Clinical trial NCT05166109: A Study to Assess Vamorolone in Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)
Official title: A Phase II Pilot Trial of Vamorolone vs. Placebo for the Treatment of Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Keywords: Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy
Lead sponsor: ReveraGen BioPharma, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: Santhera Pharmaceuticals
First posted: 2021-12-21
Enrollment: 39
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 64
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This Phase II pilot study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, and exploratory clinical efficacy of vamorolone 500mg (250mg for body weight \<50 kg) daily administered orally compared to placebo over a treatment period of 24 weeks in males with BMD.

Funding Source - FDA OOPD

Detailed description: This Phase II pilot study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, PD, and exploratory clinical efficacy of vamorolone 500mg (250mg for body weight \<50 kg) daily administered orally compared to placebo over a treatment period of 24 weeks in males with BMD.

The study is comprised of a Pretreatment Screening Period of up to 5 weeks duration (unless extended to accommodate varicella vaccination), a 1-day Pretreatment Baseline Period, a 24-week Treatment Period, and a 4-week Dose-tapering Period (for subjects not continuing directly with further vamorolone treatment). Subjects will be enrolled into this study at the time written informed consent is given, and administered study medication only after completion of all Pretreatment Screening assessments to confirm eligibility.

Subjects will be assessed for safety, tolerability, PK, PD, and effect on physical functioning at scheduled visits throughout the study. Screening assessments will be performed prior to baseline assessments on Day -1 and first administration of study medication on Day 1.

After completion of Screening and Baseline assessments, subjects will return to the study clinic on Day 1 for safety, PK and PD assessments prior to administration of the first dose of study medication. Additional on-site study visits will occur at Week 4, Week 12, and Week 24. Adverse events, including serious adverse events (SAEs), and concomitant medications will be recorded throughout the study. A Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) will review SAEs and other pertinent safety data at regular intervals during the study, and make recommendations to the Sponsor and Study Team regarding study conduct.

Subject diaries will be dispensed at the Day 1, Week 12, and Week 24 (for subjects participating in the Dose-tapering Period) Visits to record AEs, changes to concomitant medications taken during the study, and any missed or incomplete doses of study medication.

The scheduled Week 12 and Week 24 assessments may be performed over a 2-day period, if necessary, to facilitate scheduling.

Subjects who complete the VBP15-BMD-001 study assessments through the Week 24 Visit may be given the opportunity to continue to receive vamorolone as part of an expanded access or compassionate use program.

Subjects who complete the VBP15-BMD-001 study and will enroll directly into an expanded access or compassionate use program to continue vamorolone treatment will be discharged from the VBP15-BMD-001 study following completion of all Week 24 assessments. Subjects who will not continue vamorolone treatment in the expanded access or compassionate use program will have their study medication dose tapered during a 4-week Dose-tapering Period to taper study medication prior to discharge from the study. For these subjects, site study staff will contact the subject or parent(s)/guardian(s) by telephone at Week 26 to ensure that the dose tapering is proceeding according to protocol, to assess potential signs or symptoms of adrenal suppression, and to address any questions the subject or parent(s)/guardian(s) may have.

In the event that any clinical or laboratory parameters remain abnormal at the time of discharge from the study, the subject will be followed medically, as clinically indicated.

Any subject who discontinues the study prior to the Week 24 Visit should return to the study unit for scheduled Week 24 assessments at the time of early withdrawal and a Week 28 Visit following the taper, whenever possible, assuming the subject has not withdrawn consent. Any subject who withdraws early from the study after study medication dosing has begun should undergo dose-tapering following early completion of the Week 24 assessments and a Week 28 Visit following the taper.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject or Subject's parent(s) or legal guardian (s) has (have) provided written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization, where applicable, prior to any study-related procedures;
2. Subject is a male and has a confirmed diagnosis of Becker dystrophy as defined as:

   1. Identifiable mutation within the DMD gene (deletion/duplication of one or more exons), where reading frame can be predicted as 'in-frame', and clinical picture consistent with Becker dystrophy, OR
   2. Complete dystrophin gene sequencing showing an alteration (small mutation, duplication, other) that is expected to allow production of an internally deleted dystrophin protein, with a typical clinical picture of Becker dystrophy;
3. Subject is ≥ 18 years of age and \<65 years of age at time of informed consent;
4. Subject is able to perform the timed run/walk 10 meters assessment (TTRW) in ≤ 30 sec at screening; assistive devices, cane or walker, are allowed.
5. Subject has an NSAA score ≤ 32 at screening.
6. Clinical laboratory test results are within the normal range at the Screening Visit, or if abnormal, are not clinically significant, in the opinion of the Investigator. (Note: Serum gamma glutamyl transferase \[GGT\], creatinine, and total bilirubin all must be ≤ upper limit of the normal range at the Screening Visit). While AST and ALT can be elevated due to disease of muscle or liver, the study PI will review any increases of AST or ALT. If above upper limit of normal (ULN), then study PI will assess whether the increases are likely of muscle origin to determine inclusion.
7. Subject has not received oral glucocorticoids or other oral immunosuppressive agents for at least 3 months prior to first administration of study medication. \[Note: Inhaled and/or topical glucocorticoids are permitted if last use is at least 4 weeks prior to first administration of study medication or if administered at stable dose beginning at least 4 weeks prior to first administration of study medication and anticipated to be used at the stable dose regimen for the duration of the study\];
8. Subject has evidence of chicken pox immunity as determined by:

