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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03271541
Date of registration: 01/09/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
Public title: A Study of Bitopertin (RO4917838) in Adults With Non-Transfusion-Dependent (NTD) Beta-Thalassemia
Scientific title: A Phase II, Single Arm, Multicenter, Proof-of-Mechanism Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Bitopertin (RO4917838) in Adults With Non-Transfusion-Dependent ?eta-Thalassemia
Date of first enrolment: October 26, 2017
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03271541
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Italy Lebanon Thailand
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Confirmed diagnosis of beta-thalassemia

- Clinically defined non-transfusion-dependent anemia (Part 1 only), defined as Hb
concentrations >7.5 grams per deciliter (g/dL) and <9.5 g/dL, less than or equal to 4
transfusions of red blood cell units within 1 year prior to study enrollment, and no
transfusion within 12 weeks prior to study enrollment

- Completion of 16 weeks of treatment with bitopertin in Part 1 of this study with more
than 80% compliance from expected use of study medication (based on patient diary and
study drug accountability; Part 2 only)

- A favorable benefit-risk ratio from treatment with bitopertin as assessed by the
Investigator (Part 2 only)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any history of gene therapy

- History of hemolytic anemia except for beta-thalassemia

- Severe symptomatic splenomegaly and/or hepatomegaly with hypersplenism (Part 1 only)

- Any use of an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent within 24 weeks prior to enrollment.

- Initiation of iron chelation therapy or hydroxyurea within 24 weeks prior to
enrollment (Part 1 only)

- Depression, treatment with anti-depressants, or other psychiatric illnesses and/or
drug abuse

- Clinically significant/uncontrolled comorbid disease

- Pregnant or breastfeeding females

- Use of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 inhibitors within 2 weeks or CYP3A4 inducers within 4
weeks prior to study drug

- Active hepatitis B or C or known positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test
result

- Diagnosis of cancer within previous 5 years unless treatment has resulted in complete
freedom from disease for at least 2 years

- Any major illness within 1 month or febrile illness within 1 week prior to study drug

- Pulmonary hypertension requiring oxygen therapy (Part 1 only)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Beta-Thalassemia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Bitopertin
Primary Outcome(s)
Safety Outcome: Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) - Part 1 only [Time Frame: Baseline, Week 16, up to Week 22]
Long-term Safety Outcome : Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs) - Part 2 only [Time Frame: Baseline to 19 Months]
Efficacy Outcome: Change in Total Hemoglobin (Hb) Level from Baseline to End of 16-Week Treatment Period in Part 1 [Time Frame: Baseline to Week 16]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Accumulation Ratio of Bitopertin [Time Frame: Part 1: 2,12 hours (H) postdose (PD) on Day 1; 0 H predose (PRD) on Day 2; 0H PRD and 3H PD on Days 15,29,57; 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Day 85; 0H PRD on Day 113; early withdrawal (ED) up to 22 wks. Part 2: 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Days 183,365; ED up to 65 wks]
Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Bitopertin within a Dosing Interval [Time Frame: Part 1: 2,12 hours (H) postdose (PD) on Day 1; 0 H predose (PRD) on Day 2; 0H PRD and 3H PD on Days 15,29,57; 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Day 85; 0H PRD on Day 113; early withdrawal (ED) up to 22 wks. Part 2: 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Days 183,365; ED up to 65 wks]
Minimum Observed Concentration (Cmin) of Bitopertin [Time Frame: Part 1: Predose (0 H) on Days 2, 15, 29, 57, 85, 113; and at early withdrawal (up to 22 weeks overall). Part 2: Predose (0 H) and postdose (1, 4 H) on Days 183, 365; and at early withdrawal (up to 65 weeks overall)]
Maximum Observed Concentration (Cmax) of Bitopertin [Time Frame: Part 1: 2,12 hours (H) postdose (PD) on Day 1; 0 H predose (PRD) on Day 2; 0H PRD and 3H PD on Days 15,29,57; 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Day 85; 0H PRD on Day 113; early withdrawal (ED) up to 22 wks. Part 2: 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Days 183,365; ED up to 65 wks]
Apparent Clearance of Bitopertin [Time Frame: Part 1: 2,12 hours (H) postdose (PD) on Day 1; 0 H predose (PRD) on Day 2; 0H PRD and 3H PD on Days 15,29,57; 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Day 85; 0H PRD on Day 113; early withdrawal (ED) up to 22 wks. Part 2: 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Days 183,365; ED up to 65 wks]
Apparent Elimination Half-Life of Bitopertin [Time Frame: Part 1: 2,12 hours (H) postdose (PD) on Day 1; 0 H predose (PRD) on Day 2; 0H PRD and 3H PD on Days 15,29,57; 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Day 85; 0H PRD on Day 113; early withdrawal (ED) up to 22 wks. Part 2: 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Days 183,365; ED up to 65 wks]
Change from Baseline in Serum Bilirubin Level [Time Frame: Part 1: Baseline, Week 16. Part 2: Up to Week 65]
Change from Baseline in Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Level [Time Frame: Part 1: Baseline, Week 16. Part 2: Up to Week 65]
Change from Baseline in Absolute Red Blood Cell Count [Time Frame: Part 1: Baseline, Week 16. Part 2: Up to Week 65]
Change in Total Hb Level from Baseline to the End of the Treatment Period in Part 2 [Time Frame: Baseline, 19 Months]
Volume of Distribution of Bitopertin [Time Frame: Part 1: 2,12 hours (H) postdose (PD) on Day 1; 0 H predose (PRD) on Day 2; 0H PRD and 3H PD on Days 15,29,57; 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Day 85; 0H PRD on Day 113; early withdrawal (ED) up to 22 wks. Part 2: 0H PRD and 1,4H PD on Days 183,365; ED up to 65 wks]
Change from Baseline in Absolute Reticulocyte Count [Time Frame: Part 1: Baseline, Week 16. Part 2: Up to Week 65]
Secondary ID(s)
2016-004799-23
BP39642
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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