An Ascending Dose Comparison of MVT-100 to Definity in Healthy Volunteers

March 30, 2023 updated by: Microvascular Therapeutics, LLC

MVT-100: Advancing the Clinical Use of Perflutren Ultrasound Contrast Agents for Suboptimal Echocardiograms

Definity (perflutren lipid microspheres, Lantheus Medical Imaging) is an ultrasound contrast indicated for use in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricular chamber and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial border. MVT-100 (the investigational pharmaceutical) is similar to Definity, with the exception of the removal of one lipid in the lipid blend and substitution of another lipid. This study is intended to evaluate the safety and efficacy of MVT-100 using a single ascending dose design in healthy volunteers. Patients are randomized to receive either MVT-100 or Definity and undergo echocardiograms after receiving either MVT-100 or Definity via bolus or IV infusion administration. The primary endpoints evaluated are safety and endocardial border delineation.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Ultrasound is one of the most common imaging examinations and has advantages of absence of ionizing radiation, portability and relatively low cost. Ultrasound contrast agents are used to improve the accuracy of ultrasound and Definity (perflutren) is the world's leading ultrasound contrast agent but perflutren has to be refrigerated and has a side effect of back pain. The investigators have developed a new, improved perflutren, MVT-100, with potential for room temperature storage.

Ultrasound contrast agents are used to increase the backscatter (signal intensity of blood vessels and tissues to improve diagnostic accuracy) of ultrasound imaging. In the US ultrasound contrast agents are FDA approved for echocardiography to improve endomyocardial border definition.

MVT-100 reflects the ultrasound to provide strong back-scattering. MVT-100 microbubbles resonate with ultrasound to provide strong harmonic signals. MVT-100 microbubbles will cavitate with higher levels of ultrasound and cavitation may be stable or inertial depending upon acoustic parameters and other factors.

The study is a multi centre ascending dose comparison of Definity and MVT-100 for use in echocardiography and will be performed in a sample of healthy volunteers who are randomized to receive either Definity or MVT-100.

This trial will assess safety and evaluate the following imaging metrics:

  • Determine the optimal dose of MVT-100 by comparing MVT-100 vs Definity in the change from baseline of quantitative left ventricular opacification
  • Evaluation of qualitative left ventricular opacification (LVO)
  • Evaluation of endocardial border delineation
  • Evaluation of endocardial border length
  • Evaluation of duration of useful contrast

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

16

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

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

  • United States
    • Missouri
      • Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64111
    • Nebraska
      • Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198
        • Not yet recruiting
        • University of Nebraska Medical Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Tom Porter, MD

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

19 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult subjects 19 years of age or older, male or female

  • Female subjects must no longer have child-bearing potential (>1-year post menopause or surgically sterilized), or must

    • have a negative urine pregnancy test, and
    • be using and continue to use for 30 days after the study a medically effective method of contraception
  • Adequate hematologic, renal and hepatic function, as defined by:
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L
  • Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L
  • Plasma creatinine< 1.5 x ULN
  • Total bilirubin within normal limits (< 2.5 x ULN if Gilbert's syndrome)
  • Aspartate transaminase (AST) and Alanine transaminase (ALT) < 2.5 x ULN
  • Subject must be willing and able to understand the study and provide written Informed Consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Myocardial infarction within six months prior to enrollment
  • Unstable angina, NYHA Class II or greater congestive heart failure
  • EKG evidence of uncontrolled arrhythmia or history of clinically significant arrhythmia within the past six months
  • Clinically significant Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or other pulmonary condition that is not controlled by medication or requires oxygen frequently or continuously
  • A history of pulmonary emboli
  • Known hypersensitivity to perflutren, DEFINITY® or other echo contrast agent
  • Inability to remain supine for 60 minutes
  • Oxygen saturation < 95% on room air
  • History of allergic reaction attributed to compounds of similar chemical composition to MVT-100 or DEFINITY® or soy or egg allergies (see Investigator's Brochure)
  • Subject has received any investigational drug within thirty (30) days prior to enrollment into the study
  • Inability to comply with study procedures
  • Subjects with any medical condition deemed by the investigator to make the subject inappropriate for participation

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: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Definity
Each subject receives 100 uL x 2, 200 uL x 3, 300 uL x 2 or 1 vial of DEFINITY® 100 diluted in 50 mL of NS as follows: Two milliliter bolus over 10 seconds prior to each infusion rate;, then infusions will run for 5 minutes at 60 mL per hour, 5 minutes at 90 mL per hour, 5 minutes at 100 mL per hour and 5 minutes at 120 mL per hour.
Diagnostic test: Echocardiogram

Images will be recorded in parasternal long, short axis, apical four, two, and three chamber views according to the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 17 segment model. Each assessment will include one round of low MI imaging (<0.3) and one round of very low MI imaging (<0.2) in each of the pre-specified windows according to the 2014 ASE Sonographer Guidelines.

A baseline echocardiogram will be performed prior to the administration of DEFINITY® or MVT-100. Assessments will be made three times, once from 0 - 1 ½ minutes following injection, once between 1 ½ minutes to 3 minutes following IV injection and once from 3 - 4 ½ minutes following IV injection. Assessments at each time point will include one round of low MI imaging (<0.3) and one round of very low MI imaging (<0.2). Each round will include the views in the following order: parasternal long, parasternal short, apical 4, apical 2 and apical 3.

