A New Posaconazole Dosing Regimen for Paediatric Patients With Cystic Fibrosis and Aspergillus Infection (cASPerCF)
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| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04966234 |
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Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified March 2021 by Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : July 19, 2021
Last Update Posted : July 19, 2021
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| Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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| Cystic Fibrosis Aspergillosis | Drug: Posaconazole 100 MG [Noxafil] Drug: Posaconazole 40 MG/ML | Phase 2 Phase 3 |
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common inherited life-limiting disease in North European people affecting 90,000 people worldwide with about 45,000 registered in the Patient Registry of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS). Progressive lung damage caused by recurrent infection and persistent inflammation is the major determinant of survival with a median age of death at 29 years. Approximately 60% of CF patients are infected with A. fumigatus, a ubiquitous environmental fungus,and its presence is associated with accelerated lung function decline. Half of the patients infected with Aspergillus are <18 years of age. Evidence to guide clinical management of CF-related Aspergillus disease is lacking. A recent survey showed considerable variability in clinical practice among CF consultants. Two-thirds would treat Aspergillus colonization in patients with CF and two-thirds would use an azole antifungal in addition to steroids in the first line treatment of CF-related allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). The results of this survey underscore the limited evidence available to guide management of Aspergillus infection in CF.
Posaconazole, being one of the 4 licensed triazole antifungals with good efficacy against Aspergillus species has been chosen as the study drug as it has a better tolerability compared to itraconazole, less toxicity and drug-drug interactions compared to voriconazole and can be administered once daily. Posaconazole is licensed in Europe for the prevention of invasive aspergillus in adult neutropenic patient populations and as salvage therapy for invasive aspergillosis. Several studies have reported on the safety and tolerability of the use of posaconazole in children and adolescents with either haematological malignancies, or chronic granulomatous disease, or those undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Currently, no dosing algorithm is available to guide posaconazole dosing in children.
| Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Estimated Enrollment : | 135 participants |
| Allocation: | Randomized |
| Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
| Intervention Model Description: | Open-label, randomized, multi-center study |
| Masking: | None (Open Label) |
| Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
| Official Title: | Prospective Validation and Clinical Evaluation of a New Posaconazole Dosing Regimen for Children and Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis and Aspergillus Infection |
| Actual Study Start Date : | April 22, 2021 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 2023 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 2023 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Posaconazole arm
90 patients (out of the 135 total patients, therefore with a 2:1 randomization ratio) will receive posaconazole for 12 weeks. Patients in the posaconazole arm will be stratified for body weight and positive sputum cultures for Aspergillus species. Patients will be followed-up for a total of 12 months post-randomization. |
Drug: Posaconazole 100 MG [Noxafil]
Posaconazole is a lipophilic, highly permeable triazole, which is practically insoluble in water. Posaconazole inhibits the enzyme CYP51a (also known as Erg11p or lanosterol demethylase). This enzyme is required for catalysation of an essential step in biosynthesis of ergosterol in filamentous fungi and yeasts. Posaconazole is favoured over itraconazole and voriconazole with respect to palatability, tolerability and toxicity profile Other Name: gastro-resistant tablets Noxafil® 100 mg Drug: Posaconazole 40 MG/ML Posaconazole is a lipophilic, highly permeable triazole, which is practically insoluble in water. Posaconazole inhibits the enzyme CYP51a (also known as Erg11p or lanosterol demethylase). This enzyme is required for catalysation of an essential step in biosynthesis of ergosterol in filamentous fungi and yeasts. Posaconazole is favoured over itraconazole and voriconazole with respect to palatability, tolerability and toxicity profile Other Name: 105 ml Noxafil® 40 mg/ml oral suspension |
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No Intervention: Control arm
45 patients (out of the 135 total patients, therefore with a 2:1 randomization ratio) will not receive the active treatment. Patients will be followed-up for a total of 12 months post-randomization. If participants in the control arm are deteriorating during the first 3 months after randomization, it is up to the treating physician to consider treatment for the initial asymptomatic Aspergillus infection |
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: At steady state, day 5-10 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameter will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Cmax
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: At steady state, day 5-10 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameter will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Cmin
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: At steady state, day 5-10 of treatment ]
The following pharmacokinetic parameter will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis:
Tmax
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: At steady state, day 5-10 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameter will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Area Under the Curve during 1 dosing interval and over 24 hours
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: At steady state, day 5-10 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameter will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Clearance
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: At steady state, day 5-10 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameter will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Distribution volume
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: At steady state, day 5-10 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameter will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Half-life
- Aspergillus isolation from sputum cultures [ Time Frame: 3 months after randomisation ]For evaluating the clinical efficacy of posaconazole, the outcome measure that will be analysed is the number of children with negative sputum sample for Aspergillus 3 months after randomisation.
