Evaluate Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability, PK and PD of Emapalumab in Children and Adults With MAS in Still's or SLE

Last updated: October 14, 2024
Sponsor: Swedish Orphan Biovitrum
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Bone Diseases

Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus

Treatment

Emapalumab

Clinical Study ID

NCT05001737
NI-0501-14
2021-001577-24
  • Ages 6-80
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of emapalumab in children and adults with macrophage activation syndrome (sHLH/MAS) in Still's disease (including systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and adult onset Still's disease) or with sHLH/MAS in systemic lupus erythematous, resenting an inadequate response to high dose glucocorticoid treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion criteria Run-in phase in all cohorts

  1. Informed consent provided by the subject or by the subject s' legally authorized representative(s) with the assent of subjects who are legally capable of providing it, as required by local law.

  2. Male and female subjects aged between 6 months and 80 years of age at the time of diagnosis of MAS.

  3. MAS defined as per the criteria defined below for each cohort and requiring treatment with GCs.

Interventional phase in all cohorts

  1. Informed consent provided by the subject or by the subject's legally authorized representative(s) with the assent of subjects who are legally capable of providing it, as as required by local law.

  2. Male and female subjects aged between 6 months and 80 years of age at the time of diagnosis of active MAS.

  3. Subjects who have shown an inadequate response to high dose intravenous (i.v.) GCs administered for at least 3 days according to local standard clinical practice, including but not limited to pulses of 30 mg/kg PDN on 3 consecutive days. High i.v. GCs dose is recommended not to be lower than 2 mg/kg/ day PDN equivalent (or at least 60 mg/day in pediatric subjects of 30 kg or more, and at least 1g/day in adult MAS subjects). In case of rapid worsening of the subject's condition and/or laboratory parameters, as per Investigator judgment, inclusion may occur within less than 3 days from starting high dose GCs.

  4. Diagnosis of active MAS confirmed by the treating rheumatologist, having ascertained the followings:

a. Febrile subjects presenting with ferritin > 684 ng/mL. b. and any 2 of: i. Platelet count ≤ 181 x109/L ii. AST-level > 48 U/L iii. Triglycerides > 156 mg/dL iv. Fibrinogen level ≤ 360 mg/dL

  1. Female subjects of child-bearing potential willing to use highly effective methods of contraception from study drug initiation to 6 months after the last dose of study drug.

Specific inclusion criteria to Cohort 1 and Cohort 2

  1. Cohort 1:

  2. Confirmed sJIA diagnosis. For subjects presenting with MAS in the context of the onset of sJIA, high presumption of sJIA will suffice for eligibility.

  3. Confirmed diagnosis of AOSD as per Yamaguchi criteria.

  4. Cohort 2:

  5. Confirmed diagnosis of SLE as per SLICC'12 criteria.

Exclusion criteria

  1. Primary HLH documented by either the presence of a known causative genetic mutation or abnormal perforin expression and CD107a degranulation assay as described with primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis or by the presence of family history.

  2. Confirmed malignancy. Note: subjects with a suspected malignancy should have mononuclear cells typed by flow cytometry and/or tissue biopsy, as applicable, to rule out malignancy.

  3. Treatment with canakinumab, JAK inhibitors, TNF inhibitors and tocilizumab at the time of emapalumab initiation.

  4. Ongoing treatment with anakinra at a dose above 4 mg/kg at time of emapalumab initiation.

  5. Subjects treated with etoposide for MAS in the last 1 month.

  6. Clinically active mycobacteria (typical and atypical), Histoplasma Capsulatum, or Salmonella infections.

  7. Evidence of leishmania infections.

  8. Evidence of latent tuberculosis.

  9. History of hypersensitivity or allergy to any component of the study drug.

  10. Receipt of a Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine within 12 weeks prior to screening.

  11. Receipt of a live or attenuated live (other than BCG) vaccine within 4 weeks prior to screening.

  12. Pregnancy or lactating female subjects.

Study Design

Total Participants: 41
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Emapalumab
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
December 15, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
September 30, 2025

Study Description

Study NI-0501-14 is a two-cohort trial that enrolls subjects who are diagnosed with sHLH/MAS (MAS being a form of secondary HLH) and who are presenting an inadequate response to high doses of GCs. These subjects will be enrolled in 2 cohorts as per their background disease. The cohorts are defined as follows:

  • Cohort 1: MAS in the context of sJIA and AOSD.

  • Cohort 2: MAS in the context of pediatric and adult SLE.

The study has the objectives to investigate the efficacy, safety and tolerability, for 8 weeks, and PK and PD, QoL and immunogenicity in these 2 cohorts for up to 1 year after last dose of of emapalumab.

Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH) systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) Adult-onset Still's Disease (AOSD) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Connect with a study center

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven

    Leuven,
    Belgium

    Site Not Available

  • Alberta Children's Hospital

    Calgary,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • University of Calgary

    Calgary,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

    Montréal,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

    Montréal,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital for sick children

    Toronto,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Beijing Children's Hospital

    Beijing,
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Beijing Friendship Hospital

    Beijing,
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Fudan University

    Shanghai,
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc

    Olomouc,
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Vseobecna Fakultni Nemocnice v Praze

    Praha,
    Czechia

    Site Not Available

  • Hôpital Claude Huriez

    Lille,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Hôpital De La Conception

    Marseille,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades

    Paris,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière

    Paris,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Charité Universitätsmedizin

    Berlin,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

    Heidelberg,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • IRCCS G. Gaslini

    Genova,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    Milano,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

    Roma,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • IRCCS - Materno-Infantile Burlo Garofolo

    Trieste,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital

    Kawasaki,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital

    Takatsuki,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital

    Tokyo,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Yokohama City University Hospital

    Yokohama,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • UMC Utrecht

    Utrecht,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Szpital Specjalistyczny im. J. Dietla w Krakowie

    Kraków,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Wojewódzki Specjalistyczny Szpital Dziecięcy im. św. Ludwika w Krakowie

    Kraków,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Ortopedyczno - Rehabilitacyjny Szpital Kliniczny im. Wiktora Degi Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

    Poznań,
    Poland

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Sant Joan de Déu

    Barcelona,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario

    La Paz,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz

    La Paz,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe

    Valencia,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna

    Stockholm,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna (Ped. Rheum.)

    Stockholm,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital

    London,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

    London,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • UAB Hospital

    Birmingham, Alabama 35233
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UCLA Health

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida 32610
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia 30329
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Akron Children's Hospital

    Akron, Ohio 44308
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital, Abigail Wexner Research Institute

    Columbus, Ohio 43205
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Primary Children's Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84113
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rheumatology Clinic at University of Washington Medical Center - Roosevelt

    Seattle, Washington 98195
    United States

    Site Not Available

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