This Phase I/IIa, multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, single-blinded dose-escalation study evaluated TNX-832 (also referred to as ALT-836 and Sunol cH36) in subjects with suspected or proven bacteria-induced ALI/ARDS. Up to five cohorts of at least six subjects each were originally planned. Subjects were to be randomized in a 5:1 ratio to receive TNX-832 or placebo,respectively, administered as a single bolus infusion over 15 minutes. Three cohorts of subjects were enrolled to the study and safety and pharmacokinetics of the study treatment were evaluated.
Tissue factor (TF) is a transmembrane glycoprotein that acts as the principal initiator of the extrinsic coagulation pathway. TF is a key mediator between the immune system and coagulation and is the principal activator of coagulation. The TF-FVIIa complex activates FX and FIX, resulting in the cleavage of prothrombin to thrombin. Normally, localized activation of the coagulation cascade associated with inflammatory responses plays a role in controlling the spread of infectious agents; however, aberrant TF expression often leads to serious thrombotic disorders. TF-dependent thrombosis has been associated with many diseases including septic shock, coronary artery disease (CAD), cancer, and many inflammatory and autoimmune disorders such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease. Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are forms of acute respiratory failure characterized by diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, pulmonary hypertension, refractory hypoxemia, loss of pulmonary compliance and normal hydrostatic pressures. ALI and ARDS commonly occur in patients with acute catastrophic events such as sepsis, trauma and severe pulmonary infections. The incidence of ALI and ARDS is extremely high in patients with sepsis. By blocking the initiating events of extrinsic coagulation activation, their effects on pro-inflammatory events in the lungs and disordered fibrin deposition may be corrected and the evolution of severe structural and functional injury may be averted during ALI/ARDS. TNX-832 (formerly known as Sunol-cH36), directed against human TF, which can block the pathological complications of TF-dependent thrombus formation. The blockage by TNX-832 of initiating events in the extrinsic coagulation pathway may attenuate the effects on pro-inflammatory events in ALI/ARDS patients, thereby averting or decreasing disordered fibrin deposition and averting the evolution of severe structural and functional injury.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
18
University of Miami
Miami, Florida, United States
Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Akron General Medical Center
Akron, Ohio, United States
Baylor School of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Capital Health
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Number of Participants With Adverse Events
To evaluate the safety of escalating dose levels of TNX-832 in subjects with suspected or proven bacteria-induced ALI/ARDS. Safety was assessed by number of treatment emergent adverse events, and changes in vital signs, ECGs, laboratory, coagulation and pulmonary function parameters from baseline. Immunogenicity (serum anti-TNX-832 antibody response) was evalutated.
Time frame: Up to 4 weeks
Cmax
maximum observed concentration (Cmax)
Time frame: predose; 15 and 30 min; 1, 4, 6, 12 and 24 hrs; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 days, 2, 3, 4 weeks
AUCinf and AUClast
Area under the plasma concentration curve from time 0 extrapolated to infinite time (AUC0-inf). AUClast (area under the serum concentration-time curve from the time of dosing to the time of the last observed concentration).
Time frame: Up 163.3 hours
Terminal t1/2 and Tmax
t1/2 (terminal elimination phase half life). Tmax (time to maximum serum concentration).
Time frame: predose; 15 and 30 min; 1, 4, 6, 12 and 24 hrs; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 days, 2, 3, 4 weeks
Vd and Vss
Volume of distribution (Vd) based on the terminal elimination phase, also referred to as VZ; in mL/kg. Volume of distribution at steady state (Vss), calculated as the Mean residence Time times Clearance; in mL/kg.
Time frame: predose; 15 and 30 min; 1, 4, 6, 12 and 24 hrs; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 days, 2, 3, 4 weeks
Cl
Total body clearance, CL=Dose/AUC; in mL/hr/kg
Time frame: up to 1 week
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