- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT01151423
Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Anti-von Willebrand Factor (vWF) Nanobody in Patients With Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (aTTP) (TITAN)
A Phase II, Single-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of Anti-von Willebrand Factor Nanobody Administered as Adjunctive Treatment to Patients With Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
This study was a Phase II, single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to determine whether anti-vWF Nanobody is safe and effective as adjunctive treatment in patients with aTTP.
Patients received either placebo or anti-vWF Nanobody as adjunctive therapy to plasma exchange (PE).
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Liverpool, Australia
- Investigator site
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Melbourne, Australia
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Woolloongabba, Australia
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Australian Capital Territory
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Garran, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Graz, Austria
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Vienna, Austria
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Antwerp, Belgium
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Brussels, Belgium
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Leuven, Belgium
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Namur, Belgium
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Sofia, Bulgaria
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Caen, France
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Aachen, Germany
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Berlin, Germany
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Dortmund, Germany
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Hannover, Germany
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Köln, Germany
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Mainz, Germany
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Mannheim, Germany
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Munchen, Germany
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Baden-Wuerttemberg
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Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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Haifa, Israel
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Jerusalem, Israel
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Petach Tikva, Israel
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Catania, Italy
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Foggia, Italy
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Milan, Italy
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Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Rome, Italy
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Bucharest, Romania
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Badalona, Spain
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Sevilla, Spain
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Valencia, Spain
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Bern, Switzerland
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Lausanne, Switzerland
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
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London, United Kingdom
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California
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Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
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District of Columbia
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Georgia
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
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Missouri
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
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New York
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New York, New York, United States, 10021
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Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
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Valhalla, New York, United States, 10595
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North Carolina
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Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
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Ohio
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Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
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Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224
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Texas
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Dallas, Texas, United States
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Utah
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older (adults) or aged 12 to < 18 years (adolescents)
- Male or female subject, willing to accept an acceptable contraceptive regimen
- Subject with a clinical diagnosis of TTP
- Requiring PE (one single PE session prior to randomization into the study was allowed)
- Subject accessible to follow-up
- Subject able to provide signed and dated informed consent and assent (if applicable, for adolescents)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/µL
- Severe active infection indicated by sepsis (requirement for pressors with or without positive blood cultures)
- Clinical evidence of enteric infection with Escherichia coli 0157 or related organism
- Anti-phospholipid syndrome
- Diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Hematopoietic stem cell or bone marrow transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy
- Known with congenital TTP
- Active bleeding or high risk of bleeding
- Uncontrolled arterial hypertension
Known chronic treatment with anticoagulant treatment that cannot be stopped safely, including but not limited to:
- vitamin K antagonists
- heparin or low molecular weight heparin (LMWH)
- non-acetyl salicylic acid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory molecules
- Severe or life threatening clinical condition other than TTP that would impair participation in the study
- Subjects with malignancies resulting in a life expectation of less than 3 months
- Subjects with known or suspected bone marrow carcinosis
- Subjects who cannot comply with study protocol requirements and procedures
- Known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to excipients of the study drug
Severe liver impairment, corresponding to grade 3 toxicity defined by the CTCAE scale. For the key liver parameters, this is defined as follows:
- bilirubin > 3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (needed to differentiate isolated increase in indirect bilirubin due to hemolysis, this was not an exclusion parameter but disease-related)
- alanine transaminase (ALT)/ aspartate transaminase (AST) > 5 x ULN
- alkaline phosphatase (ALP) > 5 x ULN
- gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) > 5 x ULN
- Severe chronic renal impairment, as defined by glomerular filtration rate < 30 mL/min
Note that the use of another investigational drug or device within 30 days prior to screening was not allowed. Participation in non-interventional/observational studies and registries during the study period was allowed. Participation in another clinical study was not allowed until the end of the follow-up period or within 30 days after the last study treatment in case of early subject withdrawal from the study. Subjects who had already participated in the current study and had either completed the study per protocol or had discontinued prematurely, were not allowed to be re-included.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo once daily
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Experimental: Caplacizumab
Caplacizumab 10 mg once daily
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Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
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Time-to-response of Treatment Defined by a Confirmed Recovery of Platelets ≥ 150,000/µL
Time Frame: From the day of first study drug administration up to 30 days after first study drug administration
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Time-to-response, defined by the achievement of platelet count response, confirmed at 48 hours after the initial reporting of this response. Platelet response was defined as recovery of platelets ≥ 150,000/µL. This response had to be confirmed at 48 hours after the initial reporting of platelet recovery ≥ 150,000/µL by a de novo measure of platelets ≥ 150,000/µL and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) ≤ 2x upper limit of normal (ULN) (i.e., 'confirmed platelet response'). |
From the day of first study drug administration up to 30 days after first study drug administration
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Number and Percentage of Subjects With Complete Remission Following Initial Daily Plasma Exchange (PE)
Time Frame: From the day of first study drug administration up to 30 days after first study drug administration
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Number and percentage of subjects with complete remission (defined as confirmed platelet count response and absence of exacerbation) following initial daily PE.
