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Research Study Investigating How Well NDec Works in People With Sickle Cell Disease

Phase 2
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Sickle Cell Disease
Interventions
Drug: NDec - oral decitabine-tetrahydrouridine
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT05405114
Lead Sponsor
Novo Nordisk A/S
Brief Summary

This study examines how well a new, potential medicine called NDec works and is tolerated in people with sickle cell disease. NDec is a combination of two medicines (decitabine-tetrahydrouridine). Both medicines are new for the treatment of sickle cell disease. Participants who are not taking Hydroxyurea (HU) will get NDec, NDec and placebo, or placebo. Participants who are on HU treatment before joining the study will get NDec, NDec and placebo, or continue on HU. Which treatment participants get is decided by chance. Participants getting NDec and/or Placebo will get capsules to take twice weekly. The study will last for about a year.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
84
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age above or equal to 18 years at the time of signing informed consent
  • Confirmed diagnosis of SCD (including HbSS, HbSC, HbSβ0 thalassaemia and HbSβ+ thalassaemia or other Sickle Cell disease variants)
  • 2-10 episodes of documented vaso-occlusive crisis (VOCs) within the last 12 months prior to the screening visit
  • Haemoglobin greater than or equal to 5.0 g/dL and below or equal to 10.5 g/dL at visit 1
  • Absolute reticulocyte count above upper limit of the normal (ULN) at visit 1
  • Body weight 40 to 125 kg (inclusive).
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient is on chronic transfusion therapy as defined by receiving scheduled (pre-planned) series of blood transfusion (simple or exchange) for prophylactic purposes, or the patient is likely to begin chronic transfusion therapy during the course of the trial, or has received RBC or whole blood transfusion for any reason within 28 days of visit 1

  • Receipt of erythropoietin or other haematopoietic growth factor treatment within 28 days of signing ICF, or planned treatment with these agents during the trial

  • Receipt of voxelotor, crizanlizumab or L-glutamine treatment within 12 weeks of signing the informed consent form, or planned treatment with such agents during the trial

  • Platelet count greater than 800 x 10^9/L at visit 1

  • Absolute neutrophil count below or equal to 1.5 x 10^9/L at visit 1

  • Any condition/concurrent chronic disease involving the stomach or small intestine which may affect drug absorption, as per investigator's judgement

  • Female who is

    • pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant within 6 months after the final trial product administration
    • child-bearing potential and not using highly effective methods of contraception and whose male partner is not using effective contraception, at screening and until 6 months after the last dose of trial product
  • Male with female partner of childbearing potential who does not agree to use condom and whose female partner of childbearing potential is not using a highly effective contraceptive measure from trial start to:

    • Six (6) months after the last dose of trial product for patients on NDec/Placebo
    • Six (6) months after the last dose of trial product for patients outside US and CA randomised to HU
    • Twelve (12) months after the last dose of trial product for patients randomised to HU in US and CA

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
HU-non-eligible - NDec plus placeboNDec - oral decitabine-tetrahydrouridineHU-non eligible patients randomised to treatment with NDec on one day and placebo on the other day
HU-non-eligible - NDec plus placeboPlaceboHU-non eligible patients randomised to treatment with NDec on one day and placebo on the other day
HU-non-eligible - NDec plus NDecNDec - oral decitabine-tetrahydrouridineHU-non eligible patients randomised to treatment with NDec on both days
HU-non-eligible - Placebo plus placeboPlaceboHU-non eligible patients randomised to treatment with placebo on both days
HU-active - NDec plus placeboNDec - oral decitabine-tetrahydrouridineHU-active patients randomised to treatment with NDec on one day and placebo on the other day
HU-active - NDec plus placeboPlaceboHU-active patients randomised to treatment with NDec on one day and placebo on the other day
HU-active - NDec plus NDecNDec - oral decitabine-tetrahydrouridineHU-active patients randomised to treatment with NDec on both days
HU-active - HUHU - HydroxyureaHU-active patients randomised to continue on open-label HU treatment
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in total haemoglobinFrom baseline (week 0) to week 24

measured in g/dL

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cmax for tetrahydrouridine from pharmacokinetic assessmentAt week 24

measured in ng/mL

Change in foetal haemoglobin (g/dL)From baseline (week 0) to week 24

measured in g/dL

Change in foetal haemoglobin as a proportion of total haemoglobin (%HbF)From baseline (week 0) to week 24

measured in %

Number of vaso-occlusive crisesFrom baseline (week 0) to week 48

number of events

Number of acute chest syndromeFrom baseline (week 0) to week 48

number of events

Number of RBC units transfusedFrom baseline (week 0) to week 48

measured in Units

Number of adverse events of grade 3 or higherFrom baseline (week 0) to week 52

number of events

Change in DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) activityFrom baseline (week 0) to week 24

measured in MFI units

Cmax for decitabine from pharmacokinetic assessmentAt week 24

measured in ng/mL

Change in cytidine deaminase (CDA) activityFrom baseline (week 0) to week 24

µmol/L/min

Change in haemolysis measure: lactate dehydrogenaseFrom baseline (week 0) to week 24

measured in U/L

Change in F-cell level as a proportion of total red blood cell (RBC) (%F-cells)From baseline (week 0) to week 24

measured in %

Change in haemolysis measure: absolute reticulocyte countFrom baseline (week 0) to week 24

measured in cells × 10\^9/L

Change in haemolysis measure: indirect bilirubinFrom baseline (week 0) to week 24

measured in mg/dL

Trial Locations

Locations (83)

