Phase 3
N=195
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Prophylactic Emicizumab in Hemophilia A Patients With Inhibitors
Hemophilia A
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03191799 ↗Enrolled (actual)
195
Serious AEs
16.1%
Results posted
Jun 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Overall Summary of the Number of Participants With Adverse Events, Severity Assessed According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Toxicity Grading Scale — 163; 2; 31; 1 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Interventions
- Emicizumab (Drug)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult · 12+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Primary completion
- Nov 2020
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Overall Summary of the Number of Participants With Adverse Events, Severity Assessed According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Toxicity Grading Scale |
163; 2; 31; 1; 4; 1 | — |
| PRIMARY Adverse Events (AEs) Rates Per 100 Patient-Years for All-Grade AEs, Serious AEs, and Grade ≥3 AEs |
211.92; 13.25; 17.22 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Participants by Hematology and Biochemistry Laboratory Parameter Test Results as Shifts From the WHO Toxicity Grade at Baseline to the Worst WHO Toxicity Grade Post-Baseline |
173; 8; 4; 1; 1; 2 | — |
| PRIMARY Change From Baseline in Body Temperature at Specified Timepoints |
36.33; 0.04; 0.03; 0.03; 0.04; 0.07 | — |
| PRIMARY Change From Baseline in Systolic Blood Pressure at Specified Timepoints |
121.1; -0.9; -1.2; -1.3; 0.1; -0.2 | — |
| PRIMARY Change From Baseline in Diastolic Blood Pressure at Specified Timepoints |
75.5; -1.2; -1.0; -1.2; -0.3; -0.7 | — |
| PRIMARY Change From Baseline in Pulse Rate at Specified Timepoints |
76.6; 1.0; 1.6; -0.5; -0.8; -0.7 | — |
| PRIMARY Change From Baseline in Respiratory Rate at Specified Timepoints |
17.0; 0.2; 0.0; -0.1; 0.3; -0.1 | — |
| PRIMARY Change From Baseline in Body Weight at Specified Timepoints |
69.55; 0.14; 0.34; 0.52; 0.98; 1.11 | — |
| SECONDARY Model-Based Annualized Bleed Rates (ABR) for Treated Bleeds, All Bleeds, Treated Joint Bleeds, Treated Target Joint Bleeds, and Treated Spontaneous Bleeds |
0.5; 1.1; 0.4; 0.2; 0.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Mean Calculated Annualized Bleed Rates (ABR) for Treated Bleeds, All Bleeds, Treated Joint Bleeds, Treated Target Joint Bleeds, and Treated Spontaneous Bleeds |
0.6; 1.3; 0.4; 0.3; 0.4 | — |
| SECONDARY Median Calculated Annualized Bleed Rates (ABR) for Treated Bleeds, All Bleeds, Treated Joint Bleeds, Treated Target Joint Bleeds, and Treated Spontaneous Bleeds |
0.0; 0.0; 0.0; 0.0; 0.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants by the Categorized Number of Bleeds for Treated Bleeds |
82.6; 12.3; 4.1; 1.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants by the Categorized Number of Bleeds for All Bleeds |
54.9; 30.3; 12.3; 2.6 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants by the Categorized Number of Bleeds for Treated Spontaneous Bleeds |
89.2; 8.7; 1.5; 0.5 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants by the Categorized Calculated Annualized Bleed Rates (ABR) for Treated Bleeds |
90.3; 6.2; 2.6; 1.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants by the Categorized Calculated Annualized Bleed Rates (ABR) for All Bleeds |
72.3; 20.5; 4.6; 2.6 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants by the Categorized Calculated Annualized Bleed Rates (ABR) for Treated Spontaneous Bleeds |
95.4; 2.6; 1.0; 1.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Total Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
41.09; -17.39; -16.40; -17.44; -16.27; -14.13 | <0.0001 sig |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants With an Improvement From Baseline Greater Than the Responder Threshold for the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Total Score at Specified Timepoints |
78.2; 72.4; 70.8; 69.9 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Physical Health Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
51.13; -27.36; -26.10; -25.21; -23.14; -23.29 | <0.0001 sig |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants With an Improvement From Baseline Greater Than the Responder Threshold for the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Physical Health Domain Score at Specified Timepoints |
79.6; 74.5; 72.9; 71.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Treatment Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
39.40; -23.44; -21.01; -22.21; -20.34; -21.16 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Work and School Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
39.23; -21.40; -21.91; -22.43; -21.43; -18.83 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Dealing With Hemophilia Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
26.61; 5.32; 5.73; 5.24; 7.70; 10.60 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Feelings Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
36.25; -21.22; -20.88; -22.37; -19.55; -17.95 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Family Planning Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
25.64; -8.64; -9.07; -10.83; -12.39; -9.38 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Future Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
42.70; -15.56; -15.46; -14.46; -14.43; -13.29 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Partnership and Sexuality Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
23.17; -7.35; -6.03; -7.74; -9.72; -4.05 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire Sports and Leisure Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
68.86; -19.65; -17.63; -22.56; -20.20; -20.65 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Adult Quality of Life (Haem-A-QoL) Questionnaire View of Yourself Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adult Participants |
43.57; -13.51; -15.04; -15.71; -15.19; -9.50 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Total Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
35.10; -9.60; -12.65; -13.57; -14.02; -18.37 | 0.0001 sig |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants With an Improvement From Baseline Greater Than the Responder Threshold for the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Total Score at Specified Timepoints |
63.9; 75.7; 75.0; 69.2 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Physical Health Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
