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Anti-RSV Study in Chinese Patients (ASCENT)

Phase 2
Conditions
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT03699202
Lead Sponsor
Shanghai Ark Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Brief Summary

This is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre, phase 2 study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of orally administered AK0529 in Chinese adults with RSV infection.

Detailed Description

This is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre, phase 2 study in Chinese adult outpatients with RSV infection. Approximately 160 eligible patients who have been recently diagnosed with RSV infection are planned to be enrolled into the study. Symptom scores of patients before and after treatment will be evaluated. Meanwhile, nasopharyngeal samples and blood samples will be collected for virological and pharmacokinetics evaluations. The evaluation of the safety and tolerability will include AE/SAE, vital signs, physical examination, laboratory examination and 12-lead ECGs. The total study duration for each patient will be 20 days.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
160
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18 - 75 years, inclusive.
  • Confirmed with RSV infection by rapid diagnostic testing.
  • New onset with documentation of the following symptoms within 72 hours prior to the start of screening: Respiratory symptoms: runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, sore throat, earache, cough, shortness of breath; Systemic symptoms: headache, fatigue / lethargy, fever, and muscle and / or joint ache. The patient must have four symptoms of above, and at least one of these must be respiratory symptom in nature.
  • Able and willing to provide written informed consent and to comply with the study protocol.
Exclusion Criteria
  • The patient has taken, is taking or needs to take any antiviral medication (e.g. ribavirin, Chinese medicine or herbs with effects of treating respiratory tract infection) within the 72 hours prior to screening.
  • Awareness of concomitant infections of respiratory viruses (eg, influenza A, B), bacterial or fungal infections, including systemic bacterial or fungal infections within 7 days prior to screening or during the screening period.
  • Patient frailty was evaluated as "Vulnerable" or worse according to the Clinical Frailty Scale with a score ≥ 4 at screening.
  • Awareness of having positive results on HBsAg or HCV antibody or HIV (HIV 1 or HIV 2).
  • Patient with active tuberculosis or is taking antituberculosis treatment.
  • Patient with severe gastrointestinal disease which could impact drug absorption, eg, vomiting, malabsorption syndrome, or short bowel syndrome caused by necrotizing enterocolitis.
  • Patient with any congenital heart disease, acute or chronic heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or congenital long QT syndrome, or any clinical manifestation resulting in QT interval prolongation.
  • Patient with malignant tumor.
  • Patient has received or is waiting for bone marrow, stem cell or solid organ transplantation.
  • Patient with any immune-related disease to be treated within 12 months prior to screening.
  • Patient with clinical laboratoy test values of ≥ 2x the upper limit of normal (ULN) for alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase, or >1x ULN for total bilirubin, or >1.5xULN for serum creatinine.
  • Patient with electrolyte disorders, eg, hypokalemia, hypocalcemia, or hypomagnesemia.
  • Patient with history of drug or alcohol abuse within 12 months prior to screening ("alcohol abuse" definition is >14 units per week: 1 unit = 10mL Alcohol, or 250mL of 4% beer, or 25 mL of 40% spirit, or 75 mL of 13% wine).
  • Patient has allergy or hypersensitivity to study medication or its compositions.
  • Female patient with positive pregnancy test result or is lactating.
  • Patient with fertility refusing to use medically effective contraceptives during the study or within three months of the end of study.
  • Patient participated in an investigational drug or device study within 60 days prior to screening.
  • Patient who in the opinion of the investigator, is deemed as ineligible for the study, including patients who are with active psychiatric disease, or are taking psychiatric medication.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
100mg AK0529 ArmAK0529Patients randomised into this arm will be orally administered with 100mg AK0529 q.d. for five days.
200mg AK0529 ArmAK0529Patients randomised into this arm will be orally administered with 200mg AK0529 q.d. for five days.
Placebo ArmPlaceboPatients randomised into this arm will be orally administered with placebo q.d. for five days.
300mg AK0529 ArmAK0529Patients randomised into this arm will be orally administered with 300mg AK0529 q.d. for five days.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of symptom scoreFrom Day 0 to Day 5

To evaluate the change of patient-reported symptom score in AK0529 arms compared with the change in placebo arm after treatment. The scale is Wang bronchiolitis score and the total score is reported with a range from 0 to 12. A decreasing value of total score represents clinical improvement. Subscales are not applicable in this symptom score.

Subject withdrawals due to treatment-emergent adverse eventsFrom Day -3 to Day 14

A treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE) is an AE that first appears during treatment, which was absent before or which worsens relative to the pre-treatment state.

Incidence of adverse events during the studyFrom Day -3 to Day 14

An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation patient administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Area under curve change of viral loadFrom Day 0 to Day 5

The antiviral effects in adults with RSV infection are to be determined by measuring the RSV viral load area under the curve from baseline to last administration of study medication .

Trial Locations

Locations (22)

Shenzhen People's Hospital

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Shenzhen, China

China-Japan Friendship Hospital

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Beijing, China

Beijing Pinggu Hospital

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Beijing, China

Shanghai East Hospital

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Shanghai, China

Xiangtan Central Hospital

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Xiangtan, China

Sanya Central Hospital

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Sanya, Hainan, China

Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital

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Taizhou, Jiangsu, China

Qingdao Municipal Hospital

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Qingdao, Shandong, China

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University

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Haikou, Hainan, China

The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University

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Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Quanzhou First Hospital

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Quanzhou, Fujian, China

Beijing Anzhen Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Nanjing First Hospital

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

People's Hospital of Deyang City

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Deyang, Sichuan, China

The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College

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Bengbu, China

Central Hospital of Minhang District, Shanghai

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Shanghai, China

Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University

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Zunyi, China

Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital

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Huizhou, Guangdong, China

Beijing Ditan Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Suining Central Hopital

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Suining, Sichuan, China

Nantong First People's Hospital

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Nantong, China

Xinxiang First People's Hospital

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Xinxiang, China

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