Study of the Clinical Effectiveness of a Human Monoclonal Antibody to C. Difficile Toxin A and Toxin B in Patients With Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00350298 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 10, 2006
Results First Posted : February 9, 2021
Last Update Posted : February 9, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Clostridium Infections | Biological: GS-CDA1/MDX-1388 Biological: normal saline | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Clinical Effectiveness of a Human Monoclonal Antibody to Clostridium Difficile Toxin A (GS-CDA1) and a Human Monoclonal Antibody to Clostridium Difficile Toxin B (MDX-1388) in Patients Being Treated for Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 20, 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 25, 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 25, 2008 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: GS-CDA1/MDX-1388
Biological: GS-CDA1/MDX-1388 One Intravenous dose
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Biological: GS-CDA1/MDX-1388
One Intravenous dose |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Biological: normal saline (0.9% sodium chloride) One Intravenous dose
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Biological: normal saline
One Intravenous dose |
- Number of Participants With Recurrence of Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease (CDAD) [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 84 ]Determine if the addition of C. difficile toxin A and toxin B human monoclonal anti-toxin antibodies to standard of care treatment reduces the number of subjects with recurrent CDAD compared to standard of care and placebo. Standard of care treatment is defined as receipt of either metronidazole by mouth or parenterally or receipt of vancomycin by mouth with a standard duration of treatment defined as 10 - 14 days (+ 2 days)). Recurrence of CDAD is defined as the development of a new episode of C. difficile disease associated with a positive C. difficile stool toxin(s) test after the resolution of prior episode and after discontinuation of SOC treatment.
- Safety and Tolerability of Study Treatment by the Number of Adverse Events Reported [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 84 ]Safety and tolerability of a C. difficile toxin A human monoclonal antibody combined with a human monoclonal antibody to C. difficile toxin B in patients receiving standard of care treatment for C. difficile associated disease (CDAD) compared to those patients receiving standard of care and placebo reporting system organ class (SOC) MedDRA V.9.0
- Time to Resolution of Initial CDAD Episode [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 84 ]Determine if the addition of a C. difficile toxin A human monoclonal antibody combined with C. difficile toxin B human monoclonal antibody to standard of care treatment reduces the time to resolution of diarrhea in patients with CDAD compared to those patients receiving standard of care and placebo. Resolution of CDAD is defined as the cessation of diarrhea for at least two consecutive days.
- Number of Patients With Standard of Care Treatment Failure [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 84 ]Determine if the addition of a C. difficile toxin A human monoclonal antibody combined with C. difficile toxin B human monoclonal antibody to standard of care treatment reduces the number of patients who experience standard of care treatment failure compared to those patients receiving standard of care and placebo. Standard of care treatment failure is defined as (i) recurrence of diarrhea (after it had initially resolved) while on SOC treatment during the first 14 days, or (ii) change in SOC treatment (i.e., antibiotics given), or (iii) diarrhea episode lasting ≥14 days while on SOC treatment.
- Number of Patients With Severe Initial C. Difficile Disease [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 84 ]Determine if the addition of a C. difficile toxin A human monoclonal antibody combined with C. difficile toxin B human monoclonal antibody to standard of care treatment reduces the number of patients with severe C. difficile disease compared to those patients receiving standard of care and placebo. Severe initial disease is defined as ≥ 5 unformed stools/day for 2 consecutive days from day 1 to the end of the initial episode of diarrhea and discontinuation of SOC.
- Antibody Concentrations to Toxin A and to Toxin B Between Treatment Groups [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 84 ]Antibody concentrations to Toxin A and to Toxin B in those patients receiving C. difficile toxin A human monoclonal antibody combined with C. difficile toxin B human monoclonal antibody and standard of care treatment to those patients receiving standard of care and placebo

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient > 18 years of age with diarrhea associated with a positive stool test for C. difficile toxin(s). Patients may be diagnosed with C. difficile by hospital/clinic/reference microbiology laboratory test or by a rapid diagnostic test performed by the study staff and positive test result must be within 14 days of enrollment.
