A Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Alemtuzumab in Pediatric Patients With RRMS With Disease Activity on Prior DMT (LemKids)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03368664 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : December 11, 2017
Results First Posted : July 12, 2022
Last Update Posted : July 12, 2022
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Primary Objective:
To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of alemtuzumab intravenously (IV) in pediatric participants from 10 to less than (<) 18 years of age with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) who have disease activity on prior DMT.
Secondary Objective:
To assess the pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), anti-drug antibody (ADA) formation, and potential effects of alemtuzumab on other multiple sclerosis (MS) disease characteristics such as cognition and quality of life (QoL).
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Multiple Sclerosis | Drug: Alemtuzumab GZ402673 Drug: Glatiramer acetate Drug: Beta-Interferon Drug: Methylprednisolone Drug: Ranitidine Drug: Ceterizine Drug: Dexchlorpheniramine Drug: Paracetamol Drug: Acyclovir Drug: Prednisolone Drug: Diphenydramine Drug: Other H1 antagonist | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 16 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multi-center, Open-label, Single-arm, Before and After Switch Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Alemtuzumab in Paediatric Patients With Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) With Disease Activity on Prior Disease Modifying Therapy (DMT) |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 24, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 4, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2025 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Alemtuzumab
- alemtuzumab - Dose 1 (initial course) of alemtuzumab will be administered intravenously on 5 consecutive days, followed by Dose 2 (second course) on 3 consecutive days administered 12 months after initial course. Pre-medications (methylprednisolone, prednisolone, H1 antagonist [antihistamine], H2 antagonist, paracetamol, acyclovir) will be administered prior alemtuzumab administration. - Type: Experimental
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Drug: Alemtuzumab GZ402673
Pharmaceutical form: solution, Route of administration: IV
Other Name: Lemtrada Drug: Glatiramer acetate Pharmaceutical form: solution, Route of administration: subcutaneous (SC)
Other Name: Copaxone Drug: Beta-Interferon Pharmaceutical form: solution, Route of administration: SC / intramuscular (IM) Drug: Methylprednisolone Pharmaceutical form: solution, Route of administration: IV Drug: Ranitidine Pharmaceutical form: tablet, Route of administration: oral Drug: Ceterizine Pharmaceutical form: tablet, Route of administration: oral Drug: Dexchlorpheniramine Pharmaceutical form: tablet, Route of administration: oral Drug: Paracetamol Pharmaceutical form: tablet, Route of administration: oral Drug: Acyclovir Pharmaceutical form: tablet, Route of administration: oral Drug: Prednisolone Pharmaceutical form: tablet, Route of administration: oral Drug: Diphenydramine Pharmaceutical form: solution, Route of administration: IV Drug: Other H1 antagonist Pharmaceutical form: solution, Route of administration: IV Drug: Other H1 antagonist Pharmaceutical form: tablet/pill, Route of administration: oral |
- Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment: Number of New or Enlarged T2 Lesions Per MRI Scan [ Time Frame: Period 1: Month -4 up to Month 0, Period 2: Month 4 to Month 8 ]Number of new or enlarged T2 lesions per scan was defined as the total number of new or enlarged T2 lesion that occurred during a specified period divided by the total number of scans performed during that specified period.
- Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment: Number of Participants With New or Enlarged T2 Lesions Per MRI Scan [ Time Frame: Period 1: Month -4 up to Month 0, Period 2: Month 4 to Month 8 ]Number of participants with at least one new or enlarged T2 lesions per MRI scan was reported in this outcome measure. Number of new or enlarged T2 lesions per scan was defined as the total number of new or enlarged T2 lesion that occurred during treatment period divided by the total number of scans performed during treatment period.
- Change From Baseline in Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) Score at Months 4 and 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline, Months 4 and 8 ]EDSS is an ordinal scale in half-point increments that qualifies disability in participants with MS. It consists of 8 ordinal rating scales assessing seven functional systems (pyramidal, cerebellar, brainstem, sensory, bowel and bladder, visual, cerebral, and other). EDSS total score ranges from 0 (normal neurological examination) to 10 (death due to MS), where higher scores indicated worst outcomes.
- Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAE) and Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAE) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Annualized Relapse Rate (ARR) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Change From Baseline in Cognition Test Scores of Brief Visuospatial Memory Test - Revised (BVMT-R) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Change From Baseline in Cognition Test Scores of Symbol Digit Modality Test (SDMT) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Change From Baseline in Quality of Life (QoL) Measures of Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) Questionnaire Score [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Change From Baseline in Pediatric Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (NeuroQoL) Questionnaire Score [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Serum Concentrations of Alemtuzumab Over Time [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Maximum Serum Concentration Observed (Cmax) of Alemtuzumab [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Time to Reach Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of Alemtuzumab [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Area Under the Plasma Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Alemtuzumab [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Area Under the Concentration-time Curve From Time 0 to the Time of the Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC0-last) of Alemtuzumab [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Terminal Half-life (T1/2z) of Alemtuzumab [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Assessment of Lymphocyte Phenotyping [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).
- Percentage of Participants With Incidence of Antidrug Antibodies (ADA) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Data for this outcome measure will be reported at the time of anticipated last participant last visit results posting (December 2026).

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 10 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria :
- Participants with RRMS aged from 10 years to <18 years at study entry are eligible. Participants must meet the criteria of diagnosis of MS as defined by the International Pediatric MS Study Group (IPMSSG) criteria for pediatric MS and the criteria of MS based on 2010 McDonald criteria.
