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NCT Number: NCT00449904

Open-Label Phase III Long-Term Safety Trial of Liprotamase

This is an open-label, single-arm clinical study investigating the long-term safety of ALTU-135 treatment in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF)-related exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (PI).

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Key information

Age range

7 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559, 1-317-615-4559) Mon - Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST), or speak with your personal physician., Oakland, California, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Females of childbearing potential must be willing to use birth control
  • Diagnosis of CF based upon the following criteria:
  • Two clinical features consistent with CF; and either
  • A genotype with two identifiable mutations consistent with CF, or
  • Sweat chloride > 60 milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L) by quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis.
  • Clinically stable with no evidence of acute upper or lower respiratory tract infection
  • Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (PI) determined by fecal elastase < 100 micrograms per gram (µg/g) measured at Screening
  • Able to take pancreatic enzyme supplementation in the form of capsules
  • Able to perform the testing and procedures required for this study, as judged by the Investigator

Exclusion criteria

  • Age <7 years
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding or of childbearing potential and not willing to use birth control
  • Participation in an investigational study of a drug, biologic, or device not currently approved for marketing within 30 days prior to Screening
  • History of fibrosing colonopathy
  • History of liver transplant, lung transplant or significant surgical resection of the bowel
  • Any chronic diarrheal illness unrelated to PI
  • Abnormal liver function (except for patients with Gilbert Syndrome)
  • Signs and/or symptoms of liver cirrhosis or portal hypertension (e.g., splenomegaly, ascites, esophageal varices), or documented liver disease unrelated to CF
  • Unable to discontinue enteral tube feedings during the study
  • Any condition that the Investigator believes would interfere with the intent of this study or would make participation not in the best interest of the patient
  • Baseline coefficient of fat absorption (CFA) ≥ 93% from the Phase III efficacy study
  • Patient is unlikely to complete the study, as determined by the Investigator

Treatment and study plan

Liprotamase

Drug

Administered orally

Other names: ALTU-135, LY3031642, TheraCLEC-total

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants with an adverse event

    Time frame: Baseline up to 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline up to 12 months in body weight Z-scores

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 12 months

  2. Change from baseline up to 12 months in height Z-scores (up to 17 years in participants age)

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 12 months

  3. Change from baseline up to 12 months in Body Mass Index (BMI) Z-scores

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Anthera Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

An Open-Label Clinical Study Evaluating the Long-Term Safety of ALTU-135 for the Treatment of Patients With Cystic Fibrosis-Related Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

Acronym: DIGEST

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Mar 21, 2007
Registry last updated
Oct 24, 2014

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