Belumosudil to Block Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) in High Risk Lung Transplant Recipients

Last updated: May 6, 2025
Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Placebo for Belumosudil

Belumosudil

Clinical Study ID

NCT06476132
DAIT CTOT-47
  • Ages > 12
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if taking the study drug, Belumosudil, for 52 weeks in addition to your usual care and medication, will prevent Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) in participants who have a lung biopsy that shows evidence of rejection or inflammation to the transplanted lung(s). For this study, biopsies that show evidence of Acute Rejection (AR), Lymphocytic Bronchiolitis (LB), Organizing Pneumonia (OP) or Acute Lung Injury (ALI) are referred to as "Qualifying Biopsies"; patients who had evidence of one or more of these conditions on a recent biopsy are eligible for enrollment in this study. Belumosudil is an investigational drug that blocks a molecule in the body that reduces inflammation and scarring and may play a role in the development and progression of CLAD. Belumosudil is a drug approved by the FDA to treat adults and children 12 years and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), a condition with some similarities to CLAD.

The primary objective it to determine the efficacy of treatment with Belumosudil + maintenance immunosuppression (IS) versus placebo + maintenance IS on preventing the subsequent development of probable or definite CLAD, lung retransplant, or death.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Participant and/or parent or guardian must be able to understand the purpose of thestudy, willing to participate, sign the informed consent, and if applicable assent.

  2. Single or bilateral lung transplant recipient age ≥ 12 years

  3. A qualifying biopsy obtained 90 to 410 days after lung transplant with evidence ofallograft injury histology; a qualifying biopsy must have one or more of thefollowing features alone or in combination: Acute Rejection (AR), LymphocyticBronchiolitis (LB), Organizing Pneumonia (OP), or Acute Lung Injury (ALI). Thepresence of any grade AR (A1 or greater) or LB (B1 or greater) qualifies forinclusion

  4. Females of reproductive potential and males with female partners of reproductivepotential must agree to use effective contraception during treatment withbelumosudil or placebo and for at least 3 months after the last dose. Participantsmust agree to refrain from donating or cryopreserving sperm, eggs (ova or ovocytes)for the purpose of reproduction during treatment with belumosudil or placebo and forat least 3 months after the last dose.

  5. Meeting hematologic laboratory criteria: absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 0.5 x 10(9)/L and platelet count >= 50 x 10(9)/L within 30 days of enrollment

  6. Meeting all blood chemistry laboratory criteria: aspartate aminotransferase (AST) oralanine transaminase (ALT) < 2x upper limit of normal (ULN), bilirubin < 1.5x ULNunless due to Gilbert's syndrome, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 30mL/min/1.73m2 within 30 days of enrollment

  7. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) negative within 30 days ofenrollment

  8. In the absence of contraindications, must have received adult vaccinations ordocumented immunity as outlined in current National Institute of Allergy andInfectious Diseases (NIAID) Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation (DAIT) Guidance for Patients in Transplant Trials

  9. Receiving Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI)-based maintenance Immunosuppression (IS)regimen

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Multi-organ transplants involving more than one organ type (e.g., heart-lung)

  2. Prior organ transplant or prior bone marrow transplant/hematopoietic stem celltransplantation

  3. Greater than 60 days after a qualifying biopsy

  4. Clinical AMR (possible, probable, or definite) any time prior to or at enrollment.

  5. Diagnosed with probable or definite CLAD according to International Society forHeart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) guidelines prior to enrollment.

  6. Posttransplant treatment with anti-thymocyte globulin within 30 days or alemtuzumabor any other prohibited medication within 90 days prior to enrollment.

  7. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) seronegative recipient who received EBV positive donorlung(s).

  8. Treatment with any other investigational pharmacologic agent within 30 days prior toenrollment.

  9. Significant active uncontrolled infection which, in the opinion of the investigator,would place the participant at increased risk.

  10. Current use of sirolimus or everolimus.

  11. Recipient human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive.

  12. Recipient Hepatitis B surface antigen positive or Hepatitis B core antibodypositive.

  13. Received lung(s) from a donor with known Hepatitis B virus (HBV) including HepatitisB core antibody positive donors.

  14. Recipient history of Hepatitis C, Hepatitis C seropositive, or received lung(s) froma donor with known Hepatitis C (participants who have 3 months of documentedconsecutive undetected Hepatitis C virus PCR after treatment or spontaneousclearance will not be excluded).

  15. History of clinically significant surgical factors (such as phrenic nerve damage,transplant lung resection, chest wall surgery), or mechanical factors (such asposttransplant airways disease including bronchial dehiscence, stenosis, dilation,or stent placement, pleural disease) that impedes lung function.

  16. Past or current medical problems, psychosocial concerns, or findings from physicalexamination or laboratory testing that are not listed above, which, in the opinionof the investigator, may pose undue risk from participation in the study, mayinterfere with the participant's ability to comply with study requirements, or thatmay impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study.

  17. Pregnant or breastfeeding

Study Design

Total Participants: 234
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Placebo for Belumosudil
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
March 12, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
June 30, 2027

Connect with a study center

  • University Health Network/Toronto General Hospital (Site #: 71121)

    Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N2
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • University of California, Los Angeles (Site #: 71123)

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Johns Hopkins (Site #: 71119)

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • St. Louis Children's Hospital of Washington University (Site #: 71006)

    Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Washington University (Site #: 71191)

    Saint Louis, Missouri 63130
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • NYU Langone Health (Site #: 71177)

    New York, New York 10016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Duke University (Site #: 71139)

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Site #: 71017)

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cleveland Clinic (Site #: 71101)

    Cleveland, Ohio 44195
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Pennsylvania (Site #: 71111)

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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