Efficacy and Safety of Depemokimab Compared With Mepolizumab in Adults With Relapsing or Refractory Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (EGPA) (OCEAN)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05263934 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : March 3, 2022
Last Update Posted : November 7, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis | Biological: Depemokimab Biological: Mepolizumab Drug: Placebo matching mepolizumab Drug: Placebo matching depemokimab | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 160 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Participants will receive either depemokimab plus placebo matching mepolizumab or mepolizumab plus placebo matching depemokimab |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Masking Description: | This is a double-blind study. |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A 52-week, Randomized, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Parallel-group, Multi-centre, Non-inferiority Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Depemokimab Compared With Mepolizumab in Adults With Relapsing or Refractory Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (EGPA) Receiving Standard of Care (SoC) Therapy |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 14, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 10, 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 7, 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Participants receiving depemokimab+placebo matching mepolizumab |
Biological: Depemokimab
Depemokimab will be administered Drug: Placebo matching mepolizumab Placebo matching to mepolizumab will be administered. |
Active Comparator: Participants receiving mepolizumab+placebo matching depemokimab |
Biological: Mepolizumab
Mepolizumab will be administered Drug: Placebo matching depemokimab Placebo matching to depemokimab will be administered. |
- Number of participants with remission (Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score [BVAS] =0 and a dose of oral corticosteroid [OCS] less than or equal to [<=] 4 milligram [mg] per day) [ Time Frame: Up to Week 52 ]Participants must be in remission at both Weeks 36 and 52.
- Number of participants in each category of accrued duration of remission [ Time Frame: Up to Week 52 ]Total accrued duration of remission is the accrued number of weeks where BVAS = 0 plus OCS dose <= 4 mg/day over the 52-week intervention period. The accrued duration was categorized into zero, >0 to <12 weeks, 12 to <24 weeks, 24 to <36 weeks or more than or equal to (>=) 36 weeks.
- Number of participants with total accrued duration of remission [ Time Frame: Up to Week 52 ]Total accrued duration of remission is the accrued number of weeks where BVAS = 0 plus OCS dose <= 4 mg/day over the 52-week intervention period.
- Time to first EGPA relapse [ Time Frame: Up to Week 52 ]The time to first EGPA relapse will be calculated from the date of first dose of study intervention and start date of the EGPA relapse.
- Number of participants receiving in each category of mean OCS dose during the last 4 weeks of study treatment period (Weeks 49 to 52) [ Time Frame: Weeks 49 to 52 ]Number of participants receiving the mean OCS dose (categorized as 0, >0 to <=4, >4 to <=7.5 or >7.5 mg/day) will be assessed during the last 4 weeks of the study treatment period (Weeks 49 to 52).
- Number of participants achieving remission (BVAS = 0 and OCS <= 4mg/day) within the first 24 weeks with continued remission until Week 52 [ Time Frame: Up to Week 52 ]
- Number of participants achieving remission using the European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) definition (BVAS = 0 and OCS <=7.5 mg/day) at Weeks 36 and 52 [ Time Frame: At Weeks 36 and 52 ]
- Number of participants in each category of accrued duration of remission according to the EULAR definition of remission (BVAS = 0 plus OCS <=7.5 mg/day) over 52-week intervention period [ Time Frame: Up to Week 52 ]Total accrued duration of remission according to the EULAR definition of remission is the accrued number of weeks where BVAS = 0 plus OCS dose <=7.5 mg/day over the 52 week intervention period categorized as zero weeks; >0 to <12 weeks; 12 to <24 weeks; 24 to <36 weeks or >= 36 weeks.
- Number of participants with total accrued duration of remission according to the EULAR definition of remission [ Time Frame: Up to Week 52 ]Total accrued duration of remission according to the EULAR definition of remission is the accrued number of weeks where BVAS=0 plus OCS <=7.5 mg/day over the 52-week intervention period.
- Number of participants with remission (BVAS=0 and OCS <=7.5 mg/day) within the first 24 weeks with continued remission until Week 52 [ Time Frame: Up to Week 52 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participant (male or female) must be 18 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent.
- Participants who are >=40 kilogram at Screening Visit 1.
- Participants with a documented diagnosis of EGPA for at least 6 months based on the history or presence of: asthma plus eosinophilia defined as >1.0*10^9/Liter (L) and/or >10 percentage (%) of leucocytes plus at least 2 of the following additional features of EGPA: a biopsy showing histopathological evidence of eosinophilic vasculitis, or perivascular eosinophilic infiltration, or eosinophil-rich granulomatous inflammation, neuropathy, mono or poly (motor deficit or nerve conduction abnormality), pulmonary infiltrates, non-fixed, sino-nasal abnormality, cardiomyopathy (established by echocardiography or magnetic resonance imaging), glomerulonephritis (hematuria, red cell casts, proteinuria), alveolar hemorrhage (by bronchoalveolar lavage), palpable purpura, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies positive Myeloperoxidase or Proteinase 3.
- History of relapsing OR refractory disease.
