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Clinical Trials/2024-512945-18-00
2024-512945-18-00
Completed
Phase 3

A Phase 3, Open-Label, Multicenter, Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Pegcetacoplan in Subjects with Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.41 sites in 7 countries206 target enrollmentStarted: September 16, 2024Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Enrollment
206
Locations
41
Primary Endpoint
Incidence and severity of ocular and systemic Aes

Overview

Brief Summary

To evaluate the long-term safety of IVT-injected pegcetacoplan

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 years to 65+ years (18-64 Years, 65+ Years)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Ocular-specific inclusion criteria apply to the study eye.
  • Participated in APL2-103 (NCT03777332) or completed the treatment at month 24 of either APL2-303 (Derby, NCT03525613) or APL2-304 (Oaks, NCT03525600). Specifically, for the APL2-303 and APL2-304 studies, the following criterion also applies: a. Participants who did not permanently discontinue treatment but missed the month 24 visit are also eligible to participate in this extension study; however, to be eligible, these participants must be screened within 60 days from the last day of the expected month 24 visit window for the antecedent study.
  • Clarity of ocular media, adequate pupillary dilation, and fixation to permit the collection of good quality images as determined by the investigator. Inclusion criterion #2 applies to the fellow eye.
  • Female participants must be: a. Women of nonchildbearing potential, or b. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP), defined as any women who have experienced menarche and who are not permanently sterile or postmenopausal, must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and must agree to use protocol defined methods of contraception for the duration of the study and 90 days after their last dose of pegcetacoplan, and refrain from breastfeeding for the duration of the study.
  • Males with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use protocol defined methods of contraception and agree to refrain from donating sperm for the duration of the study and for 90 days after their last dose of pegcetacoplan.
  • Willing and able to give informed consent and to comply with the study procedures and assessments.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Ocular-specific exclusion criteria apply to the study eye.
  • Participants who permanently discontinued the study drug prior to month 24 in the APL2-304 or APL2-304 studies and only for safety assessments. Temporary pause of the study drug is not exclusionary.
  • Presence of an active ocular disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, compromises or confounds visual function, including, but not limited to, macular hole or other macular diseases (eg, clinically significant epiretinal membrane). Benign conditions in the opinion of the investigator such as peripheral retinal dystrophy are not exclusionary. Exclusion criteria 2 and 3 apply to the fellow eye.
  • Any contraindication to IVT injection including current ocular or periocular infection. Exclusion criteria 2 and 3 apply to the fellow eye.
  • Medical or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, is clinically significant and not suitable for study participation or make consistent follow-up over the 36-month treatment period unlikely.
  • Known hypersensitivity to fluorescein sodium for injection or hypersensitivity to pegcetacoplan or any of the excipients in pegcetacoplan solution.
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or positive pregnancy test.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Incidence and severity of ocular and systemic Aes

Incidence and severity of ocular and systemic Aes

Secondary Outcomes

  • 1.The total area of GA lesion(s) in the study eye (in mm2) as assessed by fundus autofluorescence (FAF)
  • 2.The rate of GA lesion growth in the study eye as assessed by fundus autofluorescence (FAF)
  • 3.NL-BCVA score (study eye) as assessed by Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart
  • 4. LL-BCVA score (study eye) as assessed by ETDRS chart
  • 5. Monocular maximum reading speed (study eye) corrected for number of words read incorrectly as assessed by Minnesota Reading (MNRead) charts or Radner charts
  • 6. Binocular maximum reading speed, corrected for number of words read incorrectly, as assessed by MNRead charts or Radner charts
  • 7.The number of absolute scotomatous points (study eye) assessed by mesopic microperimetry (selected participants [those who had the assessment performed in the antecedent study] only)
  • 8. Macular sensitivity (study eye) as assessed by mesopic microperimetry (selected participants [those who had the assessment performed in the antecedent study] only)
  • 9. Change in additional microperimetry parameters in the study eye (eg, 95% bivariate contour ellipse area [BCEA], number of points with a clinically significant decrease in mean sensitivity)
  • 10.Mean FRI Index score
  • 11. NEI VFQ25 and NEI VFQ-39 (at select sites) composite score, near activity subscale score, distance activity subscale score, and NEI VFQ-25 driving subscale score

Investigators

Sponsor
Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Sponsor Class
Pharmaceutical company
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Clin. Development and Med. Affairs

Scientific

Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Study Sites (41)

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