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NCT Number: NCT05795465

A Study of GEn-1124 in Subjects With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

GEn1E-1124-002 is a two-part Phase 2 study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of GEn-1124 in subjects with ARDS. Treatment with IV infusion dosing as early as possible after ARDS diagnosis. Subjects will be given a second dose approximately 8 hours after the first dose and will continue with twice daily dosing (BID regimen) for 5 days.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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About this study

Randomized , double-blind, placebo controlled, dose escalation study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), safety, and tolerability of GEn1124.

GEn-1124 or placebo will be administered as a 2-hour IV infusion as early as possible after ARDS diagnosis. Participants will receive a second dose approximately 8 hours after the first and will continue BID for the remaining schedule (Days 2-5). Follow-up will be for a total of 60 days after the first dose or death (whichever comes first).

An independent Safety Review Committee (SRC) will be responsible for reviewing data throughout the study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female subject between the ages of 18 and 85 years old, inclusive.
  • Written informed consent .
  • Dosing as early as possible after first meeting ARDS 2023 Global definition.
  • Acceptable method of birth control.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subject, surrogate, or physician not committed, or eligible, to receive full supportive care measures.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Currently incarcerated in a correctional institution or involuntarily committed to an inpatient mental health facility.
  • Active malignancy (other than non-melanoma skin cancer) requiring treatment with immunosuppressant drugs within the last 3 months or within the last 6 months if an anti-B cell antibody was received.
  • Any other irreversible disease or condition for which 6-month mortality is estimated to be >50%.
  • Moderate to severe liver failure.
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <10 mL/min/1.73 m2 or requiring dialysis at screening.
  • Subjects with known:
  • New York Heart Association Class IV heart disease; or
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome within the past 30 days (e.g., myocardial infarction, unstable angina) or dosing; or
  • Cardiac arrest within 30 days of dosing with sequelae likely to increase mortality.
  • Severe chronic respiratory disease with continuous home oxygen >2 liters per minute (LPM) or >28% (adjusted for altitude); and/or home noninvasive ventilation (except for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea).
  • Poly-traumatic injury resulting in significant blood loss and/or likely to require major surgery within the study period, or subject condition that would interfere with study procedures.
  • History of any type of solid organ or cellular transplant.
  • Receiving immunosuppressive therapy for solid organ or hematopoietic cancer, transplant anti-rejection medication, and/or other chronic conditions.
  • Moribund subject not expected to survive 24 hours.
  • Do not resuscitate (DNR) status.
  • World Health Organization (WHO) functional class III or IV pulmonary hypertension.
  • Subject has been on mechanical ventilation for more than 7 days at time of dosing.
  • Burn victims currently undergoing treatment for >40% total body surface area (TBSA) involvement or for known airway inhalation injury.
  • Neuromuscular disease that could impact ability to wean from mechanical ventilation.
  • History of tuberculosis (TB); undergoing treatment for latent TB infection (LTBI); untreated LTBI (as determined by documented results within 3 months of Screening of a positive TB test).
  • Active Hepatitis B, positive Hepatitis C (and has not completed antiviral treatment), or positive human immunodeficiency (HIV) screen.
  • Use of any investigational drug or device within last 30 days of dosing or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer.
  • Any other medical, psychiatric, or social condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, is likely to unfavorably alter the risk-benefit of subject participation, to interfere with protocol compliance, or to confound safety.

Treatment and study plan

GEn-1124

Drug

Intravenous infusion

Placebo

Drug

Intravenous infusion

Primary outcomes

  1. To assess the safety and tolerability (SAEs and TEAEs) of GEn-1124

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    • Incidence (frequency over time) of serious adverse events (SAEs) unexpected in ARDS patients.
    • Incidence (frequency over time) of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE).

Other outcomes

  1. Change in oxygenation index (OI).

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Oxygenation Index is calculated as PAW × FiO2 × 100 / SpO2 where PAW is product of mean airway pressure (PAW), FiO2 is fraction of inspired oxygen, and SpO2 is pulse oxygen saturation (as long as the lowest SpO2 measurement for the day was < 97%).

  2. Change in ratio of arterial oxygen partial pressure to fractional inspired oxygen.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Ratio of arterial oxygen partial pressure to fractional inspired oxygen is calculated as PaO2 / FiO2 where PaO2 indicates arterial oxygen partial pressure and FiO2 indicates fraction of inspired oxygen. All values are derived from ventilator parameters and arterial blood gas.

  3. Change in static compliance.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Static compliance is calculated as the tidal volume divided by the difference between airway plateau pressure and end-expiratory pressure (Pplat - PEEP) where Plat is airway plateau pressure and PEEP is positive end-expiratory pressure. All values are derived from ventilator parameters.

  4. Change in dynamic compliance.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Dynamic compliance is calculated as the tidal volume divided by the difference between peak inspiratory pressure and end-expiratory pressure (PIP - PEEP) where Plat is airway plateau pressure and PEEP is positive end-expiratory pressure. All values are derived from ventilator parameters.

  5. Change in the Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) score

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    To calculate RALE, each radiographic quadrant is scored for extent of consolidation (0-4) and density of opacification (1-3). The product of the consolidation and density scores for each of the four quadrants is summed (minimum score=0, maximum score=48; higher scores mean worse outcome).