- Patient must receive standard of care treatment for C. difficile associated disease. Standard of care treatment should include either metronidazole by mouth or intravenously or vancomycin by mouth.
- Patient or legal representative must have read, understood, and provided written informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization after the nature of the study has been fully explained.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of chronic diarrheal illness such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
- Score of 4 on modified Horn's index
- Severe C. difficile colitis with planned surgery in less than 24 hours.
- Positive pregnancy test within 24 hours of study infusion or an unwillingness to undergo pregnancy testing in females of child-bearing potential. Females capable of child-bearing must agree not to become pregnant from the time of study enrollment until at least 3 months after completion of study infusion. If a woman is sexually active and has no history of hysterectomy or tubal ligation, she must agree to use hormonal or barrier birth control with spermicidal gel.
- Breastfeeding.
- Receipt of other investigational study agent within previous 30 days.
- Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator would jeopardize the safety or rights of the patient participating in the study or make it unlikely the patient could complete the study.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00350298

Principal Investigator: | Roger Baxter, MD | Kaiser Permanente | |
Principal Investigator: | Herbert DuPont, MD | St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX | |
Principal Investigator: | Joseph White, MD | Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX | |
Principal Investigator: | David Chen, MD | MultiCare Health System Research Services, Tacoma, WA | |
Principal Investigator: | Jorge Reyno, MD | Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD | |
Principal Investigator: | Henry S. Sacks, MD, PhD | Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY | |
Principal Investigator: | Charles N. Bernstein, MD | University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada | |
Principal Investigator: | Michael J. Tan, MD | Summa Health Systems, Akron, Ohio | |
Principal Investigator: | Michael C. Meadors, MD | All-Trials Clinical Research, LLC, Winston-Salem, NC | |
Principal Investigator: | Ian M. Baird, MD | Remington-Davis Clinical Research | |
Principal Investigator: | Andre Poirier, MD, MSc | Centre Hospitalier Regional de Trois-Rivieres | |
Principal Investigator: | Martha I. Buitrago, MD | Idaho Falls Infectious Diseases, PLLC | |
Principal Investigator: | Thomas Kovacs, MD | UCLA CURE Digestive Diseases Research Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Alfred Bacon, MD | Christiana Care Health Systems | |
Principal Investigator: | Kathleen Casey, MD | Jersey Shore University Medical Center | |
Principal Investigator: | C. Douglas Cochran, MD | Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City | |
Principal Investigator: | Donald Daly, MD | Vancouver Island Health Research Centre | |
Principal Investigator: | Anil Dhar, MBBS | Windsor Regional Hospital | |
Principal Investigator: | Gerald Evans, MD | Queen's University | |
Principal Investigator: | Richard Greenberg, MD | University of Kentucky | |
Principal Investigator: | Thomas Louie, MD | University of Calgary Foothills Medical Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Thomas Nowak, MD | Central Indiana Gastroenterology Group | |
Principal Investigator: | Jose Prieto, MD | Dr. Kiran C. Patel Research Institute | |
Principal Investigator: | Daniel Schroeder, MD | Chest, Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Assoc., PC | |
Principal Investigator: | Ann Silverman, MD | Henry Ford Health System | |
Principal Investigator: | John Pullman, MD | Mercury Street Medical Group | |
Principal Investigator: | Rodney J Mason, MD | LAC+USC Medical Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Doria Grimard, MD | Centre de Sante et de Services Sociaux de Chicoutimi | |
Principal Investigator: | Darrell Pardi, MD | Mayo Clinic |
Responsible Party: | MassBiologics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00350298 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CA-GCDX-06-02 |
First Posted: | July 10, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | February 9, 2021 |
Last Update Posted: | February 9, 2021 |
Last Verified: | January 2021 |
Monoclonal antibody, Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea |
Clostridium Infections Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Infections |