Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of FG-3019 (Pamrevlumab) in Participants With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Overview

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of pamrevlumab in participants with IPF, and the efficacy of pamrevlumab in slowing the loss of forced vital capacity (FVC) and the progression of IPF in these participants.

Full Title of Study: “A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of FG-3019 in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: November 16, 2017

Detailed Description

The study has been amended in February 2016 to further allow for the enrollment of a subgroup of participants (N=60) who will be allowed to receive treatment with approved IPF therapy with pirfenidone or with nintedanib as concomitant therapy. These additional participants will be stratified by background therapy, randomized to pamrevlumab or placebo, and followed up for 24 weeks. The main objective of the study remains safety. Pharmacokinetic (PK) samples to assess drug concentrations will also be collected. This sub-study portion only applies to a select United States centers. Enrollment for the main study was completed on 29 June 2016. Enrollment for the sub-study was completed on 16 December 2016.

Interventions

  • Drug: Pamrevlumab
    • Solution for infusion
  • Drug: Placebo
    • Solution for infusion
  • Drug: Sub-Study: Pirfenidone
    • Pirfenidone concomitant therapy will not be provided by the Sponsor.
  • Drug: Sub-Study: Nintedanib
    • Nintedanib concomitant therapy will not be provided by the Sponsor.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Pamrevlumab
    • Participants will receive pamrevlumab 30 milligram/kilogram (mg/kg) by intravenous (IV) infusion every 3 weeks for a total of 16 infusions over 45 weeks.
  • Placebo Comparator: Placebo
    • Participants will receive placebo matching pamrevlumab by IV infusion every 3 weeks for a total of 16 infusions over 45 weeks.
  • Active Comparator: Sub-Study: Pamrevlumab+Pirfenidone or Nintedanib
    • Participants will receive pamrevlumab by IV infusion every 3 weeks for a total of 8 infusions over 21 weeks. Initial treatment with pamrevlumab in all active comparator participants will be administered at a dose of 15 mg/kg for the first 2 dose administrations. If these are well tolerated, all following study drug administrations will be at 30 mg/kg. Pirfenidone or nintedanib will be dosed according to the instructions in their respective labels and the prescribing physician.
  • Placebo Comparator: Sub-Study: Placebo+Pirfenidone or Nintedanib
    • Participants will receive placebo matching pamrevlumab by IV infusion every 3 weeks for a total of 8 infusions over 21 weeks. Initial treatment with placebo in all active comparator participants will be administered at a dose of 15 mg/kg for the first 2 dose administrations. If these are well tolerated, all following study drug administrations will be at 30 mg/kg. Pirfenidone or nintedanib will be dosed according to the instructions in their respective labels and the prescribing physician.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Change From Baseline in FVC (Percent of Predicted FVC Value [% Predicted]) to Week 48
    • Time Frame: Baseline (Screening and Day 1), Week 48
    • FVC in liters was measured during the spirometry assessments at screening and during the randomized treatment period at Day 1 and every 12 weeks. The FVC (% predicted) was calculated for the corresponding gender-race-age group. The least squares (LS) mean change from Baseline to Week 48 (end of the randomized treatment period) in FVC (% predicted) is presented. Baseline was defined as the mean of the last screening visit and the Day 1 visit values. Other statistical analysis data is reported in the statistical analysis section. Observed data from all visits were included in the model.

