Trial Of IW001 in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

NCT01199887 | Completed Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: IW001-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 11

Brief Summary

This is an open label, Phase One, multicenter study, designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, to explore the biologic effects, and to explore the clinical effects of the following doses of IW001: 0.1mg/day, 0.5 mg/day, and 1.0 mg/day, when administered once a day orally for 24 weeks in patients with IPF.

Conditions

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Keywords

safety, biologic effects, IPF, autoimmune

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To evaluate the safety and tolerability of three doses of IW001 (0.1 mg/day, 0.5 mg/day, and 1.0 mg/day orally) in patients with IPF patients over a 24 week treatment period.

  Monthly during the 24 week treatment period.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• To explore the biologic effects of IW001 on T-cell and B-cell reactivity. To explore relationships between Col V reactivity and clinical measures of lung function in patients with IPF.

  Monthly during the 24 week treatment period.

Study Arms (1)

IW001

EXPERIMENTAL

Three dose cohorts, 0.1 mg, 0.5 mg, 1.0 mg

Drug: IW001

Interventions

IW001 DRUG

IW001, 0.1 mg, 0.5 mg, 1.0 mg PO daily for 24 weeks.

IW001

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 35 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients must meet all of the following to be included in the study:
• Diagnosis of IPF (ATS criteria) prior to the Baseline visit.
• Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) ≥ 50% of predicted.
• Lung Diffusion Capacity (DLCO) ≥ 35% of predicted.
• Ages 35-75 years inclusive.
• Positive for anti-Col (V) antibodies.
• White blood cell count (WBC) ≥ 2500 mm3.
• Hematocrit ≥ 25% and ≤ 59%.
• Platelets ≥ 100,000 mm3.
• Creatinine ≤ 1.5x Upper Limits of Normal (ULN).
• Bilirubin ≤ 1.5x ULN.
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST, SGOT) ≤ 1.5x ULN.
• Females of child-bearing potential (defined as less than one year post-menopausal or not surgically sterile) must be using an acceptable method of birth control or practicing abstinence from the time consent is signed until 30 days after treatment discontinuation. If sexually active, female patients must use a double barrier method of birth control, such as a condom and spermicidal. Patient must have a negative pregnancy test at the Screening and Baseline visits.
• Willing and able to provide adequate written informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients will be excluded from the study for any of the following:
• Concurrent use of systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressives within 30 days of the Baseline visit.
• Chronic NSAID use (limited, i.e., up to 72 hours continuous use of NSAIDs will be permitted during the study), (see Section 9, concomitant medications).
• N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) use within 14 days of the Baseline visit.
• Any disease, condition or surgery (e.g. inflammatory bowel disease, surgical resection) that may cause malabsorption of IW001.
• Known or suspected allergy to bovine products.
• Concurrent or prior use of any experimental medication within 30 days of the Baseline visit.
• History of smoking within three months prior to the Baseline visit.
• Known Hepatitis C or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections.
• Evidence of active infection at the Baseline visit.
• History of unstable or deteriorating cardiac disease.
• Myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass, or angioplasty within 6 months of the Baseline visit.
• Unstable angina pectoris or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within 6 months of the Baseline visit.
• Uncontrolled arrhythmia.
• Patient has a history of illicit drug or alcohol abuse in the past year or current evidence of such abuse or addiction in the opinion of the Investigator.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• ImmuneWorks: lead

Study Sites (11)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

Location

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

Location

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

Location

IUPUI

Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

Location

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

Location

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Location

Newark Beth Israel Hospital

Newark, New Jersey, 07112, United States

Location

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43221, United States

Location

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

Location

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

Location

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pulmonary Fibrosis; Lung Diseases, Interstitial; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Terrence Chew, MD

  ImmuneWorks, Medical Consultant

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 9, 2010
• First Posted: September 13, 2010
• Study Start: September 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2012
• Study Completion: October 1, 2012
• Last Updated: July 29, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-07

Locations

US (11)