Patients with transfusional iron overload due to hereditary anemias such as sickle cell disease, ß-thalassemia and Diamond-Blackfan anemia
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Interventions
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Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Willing and able to sign the approved informed consent. 2. Age: 18-60 years old at Screening 3. Transfusional iron overload due to: hereditary anemias such as sickle cell disease, ß-thalassemia and Diamond-Blackfan anemia; acquired anemias such as Myelodysplastic Syndrome and other forms of bone marrow failure. Patients must also: a. Be transfusion-dependent (8 or more transfusions annually) and b. Require chronic treatment with deferoxamine, deferasirox, and/or deferiprone. 4. Willing to discontinue all existing iron chelation therapies for a minimum period of one to five days prior to first dose of SSP-004184, the 24 week duration of the study and 1 week after last dose for a total of approximately 26 weeks. 5. Serum ferritin > 500 ng/mL at Screening. 6. Baseline (Day -14 to Day -7) liver iron concentration (LIC) between =3.5 and 350 ng/mL) in the last assessment before Week 24/48. 3. Week 24/48 liver iron concentration (LIC) =2.0 mg iron per g (equivalent dry weight, liver) determined by FerriScan® MRI. 4. Week 24/48 cardiac MRI T2* =10 milliseconds. 5. Agree to continue to use an approved method of contraception until 28 days after the last administration of SSP-004184. 6. In the opinion of the Principal Investigator, sufficient compliance with study drug dosing to support continued use of SSP-004184. Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 50 F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. As a result of medical review, physical examination or Screening investigations, the Principal Investigator considers the patient unfit for the study. 2. Non-elective hospitalization within the 30 days prior to Baseline testing. (Patients with sickle cell anemia who are admitted to the hospital for management of sickle crisis pain whose uncomplicated hospital course was four days or less and who, 14 days prior to Baseline testing, have returned to their previous health status are acceptable.) 3. Evidence of clinically relevant oral, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, endocrine, pulmonary, neurologic, psychiatric, immunologic, bone marrow or skin disorder as determined by the Investigator. 4. Evidence of significant renal insufficiency; e.g., serum creatinine above the upper limit of normal, proteinuria greater than 2 gm per day or calculated creatinine clearance of less than 60 mL/minute. 5. Cardiac left ventricular ejection fraction: a. Outside the locally determined normal range in the 12 months prior to Screening by echocardiography or MRI or b. 5 times the local upper limit of normal on two occasions in the previous 12 months or b. ALT > 200 IU at Screening 9. Use of any investigational agent within the 30 days prior to the Baseline testing. Requalification Exclusion Criteria (entry into 24 & 48 week extended dosing): 1. Has restarted prior chelation therapy. (NOTE: Ideally, patients will move directly from the initial dosing phase to the extended dosing phase with no pause in study drug dosing. Should there be an administrative need to interrupt study treatment, the patient may be allowed to remain off all chelator therapy for a maximum of 3 weeks prior to starting the extended phase of the study, should the Medical Monitor and the patient’s Principal Investigator deem it safe and clinically reasonable to do so.) 2. Evidence of clinically relevant oral, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, endocrine, pulmonary, neurologic, psychiatric, immunologic, bone marrow or skin disorder as determined by the Investigator which in the view of the Investigator and the Medical Monitor represents an unacceptable risk to the patient. 3. Evidence of significant renal insufficiency; possible examples include: serum creatinine above the upper limit of normal, proteinuria greater than 2 gm per day or calculated creatinine clearance less than 60 mL/min in the last assessment prior to the Week 24/48 visit. 4. Platelet count below 100,000/µL or absolute neutrophil count less than 1500/mm3 in the last assessment prior to the Week 24/48 visit. 5. Serum ALT >200 IU/L in the last assessment prior to the Week 24/48 visit 6. At Week 48 only: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction <55% by MRI
Design outcomes
Primary
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| Main Objective: Primary Objective #1 Safety and Tolerability To evaluate the safety and tolerability based on clinical assessments of two doses of SSP-004184 when administered daily to patients with transfusional iron overload. Primary Objective # 2 Pharmacodynamic To identify a differential response between dose groups in liver iron content determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Primary Objective # 3 To assess the safety and pharmacodynamic activity of FBS0701 when administered daily for up to 96 weeks. ;Secondary Objective: Secondary Objective #1 To assess the steady state pharmacokinetics of SSP-004184 in a sub-set of patients.;Primary end point(s): Primary Endpoint #1 Safety and Tolerability: Demographics will be tabulated and summarized. Medical and surgical history data at Screening will be listed, as will Physical Examination data including height and weight, vital signs (resting heart rate, semi-supine systolic/diastolic blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature), and ECG parameters will be tabulated and summarized. Treatment-emergent adverse events will be listed and summarized per treatment. All adverse events reported in this study will be coded using MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities). Laboratory values outside the laboratory normal ranges will be listed separately with comments as to their clinical significance. All patients who have taken at least one dose will be included in the safety analysis consistent with an intention to-treat analysis. Medical History is taken at Screening and updated on Day 1 (pre-dose). Vitals signs, laboratory safety testing and adverse events are captured at each study visit. ECG’s are taken at Screening, Day 1 and then repeated 12 weekly to Wk 24. Physical Examinations are performed at Screening, Day1 and then repeated 4 weekly. Primary Endpoint #2 Pharmacodynamic: Changes in Liver Iron Concentration (LIC) as assessed by FerriScan® magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from Baseline to | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
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| Secondary end point(s): Secondary Endpoint #1: Steady state pharmacokinetics (PK) will be evaluated at both Week 52 and Week 92 in a minimum of 6 patients. The concentrations of SSP-004184 will be measured in plasma from all patients using a validated assay method. Pharmacokinetic parameters will be tabulated and summarized. The concentration-time profiles for each subject and the mean concentration-time profile will be plotted. Pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated for a minimum of 6 patients at both Week 52 and 92 using standard non-compartmental methods as described below. The following pharmacokinetic parameters for SSP-004184 will be determined from the time and plasma concentration data: AUC0–24: The area under the plasma concentration versus time curve will be calculated using the linear trapezoidal rule from the zero time point to the 24 hour time point plasma concentration. Cmax: The maximum observed plasma concentration will be obtained directly from the plasma concentration time profile. tmax: The time to maximum plasma concentration will be obtained by inspection. If the maximum plasma concentration occurs at more than one time point, the first is chosen. kel: The terminal elimination rate constant will be obtained from the slope of the line, fitted by linear least squares regression, through the terminal points of the log (base e) concentration-time profiles. t½: The half-life will be calculated by the equation t½ = 0.693/kel. CL/F: Apparent total plasma clearance of drug after oral administration. Vz/F: Apparent volume of distribution during terminal phase after oral administration. Ue: Amount excreted into urine. fe: Fraction of oral administered drug that is excreted unchanged in urine. CLr: Renal Clearance Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation) will be calculated for all pharmacokinetic parameters. ;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: Sixteen blood samples for pharmacokineti | — |
Countries
Italy, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Contacts
Shire Pharmaceutical Development Ltd