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: Day 21-35 and day 84 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Cmax
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: Day 21-35 and day 84 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Cmin
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: Day 21-35 and day 84 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Tmax
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: Day 21-35 and day 84 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Area Under the Curve
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: Day 21-35 and day 84 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Clearance
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: Day 21-35 and day 84 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Distribution volume
- Pharmacokinetic parameters of posaconazole [ Time Frame: Day 21-35 and day 84 of treatment ]The following pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated using non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis: Half-life
- Patients with a favourable clinical response and no signs of Aspergillus infection [ Time Frame: 3, 6 and 12 months after randomisation ]Percentage of patients who have a favourable clinical response (defined by pulmonary exacerbation rate, days on antibiotics and corticosteroids, hospital admissions, change in FEV1, change in BMI, CT-chest abnormalities, QoL)
- Patients with no signs of Aspergillus infection [ Time Frame: 3, 6 and 12 months after randomisation ]Percentage of patients who have no signs of Aspergillus infection (defined by negative sputum cultures and negative serology).
- The proportion of participants experiencing AEs and SAEs [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year after randomisation ]Assessed according to the Division of AIDS (DAIDS), Table for Grading of the NIAID, NIH, and the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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| Ages Eligible for Study: | 8 Years to 17 Years (Child) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (genetic diagnosis and/or abnormal sweat test and clinical phenotype of lung disease)
- Age ≥ 8 yrs and < 18 yrs
- Body weight ≥20 kg
- Presence of Aspergillus infection as defined for this study
- Clinically stable condition without a significant change in lung function (FEV1 +/- 10%) or significant worsening of respiratory symptoms over the previous month
- Able to perform lung function test (FEV1%)
- Able to produce a sputum sample (spontaneous or induced sputum)
- Informed Consent given
- If female and of childbearing age must be using highly effective contraception (and must agree to continue for 7 days after the last dose of investigational medicinal product [IMP]
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-CF lung disorder
- Age < 8 yrs or ≥ 18 yrs
- Body weight < 20 kg
- Not able to perform lung function test (FEV1%)
- Unable to produce a sputum sample (spontaneous or induced sputum)
- Clinically unstable condition with significant change in lung function or significant worsening of respiratory symptoms
- Unable to tolerate oral medication
- Known hypersensitivity to itraconazole or posaconazole, or it's excipients.
- On active transplant list or transplant recipient
- Azole resistant Aspergillus sp. cultured
- Patients receiving terfenadine, ergot alkaloids, astemizole, cisapride, pimozide, halofantrine, quinidine, or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors metabolised through CYP3A4 (eg. simvastatin, lovastatin, and atorvastatin)
- Patients receiving omalizumab
- Received systemic mould-active antifungals in the last month
- Shortened or elongated QT interval
- Cardiac failure
- ALT ≥ 200 U/L
- AST ≥ 225 U/L
- Alkaline phosphatase ≥ 460 U/L
- Bilirubin ≥ 50 umol/L
- eGFR < 20 ml/min/1.73 m2 (calculated with the Schwartz formula)
- Patients with known glucose-galactose malabsorption problems
- Pregnancy2 or breastfeeding
- Females of childbearing age who do not intend to use contraception measures.
- Informed Consent not given
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04966234
| Contact: Betty Polikar, PhD Op Coord | +39-06-68594243 | betty.polikar@opbg.net | |
| Contact: Adilia Warris, MD,C.Inv. | +44(0)1392 727593 | a.warris@exeter.ac.uk |
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| Study Director: | Adilia Warris, Prof | University of Exeter |
| Responsible Party: | Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04966234 |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
cASPerCF_2007_OPBG_2019 2019-004511-31 ( EudraCT Number ) |
| First Posted: | July 19, 2021 Key Record Dates |
| Last Update Posted: | July 19, 2021 |
| Last Verified: | March 2021 |
| Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
| Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
| Plan Description: | All IPD that underlie results in a publication |
| Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Informed Consent Form (ICF) Clinical Study Report (CSR) |
| Time Frame: | Starting 6 months after the availability of the CSR and therefore from April 2024 |
| Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
| Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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Posaconazole Progressive lung damage Recurrent infection Persistent inflammation Better tolerability Paediatrics |
Adolescents Therapeutic drug monitoring Pharmacokinetics Cystic Fibrosis Aspergillosis |
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Infections Aspergillosis Cystic Fibrosis Fibrosis Pathologic Processes Pancreatic Diseases Digestive System Diseases Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn Infant, Newborn, Diseases Mycoses Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Posaconazole |
Antifungal Agents Anti-Infective Agents Trypanocidal Agents Antiprotozoal Agents Antiparasitic Agents 14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors Hormone Antagonists Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Physiological Effects of Drugs |