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NCT Number: NCT03098797

A Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Elamipretide in Subjects With Barth Syndrome

A randomized, double-blind cross over trial to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of elamipretide in subjects with Barth syndrome.

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Key information

Age range

12 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2 / Phase 3

Primary location

McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

About this study

A phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of subcutaneous injections of elamipretide in subjects with genetically confirmed Barth syndrome followed by open-label treatment extension. Part 1 was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial to assess safety, tolerability, and efficacy single daily subcutaneous (SC) doses of 40 mg elamipretide administered for 12 weeks in subjects with Barth syndrome. Part 2: This was an open-label extension trial to assess the long-term safety, tolerability, and longitudinal trends in efficacy single daily SC doses of 40 mg elamipretide for up to 192 weeks.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Genetically confirmed Barth Syndrome
  • Male aged 12 and above
  • At the screening visit, eGFR must meet the following:
  • Body weight >30 kg AND eGFR ≥ 90mL/min at screening
  • Body weight >40kg AND eGFR ≥60 but <90mL/min/ 1.73m² at screening
  • Ambulatory and impaired during the baseline 6MWT
  • On stable medication for 30 days prior to the baseline visit

Exclusion criteria

  • Participated in another interventional clinical trial within 30 days of or is currently enrolled in a non-interventional clinical trial at the baseline visit potentially confounding with this trial
  • Prior or current medical condition that would prevent the subject from safely participating in the trial
  • Undergone any inpatient hospitalizations within 30 days of the baseline visit
  • Is undergoing an apparent pubertal growth spurt
  • Has uncontrolled hypertension
  • History of substance abused within the year before the baseline visit or is likely to be uncompliant
  • History of heart transplantation or current placement on the waiting list for a heart transplant
  • For subjects with an ICD: known occurrence of ICD discharge in the 3 months prior to the baseline visit
  • For subjects without an ICD: expected to undergo an implantation of an ICD during the conduct of the study
  • Currently receiving treatment with chemotherapeutic agents or immunosuppressant agents or has received prior radiation therapy to the chest
  • Recipient of stem cell or gene therapy or is currently being treated by a therapeutic investigational device

Treatment and study plan

elamipretide

Drug

40 mg daily subcutaneous injection for 12 weeks

Other names: MTP-131

Placebo

Drug

daily subcutaneous injection for 12 weeks

Other names: Placebo Comparator

Primary outcomes

  1. Part 1: Distance Walked During the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) by Visit

    Time frame: Pre-dose to Week 12 (end of treatment)

    Average distance walked in meters during the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) at end of treatment, where end of treatment means end of Visit 5 (Week 12) for Period 1 and end of Visit 10 (Week 12) for Period 2. Results were pooled for each 12 week period.

  2. Part 1: Total Fatigue Score Based on the BTHS-SA by Visit.

    Time frame: Pre-dose, Weeks 1, 4, 8, and 12 (end of treatment)

    Total Fatigue Score (Q1, Q2, and Q4) Based on the BarTH Syndrome Symptom Assessment (BTHS-SA) by visit at predose, Weeks 1, 4, 8, and 12 (end of treatment). The BTHS-SA is 3-question fatigue assessment using a 0 to 4-point scale for each question where no fatigue =0 and very severe fatigue =4, with scores from all 3 questions combined and averaged for all subjects; a lower score means better outcome, higher score means a worse outcome. Combined Min score=0, max score =12. Weekly values are based on the weekly average of the last 7 days before the site or visiting nurse visit for both periods. Results from each 12-week period were combined, where end of treatment for Period 1 =Visit 5 (week 12), and End of Period 2 = Visit 10 (week 12)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Part 2: Distance Walked During the 6MWT

    Time frame: Baseline to Weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, 168, 192

    Change from baseline for distance walked in meters during the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) by visit where Baseline= Part 1 Period 1 Pre-dose

  2. Part 2: Change From Baseline: Total Fatigue Score (Q1, Q2, and Q4) Based on the BTHS-SA by Visit

    Time frame: Baseline to Weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192

    Change from Baseline (mean) in Total Fatigue Score (Q1, Q2, and Q4) Based on the BarTH Syndrome Symptom Assessment (BTHS-SA) by visit. The BTHS-SA is 3-question fatigue assessment using a 0-4 point scale for each question where no fatigue =0 and very severe fatigue =4, with scores from all 3 questions combined and averaged for all subjects by visit; a lower score means better outcome, higher score means a worse outcome. Change from baseline: an increase in scores would mean worse outcome, a decrease in scores means better outcome. Combined Min score=-12, max score =12. Weekly values are based on the weekly average of the last 7 days before the site or visiting nurse visit for both periods. Baseline= Period 1 Predose.

  3. Part 1: Muscle Strength as Measured by HHD by Visit

    Time frame: Pre-dose to Week 12 (end of treatment)

    Muscle strength as measured by handheld dynamometry (HHD) in Newtons, where end of treatment means end of Visit 5 (Week 12) for Period 1 and end of Visit 10 (Week 12) for Period 2. Results were pooled for each 12 week period. Handheld dynamometry assesses the average strength of the knee extensors of both legs.