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From the day of first study drug administration up to 30 days after first study drug administration
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Number and Percentage of Subjects With Exacerbations of TTP
Time Frame: Within 30 days of last day of initial daily PE
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Number and percentage of subjects with exacerbations of TTP (defined as recurrent thrombocytopenia following a confirmed platelet count response and requiring a re-initiation of daily PE treatment after ≥ 1 day but ≤ 30 days of end of daily PE treatment. Time to first exacerbation of TTP was also examined as part of this end point analysis; the median time to first exacerbation could not be determined because of the small number of events. |
Within 30 days of last day of initial daily PE
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Number and Percentage of Subjects With Relapse of TTP
Time Frame: Later than 30 days after the last daily PE
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Number and percentage of subjects with relapse of TTP (defined as de novo TTP event that occurred later than 30 days after the last daily PE) was evaluated.
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Later than 30 days after the last daily PE
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Number of Daily PE Sessions During the Initial Daily PE Period
Time Frame: During the initial daily PE period, with a median (min, max) duration of exposure to study drug of 6 (2, 36) days
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Number of daily PE sessions during the initial daily PE period which could include more than 1 PE per day was evaluated.
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During the initial daily PE period, with a median (min, max) duration of exposure to study drug of 6 (2, 36) days
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Total Volume of Plasma Administered During the Initial Daily PE Period
Time Frame: During the initial daily PE period, with a median (min, max) duration of exposure to study drug of 6 (2, 36) days
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The total volume of plasma administered during the initial daily PE period was measured.
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During the initial daily PE period, with a median (min, max) duration of exposure to study drug of 6 (2, 36) days
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Number of Days With at Least One PE Administration During the Total Course of the Study
Time Frame: During the total course of the study (from Screening till the 12-month follow-up [FU] visit)
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Number of days for PE was evaluated.
This implies the number of days with at least one PE administration during the total course of the study.
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During the total course of the study (from Screening till the 12-month follow-up [FU] visit)
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The Maximum Number of Consecutive Days Per Subject Where There Was no Interruption of PE During the Initial Daily PE Period
Time Frame: During the initial daily PE period, with a median (min, max) duration of exposure to study drug of 6 (2, 36) days
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The maximum number of consecutive days per subject where there was no interruption of PE during the initial daily PE period.
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During the initial daily PE period, with a median (min, max) duration of exposure to study drug of 6 (2, 36) days
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Resolution of Non-focal Neurological Symptoms
Time Frame: From Baseline till the 12-month FU visit
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Resolution of non-focal neurological symptoms as defined by neurocognitive function at complete remission, measured by a Computerised Neuropsychological Test Battery(CNTB) (adults only).
The CNTB included 6 modules: word list learning and selective reminding (WLL/SR), choice reaction time (CRT), visual memory (VMEM), simple reaction time (SRT), working memory (WMEM), and word list learning and delayed recall (WLL/DR).
The 6 tasks are rated as a percentage correct (for CRT and SRT, the percentage correct corresponds to the percentage hits) and the mean score from these provides the CNTB summary score (range: 0-100).
A higher CNTB summary score indicates better neuropsychological functioning.
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From Baseline till the 12-month FU visit
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Number of Participants With Resolution of TTP-related Signs or Symptoms
Time Frame: End of daily PE treatment period (median [min, max] duration of exposure to study drug of 6 [2, 36] days), end of study treatment period (median [min, max] duration of exposure to study drug of 36.5 [2, 90] days) and at 1 month follow-up
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Resolution or improvement (improvement of ≥ 1 grade in the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [CTCAE] v4.0 scale) of TTP-related signs and symptoms as captured on physical examination and as adverse events.
This endpoint was only evaluated for "resolution".
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End of daily PE treatment period (median [min, max] duration of exposure to study drug of 6 [2, 36] days), end of study treatment period (median [min, max] duration of exposure to study drug of 36.5 [2, 90] days) and at 1 month follow-up
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Mortality
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Total mortality up to 1 month follow-up.
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number of PE Related Adverse Events
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number of PE treatment-related adverse events (AEs).
