A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of VX-371 in Subjects With Cystic Fibrosis Who Are Homozygous for the F508del-CFTR Mutation

Parion Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Cystic Fibrosis

Treatments: Drug: VX-371; Drug: VX-371 + HS; Drug: Placebo; Drug: Hypertonic saline; Drug: Orkambi

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02709109

2015-004841-13 (EudraCT Number)

VX15-371-101

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of treatment with VX-371 in hypertonic saline compared to hypertonic saline alone in subjects with cystic fibrosis (CF) who are ≥12 years of age, homozygous for the F508del-cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutation, and being treated with Orkambi

Enrollment: 147 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing and able to use the delivery device as directed by the study manual.
• Confirmed diagnosis of CF, defined as a sweat chloride value ≥60 mmol/L by quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis.
• Homozygous for the F508del CFTR mutation. If the CFTR screening genotype result is not received before randomization, a previous CFTR genotype lab report may be used to establish eligibility.
• Percent predicted forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1) of ≥40 to <90 percentage points adjusted for age, sex, and height according to the Global Lung Initiative (GLI) at the Screening Visit.
• Willing to discontinue physician-prescribed saline use.
• Female subjects of childbearing potential with a negative serum pregnancy test at the Screening Visit.

Exclusion criteria

• History of any comorbidity, which in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the results of the study or pose an additional risk in administering study drug to the subject.
• Any clinically significant laboratory abnormalities at the Screening Visit that would interfere with the study assessments or pose an undue risk for the subject.
• An acute upper or lower respiratory infection, pulmonary exacerbation, or changes in therapy (including antibiotics) for pulmonary disease within 28 days before Day 1 (first dose of study drug).
• A 12 lead ECG demonstrating QTcF >450 msec at the Screening Visit.
• History of solid organ or hematological transplantation.
• Used diuretics or renin-angiotensin aldosterone system antihypertensive drugs in the 28 days prior to Screening or an anticipated need for any of these medications during the study.
• Ongoing or prior participation in an investigational drug study within 30 days of the Screening Visit.
• Inability to withhold short-acting, long-acting, or once-daily, long-acting bronchodilator use for 4, 12, or 24 hours prior to clinic visit, respectively.
• History of significant intolerance to inhaled saline, or intolerance to the single dose of saline at Screening
• Known hypersensitivity or history of intolerance to Orkambi.
• Pregnant and nursing females.
• Subjects who have participated in Parion Sciences Study NCT02343445.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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147 participants in 4 patient groups

Sequence 1: VX-371 + Hypertonic Saline (HS), then HS

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received 85 microgram (mcg) VX-371 diluted in 3 milliliter (mL) 4.2 percent (%) HS through oral nebulized inhalation twice daily for 28 days (Day 1 to Day 28) in treatment period 1 followed by a 28 days washout period (Day 29 to Day 56) and then received 3 mL 4.2% HS through oral nebulized inhalation twice daily for 28 days (Day 57 to Day 84) in treatment period 2. Participants also received a stable dose of 2 tablets of Orkambi (lumacaftor 400 milligram (mg)/ivacaftor 250 mg) orally every 12 hours with fat-containing food throughout the study as part of their cystic fibrosis (CF) standard of care.

Treatment:

Drug: Orkambi

Drug: VX-371 + HS

Drug: Hypertonic saline

Sequence 2: HS, then VX-371 + HS

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received 3 mL 4.2% HS through oral nebulized inhalation twice daily for 28 days (Day 1 to Day 28) in treatment period 1 followed by a 28 days washout period (Day 29 to Day 56) and then received 85 mcg VX-371 diluted in 3 mL 4.2% HS through oral nebulized inhalation twice daily for 28 days (Day 57 to Day 84) in treatment period 2. Participants also received a stable dose of 2 tablets of Orkambi (lumacaftor 400 mg/ivacaftor 250 mg) orally every 12 hours with fat-containing food throughout the study as part of their CF standard of care.

Treatment:

Drug: Orkambi

Drug: VX-371 + HS

Drug: Hypertonic saline

Sequence 3: VX-371 + Placebo, then Placebo

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received 85 mcg VX-371 diluted in 3 mL 0.17% Saline (placebo) through oral nebulized inhalation twice daily for 28 days (Day 1 to Day 28) in treatment period 1 followed by a 28 days washout period (Day 29 to Day 56) and then received 3 mL 0.17% saline (placebo) through oral nebulized inhalation twice daily for 28 days (Day 57 to Day 84) in treatment period 2. Participants also received a stable dose of 2 tablets of Orkambi (lumacaftor 400 mg/ivacaftor 250 mg) orally every 12 hours with fat-containing food throughout the study as part of their CF standard of care.

Treatment:

Drug: VX-371

Drug: Orkambi

Drug: Placebo

Sequence 4: Placebo, then VX-371 + Placebo

Experimental group

Description:

Participants received 3 mL 0.17% saline (placebo) through oral nebulized inhalation twice daily for 28 days (Day 1 to Day 28) in treatment period 1 followed by a 28 days washout period (Day 29 to Day 56) and then received 85 mcg VX-371 diluted in 3 mL 0.17% saline (placebo) through oral nebulized inhalation twice daily for 28 days (Day 57 to Day 84) in treatment period 2. Participants also received a stable dose of 2 tablets of Orkambi (lumacaftor 400 mg/ivacaftor 250 mg) orally every 12 hours with fat-containing food throughout the study as part of their CF standard of care.

Treatment:

Drug: VX-371

Drug: Orkambi

Drug: Placebo