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NCT Number: NCT06468527

Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dirocaftor/Posenacaftor/Nesolicaftor in Adults With CF

CF is caused by mutations in the gene that encodes the 'Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR)' channel. To re-establish the function of this complex chloride channel, typically two to three drug modes of action are needed. To date, clinical studies of CFTR modulators have focused on patients carrying the F508del CFTR mutation, which is present in approximately 80% of CF patients, or gating mutations which are present in 5% of CF patients (gating mutations result in a reduced opening of the CFTR-channel at the cell surface which limits the flow of chloride ions through the CFTR channel). Although CF is a monogenetic disease, the 15% remaining patients represent more than 2000 different rare and mostly uncharacterized CFTR mutations. Multiple pharma companies have one or more CF drugs in their developmental pipeline. However, it is not known which patients may respond to the drugs in the pipeline. It is hypothesized that by using individual patient's intestinal organoids to screen for drug response, a subset of patients with rare CFTR mutations can be identified who will clinically respond to drugs in the developmental pipeline. The Human Individualized Therapy of CF (HIT-CF) project has been designed to further evaluate this hypothesis. The project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 755021. The core of the project consists of a two-step approach to identify patients outside the existing drug label who may also benefit from CFTR-modulator treatment. In the first step of the project (HIT-CF Organoid Study, NTR7520), novel CFTR modulators and their combinations were tested on organoids from over 500 European and Israeli CF patients with rare CFTR mutations to identify patients who are predicted to clinically benefit from these treatments. The second step will evaluate the predicted clinical effect of the CFTR modulators in subjects identified by their organoid response to investigational products. CFTR modulators from the HIT-CF participating pharmaceutical company, FAIR Therapeutics, will be evaluated in the CHOICES clinical study described in this protocol. Data from this clinical study will be compared with the HIT-CF Organoid Study results to validate the organoid model.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

UZ Leuven, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

A subject must meet ALL the following criteria in order to participate:

  • Male or female subjects who completed the HIT-CF Organoid Study and are 18 years of age or older on the date of informed consent
  • Confirmed diagnosis of CF as follows:
  • Sweat chloride value of ≥60 mmol/L based on quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis (at screening) OR 2 CF-causing mutations AND
  • chronic sinopulmonary disease or gastrointestinal/nutritional abnormalities
  • Clinically stable CF disease in the opinion of the investigator with no significant changes in health status within 28 days prior to Day 1
  • Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) ≥40% of predicted to ≤90% of predicted at the Screening Visit, based on the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) -2012 multi-ethnic all-age reference equations
  • Body mass index (BMI) ≥16 kg/m2 and ≤30 kg/m2
  • Non-smoker and non-tobacco user (including all inhalational nicotine delivery systems) for a minimum of 30 days prior to screening, and subject agrees not to smoke or use tobacco for the duration of the study
  • Subjects of childbearing potential must meet contraception requirements (Section 13.3.1)
  • Willing to remain on a stable medication regimen for CF from 28 days before Day 1 through the last study visit
  • Willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, study restrictions, laboratory tests, and other study procedures
  • Selected by an unblinded coordinating team based on organoid response or random selection
  • Subject will sign and date an informed consent form (ICF

Exclusion criteria

A subject who meets ANY of the following criteria will be excluded from participation:

  • Subject has at least one of the following CFTR-mutations: F508del, G551D, G1244E, G1349D, G178R, G551S, S1251N, S1255P, S549N, S549R, R117H, A455E, 3849+10kbC>T OR A combination of any two of the following mutations: any nonsense mutation, 1717-1G>A, 621+1G>T, 3120+1G>A, 1898+1G->A, CFTRdele2,3, and 2183AA->G
  • History or current evidence of any clinically significant cardiac (eg, heart failure, left ventricular hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, and arrhythmia), endocrinologic, hematologic, hepatobiliary (eg, clinically significant cirrhosis with or without portal hypertension, hepatitis B or hepatitis C), immunologic, metabolic, urologic, pulmonary (besides CF), neurologic (eg, subarachnoid haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage, cerebrovascular accident, intracranial trauma, and autonomic neuropathy), dermatologic, psychiatric, renal, or other major disease, that is unstable or could interfere with the subject's participation in or completion of the study, in the opinion of the investigator
  • Clinically significant screening results that would exclude subject from the study (eg, medical history, physical examination, ECG, vital sign, pulse oximetry, and laboratory profiles) or any conditions that, would make the subject unsuitable for enrolment or could interfere with the subject's participation in or completion of the study, in the opinion of the investigator. The medical monitor must be contacted for review of any subjects with screening results or conditions that may make them unsuitable for enrolment or could interfere with participation in or completion of the study.
  • Prolonged QTcF >450 msec at screening
  • Abnormal liver function as defined by AST, ALT, gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), or alkaline phosphatase ≥3 times or total bilirubin ≥2 times upper limit of the normal range
  • Haemoglobin <10 g/dL
  • Platelet count <150,000 cells/mm3
  • Abnormal renal function at screening defined as creatinine clearance <60 mL/min using the Modified Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD)
  • Hospitalisation, sinopulmonary infection, CF exacerbation, or other clinically significant infection or illness (in the opinion of the investigator) requiring an increase or addition of medication, such as antibiotics or corticosteroids, within 28 days of Day 1
  • Lung infection with organisms associated with a more rapid decline in pulmonary status (eg, Burkholderia cenocepacia, Burkholderia dolosa, and Mycobacterium abscessus). Subjects who have a current or past history of a positive culture must be reviewed with the medical monitor to confirm clinical stability.
  • Subject is currently taking or has taken a CFTR modulator within 28 days prior to Day 1
  • Participation in another clinical trial or treatment with an investigational agent within 28 days or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to screening. The duration of the elapsed time may be longer if required by local regulations
  • History of cancer (excluding cervical carcinoma in situ and non-melanoma skin cancer with curative therapy for at least 5 years prior to screening)
  • History of organ or hematologic transplantation
  • History or current evidence of alcohol or drug abuse or dependence within 12 months of screening, in the opinion of the investigator
  • Initiation of any new chronic therapy (eg, ibuprofen, hypertonic saline, azithromycin, dornase alfa, aztreonam for inhalation solution, and tobramycin) or any change in chronic therapy (excluding pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy) within 28 days prior to Day 1
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity or idiosyncratic reaction to the study drugs or any components thereof
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Special or vulnerable status (e.g. institutionalized, or person related to or an employee of the sponsor, FAIR Therapeutics, or investigator)

