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Immunomodulatory Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Surfactant Related Gene Variants

Immunomodulatory Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease Associated With Surfactant Related Gene Variants

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07443436
Acronym
TIPS
Enrollment
30
Registered
2026-03-02
Start date
2026-10-01
Completion date
2027-10-01
Last updated
2026-03-02

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Conditions

Interstitial Lung Disease

Brief summary

Scientific justification : Variants in surfactant-related genes (SRG) explain approximately 6% of familial pulmonary fibrosis (FPF). The pathophysiology is unknown and seems to involve endoplasmic reticulum stress in type 2 alveolar epithelial cells. Variable improvement in the prognosis of childhood and adult interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with a variant of a SRG, initially reported to be lethal within months of diagnosis, has been observed since the consensual use of prednisone, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine targeting endoplasmic reticulum stress, without demonstration of the efficacy of any of these treatments alone or in combination. The investigators hypothesize that a treatment combining prednisone, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine is safe and could improve the prognosis of adult patients with ILD associated with SRG variant. Main objective and primary endpoint : Main objective: Evaluate the efficacy of triple immunomodulatory therapy (prednisone, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine) for 12 months in patients with ILD associated with a variant of a surfactant-related gene. Primary endpoint: Difference in forced vital capacity decline between the 2 groups at one year. Secondary objectives and endpoints : Secondary objectives: 1. tolerance of the triple therapy, 2. correlation between the respiratory, radiological and clinical functional response, 3. quality of life of the patients, 4. overall survival, transplant-free survival, exacerbation free-survival, hospitalization-free survival Secondary endpoints: 1. Clinical and biological tolerance (occurrence of an adverse effect during treatment), ECG (at 3, 6, 9, 12 months after randomization) (only HCQ or AZI patients) and ophthalmological (at one year after randomization) 2. Thoracic CT scan and PFT at 6 months and one year after randomization 3. Quality of life questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30, v3.0) at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year after randomization, 4. Collection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization. Design of the study : Multicenter, randomized, controlled, two-arm, parallel, open-label superiority study comparing triple immunomodulatory therapy (prednisone, azithromycin, and hydroxychloroquine) to standard of care Category : Category 2 Population of study participants: Patients aged over 18 years with ILD and SRG variant Number of participants included : 30 Design of the study : Multicenter, randomized, controlled, two-arm, parallel, open-label superiority study comparing triple immunomodulatory therapy (prednisone, azithromycin, and hydroxychloroquine) to standard of care.

Interventions

DRUGAzithromycin 250 mg x3/week (3 tablets/week)

Route of administration: oral route Duration of treatment: 12 months Market authorization: yes Use in their market authorization indication: no

DRUGPrednisone 10 mg/day

Route of administration: oral route Duration of treatment: 12 months Market authorization: yes Use in their market authorization indication: no

DRUGHydroxychloroquine 400 mg/day

Route of administration: oral route Duration of treatment: 12 months Market authorization: yes Use in their market authorization indication: no

Standard of care: any symptomatic treatment to interstitial lung disease. No other experimental or off-label treatment (such as ivacaftor) will be allowed during the study.

Sponsors

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Age ≥ 18 years and \<80 years 2. Carrier of a variant classified as pathogenic or probably pathogenic or considered as eligible by the genetic multidisciplinary discussion in SFTPA1, SFTPA2, SFTPC, NKX2-1, SFTPB or two variants classified as pathogenic or probably pathogenic or considered as eligible by the genetic multidisciplinary discussion in ABCA3 or SFTPB 3. ILD whatever the pattern corresponding to a volume \> 10% of the total lung on a CT scan of less than 2 years

Exclusion criteria

1. Contraindication to azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine and prednisone 2. Pregnancy and breastfeeding 3. Enrolment to another interventional study (clinical trial on medicinal product, medical device and interventional research involving human participants not concerning health product) 4. Subject deprived of liberty or subject under legal protection measure 5. No affiliation to any health insurance system 6. Refusal to participate to the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Difference in forced vital capacity decline between the 2 groups at one year.12 MonthsEvaluate the efficacy of triple immunomodulatory therapy (prednisone, azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine) for 12 months in patients with ILD associated with a variant of a surfactant-related gene.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
tolerance of the triple therapy12 monthsClinical and biological tolerance (occurrence of an adverse effect during treatment), ECG (including QTc prolongation) (at 3, 6, 9, 12 months after randomization) (only HCQ or AZI patients) and ophthalmological (at one year after randomization)
correlation between the respiratory, radiological and clinical functional response,12 monthsThoracic CT scan (progression criteria \[99\]) and PFT (Pulmonary function tests) at one year after randomization
Quality of life of the patients12 monthsQuality of life questionnaire (SF-36, scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the poorest health and 100 represents the best possible health) (EORTC QLQ-C30, v3.0 : a validated patient-reported questionnaire for assessing quality of life in cancer patients.) at one year after randomization,
Overall survival12 monthsCollection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization
Transplant-free survival12 monthsCollection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization
Exacerbation free-survival12 monthsCollection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization
Hospitalization-free survival12 monthsCollection of vital status, lung transplantation, hospitalization for pulmonary and non-pulmonary causes and episodes of exacerbation at each visit until the end of follow-up 12 months after randomization

Contacts

CONTACTAnnabelle METOIS
annabelle/metois@aphp.fr0140257939
CONTACTBORIE Raphaël
raphael.borie@aphp.fr

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 3, 2026