Inhaled GM-CSF Therapy of Autoimmune PAP

NCT ID: NCT00901511

Last Updated: 2024-07-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 18 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-06-30

Brief Summary

This is a prospective, randomized, open-label, long-term, phase 2 study of inhaled granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor following whole lung lavage therapy in patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

Detailed Description

Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) is a rare disorder of progressive surfactant accumulation and resulting hypoxemic respiratory failure caused by disruption of granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) signaling, which alveolar macrophages require to remove pulmonary surfactant.

The current therapy of aPAP, whole lung lavage (WLL), is a procedure requiring general anesthesia, endotracheal intubation to isolate each lung, and mechanical ventilation of the untreated lung while the treated lung repeatedly filled with saline and drained while percussing the chest to loosen and emulsify the surfactant and saline to physically remove the excess surfactant.

Inhaled GM-CSF is a promising pharmacotherapeutic approach shown in case reports, small series, moderate open-label studies, and two randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trials to be safe and improve the clinical, physiological, radiological, and biochemical disease manifestations in patients with mild-moderate aPAP. In contrast to the present study, prior studies were too short in duration to permit an evaluation on the requirement for WLL, which aPAP patients require a mean of every 15 months. The present study addressed the effects on WLL by studying patients with moderate-severe aPAP and by utilizing a long-term follow up period.

The study design included a screening visit (month -3) to establish eligibility, an observation period (-3 to 0 months) to establish the presence of progressive/unremitting aPAP and establish disease severity, a pre-WLL visit (-1 month), a baseline visit (month 0) during which all patients received a scheduled, baseline, bilateral WLL, a 10-month, open-label treatment period, and a 20-month follow-up period. Study visits were scheduled at months -3, -1, 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 18, and 30 months. Patients were randomized by the statistician to the GM-CSF Group (n=9) or the Control Group (n=9). Investigators were blinded to group assignment until after the participant's baseline visit.

Patients randomized to the GM-CSF group (n=9) received inhaled GM-CSF (sargramostim (Leukine®), 250 mcg daily every other week for 12 weeks beginning 1 week after the baseline WLL - termed GM-CSF induction therapy period, followed by a 4-week washout period during which no GM-CSF was administered), and then received inhaled GM-CSF (sargramostim, 250 mcg/day on days 1 and 3 of every 14-day period for 6 months - termed GM-CSF maintenance therapy period). Inhaled GM-CSF (Leukine®) was administered using AKITA2 APIXNEB nebulizer system (Activaero, Vectura GmbH, Germany). Patients randomized to the Control Group (n=9) received no further scheduled treatment. Any patient in either group experiencing with disease progression resulting in respiratory failure (defined as peripheral artery oxygen concentration (PaO2) <60 mmHg at rest or PaO2 >60 mmHg at rest AND a peripheral blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) < 90% OR a decline in SpO2 of 5% or more during exercise), received (unscheduled) rescue WLL and were considered to have failed their assigned intervention (GM-CSF or Control).

The primary outcome measure was time, in months, between the scheduled baseline WLL and first administration of unscheduled 'rescue' WLL (termed 'time to rescue WLL'). Key secondary outcome measures included the response in peripheral arterial oxygen concentration (PaO2), alveolar-arterial difference in oxygen concentration (A-aDO2), diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLco), vital capacity, ground glass opacification (GGO) of the lungs measured by visual scoring of chest computed tomography (CT) scans, and serum biomarkers of PAP (carcinoembryonic antigen, Krebs von-Lungren antigen, Cyfra-21.1). Other outcome measures included the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), serum GM-CSF autoantibody concentration, the peripheral white blood cell and platelet counts.

The occurrence and timing of rescue WLL administration in each group was evaluated using Kaplan-Meyer analysis. The primary end point was analyzed as the difference in median time to rescue WLL between the GM-CSF group and the Control group. Categorical outcomes were compared using Fisher's exact test. Key secondary end points were evaluated using repeated measures analysis of variance (RM-ANOVA) after adjustment for baseline values, gender, age, and the number of patients at risk at each time point. Secondary outcome measures were also evaluated by comparing the between-group mean (or median) values at each visit using Student's t-test (or Mann-Whitney test) after imputation of missing data using a last observation carried forward approach to reduce selection-type bias by comparing the corresponding group means or medians. All reported p values are two-sided and have not been adjusted for multiple testing. P values of less than 0.05 were considered to indicate statistical significance. Analysis of the primary and key secondary outcomes was performed with the use of Stata software version 14.2. Analyses of secondary outcome measures were performed with the use of Prism for Mac OS software, version 9.51.

Anticipated results were intended to compare the effects of inhaled GM-CSF following baseline WLL to those of baseline WLL alone in patients with moderate to severe aPAP.

Conditions

Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

GM-CSF Group

Scheduled Baseline WLL: All participants will receive scheduled bilateral WLL at baseline (month 0).

GM-CSF induction treatment: All participants will receive inhaled GM-CSF (250 mcg daily, 7 consecutive days every other week for 12 weeks beginning 1 week after the scheduled baseline WLL).

Washout period: All participants will not receive inhaled GM-CSF treatment for 4 weeks immediately following GM-CSF induction treatment.

GM-CSF maintenance treatment: All participants will receive inhaled GM-CSF (250 mcg daily on days 1 and 3 of every consecutive 14-day period for 6 months beginning 17 weeks after the scheduled baseline WLL).

Unscheduled Rescue WLL: Any participant experiencing progression of aPAP lung disease (defined as the disease progression resulting in respiratory failure (PaO2 at rest <60 mmHg of PaO2 > 60 mmHg at rest AND desaturation <90% at rest OR decline in SpO2 of 5% or more during exercise testing) will receive unscheduled rescue WLL.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Baseline WLL

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Scheduled bilateral WLL

Sargramostim

Intervention Type: DRUG

Inhaled GM-CSF

Rescue WLL

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Unscheduled bilateral WLL

Control Group

Scheduled Baseline WLL: All participants will receive a scheduled bilateral WLL at baseline (month 0).

Unscheduled Rescue WLL: Any participant experiencing progression of aPAP lung disease (defined as the disease progression resulting in respiratory failure (defined by a resting PaO2 <60 mmHg or > 60 mmHg and desaturation <90% at rest or decline in SpO2 of 5% or more during exercise testing) will receive unscheduled rescue WLL.

Group Type: OTHER

Baseline WLL

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Scheduled bilateral WLL

Rescue WLL

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Unscheduled bilateral WLL

Interventions

Baseline WLL

Scheduled bilateral WLL

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Sargramostim

Inhaled GM-CSF

Intervention Type: DRUG

Rescue WLL

Unscheduled bilateral WLL

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

Leukine®, recombinant granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Female of male 18 years of age or older
• Diagnosis of autoimmune PAP
• Able and willing to provide written informed consent
• Eligible for whole lung lavage determined as the presence of persistent or progressive respiratory failure (PaO2 at rest < 60 mm Hg) or desaturation < 90% or > 5 percentage points during standard exercise

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis with secondary PAP, congenital PAP, or hereditary PAP
• Contraindication to whole lung lavage
• Contraindication to administration of inhaled GM-CSF
• Chronic lung disease associated with already existing respiratory failure, such as emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, chronic heart failure, ischemic heart disease, active pulmonary embolism, progressive cancer, and other severe metabolic conditions

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ilaria Campo

Study coordinator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Francesca Mariani, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo

Locations

Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo

Pavia, PV, Italy

Countries

Italy

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Other Identifiers

Codice Interno 19900508

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EudraCT 2008-007086-23

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FARM7MCPK4

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