- Participants must be on a stable dose of oral prednisolone or prednisone of >=7.5 mg/day (but not >50 mg/day) for at least 4 weeks prior to Baseline (Visit 2).
- If participants receiving immunosuppressive therapy (excluding cyclophosphamide) the dosage must be stable for the 4 weeks prior to Baseline (Visit 2) and during the study.
- A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, and one of the following conditions applies: Is a woman of non-childbearing potential (WONCBP) OR Is a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and using a contraceptive method that is highly effective, with a failure rate of <1%.
- Capable of giving signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis; previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis or microscopic polyangiitis.
- Participants with organ-threatening EGPA as per EULAR criteria,
- Imminently life-threatening EGPA disease within 3 months prior to Screening (Visit 1).
- A current malignancy or previous history of cancer in remission for less than 12 months prior to Screening.
- Participants with alanine aminotransferase >2*upper limit of normal (ULN) or if participant is on background methotrexate or azathioprine >3*ULN, aspartate aminotransferase >2*ULN or if participant is on background methotrexate or azathioprine >3*ULN, alkaline phosphatase >=2.0*ULN, total bilirubin >1.5*ULN (isolated bilirubin >1.5*ULN is acceptable if bilirubin is fractionated and direct bilirubin <35%), Cirrhosis or current unstable liver or biliary disease per investigator assessment.
- Participants who have severe or clinically significant cardiovascular disease uncontrolled with standard treatment.
- Participants who have known, pre-existing, clinically significant system abnormalities that are not associated with EGPA and are uncontrolled with standard treatment.
- Clinically significant abnormality in the hematological, biochemical or urinalysis screen at Visit 1.
- Chronic or ongoing active infectious disease requiring systemic treatment.
- Participants with a known, pre-existing parasitic infestation within 6 months prior to Screening Visit 1.
- A known immunodeficiency (e.g. human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]).
- Participants that, according to the investigator's medical judgment, are likely to have active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Participants with known COVID-19 positive contacts within the past 14 days must be excluded for at least 14 days following the exposure during which the participant must remain symptom-free.
- Participants with a known allergy or intolerance to a monoclonal antibody or biologic therapy or any of the excipients of the investigational products.
- Participants who have a previous documented failure with anti-Interleukin-5 /Interleukin-5 receptor therapy. Participants who have received monoclonal antibodies (mAb) and who have not undergone the required washout periods, prior to Visit 1.
- Participants receiving any of the following: Oral corticosteroids: Participant requires an oral corticosteroid dose of >50 mg/day prednisolone/prednisone in the 4-week period prior to Baseline (Visit 2), Intravenous (IV), intramuscular or subcutaneous (SC) corticosteroids in the 4-week period prior to Baseline (Visit 2), Omalizumab within 130 days prior to Screening (Visit 1), Cyclophosphamide (CYC): oral CYC within 4 weeks prior to Baseline (Visit 2) and IV CYC within 3 weeks prior to Baseline (Visit 2), if their total white blood cells is >=4*10^9/L (measured using the local laboratory if necessary), Rituximab within 12 months prior to Screening (Visit 1); in addition, the Participant must have shown recovery of peripheral B-cell count to within the normal range, Tezepelumab and Dupilumab with a washout period of 5 half-lives prior to Screening Visit 1, IV or SC immunoglobulin within 6 months prior to Screening (Visit 1); For China and Japan only within 12 weeks prior to Screening (Visit 1), Interferon-alpha within 6 months prior to Screening Visit 1, Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy within 12 weeks prior to Screening Visit 1, Anti-CD52 (alemtuzumab) within 6 months prior to Screening Visit 1.
- Participants with QT interval corrected for heart rate according to Fridericia's formula (QTcF) >=450 milliseconds (msec) or QTcF >=480 msec for participants with Bundle Branch Block in the 12-lead ECG central over-read from at Screening Visit 1.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05263934
Contact: US GSK Clinical Trials Call Center | 877-379-3718 | GSKClinicalSupportHD@gsk.com | |
Contact: EU GSK Clinical Trials Call Center | +44 (0) 20 89904466 | GSKClinicalSupportHD@gsk.com |

Study Director: | GSK Clinical Trials | GlaxoSmithKline |
Responsible Party: | GlaxoSmithKline |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05263934 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
217102 |
First Posted: | March 3, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 7, 2023 |
Last Verified: | October 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | IPD for this study will be made available via the Clinical Study Data Request site. |
Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Informed Consent Form (ICF) Clinical Study Report (CSR) |
Time Frame: | IPD will be made available within 6 months of publishing the results of the primary endpoints, key secondary endpoints and safety data of the study. |
Access Criteria: | Access is provided after a research proposal is submitted and has received approval from the Independent Review Panel and after a Data Sharing Agreement is in place. Access is provided for an initial period of 12 months but an extension can be granted, when justified, for up to another 12 months. |
URL: | http://clinicalstudydatarequest.com |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Depemokimab Mepolizumab Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis |
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