Early Prophylaxis Immunologic Challenge (EPIC) Study (EPIC)

April 28, 2021 updated by: Baxalta now part of Shire

A Phase 3b Clinical Study to Assess Whether Regular Administration of ADVATE in the Absence of Immunological Danger Signals Reduces the Incidence Rate of Inhibitors in Previously Untreated Patients With Hemophilia A

The purpose of the study was to assess if a once-weekly prophylactic regimen of 25 IU/kg ADVATE started at or before 1 year of age and before the onset of a severe bleeding phenotype (ie, joint bleeding), together with the minimization of immunological danger signals, can reduce the incidence rate of inhibitor formation in PUPs with severe and moderately severe hemophilia A.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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22

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Austria
      • Vienna, Austria
  • Bulgaria
      • Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Czechia
      • Brno, Czechia
  • Germany
      • Bonn, Germany
      • Bremen, Germany
      • Giessen, Germany
      • Munich, Germany
  • Lithuania
      • Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Netherlands
      • Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Poland
      • Lublin, Poland
      • Olsztyn, Poland
  • Russian Federation
      • Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
      • Krasnodar, Russian Federation
      • St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
  • Serbia
      • Belgrade, Serbia
  • Spain
      • A Coruña, Spain
  • United States
    • Indiana
      • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
    • New Jersey
      • New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 1 year (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants with severe and moderately severe hemophilia A (FVIII ≤ 2%)
  • Participants < 1 year of age
  • Participants must have ≤ 3 exposure days (EDs) to any FVIII concentrate or FVIII-containing product used for treatment of minor bleeds (bleeds requiring no more than 2 infusions per event), or for preventative or precautionary infusions following possible injury
  • Participants with prior circumcision are allowed to enroll only if bleeding issues related to circumcision were the cause for the original diagnosis of hemophilia A and no more than 2 EDs of FVIII treatment were required
  • Adequate venous access (without need for central venous access device (CVAD)-placement) as determined by the physician
  • Written informed consent from legally authorized representative(s)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Life-threatening conditions (intracranial hemorrhage, severe trauma) or requirement for surgery at the time of enrollment
  • Evidence of inhibitor ≥ 0.6 Bethesda Unit (BU) in Nijmegen-modified Bethesda Assay at study start (samples may be retested using lupus-insensitive inhibitor tests to reduce the number of false positive inhibitor test results)
  • Inherited or acquired hemostatic defect other than hemophilia A
  • Any clinically significant, chronic disease other than hemophilia A
  • Known hypersensitivity to ADVATE or any of its constituents
  • Any planned elective surgery that cannot be postponed until after the first 20 EDs
  • Participation in the Hemophilia Inhibitor Previously Untreated Patient Study
  • Application of red blood cell, platelet, or leukocyte concentrates, or plasma
  • Administration of any medication affecting coagulation or platelet function
  • Systemic administration of any immunomodulatory drug (eg, chemotherapy, intravenous glucocorticoids)
  • Participation in another clinical study involving an investigational product (IP) or device within 30 days prior to study enrollment or during the course of this study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: ADVATE - Prophylactic Regimen
Weekly infusions of ADVATE. Study visits (physical examination, lab tests including FVIII inhibitor tests) every week during the first 10 exposure days (EDs), every 5 weeks during the next 10 EDs and every 10 weeks thereafter.
Biological: Recombinant antihemophilic factor, plasma/albumin-free method (rAHF-PFM)
Intravenous infusion at a dose of 25 ± 5 IU/kg once per week. After 20 exposure days, the weekly infusions should be continued for as long as possible following the early prophylaxis period. If required by the clinical situation, dosing may be increased to twice weekly or even three times weekly after 20 exposure days, while keeping the low dose.
Other Names:
  • ADVATE

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants With Severe and Moderately Severe Hemophilia A (FVIII ≤ 2%) With Factor VIII (FVIII) Inhibitor Formation Within the First 50 Exposure Days to ADVATE
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
Inhibitor testing will be performed in the central laboratory and a non-zero result must be confirmed in the central laboratory as soon as possible, preferably 1 week after inhibitor testing. Confirmed FVIII inhibitor is defined as any FVIII inhibitor assay result equal or greater than 0.6 Bethesda Units (BU)/mL confirmed by the central laboratory on 2 consecutive samples, i.e. at least 2 positive inhibitor results (including the first positive inhibitor test, in accordance with the study protocol) assessed as either: - i. High FVIII inhibitor titer (> 5 BU/mL) or - ii. Low FVIII inhibitor titer (≥0.6 - ≤5.0 BU/mL).
50 exposure days to ADVATE

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants With Severe Hemophilia A (FVIII ≤ 1%) With Factor VIII (FVIII) Inhibitor Formation Within the First 50 Exposure Days to ADVATE
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
Inhibitor testing will be performed in the central laboratory and a non-zero result must be confirmed in the central laboratory as soon as possible, preferably 1 week after inhibitor testing. Confirmed FVIII inhibitor is defined as any FVIII inhibitor assay result equal or greater than 0.6 Bethesda Units (BU)/mL confirmed by the central laboratory on 2 consecutive samples, i.e. at least 2 positive inhibitor results (including the first positive inhibitor test, in accordance with the study protocol) assessed as either: - i. High FVIII inhibitor titer (> 5 BU/mL) or - ii. Low FVIII inhibitor titer (≥0.6 - ≤5.0 BU/mL).
50 exposure days to ADVATE
Number of Exposure Days of Treatment With Advate Prior to First Positive Factor VIII (FVIII) Confirmed Inhibitor Assessment
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
Confirmed inhibitor is defined as any FVIII inhibitor assay result equal or greater than 0.6 BU/mL confirmed by the central laboratory on 2 consecutive samples, i.e. at least 2 positive inhibitor results (including the first positive inhibitor test, in accordance with the study protocol) assessed as either: - i. High FVIII inhibitor titer (> 5 BU/mL) or - ii. Low FVIII inhibitor titer (≥0.6 - ≤5.0 BU/mL).
50 exposure days to ADVATE
Number of Participants With Low-titer, High-titer, Transient, and All Factor VIII (FVIII) Inhibitors
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
- High FVIII inhibitor titer (> 5 Bethesda Unit (BU)/mL) - Low FVIII inhibitor titer (≥0.6 - ≤5.0 BU/mL)
50 exposure days to ADVATE
Number, Type, and Severity of All Bleeds Experienced When Different Prophylactic Dosing Frequencies Are Used (Once or Twice Per Week and Unknown Frequency)
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
Nominal Dosing Frequency: - 1 time per week - 2 times per week - Unknown dosing frequency (UK) Bleeding Type (BT): - Skin - Muscle and Soft Tissue - Mucosal - Joint - Other - Multiple - Total Bleeding severity: - Minor - Moderate - Severe - Total
50 exposure days to ADVATE
Number and Type of Surgeries
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
- Elective surgery is not allowed during period of first 20 exposure days (EDs) - Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
50 exposure days to ADVATE
Correlation of Known Risk Factors to Factor VIII (FVIII) Inhibitor Formation
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
50 exposure days to ADVATE
Total Factor VIII (FVIII) Consumption by Participant
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
50 exposure days to ADVATE
FVIII-Specific Antibody Isotype for All Participants at Study Entry and Every 10 Exposure Days (EDs)
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
50 exposure days to ADVATE
Number of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) and Non-serious Adverse Events (Non-SAEs) at Least Possibly Related to ADVATE
Time Frame: 50 exposure days to ADVATE
Possibly or probably related adverse events
50 exposure days to ADVATE

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Baxalta now part of Shire

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Baxter Innovations GmbH

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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August 26, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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November 16, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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November 16, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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June 17, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 17, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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June 20, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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May 24, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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April 28, 2021

Last Verified

Last Verified

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April 1, 2021

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Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 061002
  • 2011-000410-18 (EudraCT Number)

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