A Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Obinutuzumab in Treating Adults With Minimal Change Disease (MCD)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMedical University Innsbruck

About this trial

OBELIX-NEPHROSIS (NS)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if obinutuzumab works to treat minimal change disease in adults. It will also learn about the safety of drug obinutuzumab. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Is obinutuzumab non-inferior to glucocorticoids at inducing remission? Does obinutuzumab provide superiority in terms of relapse-free survival after 52 weeks? What medical problems do participants have when receiving obinutuzumab? Researchers will compare drug obinutuzumab to glucocorticoids and aim to phenotype participants with minimal change disease.

Participants will:

Take the drug obinutuzumab (2 doses) or glucocorticoids Visit the clinic for 8 visits over a period of 52 weeks, plus additional controls when disease relapses occur

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Understands and agrees to comply with the study procedures and provides informed consent as documented by signature

Male or female patients aged 18 years or older at the time of consent

Confirmed first episode of nephrotic syndrome at trial enrolment (serum albumin <30g/l and UPCR >3g/g creatinine (>300 mg/mmol) secondary to de novo MCD

Histologically confirmed MCD (latest before randomization to Arm A or B)

Disqualifiers

MCD due to secondary causes, including malignancy of a type likely to be associated with MCD (i.e., lymphoproliferative disorders), or potentially related to treatment known to be associated with MCD occurrence (lithium, interferon, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)

Family history of MCD or in a first degree relative unless previously shown to be steroid-responsive

Previous B cell depletion, independent of the agent and treatment target (i.e., CD20, CD38, etc.), within 18 months preceding baseline of the trial, or 12 months if there is evidence of B cell return in peripheral lymphocyte subsets

Previous cyclophosphamide within 6 months preceding baseline of the trial

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Obinutuzumab Injection

    Drug

    Obinutuzumab (2-times, 1 g each) will be administered

  • Predniso(lo)ne

    Drug

    Predniso(lo)ne will be used as the active comparator, with a planned withdrawal after 6 months

Treatment groups

48 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: ObinutuzumabExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: GlucocorticoidsActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Non-inferiority of obinutuzumab to SoC predniso(lo)ne taper: Proportions of patients achieving remission (complete or partial) of MCD at 8 weeks

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks
2

Superiority of obinutuzumab to SoC predniso(lo)ne taper: Proportions of patients sustaining remission (complete or partial)/prevent relapses of MCD during the study period of 52 weeks

Time frame
From enrollment to the end of treatment at 52 weeks

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Medical University Innsbruck

Lead sponsor

Henri Mondor University Hospital

Collaborator

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Collaborator

Medical University of Graz

Collaborator

WiGeV Klinik Ottakring

Collaborator

Robert Bosch Medical Center

Collaborator