It is a multicenter, open-label, randomized, parallel-group study of the efficacy and safety of Elizaria® (eculizumab, GENERIUM JSC, Russia) versus Soliris® (Alexion Pharma GmbH, Switzerland) in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
After screening, patients meeting all of the inclusion / non-inclusion criteria and vaccinated against meningococcal infections were divided into two subgroups according to the eculizumab treatment status (Soliris® naïve patients / patients who had received Soliris® at a maintenance dose prior to the trial inclusion). Each subgroup included an even number of patients to maintain recruitment balance. Then, patients of each subgroup were distributed into one of two treatment groups by the method of stratified block randomization at a 1:1 ratio into groups A and B, respectively. In the first group (Group A), patients received infusions of Elizaria (eculizumab, GENERIUM JSC), in the second one (Group B) - infusions of Soliris®. The duration of participation of each patient in the study, including the screening period, was about 30 weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
32
Induction cycle: 600 mg (2 vials of 30 mL, 10 mg/mL) intravenous infusion for 30 minutes once a week for 4 weeks. Maintenance therapy: 900 mg (3 vials of 30 mL, 10 mg/mL) intravenous infusion for 30 minutes in Week 5, followed by 900 mg every 14 days.
Induction cycle: 600 mg (2 vials of 30 mL, 10 mg/mL) intravenous infusion for 30 minutes once a week for 4 weeks. Maintenance therapy: 900 mg (3 vials of 30 mL, 10 mg/mL) intravenous infusion for 30 minutes in Week 5, followed by 900 mg every 14 days.
Federal State Budget Funded Institution National Medical Research Center of Hematology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (MoH of Russia)
Moscow, Russia
Moscow State Budget Funded Healthcare Institution S. P. Botkin City Clinical Hospital, Moscow Department of Healthcare
Moscow, Russia
State Budget Funded Institution of Higher Education Academician I. P. Pavlov Saint-Petersburg State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Area under the LDH concentration-time curve (LDH AUC) during the maintenance therapy with the test drug or the reference drug
Time frame: week 22
Area under the LDH concentration-time curve (LDH AUC) during 26-week therapy with the test product or the reference product
Time frame: week 26
Hemoglobin level change during the maintenance therapy with the test drug or the reference drug
Time frame: week 22
Number/proportion of the patients with stable hemoglobin level during the maintenance therapy with the test drug or the reference drug
Time frame: week 22
Number/proportion of patients with various thrombotic complications developing during treatment with the test product or the reference product.
Time frame: week 26
Number/proportion of patients who needed donor red blood cell transfusions during treatment with the test product or the reference product.
Time frame: week 26
Number of donor red blood cell transfusions during treatment with the test product or the reference product.
Time frame: week 26
Number/proportion of patients with breakthrough hemolysis
Breakthrough hemolysis defined as at least one new episode or worsening of at least one previous signs of intravascular hemolysis (fatigue, hemoglobinuria, abdominal pain, dyspnea, severe vascular complications (including thrombosis), dysphagia or erectile dysfunction) associated with increased LDH after a previous decrease during treatment.
Time frame: week 26
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State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education Samara State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
Samara, Russia