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number and Percentage of Subjects With PE Related AEs
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number and percentage of subjects with PE related AEs.
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number of Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) by Severity
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number and severity of TEAEs were evaluated.
The severity grades of AEs were defined as: mild, moderate, and severe.
Note: the numbers listed do not include the TEAEs with missing severity.
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number and Percentage of Subjects With TEAEs by Severity
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number and percentage of subjects with TEAEs by severity.
The severity grades of AEs were defined as: mild, moderate, and severe.
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number of TEAEs and Their Relationship to Study Drug
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number of TEAEs and their relationship to study drug were evaluated.
Relationship of AEs to study drug was: related, possibly related, and unlikely/not related.
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up
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Number of Participants Who Developed Treatment-emergent Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADA)
Time Frame: From the start of the study until last follow-up visit
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The development of anti-drug antibodies (ADA) was monitored from the start of the study until last follow-up visit.
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From the start of the study until last follow-up visit
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Plasma Concentrations of Caplacizumab
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up (i.e., at Baseline, Days 1 and 2 of daily PE, last day of daily PE, Day 1 after daily PE, Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 after daily PE, Days 3 and 7 of FU and at the 1-month FU visit).
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The concentration of caplacizumab in plasma was determined at different time points.
pharmacokinetics (PK) Population: the PK Population consisted of all subjects who received the study drug and for whom the primary PK data are considered to be sufficient and interpretable.
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up (i.e., at Baseline, Days 1 and 2 of daily PE, last day of daily PE, Day 1 after daily PE, Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 after daily PE, Days 3 and 7 of FU and at the 1-month FU visit).
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Pharmacodynamics (PD): Ristocetin Cofactor (RICO) Activity Over Time
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up (i.e., at Baseline, Days 1 and 2 of daily PE, last day of daily PE, Day 1 after daily PE, Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 after daily PE, Days 3 and 7 of FU and at the 1-month FU visit).
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The change from baseline in RICO activity was measured at different time points.
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up (i.e., at Baseline, Days 1 and 2 of daily PE, last day of daily PE, Day 1 after daily PE, Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 after daily PE, Days 3 and 7 of FU and at the 1-month FU visit).
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Pharmacodynamics: Von Willebrand Factor Antigen (vWF:Ag) Over Time
Time Frame: From the start of the study drug up to 1 month follow-up (i.e., at Baseline, Days 1 and 2 of daily PE, last day of daily PE, Day 1 after daily PE, Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 after daily PE, Days 3 and 7 of FU and at the 1-month FU visit).
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The change from baseline in vWF:Ag concentration was measured at different time points.
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From the start of the study drug up to 1 month follow-up (i.e., at Baseline, Days 1 and 2 of daily PE, last day of daily PE, Day 1 after daily PE, Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 after daily PE, Days 3 and 7 of FU and at the 1-month FU visit).
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PD: Coagulation Factor VIII Clotting Activity (FVIII:C) Over Time
Time Frame: From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up (i.e., at Baseline, Days 1 and 2 of daily PE, last day of daily PE, Day 1 after daily PE, Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 after daily PE, Days 3 and 7 of FU and at the 1-month FU visit).
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The change from baseline in FVIII:C concentration was measured at different ime points.
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From the start of the study up to 1 month follow-up (i.e., at Baseline, Days 1 and 2 of daily PE, last day of daily PE, Day 1 after daily PE, Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 after daily PE, Days 3 and 7 of FU and at the 1-month FU visit).
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Director: Medical Monitor, Ablynx NV
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Peyvandi F, Cataland S, Scully M, Coppo P, Knoebl P, Kremer Hovinga JA, Metjian A, de la Rubia J, Pavenski K, Minkue Mi Edou J, De Winter H, Callewaert F. Caplacizumab prevents refractoriness and mortality in acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: integrated analysis. Blood Adv. 2021 Apr 27;5(8):2137-2141. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001834.
- Peyvandi F, Scully M, Kremer Hovinga JA, Cataland S, Knobl P, Wu H, Artoni A, Westwood JP, Mansouri Taleghani M, Jilma B, Callewaert F, Ulrichts H, Duby C, Tersago D; TITAN Investigators. Caplacizumab for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. N Engl J Med. 2016 Feb 11;374(6):511-22. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1505533.
- Holz JB. The TITAN trial--assessing the efficacy and safety of an anti-von Willebrand factor Nanobody in patients with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Transfus Apher Sci. 2012 Jun;46(3):343-6. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2012.03.027. Epub 2012 Apr 3.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- ALX0681-2.1/10
- 2010-019375-30 (EudraCT Number)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
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