Rapamycine vs Placebo for the Treatment of Inclusion Body Myositis

NCT ID: NCT02481453

Last Updated: 2025-09-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-07-15

Study Completion Date

2018-01-22

Brief Summary

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Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) is the most frequent inflammatory myopathy in patients over 50. It is a slowly progressive, but today untreatable (notably by classical immunosuppressants) disease.

Rapamycin used in organ transplantation blocks the activity of T effector cells, preserves T regulatory cells and induces autophagy (protein degradation), all parameters impaired during IBM.

RAPAMI is a prospective, randomised, controlled, double blind, monocentric, phase IIb trial evaluating rapamycine against placebo.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Rapamycin

rapamycin 1 mg/ml oral solution, 2 mg/day (2 ml/day), once a day, during one year

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Rapamycin

Intervention Type DRUG

Experimental: rapamycin oral solution, 2 mg/day during one year Comparator: placebo

Placebo

Placebo oral solution, 2 ml/day, once a day, during one year

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Comparator: placebo

Interventions

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Rapamycin

Experimental: rapamycin oral solution, 2 mg/day during one year Comparator: placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Comparator: placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Sirolimus Rapamune Phosal

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* IBM defined by the Benveniste \& Hilton-Jones ( Neuromuscul Disord. 2010;20: 414-21) or Llyod criteria (Neurology 2014; 83: 426-433)

Exclusion Criteria

* Impossiblility to walk 10 meters
* Hypersensitivity to rapamycin or one compound of the oral solution
* Severe respiratory insufficiency (FVC \< 50% and/or FEV1 \< 50%)
* Severe chronic kidney disease (Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate \< 15 ml/min and/or proteinuria \> 0.3 g/24h)
* Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis and/or ALT/AST \> 2.5 normal values)
* Cancer non in remission (necessitating specific treatment) during the past 12 months
* Connective Tissue Disease non in remission (necessitating specific treatment) during the past 12 months
* Pregnancy
* Seropositivity for HIV, HCV or HBV
* Total cholesterolemia \> 8 mmol/l
* Triglyceridemia \> 5 mmol/l
* Hemoglobinemia \< 11 g/dL
* Thrombopenia \< 100 000/mm3
* Neutropenia \< 1500/ mm3
* Lymphopenia \< 1000/ mm3
Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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CIC Paris Est _Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière

Paris, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Benveniste O, Hogrel JY, Belin L, Annoussamy M, Bachasson D, Rigolet A, Laforet P, Dzangue-Tchoupou G, Salem JE, Nguyen LS, Stojkovic T, Zahr N, Hervier B, Landon-Cardinal O, Behin A, Guilloux E, Reyngoudt H, Amelin D, Uruha A, Mariampillai K, Marty B, Eymard B, Hulot JS, Greenberg SA, Carlier PG, Allenbach Y. Sirolimus for treatment of patients with inclusion body myositis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept, phase 2b trial. Lancet Rheumatol. 2021 Jan;3(1):e40-e48. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30280-0. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38273639 (View on PubMed)

Benveniste O, Hilton-Jones D. International Workshop on Inclusion Body Myositis held at the Institute of Myology, Paris, on 29 May 2009. Neuromuscul Disord. 2010 Jun;20(6):414-21. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.03.014. Epub 2010 Apr 21. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20413309 (View on PubMed)

Lloyd TE, Mammen AL, Amato AA, Weiss MD, Needham M, Greenberg SA. Evaluation and construction of diagnostic criteria for inclusion body myositis. Neurology. 2014 Jul 29;83(5):426-33. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000642. Epub 2014 Jun 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24975859 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2013-003485-14

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

C12-66

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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