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NCT Number: NCT00891202

A Study of Eliglustat Tartrate (Genz-112638) in Patients With Gaucher Disease (ENGAGE)

This Phase 3 study was designed to confirm the efficacy and safety of eliglustat tartrate (Genz-112638) in participants with Gaucher disease Type 1.

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Key information

Conditions

Gaucher Disease, Type 1 Brain Diseases Brain Diseases, Metabolic Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn Central Nervous System Diseases Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Gaucher Disease Genetic Diseases, Inborn Lipid Metabolism Disorders Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors Lipidoses Lysosomal Storage Diseases Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System Metabolic Diseases Metabolism, Inborn Errors Nervous System Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Sphingolipidoses

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

University hospital "Alexandrovska" Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

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About this study

Gaucher disease is characterized by lysosomal accumulation of glucosylceramide due to impaired glucosylceramide hydrolysis. Type 1 Gaucher disease, the most common form accounts for greater than (>) 90% of cases and does not involve the central nervous system (CNS). Typical manifestations of Type 1 Gaucher disease include splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, thrombocytopenia, anemia, skeletal pathology and decreased quality of life. The disease manifestations are caused by the accumulations of glucosylceramide (storage material) in Gaucher cells which have infiltrated the spleen and liver as well as other tissue. Eliglustat tartrate is a small molecule developed as an oral therapy which acts to specifically inhibit production of this storage material in Gaucher cells.

This study was designed to determine the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of eliglustat tartrate in adult participants (>16 years) with Gaucher disease Type 1. The study consisted of 2 periods: The Double-Blind Primary Analysis Period (PAP [Day 1 to Week 39]) and the Long Term Treatment Period (LTTP/Open-Label Period (post-Week 39 [Day 1 of the Open-Label Period] through study completion).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • The participant (and/or their parent/legal guardian) was willing and able to provide signed informed consent prior to any study-related procedures to be performed;
  • The participant was at least 16 years old at the time of randomization;
  • The participant had a confirmed diagnosis of Gaucher disease Type 1;
  • Female participants of childbearing potential must had a documented negative pregnancy test prior to dosing. In addition all female participants of childbearing potential must use a medically accepted form of contraception throughout the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • The participant has had a partial or total splenectomy;
  • The participant had received pharmacological chaperones or miglustat within 6 months prior to randomization;
  • The participant had received enzyme replacement therapy within 9 months prior to randomization;
  • The participant had Type 2 or 3 Gaucher disease or was suspected of having Type 3 Gaucher disease;
  • The participant had any clinically significant disease, other than Gaucher disease, including cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal (GI), pulmonary, neurologic, endocrine, metabolic, (for example, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia), or psychiatric disease, other medical conditions, or serious intercurrent illness that might confound the study results, or, on the opinion of the investigator, might preclude participation in the study;
  • The participant had tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody, Hepatitis C antibody, or Hepatitis B surface antigen;
  • The participant had received an investigational product within 30 days prior to randomization;
  • The participant was pregnant or lactating.

Treatment and study plan

Eliglustat tartrate

Drug

PAP: Eliglustat tartrate (ET) capsule 50 mg orally on Day 1 followed by ET 50 mg capsule twice daily (BID) from Day 2 to Week 4, then either ET 50 mg capsule BID (participants with Genz-99067 [active moiety of ET in plasma] trough plasma concentration >=5 ng/mL) or ET 100 mg capsule BID (participants with Genz-99067 trough plasma concentration <5 ng/mL), up to Week 39. PK assessment at Week 2 used for dose adjustment after Week 4. LTTP: Participants of the eliglustat arm in PAP who completed PAP were included in LTTP and received ET capsule 50 mg BID orally from Day 1 (post Week 39) until Week 43 followed by ET 50 mg or 100 mg capsule BID up to Week 47, then ET 50 mg or 100 mg or 150 mg capsule BID up to Week 312. Dose adjustments at Week 43 and Week 47 were based on Genz-99067 trough plasma concentrations (if trough plasma concentration <5 ng/mL: next higher dose administered; if >=5 ng/mL: same dose continued) at Week 41 & Week 45, respectively.

