Avatrombopag in the Treatment of Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia With Autoantibodies

Efficacy and Safety of Avatrombopag in the Treatment of Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia With Autoantibodies Fail to Eltrombopag or Herombopag Treatment: a Single-center, Prospective, One-arm Clinical Trial

This prospective, open-label, single-center, one-arm clinical trial aims at evaluating the efficacy and safety of avatrombopag in Chinese adult Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) patients with autoantibodies fail (due to intolerance or resistance) to eltrombopag or herombopag treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Connective Tissue Diseases; Immune Thrombocytopenia; Autoantibodies; Evan Syndrome
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Avatrombopag

Detailed Description

This prospective, open-label, single-center, one-arm clinical trial aims at evaluating the efficacy and safety of avatrombopag in Chinese adult ITP patients with autoantibodies fail (due to intolerance or resistance) to eltrombopag or herombopag treatment.

The subjects include ITP secondary to connective tissue diseases (including but not limited to systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis), primary ITP with positive antinuclear antibody but not up to the diagnostic criteria of connective tissue diseases, primary Evans syndrome, Evans syndrome secondary to connective tissue diseases, and primary ITP with positive Coomb's test but not up to the diagnostic criteria of Evans syndrome.

Fifty-two eligible subjects will be enrolled in this study. The dose will be adjusted according to the platelet count during the period from week 1 to week 12.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 52
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Rongfeng Fu, M.D.; Phone Number: +862223909009; Email: furongfeng@ihcams.ac.cn
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Lei Zhang, M.D.; Phone Number: +862223909240; Email: zhanglei1@ihcams.ac.cn

Study Locations

• China
  • Tianjin
    • Tianjin, Tianjin, China, 300020
      • Recruiting
      • Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital
      • Contact: Lei Zhang, MD; Phone Number: +862223909240; Email: zhanglei1@ihcams.ac.cn
      • Contact: Rongfeng Fu, MD; Phone Number: +862223909009; Email: furongfeng@ihcams.ac.cn

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The patients have provided written informed consent prior to enrollment.
• Men and women greater than or equal to 18 years of age.
• Diagnosed as ITP secondary to connective tissue diseases (including but not limited to systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis), primary ITP with positive antinuclear antibody but not up to the diagnostic criteria of connective tissue diseases, primary Evans syndrome, Evans syndrome secondary to connective tissue diseases, and primary ITP with positive Coomb's test but not up to the diagnostic criteria of Evans syndrome.
• Platelet count<30 ×10^9/L at screening.
• Patients who have previously failed to receive Eltrombopag or Herombopag [poor efficacy (Eltrombopag 75 mg/d or Herombopag 7.5 mg/D, at least 4 weeks), or the efficacy cannot be maintained], or who have contraindications, can not tolerate or refuse Eltrombopag or Herombopag treatment.
• Treatment for ITP (including but not limited to glucocorticoids, recombinant human thrombopoietin, and other thrombopoietin receptor agonists other than Avatrombopag) must be completed before enrollment, or the dose must be stable or in a phase of reduction within 2 weeks before enrollment.
• Effective contraceptive measures will be taken during the clinical trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with active thyroid disease requiring treatment.
• Patients with any prior history of arterial or venous thrombosis within 3 months, and with any of the following risk factors: cancer, Factor V Leiden, ATIII deficiency, or patients who are using anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs at the beginning of screening.
• Those who had received rituximab within 3 months.
• Patients who had failed to respond to the previous use of Avatrombopag (40mg once a day for more than 4 weeks).
• Subjects known to be allergic to Avatrombopag or any of its excipients.
• Patients who had received splenectomy within 3 months or have splenectomy plan within 3 months.
• Patients with lupus encephalopathy or lupus nephritis.
• Patients with cataract.
• Patients with infectious fever (including but not limited to pulmonary infection) within 1 month or with active infection during screening.
• Existing hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus replication or HIV infection.
• Severe liver dysfunction (alanine aminotransferase or glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase > 3×ULN).
• Patients with severe cardiac or pulmonary dysfunction.
• Severe renal damage (creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min).
• There are surgical planners during the study.
• History of psychiatric disorder.
• Pregnant or lactating women or those planning to be pregnant during the trial.
• Patients with a history of drug/alcohol abuse (within 2 years before the study).
• Patients that had participated in other experimental researches within one month before enrollment.
• Any other circumstances that the investigator considers that the patient is not suitable to participate in the trial.

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

Experimental: Treatment group; Fifty-two subjects will be enrolled with the indicated treatment dose of avatrombopag

Drug: Avatrombopag; The subjects will receive avatrombopag treatment with an initial dose of 40mg once a day. Platelet counts will be obtained weekly during the first 4 weeks and then every 2 weeks until week 12 after treatment. The dose adjustment range is 20 mg per week to 40 mg per day to maintain the platelet level between 30×10^9/L and 200×10^9/L. If the platelet count does not reach to 30×10^9/L after taking avatrombopag 40mg once a day for 4 consecutive weeks, the treatment will be stopped.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Platelet response	Percentage of participants achieving a platelet count >=30×10^9/L and at least doubling of the baseline count within 12 weeks of treatment.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Platelet response	Proportion of subjects who achieve response (R) within 1, 2, 4 and 8 weeks of treatment.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Platelet response	Proportion of subjects who achieve complete response (CR) within 4, 8 and 12 weeks of treatment.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Duration of platelet response	Proportion of subjects with a platelet count >=30×10^9/L for at least 4 consecutive weeks during the 12 week treatment period without remedial treatment.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Platelet response	Percentage of participants achieving a platelet count >=50×10^9/L within 12 weeks of treatment.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Time to platelet response	Time to response is defined as time from the start of treatment to the first time of achieving a platelet count >= 30×10^9/L and at least doubling of the baseline count during the whole 12 weeks.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Duration of platelet response	Total duration of time a participant with a response of R.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Proportion of patients receiving remedial treatment.	Proportion of patients receiving remedial treatment.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Bleeding score	The incidence and grade of bleeding symptoms according to the World Health Organization Bleeding Scale.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Changes of disease activity index in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus	The proportion of subjects with improvement of disease activity index in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus according to the SLEDAI standard.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
The improvement of symptoms	The proportion of subjects with improvement of symptoms including skin symptom, joint pain, dry mouth and dry eyes.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Improvement in immune indexes	The proportion of subjects with improvement immune indexes including antinuclear antibody, extractable nuclear antigens spectrum and Coomb's test.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Discontinuation rate of glucocorticoids	The proportion of subjects with discontinuation use of glucocorticoids.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
Functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-fatigue	In all participants, functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-fatigue questionnaire will be used to assess the health related quality of life before and after treatment.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.
ITP-Patient Assessment Questionnaire	In all participants, ITP-Patient Assessment Questionnaire will be used to assess the health related quality of life before and after treatment.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of Toxicity	The proportion of subjects with specific pre-defined toxicity, including headache, fever, nausea and abdominal pain, and unpredictable toxicity.	From the start of study treatment (Day 1) up to the end of week 12.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lei Zhang, M.D., Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 31, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 3, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 3, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): August 6, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 20, 2025
• Last Verified: February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cytopenia; Pathologic Processes; Autoimmune Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Hemorrhage; Skin Manifestations; Hematologic Diseases; Blood Coagulation Disorders; Hemorrhagic Disorders; Blood Platelet Disorders; Thrombotic Microangiopathies; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic; Purpura; Thrombocytopenia; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic; Connective Tissue Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: IIT2021033

Drug and device information, study documents

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