NCT02442557

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine safety and appropriate dose of DC-TAB for selective immune tolerance induction in humans.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
76

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_1 multiple-sclerosis

Timeline
Completed

Started Dec 2009

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

December 1, 2009

Completed
10 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

October 1, 2010

Completed
9 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

July 1, 2011

Completed
3.8 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 1, 2015

Completed
12 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

May 13, 2015

Completed
Last Updated

May 13, 2015

Status Verified

May 1, 2015

Enrollment Period

10 months

First QC Date

May 1, 2015

Last Update Submit

May 12, 2015

Conditions

Keywords

alpha B-crystallinimmune tolerance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Safety (adverse events)

    Frequency of

    28 days

Secondary Outcomes (4)

  • Antigen-specific T-cell response

    28 days

  • Pharmacokinetics (serum levels of DC-TAB)

    24 h

  • Local tolerability (Injection site abnormalities)

    28 days

  • Antibody responses

    28 days

Study Arms (9)

single dose 4 mg

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

a single intravenous injection of 4 mg DC-TAB

Biological: recombinant human alpha B-crystallin

single dose 12.5 mg

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

a single intravenous injection of 12.5 mg DC-TAB

Biological: recombinant human alpha B-crystallin

single dose 25 mg

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

a single intravenous injection of 25 mg DC-TAB

Biological: recombinant human alpha B-crystallin

single dose 37.5 mg

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

a single intravenous injection of 4 mg DC-TAB

Biological: recombinant human alpha B-crystallin

single dose placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

a single intravenous injection of placebo

Other: placebo comparator

multiple dose 10 mg

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

three consecutive daily intravenous injections of 10 mg DC-TAB

Biological: recombinant human alpha B-crystallin

multiple dose 25 mg

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

three consecutive daily intravenous injections of 25 mg DC-TAB

Biological: recombinant human alpha B-crystallin

multiple dose 37.5 mg

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

three consecutive daily intravenous injections of 37.5 mg DC-TAB

Biological: recombinant human alpha B-crystallin

multiple dose placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

three consecutive daily intravenous injections of placebo

Other: placebo comparator

Interventions

intravenous injection

Also known as: HspB5; CRYAB; DC-TAB
multiple dose 10 mgmultiple dose 25 mgmultiple dose 37.5 mgsingle dose 12.5 mgsingle dose 25 mgsingle dose 37.5 mgsingle dose 4 mg

intravenous injection

Also known as: phosphate-buffered saline
multiple dose placebosingle dose placebo

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 55 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • Caucasian
  • Signed the written informed consent form before first screening procedure
  • Age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 55 years
  • In general good health in the opinion of the investigator
  • BMI between 20.0 and 28.0 kg/m2
  • Use of adequate and stable contraception for 3 months prior to study initiation, during the course of the study and 30 days thereafter. Sexually active males must use a condom. Sexually active females must use double-barrier contraception or hormonal contraceptive (oral, transdermal, vaginal ring, implants), or must have undergone clinically documented total hysterectomy and/or oophorectomy, surgical sterilization or be postmenopausal defined by amenorrhea for at least 12 months and confirmed with a FSH higher than 40 IU/mL.
  • If subjects claim abstinence as their method of contraception, they must be willing to agree to use condoms if they become sexually active from 14 days prior to the first dose of the study drug through 90 days beyond the conclusion of the study.

You may not qualify if:

  • Pregnant women, women planning to become pregnant and breastfeeding women
  • Subjects with a history of MS in first grade family members
  • A history of or currently active clinically significant cardiac (including clinically significant ECG abnormalities in the opinion of the PI), pulmonary, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, pancreatic, or neurological disease
  • ALT, AST and/or gamma-GT above 3 times the upper limit of normal
  • Serum creatinine above 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Amylase above 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Hemoglobin \< 7.0 mmol/L for females and \< 8 mmol/L for males; leucocytes \> 20\*109/L or \< 3.5\*109/L; platelets \< 125\*109/L
  • SBP \> 160 mmHg and/or DBP \> 100 mmHg
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to any component of DC-TAB
  • Known or suspected impairment of the immune system
  • Acute respiratory or other active infections or illnesses
  • Fever (oral temperature \> 38.0 °C on day 1)
  • Blood donation or significant blood loss within 90 days of first study medication dosing.
  • Plasma donation within 7 days of first study medication dosing
  • Recipients of blood or blood products in the last 6 months
  • +11 more criteria

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Kendle International

Utrecht, 3584CJ, Netherlands

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • van Noort JM, Bsibsi M, Nacken PJ, Verbeek R, Venneker EH. Therapeutic Intervention in Multiple Sclerosis with Alpha B-Crystallin: A Randomized Controlled Phase IIa Trial. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 23;10(11):e0143366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143366. eCollection 2015.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNSAutoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemNervous System DiseasesDemyelinating DiseasesAutoimmune DiseasesImmune System Diseases

Study Officials

  • Floris Höppener, PhD, MD

    Syneos Health

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 1
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 1, 2015

First Posted

May 13, 2015

Study Start

December 1, 2009

Primary Completion

October 1, 2010

Study Completion

July 1, 2011

Last Updated

May 13, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-05

Locations