Other names: Genz-112638

Placebo

Drug

PAP: Matching placebo capsule once daily on Day 1 followed by matching placebo capsule BID from Day 2 through Week 39. LTTP: Participants of the placebo arm in PAP who completed PAP were included in LTTP and received eliglustat tartrate from Day 1 (post Week 39) up to Week 312. Day 1 (post Week 39) was considered as baseline for LTTP. On Day 1, participants received eliglustat tartrate capsule 50 mg BID orally until Week 43 followed by eliglustat tartrate 50 mg or 100 mg capsule BID up to Week 47, then eliglustat tartrate 50 mg or 100 mg or 150 mg capsule BID up to Week 312. Dose adjustments at Week 43 and Week 47 were based on Genz-99067 trough plasma concentrations (if trough plasma concentration <5 ng/mL: next higher dose administered; if >=5 ng/mL: same dose continued) at Week 41 & Week 45, respectively.

Primary outcomes

  1. PAP: Percent Change From Baseline in Spleen Volume (in Multiples of Normal [MN]) at Week 39 of the Primary Analysis Period With Eliglustat Tartrate Treatment as Compared to Placebo

    Time frame: PAP Baseline (Day 1), Week 39

    Percent change in spleen volume = ([spleen volume at Week 39 minus spleen volume at baseline] divided by [spleen volume at baseline]) multiplied by 100, where all volumes are in MN.

Secondary outcomes

  1. PAP: Hemoglobin Level

    Time frame: PAP Baseline (Day 1)

  2. PAP: Absolute Change From Baseline in Hemoglobin Level at Week 39

    Time frame: PAP Baseline (Day 1), Week 39

    Absolute change = hemoglobin level at Week 39 minus hemoglobin level at baseline.

  3. PAP: Percent Change From Baseline in Liver Volume (in MN) at Week 39

    Time frame: PAP Baseline (Day 1), Week 39

    Percent change in liver volume = ([liver volume at Week 39 minus liver volume at baseline] divided by [liver volume at baseline]) multiplied by 100, where all volumes are in MN.

  4. PAP: Percent Change From Baseline in Platelet Counts at Week 39

    Time frame: PAP Baseline (Day 1), Week 39

    Percent change in platelet count = ([platelet count at Week 39 minus platelet count at baseline] divided by [platelet count at baseline]) multiplied by 100.

  5. LTTP: Percent Change From Baseline in Spleen Volume (in MN) at Week 234

    Time frame: PAP Baseline for Eliglustat (Originally on Eliglustat) arm, LTTP Baseline for Eliglustat (Originally on Placebo) arm, Week 234

    Percent change in spleen volume = ([spleen volume at Week 234 minus spleen volume at baseline] divided by [spleen volume at baseline]) multiplied by 100, where all volumes are in MN. Baseline values for the original placebo participants refer to Day 1 of LTTP and baseline values for the original eliglustat participants refer to the Day 1 of PAP.

  6. LTTP: Absolute Change From Baseline in Hemoglobin Level at Week 234

    Time frame: PAP Baseline for Eliglustat (Originally on Eliglustat) arm, LTTP Baseline for Eliglustat (Originally on Placebo) arm, Week 234

    Baseline values for the original placebo participants refer to Day 1 of LTTP and baseline values for the original eliglustat participants refer to the Day 1 of PAP.

  7. LTTP: Percent Change From Baseline in Liver Volume (in MN) at Week 234

    Time frame: PAP Baseline for Eliglustat (Originally on Eliglustat) arm, LTTP Baseline for Eliglustat (Originally on Placebo) arm, Week 234

    Percent change in liver volume = ([liver volume at Week 234 minus liver volume at baseline] divided by [liver volume at baseline]) multiplied by 100, where all volumes are in MN. Baseline values for the original placebo participants refer to Day 1 of LTTP and baseline values for the original eliglustat participants refer to the Day 1 of PAP.

  8. LTTP: Percent Change From Baseline in Platelet Counts at Week 234

    Time frame: PAP Baseline for Eliglustat (Originally on Eliglustat) arm, LTTP Baseline for Eliglustat (Originally on Placebo) arm, Week 234

    Percent change in platelet count = ([platelet count at Week 234 minus platelet count at baseline] divided by [platelet count at baseline]) multiplied by 100. Baseline values for the original placebo participants refer to Day 1 of LTTP and baseline values for the original eliglustat participants refer to the Day 1 of PAP.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Genzyme, a Sanofi Company

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Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center Study Confirming the Efficacy and Safety of Genz-112638 in Patients With Gaucher Disease Type 1 (ENGAGE)

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2016
First posted
May 1, 2009
Registry last updated
Mar 3, 2017

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