  4. Part 2: Change From Baseline: Muscle Strength by HHD (Newtons) by Visit

    Time frame: Baseline to Weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96,168, 192

    Muscle strength as measured by handheld dynamometry (HHD) in Newtons. Handheld dynamometry assesses the average strength of the knee extensors of both legs. Change from baseline where Baseline= Part 1 Period 1 Pre-dose: the greater positive change, the better the outcome, the smaller positive change (or negative change) the number the worse the outcome.

  5. Part 1: 5XSST by Visit

    Time frame: Pre-dose to Week 12 (end of treatment)

    Time (in seconds) to complete the Five Times Sit-To-Stand, where end of treatment means end of Visit 5 (Week 12) for Period 1 and end of Visit 10 (Week 12) for Period 2. Results were pooled for each 12 week period.

  6. Part 2: Change From Baseline: 5X Sit to Stand by Visit

    Time frame: Baseline to Weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, 168, 192

    Change in baseline in time (in seconds), where Baseline= Part 1 Period 1 Pre-dose to complete the Five Times Sit-To-Stand by visit. More time means worse outcome, less time means better outcome.

  7. Part 1: SWAY Application Balance Assessments by Visit

    Time frame: Pre-dose to Week 12 (end of treatment)

    SWAY application balance assessment consists of five stances each performed for 10 seconds and scores postural stability on a scale from 0-100 with higher scores indicating better postural stability from Pre-dose to Week 12 (end of treatment), where end of treatment means end of Visit 5 (Week 12) for Period 1 and end of Visit 10 (Week 12) for Period 2. Results were pooled for each 12 week period.

  8. Part 2: Change From Baseline: SWAY Application Balance Assessment

    Time frame: Baseline to Weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96,168, 192

    Change from Baseline: SWAY Application Balance Assessment,where Baseline= Part 1 Period 1 Pre-doseSWAY application balance assessment consists of five stances each performed for 10 seconds and scores postural stability on a scale from 0-100 with higher scores indicating better postural stability. An increase from baseline is a better outcome and a decrease in score is a worse outcome.

  9. Part 1: Patient Global Impression Scales of Symptoms

    Time frame: Pre-dose, Week 1, Week 12 (end of treatment)

    Patient-reported health status over the past week, by visit, where end of treatment means end of Visit 5 (Week 12) for Period 1 and end of Visit 10 (Week 12) for Period 2. Results were pooled for each 12 week period. Scores range from 0-40 for adolescents and 0-50 for adults. PGI Scale is as follows: 0=None, 1=Mild, 2=Moderate, 3=Severe, and 4=Very Severe. Higher score means worse health status, means worse outcome; lower score means better health status, means better outcome.

  10. Part 2: Change From Baseline: Patient Global Impression Scales of Symptoms by Visit

    Time frame: Baseline to Weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192

    Part 2: Change from Baseline: Patient Global Impression Scales of Symptoms by Visit Patient-reported health status over the past week where Baseline= Part 1 Period 1 Pre-dose, administered at Week 12 for Period 1 and Period 2. Scores range from 0-40 for adolescents and 0-50 for adults. PGI Scale is as follows: 1=None, 2=Mild, 3=Moderate, 4=Severe, and 5=Very Severe. Change from baseline: Higher score means worse health status, means worse outcome; lower score means better health status, means better outcome.

  11. Part 1: Part 1: Clinician Global Impression

    Time frame: Pre-dose to Week 12 (end of treatment)

    Clinician Global Impression Scale by visit: Clinician-reported overall health status at end of treatment, administered at Week 12 for Period 1 and Period 2. Scores range from 0-6 for both adolescents and adults. PGI Scale is as follows: 1= Very much Better, 2= Moderately Better, 3= A Little Better, 4= No Change, and 5= A Little Worse 6= Very much Worse. Higher score means worse health status, means worse outcome; lower score means better health status, means better outcome. End of treatment means end of Visit 5 (Week 12) for Period 1 and end of Visit 10 (Week 12) for Period 2. Results were pooled for each 12 week period.

  12. Part 2: Change From Baseline: CGI Symptom Scale

    Time frame: Baseline to Weeks 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192

    Change from Baseline: CGI Symptom Scale by visit where Baseline= Part 1 Period 1 Pre-dose. Clinician Global Impression Scale: Clinician-reported overall health status at end of treatment, administered at Week 12 for Period 1 and Period 2. Scores range from 0-6 for both adolescents and adults. PGI Scale is as follows: 1= Very much Better, 2= Moderately Better, 3= A Little Better, 4= No Change, and 5= A Little Worse 6= Very much Worse. Change from baseline: higher score means worse health status, means worse outcome; lower score means better health status, means better outcome.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Injections of Elamipretide in Subjects With Genetically Confirmed Barth Syndrome Followed by Open-Label Treatment

Acronym: TAZPOWER

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2021
First posted
Apr 4, 2017
Registry last updated
Apr 16, 2024

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