To evaluate the overall safety and tolerability of ARC1779, a therapeutic oligonucleotide ("aptamer") in patients with three types of von Willebrand Factor related platelet disorders.
ARC1779 Injection will be investigated in 4 cohorts of TTP patients as an uncontrolled, open-label study. Patients with vWD-2b will be enrolled in an additional cohort in a randomized, blinded, double-dummy, and placebo-controlled study. Collectively, patients representing 3 different vWF-related platelet function disorders: TTP in remission, acute TTP, and vWD-2b will be treated in a total of 5 cohorts. Three cohorts will consist of patients who are status post an episode of TTP ("TTP Remission Cohorts") and will be treated with ARC1779 Injection in a dose- and duration-escalation design. In parallel, a single cohort of patients with acute TTP ("Acute TTP Cohort") will be treated according to an individual patient titration-to-response paradigm. This cohort will be opened for enrollment at the beginning of the study and closed after all of the other cohorts are completed. Also in parallel, a single cohort of patients with vWD-2b ("vWD-2b Cohort") will begin enrollment at the commencement of the study and continue independently of the course of the TTP Remission Cohorts. Up to 4 patients will be included in each of the TTP cohorts. The vWD-2b Cohort is expected to consist of up to 12 vWD-2b patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
28
Initial stepwise infusion of 0.23 mg/kg given over 30 minutes and subsequent continuous infusion of an additional 0.24 mg/kg given over 4 hours at a rate of 0.001 mg/kg/min.
Initial stepwise infusion of 0.23 mg/kg given over 30 minutes and subsequent continuous infusion of an additional 1.44 mg/kg given over 24 hours at a rate of 0.001 mg/kg/min.
Initial stepwise infusion of 0.46 mg/kg over 30 minutes and subsequent continuous infusion of an additional 2.88 mg/kg given over 24 hours at a rate of 0.002 mg/kg/min.
Archemix Investigational Site
Vienna, Austria
To establish the overall safety and tolerability of ARC1779 in three varieties of von Willebrand Factor (vWF)-related platelet function disorders
Time frame: 28 days
To characterize the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of ARC1779 intravenous (IV) infusion in patient groups
Time frame: 28 days
To characterize the pharmacodynamic (PD) profile of ARC1779 in patients with vWF-related platelet function disorders with respect to parameters of platelet function and vWF activity
Time frame: 28 days
To assess the concentration- and dose-response relationships among ARC1779 PK and PD parameters.
Time frame: 28 days
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Initial stepwise infusion of 0.23 mg/kg given over 30 minutes and subsequent continuous infusion of an additional 1.44 mg/kg given over 24 hours at a rate of 0.001 mg/kg/min to produce a target plasma concentration of 6 mcg/mL. Continuous infusion of ARC1779 Injection may continue for ≤ 14 days. After initial 24 hours dose may be titrated to achieve a target plasma concentration of 12 mcg/mL as needed, on the basis of clinical and laboratory data, according to the Investigator's judgment.
In one period of the sequence, ARC1779 will be administered to all subjects as a stepwise infusion of 0.23 mg/kg over 30 minutes and subsequent continuous infusion of an additional 0.24 mg/kg given over 4 hours at a rate of 0.001 mg/kg/min in combination with a dummy 30-minute infusion of placebo. In another period, subjects will receive a single infusion of desmopressin at a dose of 0.4 mcg/kg given over 30 minutes in combination with a dummy 30-minute stepwise infusion followed by 4-hour continuous infusion of placebo. In the one other period, subjects will receive the combination of desmopressin at a dose of 0.4 mcg/kg given over 30 minutes and ARC1779 given as a stepwise infusion of 0.23 mg/kg over 30 minutes and subsequent continuous infusion of an additional 0.24 mg/kg given over 4 hours at a rate of 0.001 mg/kg/min