Anti-C5a antibody IFX-1 (vilobelimab) treatment versus best supportive care for patients with severe COVID-19 (PANAMO): an exploratory, open-label, phase 2 randomised controlled trial.


Journal

The Lancet. Rheumatology
ISSN: 2665-9913
Titre abrégé: Lancet Rheumatol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101765308

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Historique:
pubmed: 6 10 2020
medline: 6 10 2020
entrez: 5 10 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Severe COVID-19 is characterised by inflammation and coagulation in the presence of complement system activation. We aimed to explore the potential benefit and safety of selectively blocking the anaphylatoxin and complement protein C5a with the monoclonal antibody IFX-1 (vilobelimab), in patients with severe COVID-19. We did an exploratory, open-label, randomised phase 2 trial (part of the adaptive phase 2/3 PANAMO trial) of intravenous IFX-1 in adults with severe COVID-19 at three academic hospitals in the Netherlands. Eligibility criteria were age 18 years or older; severe pneumonia with pulmonary infiltrates consistent with pneumonia, a clinical history of severe shortness of breath within the past 14 days, or a need for non-invasive or invasive ventilation; severe disease defined as a ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fractional concentration of oxygen in inspired air (PaO Between March 31 and April 24, 2020, 30 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to the IFX-1 group (n=15) or the control group (n=15). During the study it became clear that several patients could not be assessed regularly in the supine position because of severe hypoxaemia. It was therefore decided to focus on all PaO In this small exploratory phase 2 part of the PANAMO trial, C5a inhibition with IFX-1 appears to be safe in patients with severe COVID-19. The secondary outcome results in favour of IFX-1 are preliminary because the study was not powered on these endpoints, but they support the investigation of C5a inhibition with IFX-1 in a phase 3 trial using 28-day mortality as the primary endpoint. InflaRx.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Severe COVID-19 is characterised by inflammation and coagulation in the presence of complement system activation. We aimed to explore the potential benefit and safety of selectively blocking the anaphylatoxin and complement protein C5a with the monoclonal antibody IFX-1 (vilobelimab), in patients with severe COVID-19.
METHODS METHODS
We did an exploratory, open-label, randomised phase 2 trial (part of the adaptive phase 2/3 PANAMO trial) of intravenous IFX-1 in adults with severe COVID-19 at three academic hospitals in the Netherlands. Eligibility criteria were age 18 years or older; severe pneumonia with pulmonary infiltrates consistent with pneumonia, a clinical history of severe shortness of breath within the past 14 days, or a need for non-invasive or invasive ventilation; severe disease defined as a ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fractional concentration of oxygen in inspired air (PaO
FINDINGS RESULTS
Between March 31 and April 24, 2020, 30 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned to the IFX-1 group (n=15) or the control group (n=15). During the study it became clear that several patients could not be assessed regularly in the supine position because of severe hypoxaemia. It was therefore decided to focus on all PaO
INTERPRETATION CONCLUSIONS
In this small exploratory phase 2 part of the PANAMO trial, C5a inhibition with IFX-1 appears to be safe in patients with severe COVID-19. The secondary outcome results in favour of IFX-1 are preliminary because the study was not powered on these endpoints, but they support the investigation of C5a inhibition with IFX-1 in a phase 3 trial using 28-day mortality as the primary endpoint.
FUNDING BACKGROUND
InflaRx.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33015643
doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30341-6
pii: S2665-9913(20)30341-6
pmc: PMC7521913
doi:

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT04333420']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e764-e773

Informations de copyright

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Alexander P J Vlaar (APJ)

Department of Intensive Care, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Sanne de Bruin (S)

Department of Intensive Care, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Matthias Busch (M)

Department of Immunology, Maastricht UMC, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Sjoerd A M E G Timmermans (SAMEG)

Department of Immunology, Maastricht UMC, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Ingeborg E van Zeggeren (IE)

Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Rutger Koning (R)

Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Liora Ter Horst (L)

Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Esther B Bulle (EB)

Department of Intensive Care, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Frank E H P van Baarle (FEHP)

Department of Intensive Care, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Marcel C G van de Poll (MCG)

Department of Intensive Care, Maastricht UMC, Maastricht, Netherlands.

E Marleen Kemper (EM)

Clinical Pharmacy, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Iwan C C van der Horst (ICC)

Department of Intensive Care, Maastricht UMC, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Marcus J Schultz (MJ)

Department of Intensive Care, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Janneke Horn (J)

Department of Intensive Care, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Frederique Paulus (F)

Department of Intensive Care, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Lieuwe D Bos (LD)

Department of Intensive Care, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

W Joost Wiersinga (WJ)

Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Martin Witzenrath (M)

Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Inflammation, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Simon Rueckinger (S)

Metronomia Clinical Research, Munich, Germany.

Korinna Pilz (K)

InflaRx, Jena, Germany.

Matthijs C Brouwer (MC)

Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Ren-Feng Guo (RF)

InflaRx Pharmaceuticals, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Leo Heunks (L)

Department of Intensive Care, Free University, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Pieter van Paassen (P)

Department of Immunology, Maastricht UMC, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Niels C Riedemann (NC)

InflaRx, Jena, Germany.

Diederik van de Beek (D)

Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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