The Effects of Gevokizumab in Corticosteroid-resistant Subjects With Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease

February 2, 2016 updated by: XOMA (US) LLC

An Open-label Study of the Effects of Gevokizumab in Corticosteroid-resistant Subjects With Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease

The purpose of this study is to determine if gevokizumab therapy may be an alternate therapy in patients with steroid resistant Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

10

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

    • New York
      • New Hyde Park, New York, United States, 11040
        • Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Hearing & Speech Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease with active deterioration in at least one ear
  • Failure to respond to a trial of high-dose corticosteroid therapy
  • Contraceptive measures adequate to prevent pregnancy during the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Evidence of retrocochlear pathology (vestibular schwannoma) or inner ear malformation (Mondini Malformation or Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct)
  • History of active or chronic infections
  • Currently receiving, or having received treatment for a malignancy in the past three years
  • Hearing loss that coincides with significant, disabling episodes of vertigo
  • History of allergic or anaphylactic reactions to monoclonal antibodies
  • Female subjects who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, have recently delivered, or are breast-feeding

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

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
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: gevokizumab
Solution for subcutaneous injection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Improved hearing threshold, as defined by an improvement in either the PTA (Pure Tone Average) of >=5 dB (Decibel), or 12% in the WRS (Word Recognition Score)
Time Frame: Day 28 to Day 84
Day 28 to Day 84

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 20, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 20, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

September 25, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 3, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 2, 2016

Last Verified

February 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • X052180
  • R33DC011827 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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