Voclosporin in Adolescents With Lupus Nephritis (VOCAL)

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 3

Conditions: Adolescent Lupus Nephritis

Treatments: Drug: Placebo Oral Capsule; Drug: Voclosporin

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT05288855

AUR-VCS-2020-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of voclosporin compared to placebo in achieving renal response following 24 weeks of therapy in adolescents with active lupus nephritis (LN).

Full description

This is a 24 week, dose escalation study of voclosporin in addition to standard of care with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and steroids, consisting of 3 treatment periods, in which period 1 is double-blind, placebo controlled, and period 2 and period 3 are open-label, with increasing doses of voclosporin in a pediatric population.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

• Previous diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as per the 2019 EULAR/ ACR classification criteria.
• Subjects with kidney biopsy confirmed active lupus nephritis.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/minute/1.73 m2 at screening.

• Current or medical history of:

  • Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency.
  • Clinically significant drug or alcohol abuse prior to screening.
  • Malignant neoplasm.
  • Lymphoproliferative disease or previous total lymphoid irradiation.
  • Known severe viral infections within 3 months of screening; or known human immunodeficiency virus infection, or hepatitis B or C virus infection at any time prior to screening.
  • Active tuberculosis (TB) or known history of TB/evidence of old TB if not taking prophylaxis with isoniazid.

• Currently requiring renal dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) or expected to require dialysis during the study period.

• Other known clinically significant active medical conditions, for which the condition or the treatment of the condition may affect the study assessments or outcomes.

• Currently taking or known need for any of the following medications:

  • Immunosuppression biologic agents within 12 weeks prior to randomization, cyclophosphamide, calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) and live attenuated vaccines, initiation or dose change of ACE inhibitors/ARBs within 4 weeks prior to randomization, IV corticosteroids and IV immunoglobulin within 2 weeks prior to screening, strong CYP3A4/5 inhibitors and inducers within 2 weeks prior to randomization.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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40 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

Voclosporin treatment group 1

Experimental group

Description:

2 capsules (15.8 mg) BID of voclosporin

Treatment:

Drug: Voclosporin

Placebo treatment group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

2 capsules BID of placebo

Treatment:

Drug: Placebo Oral Capsule

Voclosporin treatment group 3

Experimental group

Description:

3 capsules (23.7 mg) BID of voclosporin

Treatment:

Drug: Voclosporin

Voclosporin treatment group 4

Experimental group

Description:

Maximum dose of 4 capsules (31.6 mg) BID of voclosporin.

Treatment:

Drug: Voclosporin