Safety, Tolerability, Patient Satisfaction and Cost of 16.5% Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin (Cutaquig®) Treatment

Safety, Tolerability, Patient Satisfaction and Cost of 16.5% Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin (Cutaquig®) Treatment in Patients Who Did Not Tolerate Other 20% Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Product(s)

Patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency disease who have developed adverse reactions to products available on the market such as Cuvitru® (Shire), Hizentra® (CSL Behring) or 10% Gammunex® (Grifols), may benefit from utilizing 16.5% Cutaquig® (Octapharma).

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Primary Immunodeficiency Disease; Secondary Immunodeficiency
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: 16,5% Cutaquig

Detailed Description

This is a prospective interventional study before and after clinically driven change in treatment formulation.

Polyvalent immunoglobulin treatment is used in patients with primary or secondary antibody deficiency diseases to prevent and lower the risk of infection. There are multiple products available in the market. Most products are administered via intravenous route such as Privigen® (CSL Behring), Gammunex® (Grifols), and Panzyga® (Octapharma). Up until recently, there have been only two products that are licensed for subcutaneous administration - 20% Hizentra® (CSL Behring) and 10% Gammunex® (Grifols).

In our clinical experience, approximately 10% of patients treated with 20% Hizentra® developed adverse reactions. Some are mild and tolerable. Some are moderate to severe and required alteration of treatment plan: For example, changing the product from 20% Hizentra® to 10% Gammunex®. However, this results in a 100% increase in the injection volume due to the lesser concentration of the product, but a decrease in viscosity - both of which might alter overall tolerance. Likewise, any new treatment may bring new adverse events such as rash.

In 2018, there will be two additional subcutaneous immunoglobulin products available in Canada - 16.5% Cutaquig® (Octapharma) and 20% Cuvitru® (Shire).

Even though both new products are licensed and proven to be efficacious regarding preventing significant infection (1,2), the relative safety, tolerability, patient satisfaction, treatment-associated cost has not been studied in patients using the 16.5% Cutaquig®. The study product will be provided through the Canadian Blood Service (CBS) on a special request basis which is a standard procedure for any patients who are intolerable to inventory products.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 30
• Phase: Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Ontario
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6
      • Recruiting
      • The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus
      • Contact: Andrea Trinidad; Phone Number: 77204 613-737-8899; Email: atrinidad@ohri.ca

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients aged 18 years and older
• Patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency disease who are currently on subcutaneous immunoglobulin treatment but have developed adverse events and are willing to change the treatment product.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant Women

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Cutaquig Intervention; Participants with primary or secondary immunodeficiency disease who are currently on subcutaneous immunoglobulin treatment but have developed adverse events including allergic reaction and are willing to change the treatment product to 16.5% Cutaquig.	Drug: 16,5% Cutaquig; Participants with primary or secondary immunodefiiciney disease and who do not tolerate other immunoglobulin treatments will be asked to use 16.5% Cutaquig

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events per participant per study visit of 16.5% Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin (Cutaquig®) Treatment	The safety will be measured by the number of adverse events per participant per study visit	The outcome measure will be assessed through study completion, an average of 1 year
Retention of participants who are able to tolerate the study intervention at 12 months	Retention of participants who are able to tolerate the study intervention will be calculated as the number of participants enrolled between the 6 and 12 month visits	Cumulative proportion of participants who are on Cutaquig at 12 months.
Quality of Life (Patient Satisfaction)	This will be measured by quality of life questionnaire (SF-36) before and after change in treatment at 6 and 12 months	The outcome measure will be assessed through study completion, an average of 1 year
Patient satisfaction (Quality of life)	This will be measured by quality of life questionnaire (Euroquol 5D-5L) before and after change in treatment at 6 and 12 months	The outcome measure will be assessed through study completion, an average of 1 year
Treatment associated cost	This will measure the cost of nursing time and will be reported as dollars/patient/year	The outcome measure will be assessed through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Collaborators: Octapharma
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Juthaporn Cowan, MD, PhD, FRCPC, The Ottawa Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 19, 2018
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): August 31, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): August 31, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 17, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): September 19, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 4, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 2, 2020
• Last Verified: March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2018 0388-01H

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No