A Study of AZD4063 in PLN R14del Dilated Cardiomyopathy (PULSE)

AstraZeneca

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 1

Conditions: Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Treatments: Drug: AZD4063

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT07241104

D8340C00001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to assess the safety, tolerability and the pharmacokinetics (PK) of AZD4063 after single and multiple dose administration in participants with phospholamban (PLN) R14del dilated cardiomyopathy.

Full description

This is a Phase 1, first in human, unblinded, ascending dose study which will be comprised of: 3 single ascending dose (SAD) cohorts, 3 multiple ascending dose (MAD) cohorts and optional cohorts.

The SAD part of the study will assess the single doses of AZD4063 across 3 cohorts. It will consist of:

• A screening period
• A treatment period: The participants will receive a single dose of AZD4063 by subcutaneous (SC) injection
• A follow-up period

The MAD part of the study will initiate on receiving the data from SAD cohort with available safety, PK and pharmacodynamics (PD) data from all cohorts. This part of the study will consist of:

• A screening period
• A treatment period: The participants will receive multiple doses of AZD4063 by SC injection
• A follow-up period

Optional cohorts may be added based on emerging safety, PK and PD data of the SAD and MAD cohorts.

Enrollment: 31 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be 18 to 80 years of age inclusive, at the time of Screening
• Participants with pre-existing positive screening for R14 del PLN mutation
• Participants with screening Left ventricular eject fraction ≤ 45% as assessed by echocardiography
• Participants with New York Heart Association (NYHA) function class I-III
• Participants on stable medical therapy for at least 6 weeks prior to Screening and during the Screening period, with no significant improvement in heart failure
• Participants with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or Cardiac resynchronization therapy device (CRT-D)
• Participants with Body mass index (BMI) within the range 18-35 kg/m2
• Females of childbearing potential must not be lactating, and if heterosexually active must agree to use an approved method of highly effective contraception
• All females must have a negative pregnancy test at the Screening Visit.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants with positive hepatitis C antibody, hepatitis B virus surface antigen or hepatitis B virus core antibody

• Known to have tested positive for Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

• Any known genetic mutation associated with hereditary electrical or structural disease

• Congenital long QT syndrome

• QTcF < 350 ms

• Known Short QT syndrome (SQTS) or family history of SQTS

• Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT as calcium ion channelopathy) and recent hospitalization for heart failure or significant ventricular arrhythmia within 3 months

• Participants with sustained ventricular arrhythmia requiring treatment and considered clinically not stable by the Investigator

• History of subendocardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) suggestive of previous myocardial infarction and/or significant coronary artery disease (50% > stenosis in one major epicardial coronary artery or need for previous percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting)

• Routinely scheduled outpatient intravenous infusions for heart failure

• Uncontrolled hypertension

• Significant primary valvular disease

• Congenital heart disease

• Left ventricular wall thickness of > 13 mm or with any relative with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)

• Recent acute presentation of myocarditis

• Restrictive or peripartum cardiomyopathy; infiltrative disorders (sarcoidosis)

• Alcohol consumption in excess

• Any laboratory values with the following deviations:

  1. Alanine Transaminase >2 upper normal limit (ULN)
  2. Aspartate Transaminase >2 ULN
  3. Total bilirubin > 2 x ULN
  4. Estimated GFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2
  5. Hemoglobin <10g/dL

• Any vital sign values with the following deviations at Screening

  1. Systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg
  2. Diastolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg
  3. Pulse rate > 100 beats per minute

• Toxin exposure, systemic disease known to cause Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)

• History of severe allergy/hypersensitivity or ongoing clinically important allergy/hypersensitivity

• Any history of cardiotoxic drug exposure with documented cardiomyopathy

• Noncardiac condition that limits expected lifespan to less than 1 year

• Participation in another clinical study with a study intervention administered in the last 3 months

• Participants with a known hypersensitivity to AZD4063

• Participants who are part of a gene therapy trial

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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31 participants in 10 patient groups

Cohort 1 (SAD): Dose 1 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 1 of AZD4063 via SC injection in Cohort 1 of SAD.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Cohort 2 (SAD): Dose 2 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 2 of AZD4063 via SC injection in Cohort 2 of SAD.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Cohort 3 (SAD): Dose 3 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 3 of AZD4063 via SC injection in Cohort 3 of SAD.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Cohort 1 (MAD): Dose 4 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 4 of AZD4063 via SC injection in Cohort 1 of MAD.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Cohort 2 (MAD): Dose 5 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 5 of AZD4063 via SC injection in Cohort 2 of MAD.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Cohort 3 (MAD): Dose 6 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 6 of AZD4063 via SC injection in Cohort 3 of MAD.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Optional Cohort 1 (SAD): Dose 7 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 7 of AZD4063 via SC injection in the optional cohort of the study. This additional cohort will be added depending on the findings.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Optional Cohort 2 (SAD): Dose 8 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 8 of AZD4063 via SC injection in the optional cohort of the study. This additional cohort will be added depending on the findings.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Optional Cohort 1 (MAD): Dose 9 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 9 of AZD4063 via SC injection in the optional cohort of the study. This additional cohort will be added depending on the findings.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063

Optional Cohort 2 (MAD): Dose 10 of AZD4063

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive Dose 10 of AZD4063 via SC injection in the optional cohort of the study. This additional cohort will be added depending on the findings.

Treatment:

Drug: AZD4063