Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a rare, severely disabling disease characterized by heterotopic ossification (HO) often associated with painful, recurrent episodes of soft tissue swelling (flare-ups) that lead to ankyloses of major joints with cumulative and irreversible loss of movement and disability.
One of the primary objectives was to evaluate the efficacy of palovarotene in decreasing new HO in participants with FOP as assessed by low-dose, whole body computed tomography (WBCT), excluding head, compared to untreated participants from Clementia's FOP natural history study (Study PVO-1A-001, NHS). The other primary objective was to evaluate the safety of palovarotene in participants with FOP. This study was conducted in three parts. Part A was the main part of the study, Part B, the 2-year (24-month) extension and Part C was an up-to-2-year post last dose of study treatment follow-up for skeletally immature participants. Participants in Part A and B received a chronic/flare-up dosing regimen of palovarotene for up to 4 years (48 months) as follows: * Chronic treatment: orally administered 5 mg palovarotene once daily. * Flare-up treatment: orally administered 20 mg palovarotene once daily for 4 weeks (28 days) followed by orally administered 10 mg palovarotene once daily for 8 weeks (56 days). Flare-up treatment may be extended until the Investigator determines that the flare-up has resolved. Note that all dosing was weight-adjusted in skeletally immature participants (those under the age of 18 years with less than 90% skeletal maturity on hand/wrist x-rays performed at Screening). In part C, participants who were enrolled in Parts A or B who discontinued the study and were skeletally immature were invited back to participate in the off-treatment safety follow-up. No new participants were enrolled into Part C.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
107
Palovarotene was taken orally once daily at approximately the same time each day following a meal.
University of California San Francisco, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
San Francisco, California, United States
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Annualized New Heterotopic Ossification (HO)
The annualized new HO was assessed by low-dose, whole body computed tomography (WBCT), excluding head. The weighted linear mixed effect method without square-root transformation and negatives included was used for annualized new HO analysis.
Time frame: Baseline (within one month of screening/Day 1) and up to 24 months
Percentage of Participants With Any New HO
The new HO was assessed by WBCT scan. The percentage of participants with any new HO (volume \> 0 mm\^3) were analyzed using the Bayesian distribution. Results are presented for overall ITT period.
Time frame: From Baseline (Day 1) up to end of 4-year follow-up period (approximately 57 months)
Number of Body Regions With New HO
All participants were analyzed for number of body regions with any new HO (new HO \> 0 mm\^3). The presence of HO across various body regions was analyzed using WBCT scan. Results are presented for overall ITT period
Time frame: From Baseline (Day 1) up to end of 4-year follow-up period (approximately 57 months)
Percentage of Participants With Flare-Ups
Flare-up as an event with one or more flare-up symptoms, and regardless of flare-up symptom onset. Flare-up was evaluated remotely, or by telephone or video-conferencing, unless the Investigator deemed that a site visit was necessary.
Time frame: Month 12
Ratio of Flare-Up Per Participant-Month of Exposure
Flare-up as an event with one or more flare-up symptoms, and regardless of flare-up symptom onset. Flare-up was evaluated remotely, or by telephone or video-conferencing, unless the Investigator deemed that a site visit was necessary. The flare-up rate per participant-month exposure was analyzed using a negative binomial regression. Results are presented for overall ITT period.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Pennsylvania, Internal Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Tte General Juan Domingo Peron 4190
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Royal North Shore Hospital
Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Queensland University of Technology
Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
...and 6 more locations
Time frame: From Baseline (Day 1) up to end of 4-year follow-up period (approximately 57 months)