This clinical trial is a study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and changes in biomarker and clinical outcome assessments of Losmapimod for patients with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy 1 (FSHD1) with an open-label extension.
This study is a single-centre, open-label pilot study that will investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and target engagement during long-term dosing with losmapimod tablets in adult subjects with FSHD1. Subjects will be evaluated during an 8- week pre-treatment period (Visits 1 through 3) to establish pre-treatment baseline assessments. Subjects will then be treated with losmapimod for approximately 1 year (Visits 4 through 9) and assessed at relatively regular intervals for change from pre-treatment assessments. All subjects will undergo two muscle biopsies; one at baseline, pre-treatment (Visit 4, Week 8 ± 1 week) and the second on-treatment muscle biopsy approximately 4 or 8 weeks later (Visit 5, Week 14 ± 2 weeks). Up to 8 subjects will have an on-treatment biopsy at 4 weeks and up to 8 subjects will have the on-treatment biopsy at 8 weeks. Only subjects who participated in and competed all study procedures in the OLS Study treatment period (Week 60) will be eligible to participate in the open-label extension study. The extension of this study will enable continued investigation of the safety and tolerability of long-term dosing with losmapimod tablets in adult subjects with FSHD1. During the extension study, subjects will receive 15 mg of losmapimod by mouth twice daily for a total of 30 mg by mouth daily. All subjects will attend clinic visits approximately every 24 weeks and have a safety phone call 12 weeks between in-person clinic visits until 90 days after commercial drug is available post regulatory approval or until study termination. The primary endpoint of the main study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of long-term dosing of losmapimod tablets in subjects with FSHD1. Secondary endpoints include assessment of target engagement of losmapimod in blood and skeletal muscle and repeated dose pharmacokinetics in subjects with FSHD1 over long-term dosing. The extension will continue investigation of efficacy with assessment of skeletal muscle by ultrasound as well as the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and exploration of efficacy measures including whole body skeletal muscle MRI and selected clinical outcome assessments during long- term dosing with losmapimod tablets in adult subjects with FSHD1. Secondary endpoints include assessment of efficacy as evaluated by whole body skeletal muscle MRI parameters, safety and tolerability of long-term dosing, target engagement of losmapimod in blood and skeletal muscle and repeated dose pharmacokinetics in subjects with FSHD1 over long-term dosing.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
14
The main study includes a treatment period of approximately one year. Subjects will receive 15 mg of losmapimod twice daily by mouth; for a total of 30 mg daily. The study drug should be taken with food and the date and time of each dose taken recorded in the subject diary. Only subjects who participated in and completed all procedures for the main study (Week 60) will be eligible to participate in the extension. For the extension, subjects will receive 15 mg of losmapimod by mouth twice daily for a total of 30 mg by mouth daily. Participation will continue until 90 days after commercial drug is available post regulatory approval or study termination.
Radboud University Medical Center
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Number of Participants Reporting Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Serious TEAEs
An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of a study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. A TEAE is an AE that begins on or after the first dose of study drug and before the stop of study drug + 7 days or begins before the first dose of study drug and worsens on or after the first dose of study drug and before the stop of study drug + 7 days. A Serious adverse event (SAE) is any untoward medical occurrence that, at any dose results in death, is life-threatening, requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent disability/incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect or any other situation according to medical or scientific judgment.
Time frame: Up to 68 Weeks
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Chemistry Parameters
Blood samples were collected for the analysis of chemistry parameters: Glucose, sodium, potassium, calcium, inorganic phosphate, total protein, albumin, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, gamma glutamyl transferase, lactate dehydrogenase and creatine phosphokinase.
Time frame: Up to 68 Weeks
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Hematology Parameters
Blood samples were collected for the analysis of hematology parameters: hemoglobin (including mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration), hematocrit, red blood cell count, total white blood cell count, platelet count. Differential blood counts, including basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes
Time frame: Up to 68 Weeks
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Serum Coagulation Parameters
Blood samples were collected for the analysis of Serum coagulation parameters: International normalized ratio, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and fibrinogen.
This platform is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.
Time frame: Up to 68 Weeks
Percent Change From Baseline in the Ratio of Phosphorylated HSP27 (pHSP27) /Total HSP27 in Sorbitol-stimulated Whole Blood
Phosphorylated HSP27 in peripheral whole blood with ex-vivo sorbitol stimulation and in skeletal muscle (without sorbitol stimulation) was measured at specified time points. The pre-treatment value was considered as Baseline for change from Baseline calculations. The geometric mean for fold percent change from Baseline (and 95% confidence interval) in pHSP27/total HSP27 was calculated. Percent change from baseline = 100\*(exp(mean of change from baseline on the log-transformed scale) - 1).
Time frame: Baseline and at Week 44
Percent Change From Baseline in Ratio of pHSP27/Total HSP27 in Muscle
Phosphorylated HSP27 in skeletal muscle (without sorbitol stimulation) was measured at specified time points. The pre-treatment value was considered as Baseline for change from Baseline calculations. The geometric mean for fold percent change from Baseline (and 95% confidence interval) in pHSP27/total HSP27 was calculated. Percent change from baseline = 100\*(exp(mean of change from baseline on the log-transformed scale) - 1).
Time frame: Baseline and at Week 8
Plasma Concentration of Losmapimod
Blood samples were collected to measure the plasma concentration of losmapimod at specified timepoints.
Time frame: Post-dose at Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 20, Week 32, Week 44, and Week 56
Muscle Concentration of Losmapimod
Muscle biopsies were collected to measure the concentration of losmapimod at specified timepoints.
Time frame: Post dose at Baseline, Week 4, Week 8 and Week 44