Safety and Efficacy of AIN457 in Patients With Active Non-infectious Uveitis

Phase 3

Terminated

Conditions: Uveitis

Interventions: Drug: AIN457
Drug: Placebo

Registration Number: NCT01095250

Lead Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Brief Summary: This study will assess the safety and efficacy of AIN457 as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, or panuveitis requiring systemic immunosuppression.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: TERMINATED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Male and female subjects ≥18 years of age. Where relevant, parents will also sign the informed consent according to local laws and regulations
Patients with diagnosis of chronic non-infectious intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis or panuveitis in at least one eye
Evidence of active intermediate, posterior or panuveitis (grade ≥ 2+ vitreous haze with or without the presence of anterior chamber cells) at screening and baseline in at least one eye
Requirement for any of the following immunosuppressive therapies for the treatment or prevention of uveitis:
Prednisone or equivalent ≥10 mg daily at any time within the past 3 months.
≥1 periocular injection or ≥1 intravitreal corticosteroid injection (e.g. triamcinolone) in the study eye within the past 6 months (the last injection must not have been given 6 weeks prior to screening).
Treatment with either cyclosporine, tacrolimus, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, mycophenolic acid, methotrexate at any time within the past 3 months (Patients treated with chlorambucil or cyclophosphamide within the past 5 years are ineligible for the study).
Patients not meeting the above specified criteria for immunosuppressive therapies are eligible for enrollment if they are intolerant to systemic immunosuppressive therapy as determined by the study investigator.
Patient must be able to understand and communicate with the investigator and comply with the requirements of the study and must give a written, signed and dated informed consent before any study assessment is performed

Exclusion Criteria

Ocular concomitant conditions/disease

Patients receiving or that may require prednisone (or equivalent) ≥1.5 mg/kg/day for the treatment of their active uveitis
Patients with a primary diagnosis of Behcet's disease, anterior uveitis or any intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis or panuveitis in which the manifestation(s) of the active intraocular inflammatory disease may spontaneously resolve or that are not characterized by the presence of either anterior chamber cells or vitritis (vitreous cell and haze) such as the white dot retino-choroidopathies (i.e. Punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC), acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR)
Patients with infectious uveitis or uveitis of an underlying diagnosis that is uncertain and would reasonably include a disease for which immunosuppression would be contraindicated (e.g. ocular lymphoma)

Ocular treatments

Treatment with intravitreal anti-VEGF agents administered to the study eye within 3 months prior to screening
Treatment with fluocinolone acetonide implant in the study eye within the last 3 years, or dexamethasone intravitreal implant and any other investigational corticosteroid implants in the study eye within the last 6 months.
Intraocular surgery or laser photocoagulation in the study eye within the last 6 weeks prior to screening except for a diagnostic vitreous or aqueous tap with a small-gauge needle
Ocular disease that would interfere with ocular evaluations (e.g. corneal scarring, cataract, vitreous hemorrhage) or that in the opinion of the investigator would complicate the evaluation of the safety or efficacy of the study treatment (e.g. uncontrolled glaucoma, toxoplasma scar, macular scarring)
Current use of or likely need for systemic medications known to be toxic to the lens, retina, or optic nerve (e.g., deferoxamine, chloroquine, ethambutol, etc.)

Systemic conditions or treatments

Any previous treatment with AIN457
Any systemic biologic therapy (e.g. interferon, infliximab, daclizumab, etanercept, or adalimumab) given intravenously or subcutaneously within 3 months prior to screening. No biologic therapy other than the investigational study treatment will be allowed during the course of the clinical trial
Any prior treatment with systemic alkylating agents (cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil) within the past 5 years prior to screening
Treatment with any live or live-attenuated vaccine (including vaccine for varicella-zoster or measles) within 2 months prior to screening. No treatment with live or live-attenuated vaccines will be allowed during the course of the clinical trial

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
AIN457 300mg s.c. every 4 weeks	AIN457	AIN457 300 mg s.c. at baseline and Week 2, then every 4 weeks.
AIN457 300mg s.c every 2 weeks	AIN457	AIN457 300 mg s.c. at baseline, Week 1 and Week 2, then every 2 weeks.
Placebo s.c every 2 weeks	Placebo	Placebo s.c at baseline, Week 1 and Week 2, then every 2 weeks
AIN457 150mg s.c every 4 weeks	AIN457	AIN457 150 mg s.c. at baseline and Week 2, then every 4 weeks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean Change in Vitreous Haze Grade in the Study Eye From Baseline to 28 Weeks or at Time of Rescue, if Earlier.	baseline to 28 weeks	No patients of Study CAIN457C2303 achieved the milestone of the primary endpoint in non-infectious uveitis patients with Behçet's disease. Study CAIN457C2302 (active uveitis study) was terminated to avoid continuing patients on a study with a low probability of success.Since patients did not reach the endpoint of analysis there can be no meaningful interpretation of data and data will be not provided.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of Responders With no Recurrence of Active Intermediate, Posterior, or Panuveitis in the Study Eye at 28 Weeks	baseline to 28 weeks	No patients of Study CAIN457C2303 achieved the milestone of the primary endpoint in non-infectious uveitis patients with Behçet's disease. Study CAIN457C2302 (active uveitis study) was terminated to avoid continuing patients on a study with a low probability of success.Since patients did not reach the endpoint of analysis there can be no meaningful interpretation of data and data will be not provided.
Mean Change in Best Corrected Visual Acuity From Baseline to 28 Weeks	baseline to 28 weeks	No patients of Study CAIN457C2303 achieved the milestone of the primary endpoint in non-infectious uveitis patients with Behçet's disease. Study CAIN457C2302 (active uveitis study) was terminated to avoid continuing patients on a study with a low probability of success.Since patients did not reach the endpoint of analysis there can be no meaningful interpretation of data and data will be not provided.
Change From Baseline in Quality of Life/Patient Reported Outcome Assessments	baseline to 28 weeks	No patients of Study CAIN457C2303 achieved the milestone of the primary endpoint in non-infectious uveitis patients with Behçet's disease. Study CAIN457C2302 (active uveitis study) was terminated to avoid continuing patients on a study with a low probability of success.Since patients did not reach the endpoint of analysis there can be no meaningful interpretation of data and data will be not provided.
Mean Change in Vitreous Haze Grade and Anterior Chamber Cell Grade From Baseline to 28 Weeks	baseline to 28 weeks	No patients of Study CAIN457C2303 achieved the milestone of the primary endpoint in non-infectious uveitis patients with Behçet's disease. Study CAIN457C2302 (active uveitis study) was terminated to avoid continuing patients on a study with a low probability of success.Since patients did not reach the endpoint of analysis there can be no meaningful interpretation of data and data will be not provided.
Change in Immunosuppressive Medication Score From Baseline to Week 28	baseline to 28 weeks	No patients of Study CAIN457C2303 achieved the milestone of the primary endpoint in non-infectious uveitis patients with Behçet's disease. Study CAIN457C2302 (active uveitis study) was terminated to avoid continuing patients on a study with a low probability of success.Since patients did not reach the endpoint of analysis there can be no meaningful interpretation of data and data will be not provided.