Evaluation of Safety, Tolerability, and Changes in Biomarker and Clinical Outcome Assessments of Losmapimod for FSHD1 With Extension

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• Last refreshed on: 18 July 2023
• Main ID: NCT04004000
• Date of registration: 25/06/2019
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Fulcrum Therapeutics
• Public title: Evaluation of Safety, Tolerability, and Changes in Biomarker and Clinical Outcome Assessments of Losmapimod for FSHD1 With Extension FSHD
• Scientific title: An Open-Label Pilot Study of Losmapimod to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Changes in Biomarker and Clinical Outcome Assessments in Subjects With Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy 1 (FSHD1) With Extension
• Date of first enrolment: August 23, 2019
• Target sample size: 14
• Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04004000
• 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

Netherlands

Contacts

• Name: Marie-Helene Jouvin, MD
• Affiliation: Fulcrum Therapeutics

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- FSHD1 subjects age 18-65 years.

- Subject will sign and date an informed consent form (ICF).

- Confirmed diagnosis of FSHD1 with 1 to 9 repeats via assessment of the size of the
D4Z4 array on chromosome 4. Genetic confirmation must be obtained prior to the
screening MRI and baseline muscle biopsy; genetic confirmation can come from previous
testing if verified with appropriate documentation.

- Must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, study
restrictions, laboratory tests, contraceptive guidelines, scheduled needle muscle
biopsies, and other study procedures.

- Both male and female subjects must be willing to practice an approved method of birth
control.

- Clinical Severity Score between 2 and 4 on Ricci's Scale (scale range is from 0 to 5).
Subjects that use a wheelchair or walker for any activity are not permitted to enroll
in the study.

- Commitment to complete the 2 visits for skeletal muscle needle biopsy and all visits
for whole-body MRI.

- Able to complete the RWS, TUG, and FSHD PROs (FSHD-RODS and FSHD-HI) at the screening
visit.

- Must have an MRI-eligible muscle for biopsy as determined by the central reader.

- Subject must complete the main study through the Week 60 visit in order to participate
in the open-label extension study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of any illness or any clinical condition that, in the opinion of the
investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose an additional risk in
administering study drug to the subject. This may include, but is not limited to,
history of relevant drug or food allergies; history of cardiovascular or central
nervous system disease; history or presence of clinically significant pathology;
clinically significant history of mental disease; and history of cancer, except for
squamous cell skin cancer, basal cell skin cancer, and Stage 0 cervical carcinoma in
situ (all 3 with no recurrence for the last 5 years).

- Subject has a known or clinically suspected infection with human immunodeficiency
virus or hepatitis B or C viruses.

- Subject has current clinically significant liver (alanine aminotransferase > 2X upper
limit of normal or total bilirubin >1.5 X upper limit of normal) or kidney (GFR < 30
mL/min/1.73m2) dysfunction.

- Subject screens positive for hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C virus (HCV)
antibody, or antibodies against human immunodeficiency viruses 1 and 2 (HIV 1/HIV 2
antibodies).

- Subject has any condition possibly affecting drug absorption (eg, gastrectomy,
cholecystectomy, or other gastrointestinal tract surgery, except appendectomy).

- Subject has a standard 12-lead ECG demonstrating QT interval by Fredericia (QTcF) >450
msec for male subjects and QTcF >470 msec for female subjects at Screening. If QTcF
exceeds 450 msec for males or 470 msec for females, the ECG will be repeated 2 more
times, and the average of the 3 QTcF values will be used to determine the subject's
eligibility.

- Subject has a history of cardiac dysrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmia treatment(s);
or history or evidence of abnormal ECGs that, in the opinion of the investigator or
Medical Monitor, would preclude the subject's participation in the study.

- Male subject has a female partner who is planning to become pregnant during the study
or within 90 days after the last study drug dose.

- Subject has donated blood (of approximately 1 pint [500 mL] or more) or has had any
significant loss of blood within 90 days before the first study drug dose, as
determined by the investigator.

- Vaccination with a live attenuated vaccine within 6 weeks of randomisation.

- Subject has a history of alcohol, analgesic/opioid, and/or illicit drug abuse as
defined by the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, in the last 6 months before screening, or a positive
test for drugs of abuse at screening.

- Subject has participated in a clinical trial in which they have received an
investigational product within the following time period prior to enrolment in the
current study: 30 days, 5 half-lives or twice the duration of the biological effect of
the investigational product (whichever was longer).

- For subjects that are on drug(s) or supplements that may affect muscle function as
determined by the treating physician or included in the list of drugs presented in
Section 15: subjects must be on a stable dose of that drug(s) or supplement for at
least 3 months prior to enrollment in the study and remain on that stable dose for the
duration of the study (list of drugs presented in Section 15). Changes to the dose or
treatment discontinuation during the study can only be done for strict medical reasons
by the treating physician with clear documentation and notification to the Sponsor.

- Subject has a history of sensitivity to any of the study medications or components
thereof, or a history of drug or other allergy that, in the opinion of the
investigator or Medical Monitor, contraindicated their participation.

- Female subject is pregnant as determined by positive urine Human Chorionic
Gonadotropin (HCG) test at Screening or prior to dosing.

- Female subject is lactating.

- Subject is unwilling or unable to follow the procedures outlined in the protocol.

- Subject has any contraindication for MRI (including severe claustrophobia and any
shrapnel or metal implants in the body that are not MRI compatible).

- Subject was mentally or legally incapacitated up to 2 years prior to enrollment.

- Subject has abnormal laboratory results indicative of any significant medical disease
that, in the opinion of the investigator or the medical monitor, would preclude the
subject's participation in the study.

- Subject, or close relative of the subject, is the investigator or a subinvestigator,
research assistant, pharmacist, study coordinator, or other staff directly involved
with the conduct of the study at that site.

- Subject has taken any anticoagulants for at least 1 month and anti-platelet agents for
at least 1 week before each muscle biopsy.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy 1

Intervention(s)

Drug: Losmapimod

Primary Outcome(s)

Main Study and Extension Study - Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Time Frame: Week 56]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Muscle Concentration of Losmapimod [Time Frame: Week 52]

Target Engagement in Skeletal Muscle [Time Frame: Weeks 40]

Plasma Concentration of Losmapimod [Time Frame: Week 52]

Target Engagement in Blood [Time Frame: Week 52]

Secondary ID(s)

FIS-001-2019

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors