Efficacy and Safety of Depemokimab Compared With Mepolizumab in Adults With Relapsing or Refractory Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (EGPA)

NCT ID: NCT05263934

Last Updated: 2025-11-06

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

163 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-07-14

Study Completion Date

2026-10-27

Brief Summary

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This study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of depemokimab compared with mepolizumab in adults with relapsing or refractory EGPA receiving SoC therapy.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis

Keywords

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Depemokimab Mepolizumab Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants will receive either depemokimab plus placebo matching mepolizumab or mepolizumab plus placebo matching depemokimab
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors
This is a double-blind study.

Study Groups

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Participants receiving depemokimab+placebo matching mepolizumab

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Depemokimab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Depemokimab will be administered

Placebo matching mepolizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo matching to mepolizumab will be administered.

Participants receiving mepolizumab+placebo matching depemokimab

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Mepolizumab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Mepolizumab will be administered

Placebo matching depemokimab

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo matching to depemokimab will be administered.

Interventions

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Depemokimab

Depemokimab will be administered

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Mepolizumab

Mepolizumab will be administered

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo matching mepolizumab

Placebo matching to mepolizumab will be administered.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo matching depemokimab

Placebo matching to depemokimab will be administered.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participant (male or female) must be 18 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent.
* Participants who are \>=40 kilogram at Screening Visit 1.
* Participants with a documented diagnosis of EGPA for at least 6 months based on the history or presence of: asthma plus eosinophilia defined as \>1.0\*10\^9/Liter (L) and/or \>10 percentage (%) of leucocytes plus at least 2 of the following additional features of EGPA: a biopsy showing histopathological evidence of eosinophilic vasculitis, or perivascular eosinophilic infiltration, or eosinophil-rich granulomatous inflammation, neuropathy, mono or poly (motor deficit or nerve conduction abnormality), pulmonary infiltrates, non-fixed, sino-nasal abnormality, cardiomyopathy (established by echocardiography or magnetic resonance imaging), glomerulonephritis (hematuria, red cell casts, proteinuria), alveolar hemorrhage (by bronchoalveolar lavage), palpable purpura, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies positive Myeloperoxidase or Proteinase 3.
* History of relapsing OR refractory disease.
* Participants must be on a stable dose of oral prednisolone or prednisone of \>=7.5 mg/day (but not \>50 mg/day) for at least 4 weeks prior to Baseline (Visit 2).
* If participants receiving immunosuppressive therapy (excluding cyclophosphamide) the dosage must be stable for the 4 weeks prior to Baseline (Visit 2) and during the study.
* A female participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant or breastfeeding, and one of the following conditions applies: Is a woman of non-childbearing potential (WONCBP) OR Is a woman of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and using a contraceptive method that is highly effective, with a failure rate of \<1%.
* Capable of giving signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis; previously known as Wegener's granulomatosis or microscopic polyangiitis.
* Participants with organ-threatening EGPA as per EULAR criteria,
* Imminently life-threatening EGPA disease within 3 months prior to Screening (Visit 1).
* A current malignancy or previous history of cancer in remission for less than 12 months prior to Screening.
* Participants with alanine aminotransferase \>2\*upper limit of normal (ULN) or if participant is on background methotrexate or azathioprine \>3\*ULN, aspartate aminotransferase \>2\*ULN or if participant is on background methotrexate or azathioprine \>3\*ULN, alkaline phosphatase \>=2.0\*ULN, total bilirubin \>1.5\*ULN (isolated bilirubin \>1.5\*ULN is acceptable if bilirubin is fractionated and direct bilirubin \<35%), Cirrhosis or current unstable liver or biliary disease per investigator assessment.
* Participants who have severe or clinically significant cardiovascular disease uncontrolled with standard treatment.
* Participants who have known, pre-existing, clinically significant system abnormalities that are not associated with EGPA and are uncontrolled with standard treatment.
* Clinically significant abnormality in the hematological, biochemical or urinalysis screen at Visit 1.
* Chronic or ongoing active infectious disease requiring systemic treatment.
* Participants with a known, pre-existing parasitic infestation within 6 months prior to Screening Visit 1.
* A known immunodeficiency (e.g. human immunodeficiency virus \[HIV\]).
* Participants that, according to the investigator's medical judgment, are likely to have active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Participants with known COVID-19 positive contacts within the past 14 days must be excluded for at least 14 days following the exposure during which the participant must remain symptom-free.
* Participants with a known allergy or intolerance to a monoclonal antibody or biologic therapy or any of the excipients of the investigational products.
* Participants who have a previous documented failure with anti-Interleukin-5 /Interleukin-5 receptor therapy. Participants who have received monoclonal antibodies (mAb) and who have not undergone the required washout periods, prior to Visit 1.
* Participants receiving any of the following: Oral corticosteroids: Participant requires an oral corticosteroid dose of \>50 mg/day prednisolone/prednisone in the 4-week period prior to Baseline (Visit 2), Intravenous (IV), intramuscular or subcutaneous (SC) corticosteroids in the 4-week period prior to Baseline (Visit 2), Omalizumab within 130 days prior to Screening (Visit 1), Cyclophosphamide (CYC): oral CYC within 4 weeks prior to Baseline (Visit 2) and IV CYC within 3 weeks prior to Baseline (Visit 2), if their total white blood cells is \>=4\*10\^9/L (measured using the local laboratory if necessary), Rituximab within 12 months prior to Screening (Visit 1); in addition, the Participant must have shown recovery of peripheral B-cell count to within the normal range, Tezepelumab and Dupilumab with a washout period of 5 half-lives prior to Screening Visit 1, IV or SC immunoglobulin within 6 months prior to Screening (Visit 1); For China and Japan only within 12 weeks prior to Screening (Visit 1), Interferon-alpha within 6 months prior to Screening Visit 1, Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy within 12 weeks prior to Screening Visit 1, Anti-CD52 (alemtuzumab) within 6 months prior to Screening Visit 1.
* Participants with QT interval corrected for heart rate according to Fridericia's formula (QTcF) \>=450 milliseconds (msec) or QTcF \>=480 msec for participants with Bundle Branch Block in the 12-lead ECG central over-read from at Screening Visit 1.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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GlaxoSmithKline

