- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT01180036
MEmbranous Nephropathy Trial Of Rituximab (MENTOR)
"A Randomized Controlled Trial of Rituximab Versus Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy (IMN)"
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
In IMN, experimental data suggests that B cells are involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. To date, the best proven therapy for patients with MN consists of the combined use of corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide (CYC). Since the mechanism of action of CYC includes suppression of various stages of the B cell cycle including B cell activation, proliferation, and differentiation and inhibition of immunoglobulin (IgG) secretion, it lends credence to the hypothesis that B cells abnormalities are involved in the pathogenesis of MN. Given the key role of IgG antibodies in MN, it is reasonable to postulate that suppression of antibody production by depleting B cells may improve or even resolve the glomerular pathology and be reflected by a reduction in proteinuria. Thus, a case could be made for using an agent capable of selectively depleting B cells, and therefore halting the production of immunoglobulins against antigens potentially present in the glomeruli. This approach could stop the initiating sequence of pathogenic events and result in resolution of the. The P.I. believes that the application of selective B cell targeting with Rituximab (RTX) will prove at least equal, or even superior, both in the production of short term and long term control of the nephrotic syndrome (NS) and be safer than any current therapeutic regimen used to treat MN.
Based on this rationale, the investigators conducted a pilot trial in 15 newly-biopsied patients (<3 years) with IMN and proteinuria >5g/24h despite ACEi/ARB use for >3months and systolic BP <130 millimeter of mercury (mmHg). Mean baseline creatinine was 1.4 mg/dl. Thirteen males and 2 females, median age 47 (range 33-63), were treated with RTX (1g) on days 1 and 15. At six months, patients who remained with proteinuria >3g/24 received a second identical course of RTX. Baseline proteinuria of 13.0±5.7g/24h (range 8.4-23.5) decreased to 6.0±7.0 g/24h (range 0.2-20) at 12 months (mean ± SD). In the fourteen patients who completed a 12 months follow-up complete remission (proteinuria <0.3g/24h) was achieved in 2 patients and partial remission (<3g/24h) in 7 patients. In 5 of these 7 patients, proteinuria was <1.5g/24h and follow up at 18 months showed that 3 of these 7 patients on PR achieved CR of proteinuria. Five patients did not respond. The mean drop in proteinuria from baseline to 12 months was 6.2± 5.1g (p=.002, paired t-test). There were a limited number of minor side-effects. Initial cluster of differentiation 20 (CD20)+ B cell depletion was seen in all patients. However, at 3 months, CD20+ B cells were starting to recover with five patients >35 cells/µl (range 35-152).(50) These data contrasts with previous work by Ruggenenti et al. using RTX given weekly (375 mg/m2) for 4 weeks. Pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis showed that RTX levels in this 2-dose regimen were 50% lower compared to non-proteinuric patients, which could potentially result in undertreatment.
Based on these results, the investigators recently conducted a study postulating that in patients with MN, 4 weekly doses of RTX would result in more effective B cell depletion, a higher remission rate and maintaining of the same safety profile compared to patients treated with RTX dosed at 1g x 2.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 2
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Quebec, Canada, G1R 2J6
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Quebec - Hotel-Dieu de Quebec
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British Columbia
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z1Y6
- St. Paul's Hospital, Providence Health Care
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Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G2C4
- Toronto General Hospital
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Alabama
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Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Arizona
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85054
- Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
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Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
- University of Arizona, Tucson
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California
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San Francisco, California, United States, 94304
- Stanford University
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Florida
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Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
- Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
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Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
- University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
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Kansas
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Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
- University of Kansas Medical Center
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
- University of Michigan
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Minnesota
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Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
- Mayo Clinic Rochester
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Mississippi
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Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
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Missouri
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
- Washington University School of Medicine
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New York
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New York, New York, United States, 10032
- Columbia University Medical Center
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New York, New York, United States, 10016
- New York University
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Ohio
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
- Cleveland Clinic
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109
- MetroHealth System (Case Western Reserve University)
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Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210
- Ohio State University
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Washington
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Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
- University of Washington Medical Center
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Wisconsin
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria
- Idiopathic MN with diagnostic biopsy
- Female, must be post-menopausal, surgically sterile or practicing a medically approved method of contraception(no birth-control pill)
- Must be off prednisone or mycophenolate mofetil for >1 month and alkylating agents for >6 months.
- angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) and/or Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB), for >3 months prior to randomization and adequate blood pressure (target BP <130/80 millimeter of mercury (mmHg) in >75% of the readings, but subjects with BP <140/80 mmHg in >75% of the readings will be eligible). Patients with documented evidence of >3 months treatment with maximal angiotensin II blockade, on an 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, and BP control (BP <140/80 mmHg in >75% of the readings) who remain with proteinuria >5g/24h may enter and be randomized to RTX/CSA without the need of the run-in/conservative phase of the study.
- Proteinuria >5g/24h on two 24-hour urine collection collected within 14 days of each other
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥40 ml/min/1.73m2 while taking ACEi/ARB therapy OR quantified endogenous creatinine clearance >40 ml/min/1.73m2 based on a 24-hour urine collection.
Exclusion Criteria
- Presence of active infection or a secondary cause of MN (e.g. hepatitis B, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), medications, malignancies). Testing for HIV, Hepatitis B and C should have occurred <2 years prior to enrollment into the study.
- Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus: to exclude proteinuria secondary to diabetic nephropathy. Patients who have recent history of steroid induced diabetes but no evidence on renal biopsy performed within 6 months of entry into the study are eligible for enrollment.
- Pregnancy or breast feeding for safety reasons
- History of resistance to CSA (or other calcineurin inhibitors, e.g. tacrolimus), RTX or alkylating agents (e.g. Cytoxan). Patients who previously responded to CSA/Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI), RTX or alkylating agents with either a complete remission (CR) or partial remission (PR) but relapsed off CSA/CNI after 3 months or relapsed off RTX or alkylating agent after 6 months are eligible.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Rituximab Treatment Arm
Patients randomized to the RTX arm will receive 1000 mg IV on Days 1 and 15.
Patients who achieve complete remission at 6 months will not be retreated.
A second course of RTX 1000 mg IV will be administered at study month 6 for individuals who have not achieved a complete remission, but have achieved a minimum of >25% reduction in Time 0 proteinuria.
Dosing at study month 6 will be independent of cluster of differentiation (CD) 19+ B cell count.
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1000 mg, I.V. on Days 1 and 15 and will be retreated at month 6 independent of cluster of differentiation (CD) 19+ B cell count
Other Names:
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Cyclosporine Treatment Arm
Patients randomized to the Cyclosporine arm will be started at a dose of CsA = 3.5 mg/kg/day p.o. divided into 2 equal doses given at 12 hour intervals.
Target trough CsA blood levels are 125 to 175 ng/ml.
Patients will have their doses adjusted according to their blood levels of CSA as monitored every 2 weeks until the target trough level is reached.
If a complete remission is achieved by 6 months, CSA will be tapered and discontinued over a three-month period.
If after 6 months there has not been a reduction in proteinuria of at least 25% of baseline values, the drug will also be discontinued.
If there has been a >25% reduction in baseline proteinuria (but not complete remission) the CSA will be continued for an additional 6 months.
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Patients randomized to the Cyclosporine arm will be started at a dose of (CsA = 3.5 mg/kg/day p.o. divided into 2 doses for 12 months).
Target trough CsA blood levels, as determined in whole blood by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), are 125 to 175 ng/ml.
A persistent and otherwise unexplained increase in serum creatinine >30% would prompt an approximate 25% dose reduction of CSA, aiming for a corresponding 25% reduction in CSA trough level.
If with this dose reduction the creatinine does not return to within 30% of baseline levels within 3 weeks, then a second dose reduction of approximately 25% with similar reduction in CSA trough level will be used.
If the creatinine does not fall to baseline values with this second dose reduction, the drug will be discontinued.
At the end of 12 months, Cyclosporine will be tapered by 1/3 of the maintenance dose monthly and hence discontinued after 3 months.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Remission Status
Time Frame: 24 months after randomization
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The number of subjects to reach the composite of maintaining complete remission or partial remission at 24 months after randomization will be the primary endpoint.
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24 months after randomization
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Remission Status
Time Frame: 12 months after randomization
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The number of subjects to reach either complete remission or partial remission at 12 months after randomization.
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12 months after randomization
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- von Groote TC, Williams G, Au EH, Chen Y, Mathew AT, Hodson EM, Tunnicliffe DJ. Immunosuppressive treatment for primary membranous nephropathy in adults with nephrotic syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Nov 15;11(11):CD004293. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004293.pub4.
- Xie J, Liu L, Mladkova N, Li Y, Ren H, Wang W, Cui Z, Lin L, Hu X, Yu X, Xu J, Liu G, Caliskan Y, Sidore C, Balderes O, Rosen RJ, Bodria M, Zanoni F, Zhang JY, Krithivasan P, Mehl K, Marasa M, Khan A, Ozay F, Canetta PA, Bomback AS, Appel GB, Sanna-Cherchi S, Sampson MG, Mariani LH, Perkowska-Ptasinska A, Durlik M, Mucha K, Moszczuk B, Foroncewicz B, Paczek L, Habura I, Ars E, Ballarin J, Mani LY, Vogt B, Ozturk S, Yildiz A, Seyahi N, Arikan H, Koc M, Basturk T, Karahan G, Akgul SU, Sever MS, Zhang D, Santoro D, Bonomini M, Londrino F, Gesualdo L, Reiterova J, Tesar V, Izzi C, Savoldi S, Spotti D, Marcantoni C, Messa P, Galliani M, Roccatello D, Granata S, Zaza G, Lugani F, Ghiggeri G, Pisani I, Allegri L, Sprangers B, Park JH, Cho B, Kim YS, Kim DK, Suzuki H, Amoroso A, Cattran DC, Fervenza FC, Pani A, Hamilton P, Harris S, Gupta S, Cheshire C, Dufek S, Issler N, Pepper RJ, Connolly J, Powis S, Bockenhauer D, Stanescu HC, Ashman N, Loos RJF, Kenny EE, Wuttke M, Eckardt KU, Kottgen A, Hofstra JM, Coenen MJH, Kiemeney LA, Akilesh S, Kretzler M, Beck LH, Stengel B, Debiec H, Ronco P, Wetzels JFM, Zoledziewska M, Cucca F, Ionita-Laza I, Lee H, Hoxha E, Stahl RAK, Brenchley P, Scolari F, Zhao MH, Gharavi AG, Kleta R, Chen N, Kiryluk K. The genetic architecture of membranous nephropathy and its potential to improve non-invasive diagnosis. Nat Commun. 2020 Mar 30;11(1):1600. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15383-w.
- Fervenza FC, Appel GB, Barbour SJ, Rovin BH, Lafayette RA, Aslam N, Jefferson JA, Gipson PE, Rizk DV, Sedor JR, Simon JF, McCarthy ET, Brenchley P, Sethi S, Avila-Casado C, Beanlands H, Lieske JC, Philibert D, Li T, Thomas LF, Green DF, Juncos LA, Beara-Lasic L, Blumenthal SS, Sussman AN, Erickson SB, Hladunewich M, Canetta PA, Hebert LA, Leung N, Radhakrishnan J, Reich HN, Parikh SV, Gipson DS, Lee DK, da Costa BR, Juni P, Cattran DC; MENTOR Investigators. Rituximab or Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Membranous Nephropathy. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jul 4;381(1):36-46. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1814427.
- Fervenza FC, Canetta PA, Barbour SJ, Lafayette RA, Rovin BH, Aslam N, Hladunewich MA, Irazabal MV, Sethi S, Gipson DS, Reich HN, Brenchley P, Kretzler M, Radhakrishnan J, Hebert LA, Gipson PE, Thomas LF, McCarthy ET, Appel GB, Jefferson JA, Eirin A, Lieske JC, Hogan MC, Greene EL, Dillon JJ, Leung N, Sedor JR, Rizk DV, Blumenthal SS, Lasic LB, Juncos LA, Green DF, Simon J, Sussman AN, Philibert D, Cattran DC; Mentor Consortium group. A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Rituximab versus Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy (MENTOR). Nephron. 2015;130(3):159-68. doi: 10.1159/000430849. Epub 2015 Jun 12.
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Study Start
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Immune System Diseases
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Urologic Diseases
- Nephritis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Kidney Diseases
- Glomerulonephritis, Membranous
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Immunologic Factors
- Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
- Dermatologic Agents
- Antifungal Agents
- Calcineurin Inhibitors
- Rituximab
- Cyclosporine
- Cyclosporins
Other Study ID Numbers
- 10-003372
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