This randomized clinical trial with a cross-over design is being conducted at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at the Medical University of Vienna, and a total of 4-6 patients with type 2B von Willebrand disease (VWD) will participate. The main purpose of this clinical trial is to investigate the efficacy and safety of BT200, a new drug for thrombocytopenic patients with type 2B von Willebrand disease (VWD). Based on previous studies, we expect that this drug will inhibit the breakdown of von Willebrand factor (VWF) in small doses, leading to an increase in von Willebrand factor (VWF), platelet count, and factor VIII. This should also lead to a reduced tendency to bleed. This study will begin with an observation phase and will then proceed in two periods of approximately 64 days each: Placebo or BT200 will be administered subcutaneously at a dose of 12 mg on the first day of the study. After that, patients will self-administer the drug at a dose of 6 mg (0.4 mL) or placebo once a week for another 4 weeks starting the following week (a total of 4 times over a period of 4 weeks). During this time, they will be asked to come to our clinic for a follow-up visit. After a "washout phase" lasting several weeks, during which patients do not receive the study drug/placebo but are asked to record any bleeding events, the second period begins on day 64: BT200 or placebo is administered again, depending on what the patients received in the first period. Patients therefore receive the study drug for 4 weeks and placebo for 4 weeks; which is administered when is randomized; a follow-up examination also takes place during this period. At the end of the second period, there is another "washout phase" lasting several weeks. On day 127, the final examination takes place at the clinic, after which patients have the opportunity to participate in an extension study (to be amended).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
6
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Clinical Pharmacology
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
RECRUITINGPrimary Outcome measure Platelet Counts
Platelet Counts
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
Co-Primary Endpoint Clinically evident bleeding
number of clinically evident bleedings
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
von Willebrand factor antigen
Concentration of von Willebrand factor antigen quantified by Enzyme-linked immunoassay
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
von Willebrand factor activity
von Willebrand factor activity quantified by Gp1bM assay
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
VWF activity collagen binding
Activity of VWF quantified with a collagen binding assay
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
VWF:ristocetin co-factor activity
Activity of VWF quantified with a ristocetin co-factor assay
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for unbound VWF-A1 domain (REAADS® )
Concentration of unbound VWF-A1 domain quantified by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (REAADS® )
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
Platelet function under high shear rates
Platelet Function Analyzer
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
BT200 plasma concentrations
plasma concentrations of BT200
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
Serious, drug-related AEs
Serious, drug-related AEs
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
Premature terminations due to drug-related AEs
Number of participants who premature terminate treatment due to drug-related AEs
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
Adverse events indicative of BT200 toxicity
Patterns of serious or non-serious, drug-related AEs, and/or clinically relevant laboratory abnormalities, vital signs, or physical findings suggestive of one or more specific target organs for toxicity of BT200
Time frame: During the five-week Treatment Phase compared with the five-week Control Phase
Christian Schörgenhofer, Principal Investigator, MD, PHD
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