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NCT Number: NCT05499013

Study to Assess SLN124 in Patients With Polycythemia Vera

This is a Phase 1/2, multicenter study with an open-label dose escalation followed by a randomized placebo controlled and double-blind phase of SLN124 in adult patients with Polycythemia Vera (PV) to assess the safety, tolerability, efficacy, pharmacokinetic (PK), and Pharmacodynamic (PD) response of SLN124.

Active, Not Recruiting

This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Research Site, Benowa, Australia

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Phase 1 and Phase 2

Inclusion criteria

  • Male and female patients aged 18 years or older.
  • A confirmed diagnosis of PV according to the revised 2016 World Health Organization criteria:
  • Suitable phlebotomy history
  • Must agree to adhere to appropriate contraception requirements
  • Patients who are not receiving cytoreductive therapy must have been discontinued from any prior cytoreductive therapy for at least 24 weeks before dosing and have recovered from any adverse events due to cytoreductive therapy.
  • Patients receiving cytoreductive therapy with hydroxyurea, interferon, busulfan or ruxolitinib must have received a stable dose of cytoreductive therapy for at least 12 weeks before dosing and with no planned change in dose.
  • Patients must have had a dermatological examination within 28 weeks prior to dosing.
  • Must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score of 0, 1, or 2.

Exclusion criteria

Phase 1 and Phase 2

  • Drug intolerance:
  • History of intolerance to oligonucleotides, or GalNAc, or any component of SLN124.
  • History of intolerance to s.c. injections.
  • Clinically significant thrombosis (e.g., deep vein thrombosis or splenic vein thrombosis) within 12 weeks of screening.
  • History of major bleeding events and/or a requirement for blood transfusion therapy owing to bleeding in the last 6 months prior to screening.
  • Meets the criteria for post-PV myelofibrosis as defined by the International Working Group-Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Research and Treatment
  • Any investigational drug less than 6 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug or not recovered from effects of prior administration of any investigational agent.
  • Any investigational or marketed product using GalNAc targeting less than 48 weeks prior to administration of any investigational agent (excludes patients with PV who participated in Phase 1 of this study).
  • Clinically significant co-morbidities
  • Biochemical and hematological parameters:
  • Biochemical evidence of significant liver disease during screening
  • Phase 1: Hematological parameters at screening as follows: platelets > 1,000,000/µL; or white blood cell (WBC) count > 25,000/µL; or peripheral blasts > 1%.

b. Phase 2: Hematological parameters at screening as follows: platelets > 1,000,000/µL; or WBC count > 30,000/µL; or peripheral blasts > 1%.

Treatment and study plan

SLN124

Drug

SLN124 is a double-stranded small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) targeting transmembrane protease, serine 6 (TMPRSS6) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA).

Placebo

Drug

sodium chloride, solution for injection

Primary outcomes

  1. Phase 1: Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs)

    Time frame: Day 239

    Safety and tolerability will be reported separately following open-label dose escalation phase and double-blind phase

  2. Phase 1: Assessment of the number of phlebotomies at intervals

    Time frame: 6 months prior to dosing to Day 239

  3. Phase 2: Proportion of patients who achieve response between week 18 and week 36 (placebo controlled double blind phase)

    Time frame: 18 to 36 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Phase 1: Pharmacokinetic: area under the plasma concentration (AUC)

    Time frame: Day 127

  2. Phase 1: Pharmacokinetic: peak plasma concentration (Cmax)

    Time frame: Day 127

  3. Phase 1: Pharmacodynamic: change in haematocrit

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 239

  4. Phase 1: Pharmacodynamic: Change in Transferrin saturation (TSAT)

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 239

  5. Phase 1: Pharmacodynamic: Change in Hepcidin

    Time frame: Day 1 to Day 239

  6. Phase 2: Comparison of the effect of SLN124 vs placebo

    Time frame: Over 36 weeks

    Number of phlebotomies

  7. Phase 2: Comparison of the effect of SLN124 vs placebo

    Time frame: Over 36 weeks

    Proportion of patients who achieve a response

  8. Phase 2: Comparison of the effect of SLN124 vs placebo

    Time frame: Over 36 weeks

    Safety and tolerability

  9. Phase 2: Comparison of the effect of SLN124 vs placebo

    Time frame: Over 36 weeks

    Hematology parameters and biomarkers of iron metabolism

  10. Phase 2: In the double-blind extension period and in the OLE period:

    Time frame: Week 37 to Week 181

    Assess long-term safety and tolerability of SLN124

  11. Phase 2: In the double-blind extension period and in the OLE period:

    Time frame: Week 37 to Week 181

    Assess long-term effects of SLN124 on QoL assessments

  12. Phase 2: Assessment of SLN124 Cmax at Day 1 and Day 169 of the trial.

    Time frame: Day 1 and Day 169

  13. Phase 2: Assessment of SLN124 PD

    Time frame: Changes from Week 1 to Week 181

    Hepcidin

  14. Phase 2: Assessment of QoL

    Time frame: Changes from Week 1 to Week 181

    MPN-SAF-TSS

  15. Phase 2: Assessment of QoL

    Time frame: Changes from Week 1 to Week 181

    PGI-C

  16. Phase 2: Pharmacodynamic: Change in haematocrit

    Time frame: Changes from Week 1 to Week 181

  17. Phase 2: Pharmacodynamic: Change in Hepcidin

    Time frame: Changes from Week 1 to Week 181

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Silence Therapeutics plc

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Phase 1/2 Study With an Open-label Dose Escalation Phase Followed by a Randomized, Double-blind Phase of SLN124 in Patients With Polycythemia Vera

Acronym: SLN

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2030
First posted
Aug 12, 2022
Registry last updated
Dec 19, 2025

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