  6. Duration on invasive mechanical ventilation.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Duration of invasive mechanical ventilation is defined as the number of hours that the subject receives invasive mechanical ventilation for at least 1 hour duration.

  7. Duration of any ventilatory support.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Duration of ventilatory support is defined as the number of hours that the subject receives any ventilation support for at least 1 hour duration.

  8. Number of Ventilator Free Days (VFDs)

    Time frame: Up to Day 28

    VFDs to day 28 are defined as the number of days from the time of initiating unassisted breathing to day 28 after randomization, assuming survival for at least 48 hours after initiating unassisted breathing and continued unassisted breathing to day 28. If a subject returns to assisted breathing and subsequently achieves unassisted breathing to day 28, VFDs will be counted from the end of the last period of assisted breathing to day 28. A period of assisted breathing lasting less than 24 hours and for the purpose of a surgical procedure will not count against the VFD calculation. If a subject was receiving assisted breathing at day 27 or dies prior to day 28, VFDs will be zero. Subjects transferred to another hospital or other health care facility will be followed to day 28 to assess this endpoint.

  9. Intubation (in subjects not previously intubated)

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Intubation is defined as the need for initial intubation in subjects who are not intubated at baseline.

  10. Reintubation (after extubation) (if applicable).

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Reintubation is defined as the need for reintubation after initial successful extubation for 48 hours.

  11. Change in Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    The SOFA score is used for prediction of mortality in ICU patients. Initial and highest scores of more than 11 or mean scores of more than 5 corresponded to mortality of more than 80%.

  12. Incidence of hospital mortality.

    Time frame: Up to Day 28

    Hospital mortality is defined as mortality that occurred during hospitalization up to Day 28, defined as 672 hours from the time of randomization. All subjects will be classified as either "alive at Study Day 28" or, if dead, "dead at Study Day 28."

  13. Incidence of all-cause mortality.

    Time frame: Up to Day 28

    All-cause mortality is defined that occurred for any cause up to Day 28, defined as 672 hours from the time of randomization. All subjects will be classified as either "alive at Study Day 28" or, if dead, "dead at Study Day 28."

  14. Duration in ICU.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Length of ICU stay is defined as the number of hours in the ICU for at least 1 hour duration.

  15. Duration in hospital.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Length of hospital stay will be defined as the number of hours hospitalized for at least 1 hour duration.

  16. Proportion of subjects alive and free of respiratory failure or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)).

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    Alive and free of respiratory failure is defined as being alive without the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, non-invasive ventilation, high-flow nasal cannula (heated, humidified, oxygen delivered via reinforced nasal cannula at flow rates >20 L/min with fraction of delivered oxygen ≥ 0.5), or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

  17. Hierarchical Alive and Ventilator Free (AVF) score.

    Time frame: Through study completion, Day 60

    To compute AVF, each subject is compared to every other subject in both trial arms and assigned a score (win=+1; lose=-1; tie=0) for each pairwise comparison, based on which fared better.

  18. Time to recover gas exchange

    Time frame: Up to Day 28

    Length of time is defined as the number of hour to recover gas exchange to PaO2/FiO2 ³ 300 for at least 24 hours.

  19. Change in Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36).

    Time frame: Days 9 through 60

    The short form 36 health survey questionnaire (SF-36)18 measures health perception. The lowest score of 0 indicates unhealthy, where as the highest score of 100 indicates healthy.

  20. Change in Euro Quality of Life Health Survey (EQ-5D-5L).

    Time frame: Days 9 through 60

    The EuroQOL health survey instrument (EQ-5D-5L)18 is a five-dimensional five-level generic measure designed to measure and value health status. A Level 1 score indicates no problems. A Level 5 score indicates unable to/extreme problems.

  21. Peak plasma concentration (Cmax) for GEn-1124 and its metabolites.

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

  22. Terminal elimination rate constant (Kel) and half-life (T1/2) in plasma for GEn-1124 and its metabolites.

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

  23. Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) for GEn-1124 and its metabolites.

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

  24. Plasma volume of distribution (Vss) for GEn-1124 and its metabolites.

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

  25. Plasma Clearance (CL) for GEn-1124 and its metabolites.

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

  26. Plasma concentration at steady state (Css) for GEn-1124 and its metabolites.

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

  27. Measure protein biomarkers in whole blood.

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

    Protein biomarkers including TNFalpha, IL6 and IL1beta, IL10 and HSP27 will be measured by Olink's arbitrary unit, Normalized Protein eXpression (NPX), which is in Log2 scale.

  28. Measure protein biomarkers in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid.

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

    Protein biomarkers including TNFalpha, IL6 and IL1beta, IL10 and HSP27 will be measured by Olink's arbitrary unit, Normalized Protein eXpression (NPX), which is in Log2 scale.

  29. Measure protein biomarkers in tracheal aspirate (TA).

    Time frame: Days 1 through 6

    Protein biomarkers including TNFalpha, IL6 and IL1beta, IL10 and HSP27 will be measured by Olink's arbitrary unit, Normalized Protein eXpression (NPX), which is in Log2 scale.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Ritu Lal, PhD, MS

CONTACT

[email protected]

(650) 248-2429

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

GEn1E Lifesciences

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2, Two-Part Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of GEn-1124 in Subjects With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Apr 3, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 23, 2026

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