42.14; -29.10; -29.78; -30.47; -30.71; -34.03 | <0.0001 sig |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants With an Improvement From Baseline Greater Than the Responder Threshold for the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Physical Health Domain Score at Specified Timepoints |
77.8; 78.4; 75.0; 79.5 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Treatment Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
31.61; -9.38; -8.64; -10.74; -12.68; -20.83 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Sports and School Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
62.32; -15.82; -20.04; -22.07; -28.21; -23.61 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Dealing With Hemophilia Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
24.11; -7.23; -7.72; -10.35; -3.39; -12.50 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Feelings Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
26.43; -9.57; -16.36; -13.09; -15.18; -23.96 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Family Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
46.07; -6.84; -11.95; -14.84; -15.36; -15.28 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Friends Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
35.95; -0.52; -3.19; -5.47; -5.95; -7.41 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire Other People Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
21.43; -2.93; -5.51; -8.01; -6.79; -11.81 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the Hemophilia Quality of Life Short Form (Haemo-QoL-SF) Questionnaire View of Yourself Domain Score at Specified Timepoints, Adolescent Participants |
26.07; -2.73; -8.27; -5.08; -5.89; -13.19 | — |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the EuroQoL Five-Dimension-Five Levels Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) Index Utility Score at Specified Timepoints |
0.67; 0.08; 0.11; 0.09; 0.07; 0.10 | <0.0001 sig |
| SECONDARY Change From Baseline in the EuroQoL Five-Dimension-Five Levels Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) Quality-of-Life Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Score at Specified Timepoints |
71.01; 8.02; 10.27; 10.69; 9.49; 14.52 | <0.0001 sig |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Participants Who Preferred the New Emicizumab Treatment or the Old Hemophilia Treatment, or Without Treatment Preference, as Assessed by the EmiPref Questionnaire |
96.6; 0.6; 2.8 | — |
| SECONDARY Number and Percentage of Participants With Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADAs) Against Emicizumab at Anytime Post-Baseline |
183; 180; 3; 10; 2; 8 | — |
| SECONDARY Mean Trough Plasma Concentrations of Emicizumab at Specified Timepoints |
16.7; 30.7; 52.4; 52.5; 53.4; 54.2 | — |
Summary
This is a phase IIIb, single arm, open-label, multi-center study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of emicizumab in participants with congenital hemophilia A who have documented inhibitors against Factor VIII (FVIII) at enrollment. Approximately 200 participants, aged 12 or older, will be enrolled in this study and are expected to be enrolled at approximately 85 sites globally. Participants will receive an initial weekly dose of prophylactic emicizumab subcutaneously for 4 weeks, followed by a weekly maintenance dose subcutaneously for the remainder of the 2-year treatment period.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- As per investigator's judgement, a willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plans, laboratory tests, and other study procedures, including the patient-reported outcome (PRO) questionnaires and bleed diaries through the use of an electronic device or paper
- Aged 12 years or older at the time of informed consent
- Diagnosis of congenital hemophilia A with persistent inhibitors against FVIII
- Documented treatment with bypassing agents or FVIII concentrates in the last 6 months (on-demand or prophylaxis). Prophylaxis needs to be discontinued the latest by a day before starting emicizumab
- Adequate hematologic, hepatic, and renal function
- For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use a highly effective contraceptive method with a failure rate of <1% per year during the treatment period and for at least five elimination half-lives (24 weeks) after the last dose of emicizumab
Exclusion Criteria
- Inherited or acquired bleeding disorder other than hemophilia A
- Ongoing (or plan to receive during the study) immune tolerance induction (ITI) therapy (prophylaxis regimens with FVIII and/or bypassing agents must be discontinued prior to enrollment). Patients receiving ITI therapy will be eligible following the completion of a 72-hour washout period prior to the first emicizumab administration
- History of illicit drug or alcohol abuse within 12 months prior to screening, as per the investigator's judgment
- High risk for thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) (e.g., have a previous medical or family history of TMA), as per the investigator's judgment
- Previous (in the past 12 months) or current treatment for thromboembolic disease (with the exception of previous catheter-associated thrombosis for which antithrombotic treatment is not currently ongoing) or current signs of thromboembolic disease
- Other conditions (e.g., certain autoimmune diseases) that may increase the risk of bleeding or thrombosis
- History of clinically significant hypersensitivity reaction associated with monoclonal antibody therapies or components of the emicizumab injection
- Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection with CD4 count <200 cells/μL within 6 months prior to screening
- Use of systemic immunomodulators (e.g., interferon or rituximab) at enrollment or planned use during the study, with the exception of antiretroviral therapy
- Concurrent disease, treatment, or abnormality in clinical laboratory tests that could interfere with the conduct of the study or that would, in the opinion of the investigator or Sponsor, preclude the patient's safe participation in and completion of the study or interpretation of the study results
- Receipt of: Emicizumab in a prior investigational study; An investigational drug to treat or reduce the risk of hemophilic bleeds within five half-lives of last drug administration; A non-hemophilia-related investigational drug within last 30 days or five half-lives, whichever is shorter; or, Any concurrent investigational drug.
- Pregnancy or lactation, or intent to become pregnant during the study
- Positive serum pregnancy test result within 7 days prior to initiation of emicizumab (females only)
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03191799). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.