Phase 3, Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel Arm Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of 180 mcg Peginterferon Lambda-1a (Lambda) Subcutaneous Injection for 48 Weeks in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) Infection (LIMT-2)
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sponsor
- Eiger BioPharmaceuticals
- Enrollment
- 150
- Locations
- 48
- Primary Endpoint
- Durable Virologic Response
Overview
Brief Summary
The Phase 3 LIMT-2 study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Peginterferon Lambda treatment for 48 weeks with 24 weeks follow-up compared to no treatment for 12 weeks in patients chronically infected with HDV. The primary analysis will compare the proportion of patients with HDV RNA < LLOQ at the 24-week post-treatment visit in the Peginterferon Lambda treatment group vs the proportion of patients with HDV RNA < LLOQ at the Week 12 visit in the no-treatment comparator group.
Detailed Description
This is a randomized, open-label, parallel arm study that will allocate patients (2:1) with chronic HDV infection to one of two treatment groups: Peginterferon Lambda 180 mcg QW for 48 weeks with 24 weeks follow-up (Arm 1, n=100), or no treatment for 12 weeks followed by Peginterferon Lambda treatment for 48 weeks with 24 weeks of follow-up (Arm 2, n=50). All patients will receive concomitant therapy with a potent 2nd generation anti-HBV nucleos(t)ide analogue (NUC) throughout the study duration.
Data collected during Peginterferon Lambda treatment in Arm 2 will not be included in the primary analysis. The primary purpose of Arm 2 is to provide benchmark data in a parallel reference group for the expected rate of HDV RNA suppression among patients with chronic HDV infection who receive 12 weeks of anti-HBV NUC therapy alone.
Prior to randomization, all patients will enter a run-in phase with 12 weeks of anti-HBV NUC therapy, which will ensure virologic control of HBV (< 100 IU/mL) prior to randomization and start of Peginterferon Lambda therapy.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Chronic HDV infection documented by a positive HDV antibody test or a positive HDV RNA by RT PCR test for at least 6 months at Screening Visit 2
- •Quantifiable HDV RNA by RT-PCR test at Screening Visit 2
- •Documented confirmed suppression of HBV DNA (\< 100 IU/mL) following at least 12 weeks of anti-HBV NUC treatment with ETV or a TNF-based NUC (TDF or TAF) at Screening Visit 2
- •Serum ALT \> upper limit of normal (ULN) and \< 10 × ULN.
- •Patients categorized with Child-Turcotte-Pugh score of ≤ 5 with well compensated liver disease.
Exclusion Criteria
- •History or current evidence of decompensated liver disease (episodes of bleeding esophageal or gastric varices, ascites and/or encephalopathy)
- •Treatment with interferons (IFNs) or immunomodulators within 6 months before Screening Visit 2 or refractory to prior IFN treatment.
Arms & Interventions
Peginterferon Lambda for 48 weeks
Peginterferon Lambda 180 mcg once weekly for 48 weeks with 24 weeks follow-up
Intervention: Peginterferon Lambda-1a (Drug)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Durable Virologic Response
Time Frame: 72 weeks
HDV RNA below the limit of quantitation at 24 weeks post-treatment
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported