Evaluation of Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of EHP-101 in Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis

A Phase IIa, Open-label, Multicentre Dose-Finding Trial in Patients With Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (RMS) to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of EHP-101

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of EHP-101 in adult subjects with Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).

Study Overview

• Status: Suspended
• Conditions: Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: EHP-101 25 mg OD; Drug: EHP-101 50 mg OD; Drug: EHP-101 25 mg BID; Drug: EHP-101 50 mg BID

Detailed Description

An interventional, open label, randomized design will be used to test safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of EHP-101 in 50 patients ≥ 18 and ≤ 55 years of age with documented RMS. There will be a screening period of up to 28 days, 168 days treatment period, and 28 days follow-up.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 50
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Australia
  • Victoria
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3065
      • St. Vincent's Hospital
• United States
  • Alabama
    • Cullman, Alabama, United States, 35058
      • North Central Neurology Associates
  • California
    • Fullerton, California, United States, 92835
      • Fullerton Neurology and Headache Center
  • Florida
    • Port Orange, Florida, United States, 32127
      • Accel Research Sites - Brain and Spine Institute of Port Orange

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 55 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and female adults aged 18 to 55 years at the time of consent;
• Confirmed diagnosis of MS according to the revised 2017 McDonald criteria;
• Relapsing forms of MS (RMS) including Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS) and active Secondary Progressive MS (SPMS);
• Patients must have experienced at least 1 of the following within 12 months prior to Visit 1: an acute clinical relapse, gadolinium-enhancing T1 lesions on brain or spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or new T2 lesion(s) on brain or spinal cord MRI;
• Neurologically stable with no evidence of clinical relapse of MS or corticosteroid treatment within 28 days prior to the first investigational product administration;
• Naïve to prior MS treatment or discontinuing current MS treatment due to (1) intolerability, (2) laboratory abnormalities, (3) current treatment perceived by the patient to be ineffective, (4) patient preference, or (5) based on investigator judgement to switch MS therapy;
• An EDSS score of 0 to 6.0 (inclusive) at screening and enrolment visit;
• Willing and able to provide informed consent and capable of understanding and complying with the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Primary progressive MS (PPMS) or non-active secondary progressive MS (SPMS);
• Relapse during the 28 days prior to first investigational product administration;
• Total lymphoid irradiation, T-cell or T-cell receptor vaccination, total body irradiation, or total lymphoid irradiation at any time;
• Treatment with alemtuzumab, mitoxantrone, cyclophosphamide or cladribine at any time;

• MS treatment that may impact the efficacy or safety assessment defined as follows:

  1. 52 weeks or less prior to first investigational product administration: Immunosuppressant agents (e.g., cyclosporine, methotrexate, mycophenolate)
  2. 36 weeks or less prior to first investigational product administration: CD20 depletion therapies such as rituximab, ocrelizumab, ofatumumab or others. Condition for inclusion of patients who had CD20 depletion therapies more than 36 weeks prior to the first investigational product administration: may only be included if there is no clinically relevant B cell depletion and possible safety risk to patients based on the Investigator's opinion.
  3. 12 weeks or less prior to first investigational product administration: natalizumab
  4. 8 weeks or less prior to first investigational product administration: dimethyl-fumarate fingolimod
  5. 4 weeks or less prior to first investigational product administration: corticosteroids intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) ozanimod, siponimod, or ponesimod glatiramer acetate interferons
  6. 2 weeks or less prior to first investigational product administration: teriflunomide. Subject must exhibit no active agent in serum levels; cholestyramine or activated charcoal washout may be used to achieve this;

• Any one of the following values for laboratory test at screening:

  1. Haemoglobin < 9 g/dL;
  2. Neutrophils < 1.0 x 10^9/L;
  3. Platelets < 75 x 10^9/L;
  4. Serum transaminases > 2.0 x upper limit of normal;
  5. Total bilirubin ≥ 1.5 x upper limit of normal;
  6. Thyroid-stimulating hormone level >10% above of the upper limit of normal;
  7. Estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤60 mL/min/1.73m2 (using the Cockcroft-Gault equation);
  8. Lymphocytes < 1 × 10^9/L;