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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GSK Clinical Trials

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

GlaxoSmithKline

Locations

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Denver, Colorado, United States

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Gainesville, Florida, United States

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Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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Manhasset, New York, United States

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New York, New York, United States

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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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La Plata, , Argentina

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San Miguel de Tucumán, , Argentina

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Graz, , Austria

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Brussels, , Belgium

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Leuven, , Belgium

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São Paulo, , Brazil

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Beijing, , China

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Guangzhou, , China

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Hefei, , China

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Nanjing, , China

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Qingdao, , China

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Shanghai, , China

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Shenzhen, , China

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Wenzhou, , China

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Brest, , France

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La Roche-sur-Yon, , France

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Lille, , France

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Montpellier, , France

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Nantes, , France

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Paris, , France

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Suresnes, , France

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Toulouse, , France

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Freiburg im Breisgau, , Germany

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Budapest, , Hungary

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Ramat Gan, , Israel

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Bari, , Italy

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Brescia, , Italy

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Florence, , Italy

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Milan, , Italy

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Milan, , Italy

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Pavia, , Italy

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Pisa, , Italy

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Roma, , Italy

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Torrette AN, , Italy

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Treviso, , Italy

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Kanagawa, , Japan

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Kanagawa, , Japan

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Saitama, , Japan

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Tokyo, , Japan

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Groningen, , Netherlands

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Leiden, , Netherlands

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Gdansk, , Poland

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Lodz, , Poland

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Warsaw, , Poland

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Lisbon, , Portugal

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Porto, , Portugal

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Gwangju, , South Korea

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Seoul, , South Korea

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Seoul, , South Korea

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Seoul, , South Korea

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Seoul, , South Korea

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Badalona, , Spain

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Barcelona, , Spain

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Barcelona, , Spain

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Granada, , Spain

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Granada, , Spain

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Pamplona, , Spain

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Valencia, , Spain

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Zaragoza, , Spain

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Malmo, , Sweden

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Birmingham, , United Kingdom

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Cambridge, , United Kingdom

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London, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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Australia Czechia United States Argentina Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China France Germany Hungary Israel Italy Japan Netherlands Poland Portugal South Korea Spain Sweden United Kingdom

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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217102

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id