Early immunotherapy with intravenous immunoglobulin, cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone in patients with anti-Hu-associated paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy (NESPA).

2023-506942-22-01 Protocol APHP230701 Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) Ongoing, recruiting

Start 10 Jan 2025 · Status Ongoing, recruiting · 1 EU/EEA countries · 8 sites · Protocol APHP230701

Overview

Sponsor-declared trial summary

Phase Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II)
Status Ongoing, recruiting
Participants planned 21
Countries 1
Sites 8

paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy with anti-Hu antibodies

Evaluation of the efficacy at 3 months of an early immunotherapy based on intravenous immunoglobulins, Cyclophosphamide and Methylprednisolone in patients with paraneoplastic sensitive neuronopathy with anti-Hu antibodies.

Key facts

Sponsor
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Participant type
Patients
Age range
18-64 years, 65+ years
Gender
Male and Female
Therapeutic area
Diseases [C] - Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Trial duration
10 Jan 2025 → ongoing
Decision date (initial)
2024-03-18
Transition trial
No
Low-intervention
No
Rare-disease indication
Yes
Vulnerable population
No
Funding sources
ministry of health · AP-HP

Trial design

CTIS Part I — objectives, methods, condition coding

Main objective

Scope: Therapy, Efficacy

Evaluation of the efficacy at 3 months of an early immunotherapy based on intravenous immunoglobulins, Cyclophosphamide and Methylprednisolone in patients with paraneoplastic sensitive neuronopathy with anti-Hu antibodies.

Secondary objectives 3

  1. Evaluation efficacy of the immunotherapy under study at 3 and 6 months
  2. Evaluation the percentage of patients alive and without tumour progression at 6 months
  3. Evaluation treatment tolerance

Conditions and MedDRA coding

paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy with anti-Hu antibodies

VersionLevelCodeTermSystem organ class
20.0 PT 10072106 Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome 100000004852

Regulatory references

Plan to share IPD
No
IPD plan description
Non Applicable
EU CT numberTitleSponsor
2023-506942-22-00 Early immunotherapy with intravenous immunoglobulin, cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone in patients with anti-Hu-associated paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy (NESPA). Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris

Eligibility criteria

Principal inclusion / exclusion criteria as submitted by sponsor

Inclusion criteria 9

  1. Adult patients with anti-Hu antibody paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy
  2. Age ≥ 18 years old
  3. "Possible" sensory neuropathy according to the criteria of Camdessanché et al.
  4. dominant picture of sensitive ataxia (damage to the central nervous system and/or neuromuscular junction is accepted, provided that it has a minor impact on the patient's disability)
  5. Positive anti-Hu antibodies in blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid
  6. Outpatient (Modified Rankin Score (mRS) 2 or 3)
  7. Electroneuromyogram (ENMG) leading to diagnosis of sensory neuronopathy less than 3 months old
  8. Inform consent Free, written and signed
  9. Registered with a social security scheme or beneficiary (except AME)

Exclusion criteria 12

  1. Known hypersensitivity to one of the treatments under study, to their metabolites, or to one of the excipients
  2. Absolute contraindications to IVIg: selective IgA deficiency, known thrombophilia, patients suffering from type I or II hyperprolinaemia, hypersensitivity to human immunoglobulins
  3. Absolute contraindications to cyclophosphamide: yellow fever vaccination within three months of inclusion, acute urinary tract infection, acute bone marrow failure
  4. More than two courses of intravenous Immunoglobulins administered in the 3 months prior to recruitment
  5. Other concomitant immunotherapy
  6. Other causes of immunodepression (acquired or congenital)
  7. Treatment with checkpoint inhibitors in progress or completed less than 3 months previously
  8. Women of childbearing age without effective contraception, pregnant or breastfeeding
  9. History of psychiatric or general illness that may contraindicate treatment
  10. Patients unable to complete the follow-up required by the study
  11. Patients under tutorship or curatorship
  12. Patient deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision

Endpoints

Primary and secondary outcome measures (English text)

Primary endpoints 1

  1. Percentage of patients with clinical improvement on the Overall Neuropathy Limitations Scale (ONLS) at 3 months

Secondary endpoints 7

  1. Percentage of patients with clinical improvement on the ONLS scale at 3 and 6 months
  2. Percentage of patients with improvement of the ataxic component on the Score of Ataxia scale at 3 and 6 months
  3. Percentage of patients with improvement in neuropathic pain on the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) at 3 and 6 months
  4. Percentage of patients with functional improvement on the modified Rankin Score (mRS) at 3 and 6 month
  5. Percentage of patients with functional improvement on the Barthel Index (BI) at 3 and 6 months
  6. Percentage of patients alive and without tumour progression at 6 months
  7. Tolerability of treatment will be assessed by the frequency and severity of expected and unexpected adverse events recorded during treatment.

