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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02121353




Registration number
NCT02121353
Ethics application status
Date submitted
17/04/2014
Date registered
23/04/2014
Date last updated
11/05/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
Safety Study of PF582 Versus Lucentis in Patients With Age Related Macular Degeneration
Scientific title
A Pilot Phase 1/2, Double Blind, Parallel Group, Controlled Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy Evaluation of Intravitreally Administered Pfenex Ranibizumab Biosimilar Versus Lucentis for the Treatment of Neovascular AMD
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
PF582-CLIN-001
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Eye 0 0 0 0
Diseases / disorders of the eye

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Lucentis
Treatment: Drugs - PF582

Experimental: PF582 - PF582 is provided as single use vials and will be administered by intra-vitreal injection on Day 1, 28 and 56.

Active comparator: Lucentis - Lucentis® is provided as single use vials and will be administered by intra-vitreal injection on Day 1, 28 and 56.


Treatment: Drugs: Lucentis
Single-use 2 mL vial designed to deliver 0.05 mL of 10 mg/mL ranibizumab solution. Excipients: Alpha, alpha-trehalose dihydrate; histidine hydrochloride, monohydrate; histidine; polysorbate 20; water for injections Route of Administration: Intra-vitreal

Treatment: Drugs: PF582
Single-use 2 mL vial designed to deliver 0.05 mL of 10 mg/mL ranibizumab solution. Excipients: Alpha, alpha-trehalose dihydrate; histidine hydrochloride, monohydrate; histidine; polysorbate 20; water for injections Route of Administration: Intra-vitreal
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
To evaluate the safety and tolerability of PF582
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to 12 months
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
To demonstrate the biosimiliarity between PF582 and Lucentis based on PK
Timepoint [1] 0 0
up to 12 months
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
To demonstrate biosimilarity between PF582 and reference compound (Lucentis)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
12 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Age =50 years
* Presence in the study eye (one eye per patient) of previously untreated active subfoveal CNV due to AMD, with presence of leakage, as seen on FA, and of fluid, as seen on spectral-domain OCT, located either within or below the retina, or below the retinal pigment epithelium
* Visual acuity between 20/25 and 20/320 being measured using the Early treatment diabetic retinopathy study (ETDRS) protocol1 (chart at 4 meters) before pupil dilation.
* Neovascularization, fluid, or haemorrhage under the fovea.
* Fibrosis < 50% of total lesion area
* At least 1 drusen (>63µm) in either eye or late AMD in fellow eye.
* Female subjects must be of non-childbearing potential, meeting at least one of the following criteria:
* Amenorrheal for 12 months (Menopause confirmed by FSH and LH levels as defined by the established reference ranges), or taking oral contraception for at least 3 months, or surgically sterile for at least the past 3 months, or Receiving a stable dose of implanted or injectable contraceptive for at least 3 months
Minimum age
50 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Previous treatment for CNV in study eye, including antivascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) medication
* Other progressive retinal disease in the study eye, or the non-study eye, likely to compromise Visual Acuity assessment.
* Contraindications to injections with Lucentis®
* Sub-retineal Haemorrhage > 50% of lesion
* Fibrosis or retrofoveolar atrophy
* History of retrofoveolar laser photocoagulation
* Previous Lucentis® treatment
* Any other treatment (photocoagulation, phototherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, thermotherapy) in the last 3 months
* Aphaky, vitrectomy
* Active or suspected ocular or periocular infection
* Active intraocular inflammation
* Active systemic infection
* History of stroke or congestive heart failure
* Any other clinical significant illness or abnormalities that would compromise the safety of the participant
* Inability to comply with study or follow up procedures

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 1
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/11/2013
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2016
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
25
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
New Zealand
State/province [1] 0 0
Auckland

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Pfenex, Inc
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Philip Polkinghorne, MD
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02121353