Drug: Definity
After randomization, Definity, the active comparator, is administered via IV infusion or bolus administration and echocardiograms are subsequently obtained.
Experimental: MVT-100
Each subject receives 100 uL x 2, 200 uL x 3, 300 uL x 2 or 1 vial of MVT-100 diluted in 50 mL of NS as follows: Two milliliter bolus over 10 seconds prior to each infusion rate;, then infusions will run for 5 minutes at 60 mL per hour, 5 minutes at 90 mL per hour, 5 minutes at 100 mL per hour and 5 minutes at 120 mL per hour.
Diagnostic test: Echocardiogram

Images will be recorded in parasternal long, short axis, apical four, two, and three chamber views according to the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 17 segment model. Each assessment will include one round of low MI imaging (<0.3) and one round of very low MI imaging (<0.2) in each of the pre-specified windows according to the 2014 ASE Sonographer Guidelines.

A baseline echocardiogram will be performed prior to the administration of DEFINITY® or MVT-100. Assessments will be made three times, once from 0 - 1 ½ minutes following injection, once between 1 ½ minutes to 3 minutes following IV injection and once from 3 - 4 ½ minutes following IV injection. Assessments at each time point will include one round of low MI imaging (<0.3) and one round of very low MI imaging (<0.2). Each round will include the views in the following order: parasternal long, parasternal short, apical 4, apical 2 and apical 3.

Drug: MVT-100
After randomization, MVT-100, the experimental drug, is administered via IV infusion or bolus administration and echocardiograms are subsequently obtained.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
QT Interval
Time Frame: Day of study

The null hypothesis for safety (H0) will be: MVT-100 is not as safe as DEFINITY®. The alternative hypothesis (HA) for safety will be: MVT-100 is equivalent to, or safer than, DEFINITY®. Specifically, the following hypotheses will be tested:

HA: Δ2min QT interval EKG(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min QT interval EKG(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Blood Pressure(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Blood Pressure(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Heart Rate(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Heart Rate(Definity®) HA: Δ2min O2(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min O2(Definity®) HA: Other Symptom(2min post MVT-100) ≤ Other Symptom(2min post Definity®)
Day of study
Blood Pressure
Time Frame: Day of study

The null hypothesis for safety (H0) will be: MVT-100 is not as safe as DEFINITY®. The alternative hypothesis (HA) for safety will be: MVT-100 is equivalent to, or safer than, DEFINITY®. Specifically, the following hypotheses will be tested:

HA: Δ2min QT interval EKG(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min QT interval EKG(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Blood Pressure(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Blood Pressure(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Heart Rate(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Heart Rate(Definity®) HA: Δ2min O2(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min O2(Definity®) HA: Other Symptom(2min post MVT-100) ≤ Other Symptom(2min post Definity®)
Day of study
Heart Rate
Time Frame: Day of study

The null hypothesis for safety (H0) will be: MVT-100 is not as safe as DEFINITY®. The alternative hypothesis (HA) for safety will be: MVT-100 is equivalent to, or safer than, DEFINITY®. Specifically, the following hypotheses will be tested:

HA: Δ2min QT interval EKG(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min QT interval EKG(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Blood Pressure(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Blood Pressure(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Heart Rate(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Heart Rate(Definity®) HA: Δ2min O2(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min O2(Definity®) HA: Other Symptom(2min post MVT-100) ≤ Other Symptom(2min post Definity®)
Day of study
Oxygen Saturation
Time Frame: Day of study

The null hypothesis for safety (H0) will be: MVT-100 is not as safe as DEFINITY®. The alternative hypothesis (HA) for safety will be: MVT-100 is equivalent to, or safer than, DEFINITY®. Specifically, the following hypotheses will be tested:

HA: Δ2min QT interval EKG(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min QT interval EKG(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Blood Pressure(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Blood Pressure(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Heart Rate(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Heart Rate(Definity®) HA: Δ2min O2(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min O2(Definity®) HA: Other Symptom(2min post MVT-100) ≤ Other Symptom(2min post Definity®)
Day of study
Other Symptoms
Time Frame: Day of study

The null hypothesis for safety (H0) will be: MVT-100 is not as safe as DEFINITY®. The alternative hypothesis (HA) for safety will be: MVT-100 is equivalent to, or safer than, DEFINITY®. Specifically, the following hypotheses will be tested:

HA: Δ2min QT interval EKG(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min QT interval EKG(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Blood Pressure(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Blood Pressure(Definity®) HA: Δ2min Heart Rate(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min Heart Rate(Definity®) HA: Δ2min O2(MVT-100) ≤ Δ2min O2(Definity®) HA: Other Symptom(2min post MVT-100) ≤ Other Symptom(2min post Definity®)
Day of study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Left Ventricular Opacification (LVO)
Time Frame: Day of Study

The null hypothesis for efficacy (H0) will be: MVT-100 is not as effective as DEFINITY®. The alternative hypothesis (HA) for efficacy will be: MVT-100 is equivalently or more effective than DEFINITY®. Specifically, the following hypotheses will be tested:

HA: LVO(MVT-100) ≥ LVO(Definity®) HA: SegmentVisualization(MVT-100) ≥ SegmentVisualization(Definity®)
Day of Study
Cardiac Segment Visualization
Time Frame: Day of Study

The null hypothesis for efficacy (H0) will be: MVT-100 is not as effective as DEFINITY®. The alternative hypothesis (HA) for efficacy will be: MVT-100 is equivalently or more effective than DEFINITY®. Specifically, the following hypotheses will be tested:

HA: LVO(MVT-100) ≥ LVO(Definity®) HA: SegmentVisualization(MVT-100) ≥ SegmentVisualization(Definity®)
Day of Study

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Microvascular Therapeutics, LLC

Collaborators

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
University of Nebraska

Publications and helpful links

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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 (Actual)

April 25, 2019

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2024

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 15, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

March 20, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 3, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 30, 2023

Last Verified

March 1, 2023

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 00029941
  • 1R44HL137447-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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