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: EHP-101 Once a day (OD)	Drug: EHP-101 25 mg OD; 25 mg OD during the first 28 Days of the trial; Drug: EHP-101 50 mg OD; After 28 Days of treatment with 25 mg OD, patients will escalate to 50 mg OD up to the end of the trial
Experimental: EHP-101 Twice a day (BID)	Drug: EHP-101 25 mg BID; 25 mg BID during the first 28 Days of the trial; Drug: EHP-101 50 mg BID; After 28 Days of treatment with 25 mg BID, patients will escalate to 50 mg BID up to the end of the trial

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence and severity of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events	This safety outcome combines the measure of the number of subjects experiencing adverse events (AEs), the nature and severity of those AEs and their relationship to the study treatments	168 days (24 weeks)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Brain lesion activity measured by MRI		168 days (24 weeks)
Disease progression measured by MS Functional Composite (MSFC)	The MSFC consists of three assessments of walking speed, processing speed and finger dexterity. The scores are combined to provide a Z-score (number of standard deviations away from mean of a normal population) with lower scores representing greater abnormality	168 days (24 weeks)
Disease progression measured by Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)	The EDSS is an ordinal scale used for assessing neurological impairment of MS based on a neurological examination. It consists of scores in each of seven functional systems (FS) and an ambulation score that are then combined to determine the EDSS [ranging from 0 (normal) to 10 (death due to MS)]. The FSs are the Visual, Brain Stem, Pyramidal, Cerebellar, Sensory, Bowel & Bladder, and Cerebral functions. The FSs and EDSS steps will be assessed in a standardized manner	168 days (24 weeks)
Disease progression measured by Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT)	The SDMT measures the time to pair abstract symbols with specific numbers. The test requires elements of attention, visuoperceptual processing, working memory, and psychomotor speed. The score is the number of correctly coded items from 0-110 in 90 seconds. The total score provides a measure of the speed and accuracy of symbol-digit substitution	168 days (24 weeks)
Disability status measured by MS Functional Composite (MSFC)	The MSFC consists of three assessments of walking speed, processing speed and finger dexterity. The scores are combined to provide a Z-score (number of standard deviations away from mean of a normal population) with lower scores representing greater abnormality	168 days (24 weeks)
Disability status measured by Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)	The EDSS is an ordinal scale used for assessing neurological impairment of MS based on a neurological examination. It consists of scores in each of seven functional systems (FS) and an ambulation score that are then combined to determine the EDSS [ranging from 0 (normal) to 10 (death due to MS)]. The FSs are the Visual, Brain Stem, Pyramidal, Cerebellar, Sensory, Bowel & Bladder, and Cerebral functions. The FSs and EDSS steps will be assessed in a standardized manner	168 days (24 weeks)
Disability status measured by Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT)	The SDMT measures the time to pair abstract symbols with specific numbers. The test requires elements of attention, visuoperceptual processing, working memory, and psychomotor speed. The score is the number of correctly coded items from 0-110 in 90 seconds. The total score provides a measure of the speed and accuracy of symbol-digit substitution	168 days (24 weeks)
Time to first relapse		168 days (24 weeks)
Preliminary Annualized Relapse Rate (ARR)		168 days (24 weeks)
Percent of patients who experience a relapse		168 days (24 weeks)
Proportion of patients who remain qualified as relapse-free		168 days (24 weeks)
Change in blood levels of neurofilament light chain (NfL)		Baseline, 28 Days, 56 Days, 84 Days, 112 Days, 140 Days, 168 Days

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Microstructural analysis and assessment of potential remyelination measured by Magnetization Transfer Ratio (MTR)	168 days (24 weeks)
Assessment of white matter diffusivity and integrity measured by Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)	168 days (24 weeks)
VCE-004.8 plasma trough levels for all patients	197 Days (28 weeks)
Pharmacokinetic profile of VCE-004.8 in terms of maximum observed plasma concentration (Cmax)	Day 1 (pre-dose) and at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 hours post-dose on Day 1 and Day 28
Pharmacokinetic profile of VCE-004.8 in terms of area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC)	Day 1 (pre-dose) and at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 hours post-dose on Day 1 and Day 28

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Sponsor website

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 19, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): April 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 27, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): June 1, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 21, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 19, 2022
• Last Verified: April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Multiple Sclerosis; Nervous System Diseases; Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis; Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis; Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System; Relapsing Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Nervous System Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS; Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System; Demyelinating Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases; Multiple Sclerosis; Sclerosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: EHP-101-MS02

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes