A Study to Assess Safety and Tolerability of PCRX-201 in Subjects With Painful Osteoarthritis of the Knee

NCT ID: NCT06884865

Last Updated: 2025-06-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

135 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-26

Study Completion Date

2032-03-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a single knee injection of different doses (Dose A and Dose B) of an investigation product PCRX-201, following steroid pretreatment, is safe and tolerable in male of female patients 45 to 80 years old with osteoarthritis of the knee. It will also learn how the body reacts to the PCRX-201 injection and how effective the treatment is.

Researchers will compare Dose A and Dose B of PCRX-201 versus placebo from Week 1 through Week 52 to assess adverse events. Researchers will also explore how PCRX-201 may impact knee pain and joint function over time.

Participants will be asked to

* Visit the clinic for pretreatment and drug administration
* Visit the clinic for checkups and tests:

1. Screening through Week 52: intially weekly, bi-weekly, later monthly
2. Week 53 through Week 260 (Year 5): 8 visits throughout the period

Detailed Description

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The study will consist of two parts, Part A and Part B, which will use PCRX-201 from two different manufacturing processes. A total of 135 eligible subjects, with painful OA of the index knee will be enrolled. Subjects will be randomly assigned to a treatment dose group, stratified by Kellgren-Lawrence (K-L) Grade, in both parts of the study. Enrollment of subjects with K-L Grade 4 will be capped at 4 subjects per dose group in Part A and 8 subjects per dose group in Part B.

Enrollment of subjects with K-L Grade 2 or 3 will include a minimum of 4 subjects per Grade per dose group in Part A and a minimum of 8 subjects per Grade per dose group in Part B. This study does not require an equal number of subjects between K-L Grade 2 and 3. All eligible subjects will be pretreated with the same dose of methylprednisolone acetate (40 mg) on Day 1 immediately before treatment with PCRX-201 or placebo.

Part A will enroll approximately 45 subjects into 3 dose groups (15 subjects in each treatment group, stratified by K-L Grade as noted above).

Part B will enroll approximately 90 subjects into 3 groups (30 subjects in each treatment group, stratified by K-L Grade as noted above). Enrollment in Part B is dependent upon the availability of study drug developed with manufacturing process 2.

Conditions

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Osteoarthritis (OA) of the Knee

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

In Part A (manufacturing process 1), subjects are randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to Dose A , Dose B , or placebo, each with a predose IA steroid of methylprednisolone acetate.

In Part B (manufacturing process 2), subjects are randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to Dose A, Dose B, or placebo, each with a pre-dose IA steroid of methylprednisolone acetate.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Part A Dose A

Single Intra-Articular injection

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201) injection

Part A, Placebo

Single Intra-Articular injection

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo injection

Part B Dose A

Single Intra-Articular injection

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201) injection

Part B Dose B

Single Intra-Articular injection

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201) injection

Part B Placebo

Part B Placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo injection

Part A, Dose B

Single Intra-Articular injection

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201) injection

Interventions

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Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201)

Enekinragene Inzadenovec (PCRX-201) injection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo

Placebo injection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Subjects must be willing and able to comply with the study procedures and visit schedule and able to follow verbal and written instructions.
* Subjects must be male or female and 45 to 80 years old, inclusive, at Screening.
* Subjects must exhibit symptoms associated with osteoarthritis of the index knee for ≥12 months before Screening (subject self-reporting is acceptable).
* Subjects must have index knee pain for \>15 days over the last month before Screening (subject self-reporting is acceptable).
* Subjects must have failed 2 or more therapies: Restricted physical activity as per Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) core level recommendation, ie, "structured land-based exercise" (this may include physical therapy), and failure of an additional type of conservative therapy for OA of the index knee, eg, nonselective NSAIDs or COX-2 inhibitors, in the past 12 months.
* Subjects must have a body mass index (BMI) ≤40 kg/m2 at Screening.
* Subjects must have an index knee examination indicating the index knee and the intended injection site area are free of any signs of local or joint infection at Baseline.
* Subjects must have an index knee Average Daily Knee Pain (NRS) between ≥5.0 and ≤9.0 at Screening and Baseline.
* Sexually active subjects of child-bearing potential (SOCBP) and their partners must agree to use effective birth control while in the study
* Subjects must have active synovitis in the index knee as determined by ultrasound Doppler.
* Subjects must exhibit American College of Rheumatology Criteria (clinical and radiological) for osteoarthritis as follows:

1. Knee pain
2. At least 1 of the following:

i. Age \>50 years ii. Morning stiffness \<30 minutes iii. Crepitus on knee motion c. Osteophytes
* Subjects must have K-L Grade 2, 3, or 4 in the index knee based on X-rays performed during Screening and confirmed by trained radiographers at a central facility before enrollment
* Subjects need to show the presence of moderate or severe synovitis based on 11-point synovitis score using contrast-enhanced MRI

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects have any current or prior diagnosis of autoimmune connective tissue disorders, secondary OA conditions, benign synovial tumors, gout/pseudogout, reactive arthritis, RA, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, or arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
* Subjects have any active systemic or local infection, including infection of the index knee
* Subjects are unable to undergo MRI with contrast MRI
* Subjects with X-ray or MRI exclusionary events
* Subjects have an unstable index knee joint (eg, torn anterior cruciate ligament) within 12 months of Screening
* Subjects have used any approved or investigational IA drug/biologic in index knee within 6 months of Screening (eg, hyaluronic acid, platelet rich plasma, stem cells, prolotherapy, and amniotic fluid injection)
* Subjects are receiving or have received any gene therapy treatment (eg, IL-1Ra) in the past 3 years
* Subjects have used IA steroids ≤3 months before screening

Other protocol-defined criteria apply
Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Nino Joy, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Locations

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Osteoporosis Medical Center

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Beach Physicians Medical Group Inc.

Huntington Beach, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Horizon Clinical Research

La Mesa, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Alliance Clinical West Hills (Focus Clinical Research)

West Hills, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Arrow Clinical Trials

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Journey Research Inc.

Oldsmar, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Palm Beach Research Center

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Conquest Research

Winter Park, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Injury Care Research, LLC

Boise, Idaho, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Physicians Research Collaboration

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Excel Clinical Research

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

NY Scientific

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Altoona Center for Clinical Research

Duncansville, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Trials of South Carolina - Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Trials of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Zenos Clinical Research

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Epic Clinical Research

Lewisville, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Lisa Ramsay, MA

Role: CONTACT

973-451-4019

Facility Contacts

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Oscar Lopez-Borbon

Role: primary

310-358-2444

Kim Zepeda

Role: primary

714-848-1655 ext. 124

Dino Subasic

Role: primary

619-456-6012

Anitha Roobalingam

Role: primary

8182538966

Alyssa Runge

Role: primary

386-278-8000

Beverly Reynolds

Role: primary

813-855-6930

Peter Jacob

Role: primary

561-689-0606

Mark Daley

Role: primary

407-588-9380

Victor Capetillo

Role: primary

(208) 621 2504

Lisa Kastanek

Role: primary

402-420-1212 ext. 4

Stephanie Ruvalcaba

Role: primary

702-680-1500

Mohammed Hossain

Role: primary

347-547-6972

Lisa Claycomb

Role: primary

814-693-0300

Nathelia O'Banner

Role: primary

843-725-5067 ext. 207

Nathelia O'Banner

Role: primary

843-725-5067 ext. 207

Miasimone Glasco

Role: primary

4969494900

Jessica Powell

Role: primary

(469) 361-8007

Other Identifiers

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201-C-201

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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