   1. Presence of IgG antibodies to varicella, as documented by a positive test result from the local laboratory from blood collected during the Screening Period; OR
   2. Documentation, provided at the Screening Visit, that the subject has received 2 doses of varicella vaccine, with or without serologic evidence of immunity, with the second of the 2 immunizations given at least 14 days prior to first administration of study medication;
9. Subject is willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, study medication administration plan, and study procedures.
10. Subject agrees to use barrier contraception methods during his participation in this study and for 30 days after the tapering dose is completed.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject has current or history of major renal or hepatic impairment, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (defined as a diagnosis of diabetes with random glucose more than 1.5x ULN at screening and the patient has symptoms of polyuria or polydipsia) or immunosuppression;
2. Subject has current or history of chronic systemic fungal or viral infections;
3. Subject has had an acute illness within 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study medication
4. Subject has used mineralocorticoid receptor agents, such as spironolactone, eplerenone, canrenone (canrenoate potassium), prorenone (prorenoate potassium), or mexrenone (mexrenoate potassium) within 4 weeks prior to administration of study medication;
5. Subject has evidence of symptomatic cardiomyopathy \[Note: Asymptomatic cardiac abnormality on investigation would not be exclusionary unless cardiac ejection fraction is less than 40%\];
6. Subject has an allergy or hypersensitivity to the study medication or to any of its constituents;
7. Subject has severe behavioral or cognitive problems that preclude participation in the study, in the opinion of the Investigator;
8. Subject has previous or ongoing medical condition, medical history, physical findings or laboratory abnormalities that could affect safety, make it unlikely that treatment and follow-up will be correctly completed or impair the assessment of study results, in the opinion of the Investigator;
9. Subject is taking (or has taken within 4 weeks prior to first dose of study medication) herbal remedies and supplements which can impact muscle strength and function (e.g., Co-enzyme Q10, creatine, etc);
10. Subject has been administered a live attenuated vaccine within 14 days prior to the first dose of study medication;
11. Subject is currently taking any other investigational drug or has taken any other investigational drug within 3 months prior to first dose of study medication; or
12. Subject has previously been enrolled in the VBP15-BMD-001 study or any other vamorolone study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Safety as measured by Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) by system organ class (SOC and PT)
timeFrame: 24 weeks
measure: Safety as measured by Sitting Blood Pressure
timeFrame: Day 1, Week 4, Week 12, Week 24, Week 28
measure: Safety as measured by Heart Rate
timeFrame: Day 1, Week 4, Week 12, Week 24, Week 28
measure: Safety as measured by Respiratory Rate
timeFrame: Day 1, Week 4, Week 12, Week 24, Week 28
measure: Safety as measured by Body Temperature
timeFrame: Day 1, Week 4, Week 12, Week 24, Week 28
measure: Safety as measured by Body Weight
timeFrame: Week 12, Week 24, Week 28
measure: Safety as measured by Height
timeFrame: Week 12, Week 24, Week 28
measure: Safety: concentration of blood laboratory biomarkers as assessed by standardized clinical laboratory reference ranges
timeFrame: Week 4, Week 12, Week 24
measure: Safety: concentration of urine laboratory biomarkers as measured by dipstick and microscopic analysis
timeFrame: Week 4, Week 12, Week 24
measure: Safety as measured by 12-lead ECG
timeFrame: Week 12, Week 24
measure: Tolerability as measured by incidence of Premature Discontinuation
timeFrame: 24 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pharmacokinetics as measured by AUCinf
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Safety as measured by serum concentration of osteocalcin
timeFrame: Week 24
measure: Safety as measured by serum concentration of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)
timeFrame: Week 24
measure: Safety as measured by fasting serum concentration of glucose
timeFrame: Week 12, Week 24
measure: Safety as measured by fasting serum concentration of insulin
timeFrame: Week 12, Week 24
measure: Efficacy as measured by concentration of serum pharmacodynamic biomarkers
timeFrame: Week 12, Week 24
measure: Safety as measured by concentration of Salivary Cortisol
timeFrame: Day 1, Week 12, Week 24
Other outcomes:
measure: Efficacy as measured by Time to Run/Walk Test (TTRW)
timeFrame: Week 12, Week 24
measure: Efficacy as measured by North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA) score
timeFrame: Week 12, Week 24
measure: Tolerability as measured by NeuroQOL score
timeFrame: 24 weeks
Locations:
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: University of Pittsburgh
state: Pennsylvania
city: Padova
country: Italy
facility: Azienda Ospedale Universita Padova
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
name: Paula Clemens, M.D.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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