Obinutuzumab for Remission Induction in Patients With Relapsing PR3-ANCA Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of obinutuzumab to induce clinical and serological remission in patients with relapsing PR3-ANCA granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patient aged of 18 years or older,

Patients with relapsing granulomatosis with polyangiitis positive for PR3-ANCA at inclusion according to the ACR/EULAR 2022 classification criteria, and/or the 2012 revised Chapel Hill Consensus Conference definition.

Patients with an active disease defined as a Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) ≥ 3,

Patients within the first 21 days following initiation/increase of glucocorticoids at a dose ≤1 mg/kg/day (pulses of methylprednisolone before oral glucocorticoid therapy are authorized)

Disqualifiers

Patients with MPO-positive AAV, or other vasculitis, defined by the ACR criteria and/or the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference,

Patients with vasculitis in remission of the disease defined as a BVAS < 3,

Patients with a newly-diagnosis of GPA

Patients treated with rituximab within the last 6 months before inclusion

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Obinutuzumab

    Drug

    Patient will receive 1000 milligrams intravenous (IV) infusion on week 0, week 2, week 24 and week 26. Patients will receive the same standardized glucocorticoid tapering schedule (prescribe as a standard of care management and considered as auxiliary medicinal product) Premedication for obinutuzumab infusion related reactions (considered as auxiliary medicinal products) : * 100 mg methylpredinisolone * 1000 mg paracetamol * 5 mg dexchlorpheniramine

Treatment groups

33 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Single Arm: ObinutuzumabExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

the percentage of patients who achieved clinical and serological remission at week 24 (month 6)

The percentage of patients who achieved clinical and serological remission at week 24 (month 6), defined by: * a BVAS of 0, * a negativation of PR3-ANCA, * and successful completion of the prednisone taper

Time frame
week 24

Secondary outcomes

1

Proportion of participants experiencing adverse events and severe adverse events

The number of adverse events, expressed as adverse events according to the CTCAE toxicity grading system per patient-year at week 24 and 52 for the following adverse events combined: death (all causes), grade 2 or higher leukopenia or thrombocytopenia, grade 3 or higher infections, haemorrhagic cystitis, malignancies, venous thromboembolic events, hospitalization resulting either from the disease or from a complication due to the study treatment, infusion reactions (within 24 hours of infusion) that result in the cessation of further infusions,

Time frame
Week 24 and 52
2

Number and causes of deaths

Number and causes of deaths

Time frame
Week 52
3

Proportion of disease flares, including minor and major relapses

Proportion of participants who had vasculitis relapses (BVAS \> 0), including minor and major relapses over the 12 months study periodCD19

Time frame
Week 52
4

Proportion of participants who remain with a BVAS of 0 during the treatment period with prednisone at a dose of less than 10 mg per day

BVAS, prednisone dose

Time frame
Treatment period

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Lead sponsor

URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin

Collaborator