Jacobi Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bronx, New York, United States

East Carolina University_Greenville_0

🇺🇸

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

Univ Oklahoma HSC_Okla City

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Medical Univ of SC Charleston

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur

🇮🇳

Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Yashoda hospital

🇮🇳

Hyderabad, Telengana, India

Azienda Ospedale Universita Padova

🇮🇹

Padova, Italy

Policlinico GB Rossi

🇮🇹

Verona, Italy

Hospital Nini

🇱🇧

Tripoli, Lebanon

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital

🇴🇲

Muscat, Oman

Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

🇿🇦

Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Hospital Universitario La Paz

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga

🇪🇸

Málaga, Spain

Acibadem Adana Hastanesi

🇹🇷

Adana, Turkey

Cukurova Universitesi

🇹🇷

Adana, Turkey

Hacettepe University Hematology

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital, Hematology

🇹🇷

Mersin, Turkey

University Hospital of Wales

🇬🇧

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Central Middlesex Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Guy's Hosptial

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Kings College Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Manchester Royal Infirmary_Manchester_0

🇬🇧

Manchester, United Kingdom

University Of South Alabama

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Center for Inherited Blood Dis

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Howard University

🇺🇸

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research

🇺🇸

Hollywood, Florida, United States

University of Miami Hospital & Clinics

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Tulane Sickle Cell Ctr- So LA

🇺🇸

Metairie, Louisiana, United States

J.S.S.Hospital

🇮🇳

Mysore, Karnataka, India

K.J Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre

🇮🇳

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

S.C.B. Medical College

🇮🇳

Cuttack, Orissa, India

Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore

🇮🇳

Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences

🇮🇳

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

NRS Medical College & Hospital

🇮🇳

Kolkatta, West Bengal, India

KIMS - Kingsway Hospital

🇮🇳

Nagpur, India

Ospedali Galliera

🇮🇹

Genova, Italy

Fondazione IRCSS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

🇮🇹

Milan, Italy

UCSF Oakland Benioff Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Oakland, California, United States

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

🇺🇸

Torrance, California, United States

Clinical and Transl Res Center

🇺🇸

Aurora, Colorado, United States

University Of Illinois at Chicago

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Mississippi Center Advanced Medicine

🇺🇸

Madison, Mississippi, United States

Cure 4 the Kids Foundation

🇺🇸

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center_Oklahoma City

🇺🇸

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

St Christopher Hosp for Child

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Univ Texas HSC-Houston

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

LHSC - Victoria Hospital

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Toronto General Hospital, Liver Clinic

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

McGill University Health Centre

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes-Site Nord Michallon-3

🇫🇷

Grenoble Cedex 9, France

Hospices Civils de Lyon-Hopital Edouard Herriot

🇫🇷

Lyon Cedex 03, France

Aghia Sophia Childrens' Hospital

🇬🇷

Goudi, Greece

General Hospital Of Larissa Koutlibaneio And Triantafylleio

🇬🇷

Larissa, Greece

Gen Univ Hospital of Patras, Thalassemia/Hemoglobinopathies

🇬🇷

Patra, Greece

Nirmal Hospital Pvt. Ltd.

🇮🇳

Surat, Gujarat, India

BAPS Pramukh Swami Hospital

🇮🇳

Surat, Gujarat, India

SSG Hospital, Baroda

🇮🇳

Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute)

🇮🇳

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Government Medical College, Kozhikode

🇮🇳

Kozhikode, Kerala, India

Government Medical College and Hospital

🇮🇳

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Government Medical College and Super Speciality Hospital, Nagpur

🇮🇳

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

IMS and SUM Hospital

🇮🇳

Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

S.C.B. Medical College

🇮🇳

Cuttack, Orissa, India

Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore

🇮🇳

Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India

NRS Medical College & Hospital

🇮🇳

Kolkatta, West Bengal, India

KIMS - Kingsway Hospital

🇮🇳

Nagpur, India

Ospedali Galliera

🇮🇹

Genova, Italy

Fondazione IRCSS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

🇮🇹

Milan, Italy

Azienda Ospedale Universita Padova

🇮🇹

Padova, Italy

Policlinico GB Rossi

🇮🇹

Verona, Italy

Hospital Nini

🇱🇧

Tripoli, Lebanon

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital

🇴🇲

Muscat, Oman

Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

🇿🇦

Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Hospital Universitario La Paz

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Acibadem Adana Hastanesi

🇹🇷

Adana, Turkey

Cukurova Universitesi

🇹🇷

Adana, Turkey

Hacettepe University Hematology

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Mersin University Medical Faculty Hospital, Hematology

🇹🇷

Mersin, Turkey

University Hospital of Wales

🇬🇧

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Central Middlesex Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Guy's Hosptial

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Kings College Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

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