Clinical trial NCT02533362: ANF-Rho in the Treatment of Chronic Neutropenia
Official title: A Phase 2, Open-Label, Single Center, Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetic Study of ANF-Rho™ in Patients With Chronic Neutropenia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Neutropenia, Severe Chronic
Lead sponsor: Prolong Pharmaceuticals
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2015-08-26
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 1
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: A 6 month safety, tolerability, efficacy and pharmacokinetic study with ANF-Rho to treat patients with chronic neutropenia.

Detailed description: Chronic neutropenia patients who are eligible for participation will be screened and enrolled to received open-label ANF-Rho for a period of 6 months. Study participation will be separated into 2 periods, Induction (8 weeks) and Maintenance (16 weeks). Blood samples to measure neutrophil levels and biochemistry labs will be drawn throughout the study to monitor efficacy response and patient safety. Pharmacokinetic samples will be collected during both periods and questionnaires will be completed by the patient and investigator for bone pain, quality of life (QOL) and injection site reaction.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients 1 years of age or older
2. Patients with established chronic neutropenia defined as Median Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) \< 0.5 x 109/L (both with and without demonstrated genetic lesion) having an indication for treatment, including:

   Independent of hematological parameters, all patients with: Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS), Barth's syndrome or other inherited diseases associated with neutropenia (exclude Glycogen Storage Disease 1b)
3. Patients on granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF) \& PEG-GCSF treatment are still eligible to participate after a washout period of 7 days, after the stopping of the drug
4. Signed and dated informed written consent/assent by the patient/parent
5. Women of childbearing potential with a negative serum pregnancy test and using a reliable method of contraception during the study period. Male study participants also agreeing to use contraception for the study period.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Evidence of chromosomal abnormalities, myelodysplasia, hematologic malignancy, aplastic anemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, or rheumatoid arthritis (Felty's syndrome) or if the neutropenia was drug-induced
2. Progressive malignant disease or malignancy history
3. Presence of macrophage activation syndrome before the diagnosis of neutropenia
4. Clinical Significant Abnormal Renal, Cardiac, Hepatic or Blood Coagulation disease.
5. Chronic infection such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C Virus (HCV) or Human immunodeficiency virus( HIV) or history of tuberculosis
6. Association with anemia, thrombocytopenia (low blood platelets) before the diagnosis of neutropenia.
7. Drug abuse, substance abuse, or alcohol abuse
8. Use of any other investigational drug at the time of enrollment, or within 5 half-lives prior to enrollment, whichever is longer
9. Patients unwilling and/or who are not capable of ensuring compliance with the provisions of the study protocol
10. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
11. Women of childbearing potential who do not use an approved method of birth control. Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post ovulation methods) is not acceptable
12. Patients with known DNA loss-of-function mutations in GCSFR and RUNX1 genes

Primary outcomes:
measure: Neutrophil response rate to ANF Rho following a 6 month treatment period (induction, stabilization and maintenance periods) in patients with Chronic Neutropenia.
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Serum concentration of ANF-Rho over time
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: The peak plasma concentration of ANF-Rho after administration (Cmax) over time
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Total ANF-Rho exposure (AUC)
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Time to peak plasma concentration of ANF-Rho (Tmax)
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Half-Life of ANF-Rho (T1/2)
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Rate of subject reported infection related morbidities (infections, hospitalisations and antibiotic use) in Chronic Neutropenia patients treated with ANF Rho
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Evaluate the effect of ANF Rho on the Quality of Life and Bone Pain in Chronic Neutropenia patients.
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Evaluate safety and tolerability of subcutaneous injections of ANF Rho in chronic neutropenia patients.
timeFrame: 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Prolong Pharmaceuticals
name: Hemant Misra, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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