Secondary Measures

  • Mean Change From Baseline in the HRCT Quantitative Lung Fibrosis (QLF) Score to Week 24 and Week 48
    • Time Frame: Baseline (Screening), Week 24 and Week 48
    • The extent of pulmonary fibrosis was measured by HRCT scans of the chest at screening and at Weeks 24 and 48, to determine the HRCT QLF score. Each lung was divided into 5 lobes (right upper, right middle, right lower, left upper, left lower). For the quantitative HRCT analyses, a computer read the images and quantified the percent (%) and volume (mL) of fibrosis for the whole lung by averaging the scores from each of 5 lung lobes. Baseline was defined as the Screening evaluation. Missing data were imputed using the multiple imputation (MI) method to handle missing values.
  • Number of Participants With IPF Progression Events up to Week 48
    • Time Frame: Baseline (Screening and Day 1) up to Week 48
    • IPF progression events included death from any cause or absolute decline in FVC (% predicted) value of ≥10%, confirmed by repeat spirometry. Classification of FVC (% predicted) declined ≥10% was based on observed and imputed data. Missing data in FVC (% predicted) were imputed using the predicted values from the random coefficient module with treatment, visit, visit-by-treatment interaction, and Baseline FVC (% predicted) as fixed effects and linear slope as random effect.
  • Mean Change From Baseline in the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Saint George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) Domain and Total Scores to Week 24 and Week 48
    • Time Frame: Baseline (Day 1), Week 24 and Week 48
    • HRQoL was assessed by the SGRQ to measure health impairment, and includes 17 questions in 3 domains: Symptoms, Activity and Impacts. The domain and total scores range from 0 to 100, with 0 indicating the best and 100 indicating the worst possible health status. Missing data at post-baseline visits were imputed as the predicted values from the random coefficient model which included treatment, visit, visit-by-treatment interaction, and Baseline SGRQ score as fixed effects and linear slope of visit as random effect.
  • Number of Participants With a Respiratory-Related Hospitalization
    • Time Frame: Week 55
    • Respiratory-related hospitalizations were reported by participants and recorded by the Investigators.
  • Number of Participants With a Respiratory-Related Death
    • Time Frame: Week 55
    • Investigators determined whether a death was respiratory-related.
  • Number of Participants With No Decline in FVC (% Predicted) at Week 48
    • Time Frame: Baseline (Day 1) to Week 48.
    • FVC in liters was measured during the spirometry assessments. The FVC (% predicted) was calculated for the corresponding gender-race-age group. Baseline was defined as the mean of the last screening visit and the Day 1 visit values. Classification of ‘No decline’ is based on observed and imputed data. Missing data in FVC (% predicted) are imputed using the predicted values from the random coefficient model with treatment, visit, visit-by-treatment interaction, and Baseline FVC (% predicted) as fixed effects and linear slope of visit as random effect.

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 40 to 80 years, inclusive. 2. Diagnosis of IPF as defined by current international guidelines. Each participant must have 1 of the following: (1) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) Pattern on an available high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scan; or (2) Possible UIP Pattern on an available HRCT scan and surgical lung biopsy within 4 years of Screening showing UIP Pattern. 3. History of IPF of ≤5 years duration with onset defined as the date of the first diagnosis of IPF by HRCT or surgical lung biopsy. 4. Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis defined by HRCT scan at Screening, with evidence of ≥10% to <50% parenchymal fibrosis (reticulation) and <25% honeycombing, within the whole lung, as determined by the HRCT central reader. 5. FVC percent of predicted value ≥55% at Screening. 6. Female participants of childbearing potential (including those <1 year postmenopausal) must be willing to use a medically acceptable method of contraception, for example, an oral contraceptive, depot progesterone, or intrauterine device. Male participants with female partners of childbearing potential who are not using birth control as described above must use a barrier method of contraception (for example, condom) if not surgically sterile (for example, vasectomy). 7. For sub-study only: Receiving treatment for IPF with a stable dose of pirfenidone or with a stable dose of nintedanib for at least 3 months before Screening initiation and willing to continue treatment with pirfenidone or with nintedanib according to the corresponding approved label and the prescribing physician, including all listed safety requirements (for example, liver function tests, avoidance of sunlight and sunlamp exposure and wearing of sunscreen and protective clothing daily for pirfenidone, and smoking cessation). Exclusion Criteria:

1. Women who are pregnant or nursing. 2. Infiltrative lung disease other than IPF, including any of the other types of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (Travis, 2013); lung diseases related to exposure to fibrogenic agents or other environmental toxins or drugs; other types of occupational lung diseases; granulomatous lung diseases; pulmonary vascular diseases; systemic diseases, including vasculitis and connective tissue diseases. 3. HRCT scan findings at Screening are inconsistent with UIP Pattern, as determined by the HRCT central reader. 4. Pathology diagnosis on surgical lung biopsy is anything other than UIP Pattern, as determined by the local pathologist. 5. The Investigator judges that there has been sustained improvement in the severity of IPF during the 12 months prior to Screening, based on changes in FVC, diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO), and/or HRCT scans of the chest. 6. Clinically important abnormal laboratory tests. 7. Upper or lower respiratory tract infection of any type within 4 weeks of the first Screening visit. 8. Acute exacerbation of IPF within 3 months of the first Screening visit. 9. Use of medications to treat IPF within 5 half-lives of Day 1 dosing. If monoclonal antibodies were used, the last dose of the antibody must be at least 4 weeks before Day 1 dosing. This applies to participants enrolled in Main Study only. 10. Use of any investigational drugs, including any investigational drugs for IPF, within 4 weeks prior to Day 1 dosing. 11. History of cancer diagnosis of any type in the 3 years preceding Screening, excluding non-melanomatous skin cancer, localized bladder cancer, or in situ cancers. 12. Diffusing capacity (DLCO) less than 30% of predicted value. 13. History of allergic or anaphylactic reaction to human, humanized, chimeric, or murine monoclonal antibodies. 14. Previous treatment with FG-3019. 15. Body weight greater than 130 kilograms.