Treatment and study plan

Diponecaftor

Drug

Diponecaftor is a triple combination of DIR/POS/NES. The combination therapy will be administered orally during 8 weeks. The daily dose contains:

  • DIR 300 mg/day
  • POS 600 mg/day
  • NES 10 mg/day

Placebo

Drug

Placebo once daily for 8 weeks. Oral administration.

Primary outcomes

  1. Mean percent predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second (ppFEV1)

    Time frame: Measurements taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    The primary endpoint in both groups is the mean percent predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second (ppFEV1) of measurements taken after 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment. Period baseline values will be corrected for in the analysis.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sweat chloride

    Time frame: Measurements taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    The average of the sweat chloride measurements taken after 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment.

  2. Body weight

    Time frame: Measurements taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    The average of the body weight measurements taken after 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

  3. Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire Revised (CFQ R) respiratory domain

    Time frame: Measurements taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    The average of the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire Revised (CFQ R) respiratory domain measurements taken after 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment. Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better health.

  4. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 30 weeks

    Safety and tolerability assessments based on treatment-emergent Adverse Events (AEs)

  5. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 30 weeks

    Safety and tolerability assessments based on treatment-emergent Serious Adverse events (SAEs)

  6. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Platelet count

  7. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Liver function (total bilirubin)

  8. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Liver function (alkaline phosphatase (ALP))

  9. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Liver function (alanine transaminase (ALT))

  10. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Liver function (gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT))

  11. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Anemia (Haemoglobin (Hb))

  12. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Anemia (Haematocrit)

  13. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Anemia (Red blood cell count)

  14. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    White blood cell count (including differential)

  15. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Glucose measured in blood

  16. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Sodium in blood

  17. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Cholesterol in blood

  18. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Total protein in blood

  19. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Potassium in blood

  20. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Chloride in blood

  21. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Bicarbonate in blood

  22. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Lactate dehydrogenase in blood

  23. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Albumine in blood

  24. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Calcium in blood

  25. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    GFR MDRD (equation based on sex, ethnicity, age, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine)

  26. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Ketonuria (ketones measured by urine dipstick)

  27. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Proteinuria (protein measured by urine dipstick)

  28. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Hematuria (blood measured by urine dipstick)

  29. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Glucosuria (glucose measured by urine dipstick)

  30. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    pH of urine (pH measured by urine dipstick)

  31. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Specific gravitiy of urine (measured by urine dipstick)

  32. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Coagulation (activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT))

  33. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Coagulation (prothrombin time international normalized ratio (PT-INR))

  34. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at 4 weeks of treatment

    ECG QT Interval

  35. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at start of treatment and at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Systolic and diastolic blood pressure

  36. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at start of treatment and at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Heart rate

  37. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at start of treatment and at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Respiratory rate

  38. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at start of treatment and at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Body temperature

  39. Safety and tolerability assessments

    Time frame: Measurement taken at start of treatment and at 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment

    Pulse oximetry measurements

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kors van der Ent

Other

Collaborators

  • European Union

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase IIb, Multicentre, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dirocaftor/Posenacaftor/Nesolicaftor in Subjects With Cystic Fibrosis Aged 18 Years or Older

Acronym: CHOICES

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jun 21, 2024
Registry last updated
Nov 24, 2025

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