Investigational products

Investigational medicinal products (IMPs), comparators, placebo, auxiliary

Test 3

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE SANDOZ 1000 mg, poudre pour solution injectable ou pour perfusion

PRD5386164 · Product

Active substance
Cyclophosphamide
Pharmaceutical form
SOLUTION FOR INJECTION/INFUSION
Route of administration
INTRAVENOUS
Max daily dose
1 g gram(s)
Max total dose
6 g gram(s)
Max treatment duration
6 Day(s)
Authorisation status
Authorised
ATC code
L01AA01 — CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Marketing authorisation
34009 550 014 8 5
MA holder
SANDOZ
MA country
France
Paediatric formulation
No
Orphan designation
No
Modified vs. Marketing Authorisation
No

SOLUMEDROL 1 g, poudre et solvant pour solution injectable

PRD457536 · Product

Active substance
Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate
Pharmaceutical form
SOLUTION FOR INJECTION
Route of administration
INTRAVENOUS
Max daily dose
1 g gram(s)
Max total dose
18 g gram(s)
Max treatment duration
18 Day(s)
Authorisation status
Authorised
ATC code
H02AB04 — METHYLPREDNISOLONE
Marketing authorisation
34009 386 772 2 5
MA holder
PFIZER HOLDING FRANCE
MA country
France
Paediatric formulation
No
Orphan designation
No
Modified vs. Marketing Authorisation
No

CLAIRYG 50 mg/ml, solution pour perfusion

PRD491313 · Product

Active substance
Human Normal Immunoglobulin (IV)
Pharmaceutical form
SOLUTION FOR INFUSION
Route of administration
INTRAVENOUS
Max daily dose
200 g gram(s)
Max total dose
2200 g gram(s)
Max treatment duration
11 Day(s)
Authorisation status
Authorised
ATC code
J06BA02 — IMMUNOGLOBULINS, NORMAL HUMAN, FOR INTRAVASCULAR ADM.
Marketing authorisation
34009 576 190 4 6
MA holder
LFB BIOMEDICAMENTS
MA country
France
Paediatric formulation
No
Orphan designation
No
Modified vs. Marketing Authorisation
No

Auxiliary 1

MESNA EG 100 mg/ml, solution injectable pour perfusion

PRD513855 · Product

Active substance
Mesna
Pharmaceutical form
SOLUTION FOR INFUSION
Route of administration
INTRAVENOUS
Max daily dose
1.2 g gram(s)
Max total dose
7.2 g gram(s)
Max treatment duration
6 Day(s)
Authorisation status
Authorised
ATC code
V03AF01 — MESNA
Marketing authorisation
NL 29384
MA holder
EG LABO LABORATOIRES EUROGENERICS - DO NOT USE
MA country
France
Paediatric formulation
No
Orphan designation
No
Modified vs. Marketing Authorisation
No

Sponsors and contacts

Sponsor organisations, regulatory contacts, third parties

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris

Sponsor organisation
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Address
Porte 23, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux
City
Paris Cedex 10
Postcode
75475
Country
France

Scientific contact point

Organisation
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Contact name
Dimitri PSIMARAS

Public contact point

Organisation
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Contact name
Dimitri PSIMARAS

Locations

1 EU/EEA country · 8 investigational sites

By country

CountryMS statusPlanned subjectsSites
France Ongoing, recruiting 21 8
Rest of world 0

Investigational sites

France

8 sites · Ongoing, recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Saint Etienne
Neurology, Avenue Albert Raimond, 42270, Saint Priest En Jarez
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
Rare neuromuscular diseases reference centre, 1 Place Alexis Ricordeau, 44000, Nantes
Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg
Neurology, 1 Avenue Moliere, Bp 49, Strasbourg Cedex 2
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Neurology, 47 Boulevard De L Hopital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Neuromuscular diseases and ALS, 264 Rue Saint Pierre, 13005, Marseille
Hospices Civils De Lyon
neuro-oncology, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69500, Bron
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
Neurology, 1 Place Du Docteur Joseph Baylac, 31300, Toulouse
Centre Hospitalier Et Universitaire De Limoges
Neurology, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87000, Limoges

Country notifications

Trial-start, recruitment-start, end and early-termination notifications submitted per Member State

Country Trial startTrial end Recruitment startRecruitment end Early termination
France 2025-01-10 2025-01-10

Results and documents

Annex IV summary of results, Annex V layperson summary, and all documents registered in CTIS for this trial

Documents 12 files

Public protocol annexes, IB summaries, regulatory submissions and post-authorisation documents registered in CTIS.

TypeTitleVersion
Protocol (for publication) D1_Protocol 2023-506942-22-00_v1-0_20230922_Public 1
Protocol (for publication) D1_Protocol-Annexe-liste traitements concomitants_formulaire EIG_FR_2023-506942-22-00 1
Protocol (for publication) D1_Protocol-Formulaire cancers secondaires_2023-506942-22-00 1
Protocol (for publication) D1_Protocol-formulaire EIG_2023-506942-22-00 1
Protocol (for publication) D1_Protocol-Formulaire notification grossesse_2023-506942-22-00 1
Recruitment arrangements (for publication) K1_Recruitment Arrangements 1
Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) L1_SIS-ICF_Patient adults 2-0
Subject information and informed consent form (for publication) L2_Carte patient 1
Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) (for publication) E2_ SmPC SOLUMEDROL 1g 1
Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) (for publication) E2_SmPC CLAIRYG 1
Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) (for publication) E2_SmPC Cyclophosphamide SANDOZ 1000 mg 1
Synopsis of the protocol (for publication) D1_Protocol synopsis_FR_2023-506942-22-00 1

Application history

3 submissions — initial application plus substantial / non-substantial modifications

#TypeCodeSubmittedReference MSConclusionDecision date
1 INITIAL IN 2023-11-10 France Acceptable
2024-03-11
2024-03-18
2 NON SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION NSM-1 2024-06-26 France Acceptable
2024-03-11
2024-06-26
3 SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION SM-2 2025-02-21 France Acceptable
2025-04-17
2025-04-23