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Blinded Safety & Efficacy Placebo Controlled Study of Icatibant for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Induced Angioedema

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Induced Angioedema
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT01919801
Lead Sponsor
Shire
Brief Summary

This study is being conducted to compare the safety and efficacy of icatibant with placebo in the treatment for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACE-I)-Induced Angioedema in Adults.

Detailed Description

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) are the class of medications prescribed most frequently for the treatment of hypertension. They are also used post myocardial infarction as well as in patients with heart failure, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease. Approximately 35 to 40 million patients are on ACE-Is worldwide.

Study HGT-FIR-096 is a multicenter, Phase III, randomized, double-blind, two-armed, placebo-controlled trial. The study population will consist of 118 adult patients, 18 years of age or older, who present with an acute ACE-I-induced angioedema attack. The primary aim of the study is to demonstrate that icatibant is significantly more effective than placebo in resolving attacks of angioedema caused by ACE-I based on the Time to Meeting Discharge Criteria (TMDC). Safety and tolerability, as well as the pharmacokinetics (PK), of icatibant will also be evaluated. Eligible patients will be randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive a single sub-cutaneous injection of either 30 mg icatibant or placebo.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
118
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Male or female, 18 years of age or older.
  2. Patient is currently being treated with an ACE inhibitor.
  3. Patient presenting with an ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema attack of the head and/or neck region within 12 hours of onset (must be sufficiently less than 12 hours to allow study drug to be given with 12 hours of attack onset).
  4. Angioedema must be considered at least moderate in severity for at least one of the four angioedema-associated airway symptoms (difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, voice changes, tongue swelling).
  5. Patient must have voluntarily signed an Institutional Review Board/Independent Ethics Committee-approved informed consent form after all relevant aspects of the study have been explained and discussed with the patient.
  6. Females must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to administration of the study medication, with the exception of those females who have had a total hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy, or who are 2 years post-menopausal.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Patient has a diagnosis of angioedema of other etiology (eg, hereditary or acquired angioedema, allergic angioedema [eg, food, insect bite or sting, evident clinical response to antihistamines and/or corticosteroids], anaphylaxis, trauma, abscess or infection or associated disease, local inflammation, local tumor, post-operative or post-radiogenic edema, salivary gland disorders, other [non-ACE inhibitor] drug-induced angioedema).

  2. Patients with a family history of recurrent angioedema.

  3. Patients who have had a previous episode(s) of angioedema while not on ACE inhibitor therapy.

  4. Patients with acute urticaria (itchy, erythematous wheals).

  5. Patients who have an intervention to support the airway (eg, intubation, tracheotomy, cricothyrotomy) due to the current attack of angioedema.

  6. Patient has any of the following vascular conditions that, in the judgment of the investigator, would be a contraindication to participation in the study.

    • Unstable angina pectoris or acute myocardial ischemia
    • Hypertensive urgency or emergency (diastolic blood pressure [DBP] >120 mm Hg or systolic blood pressure [SBP] >180 mm Hg)
    • Within 1 month of a stroke or transient ischemic attack
    • New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart failure class IV
  7. Patient has a serious or acute condition or illness that, in the judgment of the investigator, would interfere with evaluating the safety and/or efficacy assessments of the study (eg, a condition or illness requiring hemodialysis).

  8. Patient is pregnant or breast feeding.

  9. Patient has participated in another investigational study in the past 30 days.

  10. Patient is unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the protocol, or is unlikely or unable to comply with the protocol assessments, or is unlikely to complete the study for any reason.

  11. Patients who are not suitable for the study in the opinion of the investigator.

  12. Patient has experienced hypersensitivity to the active substance of the investigational product or to any of its excipients.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlaceboPlacebo will be administered as a single subcutaneous injection
IcatibantIcatibantIcatibant at a dose of 30 mg will be administered as a single subcutaneous injection
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAE) and Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs)From start of study drug administration (Day 0) up to follow-up (Day 5)

An adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received study drug without regard to possibility of causal relationship. An serious adverse event (SAE) was an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; life-threatening experience (immediate risk of dying); persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly. TEAEs were defined as adverse events/serious adverse events that started or worsened after the study drug treatment.

Time to Meeting Discharge Criteria (TMDC)Day 0 up to Day 5

TMDC was based on the investigator-assessed angioedema-associated upper airway symptom assessments. It was calculated from the time of study drug administration to the earliest time point at which the symptoms of difficulty breathing and difficulty swallowing were absent and the symptoms of voice change and tongue swelling were mild or absent and all subsequent assessments continued to satisfy these conditions. These symptoms were evaluated by the investigator using a 5-point grading scale (0=absent, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, and 4=very severe). TMDC was analysed using Kaplan-Meier estimates.

Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Laboratory Evaluation, Vital Signs, Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Physical ExaminationDay 0 to Day 5

During laboratory evaluation, serum chemistry and hematology blood tests, and urinalysis were performed. Vital signs parameters included evaluation of pulse rate and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Standard 12-lead ECGs were performed and ECG recordings were read locally at the study site by a cardiologist. Physical examination was performed with examination of major body systems per routine clinical practice.

Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Injection Site ReactionDay 0 to Day 5

Injection site reaction included erythema, swelling, cutaneous pain, burning sensation, itching and warm sensation

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to Onset of Symptom Relief (TOSR)Day 0 up to Day 5

TOSR was calculated for the individual symptoms with pre-treatment scores of 2 (moderate) or more improved by at least 1 severity grade and the individual symptoms with pretreatment scores of 0 or 1 (absent or mild) were scored again at 0 or 1 and all the subsequent assessments continued to satisfy this condition. Time-to-event data were summarized using Kaplan-Meier estimates.

Number of Participants Experienced Airway Intervention Due to ACE-I-induced AngioedemaDay 0 up to Day 5

Airway Intervention included intubation, tracheotomy, cricothyrotomy.

Number of Participants Admitted to Hospital or Intensive Care Unit (ICU)Day 0 up to Day 5

Number of participants with and without an occurrence of admission to the hospital (inpatient) or ICU post-treatment due to the ACE-I-induced angioedema attack were described.

Percentage of Participants With Time to Meeting Discharge Criteria (TMDC) at Specified Time Points4, 6, and 8 hours post treatment

TMDC was based on the investigator-assessed angioedema-associated upper airway symptom assessments. It was calculated from the time of study drug administration to the earliest time point at which the symptoms of difficulty breathing and difficulty swallowing were absent and the symptoms of voice change and tongue swelling were mild or absent and all subsequent assessments continued to satisfy these conditions. These symptoms were evaluated by the investigator using a 5-point grading scale (0=absent, 1=mild, 2=moderate, 3=severe, and 4=very severe). TMDC was analysed using Kaplan-Meier estimates.

Number of Participants Experienced ACE-I-induced Angioedema Attack Following Study Drug AdministrationDay 0 up to Day 5

Number of participants with the use of conventional medications (corticosteroids, antihistamines, epinephrine) for the treatment of symptoms of the ACE-I- induced angioedema attack following study drug administration were presented.

Trial Locations

Locations (54)

Federal Health Care Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cook County Hospital

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Maryland School of Medicine

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Temple University Hospital

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Allegheny General Hospital

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

University of South Carolina School of Medicine

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Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Baylor University Medical Center

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University of Kansas Cancer Center

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Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Baystate Medical Center

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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Tampa General Hospital

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

Sinai Grace Hospital

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

Henry Ford Health System

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

University of Cincinnati

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Baylor College of Medicine

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Houston, Texas, United States

University of California San Diego

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La Jolla, California, United States

University of California San Diego Medical Center

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La Jolla, California, United States

UF Health Shands Hospital

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Gainesville, Florida, United States

Orlando Health

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Orlando, Florida, United States

Washington Hospital Center

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Ochsner Medical Center

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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Brigham and Womens Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Hennepin County Medical Center

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

William Beaumont Hospital

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Troy, Michigan, United States

Barnes Jewish Hospital

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Washington University

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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

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Brooklyn, New York, United States

University of New Mexico

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Inspira Health Network

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Vineland, New Jersey, United States

Kings County Hospital Center

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Brooklyn, New York, United States

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

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New York, New York, United States

Ohio State University Hospital - East

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Gahanna, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Summit Health

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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Hahnemann University Hospital

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Albert Einstein Medical Center

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

John Peter Smith Hospital

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Fort Worth, Texas, United States

University of Texas Medical Branch

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Galveston, Texas, United States

University of Virginia

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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Kingston General Hospital

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Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Hotel Dieu Hospital

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Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Bnai Zion Medical Center

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Haifa, Israel

Soroka University Medical Center

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Beer Sheva, Israel

Ziv Medical Center

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Safed, Israel

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital NHS Trust

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Exeter, United Kingdom

University Hospital Aintree

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Brighton, United Kingdom

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Queen's Medical Centre

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

Manchester Royal Infirmary

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Manchester, United Kingdom

East Carolina University

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Greenville, North Carolina, United States

Rhode Island Hospital

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Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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