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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05545384
Immediate Versus Delayed Treatment With Azathioprine or Rituximab in Anti-MOG Antibodies Associated Acute Demyelinating Syndromes in Children: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial (IDAR)
Immediate Versus Delayed Treatment With Azathioprine or Rituximab in Anti-myelin Oligodendrocytes Glycoprotein (Anti-MOG) Antibodies Associated Acute Demyelinating Syndromes in Children: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Acquired Demyelinating Syndrome (ADS) are rare immune-mediated central nervous system (CNS) disorders that contribute to significant neurological morbidity in Europe and worldwide. ADS can affect adult and children, and the clinical spectrum is heterogenous. It begins as monophasic diseases, as often observed in acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM), optic neuritis (ON) and transverse myelitis (TM); or as multiphasic disease with relapses such as multiple sclerosis (MS) or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD).
MOG-Abs-ADS are a frequent disease in children with ADS with specific clinical and MRI pattern.
Recently, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibodies (MOG-Abs) have been found implicated in ADS affecting children with a frequency up to 30%-45% according to tested cohorts.
Studies have shown that in MOG-Abs positive ADS, the most frequent clinical phenotype in children are ADEM-like presentations (ADEM, ADEM-optic neuritis, multiphasic demyelinating encephalomyelitis (MDEM) and encephalitis) and optic neuritis (ON). These presentations may vary according to the age and young children < or = 10 years old, most often, present with ADEM, whereas optic neuritis is the most common feature in children older than 10 years of age. Fewer patients present with myelitis, brainstem features, or the more recently described encephalitis with steroid-responsive seizures11.
Cerebro-spinal fluid parameters are normal in most patients, although up to 50% had pleiocytosis or increased protein levels. Oligoclonal bands were present in only 10% of patients and their presence in the context of relapsing disease would rather suggest MS 5.
MRI lesions are particular in MOG-Abs positive ADS: lesions are distributed in the cortex, subcortical region, deep white matter, brainstem, thalamus, basal ganglia and are characterized by poor demarcation and large size. These features have been found particularly in ADEM and MDEM and when compared to MOG-Abs negative ADS, large, hazy and bilateral lesions, an absence of small lesions and/or well-defined lesions, and involvement of more anatomical areas, often with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis have been described. Absence of corpus callosal lesions, presence of cerebellar peduncle and leukodystrophy-like lesions were also observed in MOG-Ab-positive cases. MOG-Ab-associated optic neuritis is characterized on MRI by optic nerve head swelling, retrobulbar involvement, a long lesion length and, frequently, bilateral involvement.
MOG-Abs-ADS are highly relapsing and may be associated with disabilities More than 40% of MOGAD relapse mimicking diseases such as MS or anti aquaporin 4 (AQP4-Abs) positive NMOSD with an higher relapse rate 6. In the French national retrospective study on anti-MOG-Abs positive ADS, it was observed that relapse occurred in 46% of included children with a median time of 10 months (range :1-305 months) after onset, results that are in line with studies in other European countries 9.
Relapses are frequently observed during steroid weaning or within 2 months of steroid withdrawal 7, 9, 16-18. Most relapses occur in adults who are being treated with prednisolone <10 mg daily (range 0-25 mg) or in children who are receiving prednisolone <0.5 mg/kg daily. The duration of treatment might also be important. Patients whose treatment lasts for less than 3 months are twice as likely to relapse as those who are treated for longer, suggesting the need for a biomarker for the response to treatment. Several studies suggest that relapses occur in patients who remain seropositive despite treatment particularly in patients who often have high initial antibody titres.
Studies in optic neuritis, the most common neurological symptom in MOG-Abs-ADS have demonstrated that severe damage to the optic nerve can be observed in MOG-Ab-associated disorders. The observed damage seems to be driven by the frequency of attacks in patients who recover from the initial episode suggesting the need of long term treatment. Moreover, although most patients with MOG-Ab-associated disease recover well from attacks, it has also been shown that up to 45% can be left with severe disability. Importantly, >70% of this disability results from the onset attack, suggesting that there is room for improvement in the acute management of MOG-Ab-associated disease, and that time to treatment might be important for the prevention of permanent disability.
Recently, Bicêtre's hospital medical team have performed a multi-national collaborative study on 102 children with relapsing MOG-Abs-ADS (RADS) through a European Consortium coordinated by the coordinator of this project. In that study, it was observed that although the majority of children had low level clinical disability, 20% of affected children had cognitive impairment and investigators confirmed these results in the national cohort study where they have observed that age at onset < or = 10 years (OR, 3.72, 95%CI 1.19-11.64; p=0.024), ADEM at onset (OR 52.5, 95%CI 5.97-461.4; p<0.001), and deep grey matter lesions (OR, 17.33 95%CI 3.87-77.72; p<0.001) were associated to the presence of cognitive difficulties.
Studies on prospective treatment of MOGAD are rare and current treatment is based on clinical experience with similar antibody-mediated diseases, such as AQP4-Abs positive NMOSD. Corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, immunosuppressive drugs (such as mycophenolate mofetil, azathioprine and methotrexate) and rituximab are actually used and are associated with a reduction in annual relapse rate. By contrast, immunomodulatory treatments for MS, such as interferon-β and glatiramer acetate, are ineffective. In a study of children and adults in Australia, maintenance treatment with oral prednisolone was associated with fewer treatment failures than were other treatment modalities, whereas in the European collaborative retrospective study of children with MOG-Abs, investigators were able to confirm that all treatment modalities reduced annualized relapse rates but had limited effects on disability. Due to the immense vacuum in the treatment strategies, investigators have also established established an European consensus on treatment and emphasized on the absolute need for a randomized controlled treatment trials to find an optimal therapeutical strategy in order to reduce risk of sequelae after the first attack and relapses that could reduce disabilities.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Phase 2
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Kumaran DEIVA, phD
- Phone Number: +33 0145213112
- Email: kumaran.deiva@aphp.fr
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Domitille MOLINARI
- Phone Number: +33 0145217138
- Email: domitille.molinari@aphp.fr
Study Locations
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Besançon, France
- CHU Besançon
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Contact:
- Daniel Amsallem
- Email: damsallem@chu-besancon.fr
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Bordeaux, France
- CHU Bordeaux
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Contact:
- Fréderic Villega
- Email: frederic.villega@u-bordeaux.fr
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Brest, France
- CHU Brest
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Contact:
- Juliette ROPARS
- Email: juliette.ropars@chu-brest.fr
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Bron, France
- HCL de Bron
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Contact:
- Anne-Lise POULAT
- Email: anne-lise.poulat@chu-lyon.fr
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Le Kremlin Bicetre, France, 94270
- Hôpital Bicêtre
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Contact:
- Kumaran DEIVA, phD
- Phone Number: 0145213112
- Email: kumaran.deiva@aphp.fr
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Lille, France
- CHRU Lille
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Contact:
- Pierre Cleuziou
- Email: Pierre.CLEUZIOU@CHRU-LILLE.FR
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Montpellier, France
- CHU Monptellier
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Strasbourg, France
- CHU Strasbourg
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Contact:
- Sarah BAER
- Email: sarah.baer@chru-strasbourg.fr
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Toulouse, France
- CHU Toulouse Purpan
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Contact:
- Emmanuel Cheuret
- Email: cheuret.e@chu-toulouse.fr
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children < 18 years old and ≥ 6 years old at baseline
- Children weight ≥ 20 kg
- All ADS with confirmed anti-MOG-Abs at onset including any acute neurologic symptom with a duration of more than 24H of inflammatory causes (including optic neuritis, transverse myelitis, rhombencephalitis, ADEM, NMOSD) Without any previous treatment other than steroids
- Informed consent signed by both parents and the child
- Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) < 5.5
- Affiliated to French social security regime
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current infection with SARS-COV2 (positive PCR)
- Any prior allergy to azathioprine or rituximab with hypersensitivity to active substances, murine proteins or to any of the excipients.
- Any prior history of uncontrolled cancer during the last 2 years
- Uncontrolled infections (Hepatitis B, C and HIV)
- Any prior history of cardiac dysfunction and/or hypertension
- Any progressive or non-relapsing form demyelinating diseases
- Any previous treatment with natalizumab, daclizumab, fingolimod, methotrexate, cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, rituximab in the last 6 months, or determined by the treating physician to have residual immune suppression from these or other immunosuppressive treatments
- CD4+, CD8+, or CD19+ absolute cell count, wbc, neutrophiles in blood at screening below lower limits of normal (LLN)
- Creatinine>30µmol/L
- Platelets <70 000mm3
- Haemoglobin < 8g/dL
- Acute renal insufficiency (clearance < 30 ml/min)
- Prior documented history of hemostase perturbation (TP and/or TCA more than twice of the witnesse's TP and/or TCA)
- Prior documented history of increased liver enzyme level (ASAT and/or ALAT) > 2N.
- TP <70%
- Total bilirubin > 2N
- Any patient with allopurinol treatment and immunosupressive treatment with concomitant use of xanthine oxidase inhibitors (e.g. allopurinol, oxipurinol/thiopurinol, febuxostat)
- Patients with two inactive TPMT or NUDT15 alleles (homozygous deficient or double heterozygote)
- Pregnancy or lactating woman or wish for future pregnancy
- Refusal to have a highly effective contraception during traitment and for one year (12 months) after the end of the experimental treatment
- participation to another interventional study within 5 half-lives prior to baseline.
- Active, severe infections (including tuberculosis, HBV and HCV, HIV, herpes, VZV, EBV and CMV)
- Psychosis not controlled by treatment
- Patients with Lesch Nyhan syndrome
- Pheochromocytoma
- Scleroderma
- Untreated peptic ulcer
- Myasthenia gravis
- Any other medical illness or disability that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise effective trial participation
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Immediate Azathioprine (1st attack)
Treatment will be started at 2mg/kg or at 1mg/kg if the patient has a partial activity which would be increased slowly according the 6-TGN activity and clinical and biological tolerance at Week 2 for patient with partial activity or M1 for patient without TPMT activity deficit. Only for patient with partial deficit and whose 6-TGN activity is low, azathioprine would be increased at 3mg/kg/d at Week 6 and without exceeding a total daily dose of 150 mg. |
Patients randomized in Immediate Azathioprine group will benefit from immediate treatment with azathioprine. Treatment will be started at 2mg/kg or at 1mg/kg if the patient has a partial activity which would be increased slowly according the 6-TGN activity and clinical and biological tolerance at Week 2 for patient with partial activity or M1 for patient without TPMT activity deficit. Only for patient with partial deficit and whose 6-TGN activity is low, azathioprine would be increased at 3mg/kg/d at Week 6 and without exceeding a total daily dose of 150 mg. |
Experimental: Immediate Rituximab (1st attack)
Once the inclusion criteria are validated, the first injection will be performed according to the injection protocol (Annex 4). Fifteen day later, the second injection will be performed. The next visit during a consultation with PI or his collaborators will be scheduled 1 week ± 2 days later, and patients will be advised to contact the PI if any neurologic symptoms or symptoms of adverse event occurs in the meantime. |
Patients randomized in Immediate Rituximab group will benefit from immediate treatment with rituximab. Rituximab 375mg/m2 IV will be given at D1 and D15 and repeat every 6 months for 2 years. Once the inclusion criteria are validated, the first injection will be performed according to the injection protocol (Annex 4). Fifteen day later, the second injection will be performed. The next visit during a consultation with PI or his collaborators will be scheduled 1 week ± 2 days later, and patients will be advised to contact the PI if any neurologic symptoms or symptoms of adverse event occurs in the meantime. |
Active Comparator: Standard Care: delayed treatment (2nd attack)
Patients will be treated according to standard of care after their 1st attack. In case of relapse:
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Patients in this group will be treated according to standard care
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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annualized relapse rate (ARR) at 24 months
Time Frame: at 24 months
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To compare the efficacy of immediate (at first attack) azathioprine (AZA) or rituximab (RTX) treatment in children with MOG antibodies positive diseases with delayed treatment (at second attack), on the annualized relapse rate at 24 months.
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at 24 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Annualized relapse rate at 12 months
Time Frame: at 12 months
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Evaluate the efficacy of immediate treatment with delayed treatment
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at 12 months
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Time to first relapse (2nd attack) will be defined as time from randomization to the date of first relapse, with right-censoring in case of loss of follow-up
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 2.5 years
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Evaluate the efficacy of immediate treatment with delayed treatment
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through study completion, an average of 2.5 years
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Percentage of patients free of relapses over 24 months
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 2.5 years
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Evaluate the efficacy of immediate treatment with delayed treatment
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through study completion, an average of 2.5 years
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Motor disability outcome will be assessed with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 2.5 years
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Evaluate the efficacy of immediate treatment with delayed treatment.
The EDSS is an ordinal scale used for assessing neurologic impairment based on a neurological examination.
It consists of scores in each of seven central functional systems (FSs) that are then combined to determine the EDSS steps (ranging from 0 (normal) to 10 (death due to MS)).
The FSs are Visual, Brain Stem, Pyramidal, Cerebellar, Sensory, Bowel & Bladder, and Cerebral functions.
EDSS is a widely used and accepted instrument to evaluate disability status at a given time and, longitudinally, to assess disability progression in clinical studies in MS other MOG-Abs-ADS related studies.
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through study completion, an average of 2.5 years
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Visual Acuity, Optical Coherence Tomography
Time Frame: at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months
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Evaluate the efficacy of immediate treatment with delayed treatment.
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at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months
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Cognitive function: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)-5
Time Frame: at 6 and 24 months
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Evaluate the efficacy of immediate treatment with delayed treatment.
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at 6 and 24 months
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Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)
Time Frame: at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months
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Evaluate the efficacy of immediate treatment with delayed treatment.
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at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months
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Cumulative number of new or newly enlarged lesions detected on T2-weighted MRI and of T1 gadolinium enhancing lesions
Time Frame: at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months
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Evaluate the efficacy on MRI outcomes
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at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Estimated)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Disease
- Syndrome
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
- Antimetabolites
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Immunologic Factors
- Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
- Rituximab
- Azathioprine
Other Study ID Numbers
- APHP211057
- 2022-002385-32 (EudraCT Number)
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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