Investigating FE 202158 as Potential Primary Treatment in Patients With Early Septic Shock

February 20, 2017 updated by: Ferring Pharmaceuticals

An Open Label Feasibility Trial Investigating FE 202158 as Potential Primary Vasopressor Treatment in Patients With Vasodilatory Hypotension in Early Septic Shock.

The purpose of this trial is to investigate the potential of FE 202158 as a treatment which can stabilize blood pressure for treatment of patients in early septic shock.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

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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31

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • Belgium
      • Brussels, Belgium
        • University Hospital Brussels
      • Brussels, Belgium
        • Saint-Luc University Hospital
      • Brussels, Belgium
        • Erasme Hospital Free University of Brussels
  • Denmark
      • Hvidovre, Denmark
        • Hvidovre Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed informed consent form by the patient or a legal representative according to local regulations'
  • Man or women 18 years of age or older
  • Body weight below 115 kg for male patients and 100 kg for female patients
  • Proven or suspected infection
  • Septic shock, i.e. vasodilatory hypotension requiring vasopressor support
  • Willing to use an adequate barrier method or hormonal method of contraception, if not abstinent, from informed consent to one week after the end of infusion of study medication

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Present or a history within the last 6 months of symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (myocardial infarction or unstable angina)
  • Known or suspected endocarditis
  • Hypovolaemia suspected on clinical grounds, e.g. cold extremities with delayed capillary filling, low cardiac filling pressure, marked systolic or pulse pressure variation or positive leg raising test
  • Known or suspected cardiac failure
  • Known or suspected infection with (HIV)-1, HIV-2, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Any cause of hypotension other than early septic shock
  • Use of vasopressin or terlipressin within 7 days prior to start of IMP infusion
  • Proven or suspected acute mesenteric ischemia, as judged by the investigator
  • Known episode of septic shock within 1 month prior to screening
  • Death anticipated within 24 hours, or due to the underlying disease within 3 months
  • Known past or current 2nd and 3rd degree AV-block without a well functioning pacemaker
  • Brain injury within current hospitalisation
  • Present hospitalisation with burn injury
  • Symptomatic peripheral vascular disease including Raynaud's syndrome
  • Previously included in this trial
  • Intake of an Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) within the last 3 months (or longer if judged by the Investigator to possibly influence the outcome of the current study)
  • Known participation in another interventional clinical trial
  • Considered by the investigator to be unsuitable to participate in the trial for any other reason

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: Treatment
  • 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

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Experimental: Drug
FE 202158
Drug: FE 202158

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Percentage of Patients Maintaining Target/Adequate Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP>60 mmHg) Without Norepinephrine
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured intra-arterially on a continuous basis. Success percentage of patients maintaining target/adequate MAP (>60 mmHg) without norepinephrine is presented.
Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Cumulative Dose of FE 202158
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Cumulative dose of FE 202158 was calculated from Day 1 up to Day 7.
Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Infusion Rate of FE 202158
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Infusion rate of FE 202158 was presented from Day 1 up to Day 7.
Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Cumulative Dose of Norepinephrine
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Norepinephrine was infused as required to maintain the target mean arterial pressure, if the highest infusion rate allowed of experimental drug FE 202158 did not provide adequate vasopressor support. Cumulative dose of norepinephrine was calculated from Day 1 up to Day 7.
Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Infusion Rate of Norepinephrine
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Norepinephrine was infused as required to maintain the target mean arterial pressure, if the highest infusion rate allowed of experimental drug FE 202158 did not provide adequate vasopressor support. Infusion rates and all changes in infusion rates of norepinephrine were recorded continuously during the 7 day maximum treatment period.
Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected at Day 1 at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24 h, Day 2 at 36 and 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Time to Septic Shock Resolution
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 28

The Kaplan-Meyer estimation of time to out of septic shock was estimated where time to (first) septic shock resolution was defined as time of end of infusion regimen. Intermittent off treatment periods were regarded as part of the shock duration.

Time to all but one patient out of septic shock is presented.
Day 1 up to Day 28

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
Urinary Output
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected on Day 1 at 24 h, Day 2 at 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
The urinary output was recorded every 24 hours up to Day 7, or as long as the patient was in intensive care unit.
Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected on Day 1 at 24 h, Day 2 at 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Fluid Balance
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected on Day 1 at 24 h, Day 2 at 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
The fluid balance (accumulated input/output) was recorded in 24-hour collecting periods when the patient was in the intensive care unit and during the infusion of FE 202158.
Day 1 up to Day 7 post-infusion (Data collected on Day 1 at 24 h, Day 2 at 48 h, Day 3 at 72 h, Day 4 at 96 h, Day 5 at 120 h, Day 6 at 144 h, and Day 7 at 168 h). Data is presented for specific time points.
Summary of Investigator Reported Outcomes
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 2
Investigator reported outcome on FE 202158 performance. Answers were graded on a visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 to 10, 0 being the worst and 10 being the best outcome.
Day 1 up to Day 2
Morbidity Assessment
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 28
Percentage of all the "Days alive and out/free of" intensive care unit, hospital, dialysis, or ventilation within Day 28 were summarized. Patients dying before or at Day 28 were counted as zero.
Day 1 up to Day 28
Graded Morbidity
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 28
Collection of data on graded morbidity was performed on Day 28 in addition to the collection of data on time of stay in intensive care unit and hospital.
Day 1 up to Day 28
Mortality
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 28
Collection of data on mortality was performed on Day 28 in addition to the collection of data on time of stay in intensive care unit and hospital.
Day 1 up to Day 28
Adverse Effects on Lab Parameters, Vital Signs and Electrocardiogram
Time Frame: Day 1 up to Day 7, and at follow-up assessments performed 24-72 hours after end of IMP infusion
Significant changes for vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, mean arterial pressure), electrocardiogram (ECG), and laboratory parameters (clinical chemistry, haematology, haemostasis, and urinary parameters).
Day 1 up to Day 7, and at follow-up assessments performed 24-72 hours after end of IMP infusion

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

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June 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

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November 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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November 1, 2013

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First Submitted

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May 11, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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June 5, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

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June 6, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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March 23, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 20, 2017

Last Verified

Last Verified

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February 1, 2017

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  • 000025
  • 2012-001254-26 (EudraCT Number)

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