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 40 Years

Maximum Age: 80 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • FibroGen
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Mark Wencel, M.D, Principal Investigator, Via Christi Clinic, P.A., USA
    • Joao de Andrade, M.D, Principal Investigator, The Kirklin Clinic, USA
    • Peter LaCamera, M.D., Principal Investigator, Steward St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, USA
    • Danielle Antin-Ozerkis, M.D., Principal Investigator, Yale University, USA
    • Rishi Raj, M.D., Principal Investigator, Northwestern University
    • Neil Ettinger, M.D, Principal Investigator, St Luke’s Hospital, USA
    • Rafael Perez, M.D, Principal Investigator, University of Louisville, USA
    • Timothy Albertson, M.D, Principal Investigator, University of California Davis Medical Center, USA
    • Yolanda Mageto, M.D., Principal Investigator, Vermont Lung Center, USA
    • Srihari Veeraraghavan, M.D, Principal Investigator, Emory University, USA
    • Nishant Gupta, M.D, Principal Investigator, University of Cinncinati, USA
    • Kevin Gibson, M.D, Principal Investigator, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
    • Lisa Lancaster, M.D., Principal Investigator, Vanderbilt University, USA
    • Mary Beth Scholand, M.D., Principal Investigator, University of Utah – Lung Health Research, USA
    • Mark Hamblin, M.D., Principal Investigator, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
    • John Fitzgerald, M.D., Principal Investigator, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
    • John Belperio, M.D., Principal Investigator, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA
    • Richard Enelow, M.D., Principal Investigator, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, USA
    • Evans R Fernandez-Perez, M.D, Principal Investigator, National Jewish Center, USA
    • Peter A Bercz, M.D, Principal Investigator, Pensacola Research Consultants, INC., USA
    • Krishna Thavarajah, M.D., Principal Investigator, Henry Ford Medical Center, USA
    • James Britt, M.D., Principal Investigator, University of Maryland, College Park
    • Danielle D. Hosmer, Principal Investigator, Legacy Research Institute, USA
    • David Lederer, M.D., Principal Investigator, Columbia University Medical Center, USA
    • Murali Ramaswamy, M.D., Principal Investigator, PulmonIx LLC, USA
    • Thomas O’Brien, M.D., Principal Investigator, Pulmonary Disease Specialist, PA, USA
    • Nadim Srour, M.D., Principal Investigator, Université de Sherbrooke / Hôpital Charles LeMoyne, Canada
    • Elvis Irusen, M.D., Principal Investigator, Tygerberg Hospital Respiratory Research Unit, South Africa
    • Anish Ambaram, M.D., Principal Investigator, Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital, South Africa
    • Heidi Siebert, M.D., Principal Investigator, Into Research, South Africa
    • Elizabeth Veitch, M.D., Principal Investigator, Concord Repatriation, Australia
    • Huw Davies, M.D., Principal Investigator, Daw Park Repatriation, Australia
    • Lutz Beckert, M.D., Principal Investigator, Christchurch Hospital NZ, New Zealand
    • Catherina Chang, M.D., Principal Investigator, Waikato Hospital, New Zealand
    • Benedict Brockway, M.D., Principal Investigator, Dunedin Public Hospital, New Zealand
    • Suzanne Poole, M.D., Principal Investigator, Tauranga Hospital, New Zealand
    • Raja Dhar, M.D., Principal Investigator, Fortis Hospitals, India
    • Bhanu Singh, M.D., Principal Investigator, Midland Healthcare & Research Center, India
    • Nandagopal Velayuthaswamy, M.D., Principal Investigator, Sri Bala Medical Centre and Hospital, India
    • Sujeet Rajan, M.D., Principal Investigator, Bhatia Hospital, India
    • Priya Ramachandran, M.D., Principal Investigator, St Johns Medical College Hospital, India
    • Natalia Stoeva, M.D., Principal Investigator, MHAT ‘Tokuda Hospital Sofia’, AD, Department of Pulmonology, Bulgaria

References

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