFMO or placebo. After a 6-month wash-out period the durability of effect will be assessed. Subjects will be randomly assigned either 1000mg/m2/day oral DFMO or placebo treatment at a 2:1 ratio.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: December 2027
• Est. primary completion date: December 2027
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 4 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Males and females 6- =40 years of age with a clinical diagnosis of T1D

2. T1D clinical diagnosis with insulin start date no more than 100 days prior to the time of randomization

3. Random non-fasting C-peptide level of >0.2 pmol/mL (equivalent to >0.6ng/ml) at screening.

4. Positive for any one of the following diabetes-related autoantibodies (IAA, GAA, IA-2, or ZnT8)

5. Treatment naïve of any immunomodulatory agent

6. Normal hearing at screening, defined as acceptable results of pure-tone audiometry (<20 decibel [dB] baseline thresholds for frequencies 250, 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Presence of severe, active disease that interferes with dietary intake or requires the use of chronic medication, with the exception of well-controlled hypothyroidism and mild asthma not requiring oral steroids. Presence of any psychiatric disorder that will affect ability to participate in study.

2. Diabetes other than T1D

3. Chronic illness known to affect glucose metabolism (e.g. Cushing syndrome, polycystic ovarian disorder, cystic fibrosis) or taking medications that affect glucose metabolism (e.g. steroids, metformin)

4. Inability to swallow pills

5. Psychiatric impairment or current use of anti-psychotic medication

6. Any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, may compromise study participation or may confound the interpretation of the study results.

7. Neutropenia (< 1,500 neutrophils/µL)

8. Leukopenia (< 3,000 leukocytes /µL)

9. Lymphopenia ( < 800 lymphocytes/µL)

10. Thrombocytopenia (<100,000 platelets/µL)

11. Clinically significant anemia or Hemoglobin as defined below:

In Adults: Hgb <12.0g/dL in females and <13.0g/dL in males In Children: 12- <18: <11.4 g/dL in females and <12.4 g/dL in males In Children: 6- <12: Hgb <11.2 g/dL

12. Impaired renal function (assessed by history and BUN/Creatinine, DFMO is renally excreted)

13. Allergy to milk or soy (components of Boost® drink used for mixed meal tolerance testing)

14. Female participants of child-bearing age with reproductive potential, must not be pregnant and agree to use 2 effective forms of birth control or be abstinent during the study period (see below). Male participants (including men who have had vasectomies) whose partners are pregnant or may be pregnant should use condoms while on study drug, until 2 weeks after discontinuation of drug, while the partner is pregnant.

15. Active seizure disorder, defined as requiring chronic medication at the time of study or having had a seizure within the past 12 months at the time of screening

16. Enrollment into another intervention trial.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
• Type 1 Diabetes

Intervention

Drug:
• DFMO
DFMO orally twice a day
• Placebo
Placebo orally twice a day

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan
United States	Barbara Davis Center	Aurora	Colorado
United States	University of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois
United States	IU Health Riley Hospital for Children	Indianapolis	Indiana
United States	Children's Mercy Hospital	Kansas City	Kansas
United States	Medical College of Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Wisconsin

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Emily K. Sims	Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Clinical efficacy of 1000 mg/m2/day of oral DFMO after 6 months of treatment	Primary endpoint defining clinical efficacy will be based on mixed-meal stimulated C-peptide area under the curve (AUC; in arbitrary units) in the treatment group compared to placebo after 6 months of DFMO treatment	6 month
Primary	Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5	A summary of serious and non-serious adverse events (AEs) will be reported.	through study completion, an average of one year
Secondary	Clinical efficacy of 1000 mg/m2/day of oral DFMO after 3 months of treatment, 9 months after treatment (or 3 months after treatment end), and 12 months after treatment (or 6 months after treatment end).	Secondary endpoints will be based on mixed meal stimulated C-peptide AUC (arbitrary units) at 3 months after treatment, 9 months after treatment, and 12 months after treatment.	through study completion, an average of one year
Secondary	Decrease in urinary polyamides after 6 months of DFMO treatment.	Decrease in urinary putrescine (in umol/g Cr) from baseline after 6 months of DFMO treatment, measured using high performance liquid chromatography.	up to 24 weeks after treatment
Secondary	Biomarkers of ß cell stress at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after treatment.	Fasting and stimulated proinsulin/c-peptide ratios (%) will be measured using immunoassays and reported at baseline, 3 months after treatment, 6 months after treatment, 9 months after treatment, and 12 months after treatment.	through study completion, an average of one year