- Signed written informed consent/assent obtained from participant and participant's legal representative (parent or guardian) according to local regulations.
- Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 0.0 to 5.0 (inclusive) at screening.
- At least 2 recorded MS attacks and at least 1 MS attack (relapse) in the last year during treatment with a beta interferon therapy (IFNB) or glatiramer acetate (GA) after being on that therapy for at least 6 months, and was currently still taking the same therapy.
- At least 1 of the following:
- >=1 new or enlarging T2 hyperintense lesion or gadolinium enhancing lesion while on that same prior therapy (IFNB or GA), or
- Two or more relapses in the prior year, or
- Tried at least 2 MS DMTs.
Exclusion criteria:
- Any progressive or non-relapsing forms of MS.
- Conditions/situations such as:
- Impossibility to meet specific protocol requirements.
- Current participation in another interventional clinical study. Participants who are treated with a comparator agent approved for screening inclusion (INF or GA) may be considered for this trial.
- Participant is the Investigator or any Sub-Investigator, research assistant, pharmacist, study coordinator, other staff or relative thereof directly involved in the conduct of the protocol.
- Uncooperative participant or any condition that could make the participant potentially non-compliant to the study procedures in the opinion of the Investigator.
- Mental condition rendering the participant or parent/guardian unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the study.
- Clinically relevant cardiovascular, hepatic, neurological, endocrine, or other major systemic disease making implementation of the protocol or interpretation of the study results difficult or that would put the participant at risk by participating in the study in the opinion of the Investigator.
- History of drug or alcohol abuse.
- History of known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity.
- Pregnant or breast-feeding female participants or those who had planned to become pregnant during the study.
- Unwilling to agree to use a highly effective contraceptive method when receiving a course of alemtuzumab treatment and for 4 months following that course of treatment (fertile participants only).
- Female participants who have commenced menstruating (i.e., are of childbearing potential) and are unwilling or unable to be tested for pregnancy.
- Previous treatment with alemtuzumab.
- Treatment with natalizumab, daclizumab, fingolimod, methotrexate, azathioprine, cyclosporine, or mycophenolate mofetil in the last 6 months prior to screening, or determined by the treating physician to had residual immune suppression from these or other MS treatments.
- Treatment with teriflunomide in the last 12 months except if the participant underwent the recommended elimination procedure as per Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC).
- Previous treatment with mitoxantrone, cyclophosphamide, cladribine, rituximab, ocrelizumab, leflunomide, or any cytotoxic therapy.
- Previous treatment with any investigational medication (drug that had not been approved at any dose or for any indication). Use of an investigational medication that is subsequently licensed and nonstandard use of a licensed medication (e.g., using a dose other than the dose that is stated in the licensed product labeling or using a licensed therapy for an alternative indication) was not exclusionary. Prior treatment with herbal medications or nutritional supplements was also permitted.
- Intolerance of pulsed corticosteroids, especially a history of steroid psychosis.
- History of malignancy.
- Prior documented history of thrombocytopenia, or platelet count at screening < lower limits of normal (LLN).
- Any disability acquired from trauma or another illness that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could interfere with evaluation of disability due to MS.
- Participants with known Type 1 hypersensitivity or anaphylactic reactions to the active substances or any of the excipients, or intolerance of acyclovir or its therapeutic equivalent.
- Major systemic disease or other illness that would, in the opinion of the Investigator, compromise participant safety or interfere with the interpretation of study results, e.g., current peptic ulcer disease, or other conditions that might predispose to hemorrhage, immune cytopenias, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, other connective tissue disorders, vasculitis, inflammatory bowel disease, severe psoriasis.
- Medical, psychiatric, cognitive, or other conditions that, in the Investigator's opinion, compromise the participant's ability to understand the participant information, to give informed consent, to comply with the trial protocol, or to complete the study.
- Major psychiatric disorder that is not adequately controlled by treatment in the opinion of the Investigator.
- Epileptic seizures that are not adequately controlled by treatment.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-related conditions: conditions that could interfere with MRI acquisition and/or interpretation of MRI results (eg, claustrophobia, orthopedic implants/treatments, orthodontic treatments etc).
- Known bleeding disorder (e.g., dysfibrinogenemia, factor IX deficiency, hemophilia, Von Willebrand's disease, disseminated intravascular coagulation, fibrinogen deficiency, clotting factor deficiency).
- Prior history of invasive fungal infections.
- Active infection, eg, deep-tissue infection, that the Investigator considers sufficiently serious to preclude study participation.
- In the Investigator's opinion, participant is at high risk for infection (e.g., indwelling catheter, dysphagia with aspiration, decubitus ulcer, history of prior aspiration pneumonia or recurrent urinary tract infection).
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03368664

Study Director: | Clinical Sciences & Operations | Sanofi |
Documents provided by Sanofi ( Genzyme, a Sanofi Company ):
Responsible Party: | Genzyme, a Sanofi Company |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03368664 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
EFC13429 2016-003100-30 ( EudraCT Number ) U1111-1180-6352 ( Other Identifier: UTN ) |
First Posted: | December 11, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | July 12, 2022 |
Last Update Posted: | July 12, 2022 |
Last Verified: | June 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Qualified researchers may request access to patient level data and related study documents including the clinical study report, study protocol with any amendments, blank case report form, statistical analysis plan, and dataset specifications. Patient level data will be anonymized and study documents will be redacted to protect the privacy of trial participants. Further details on Sanofi's data sharing criteria, eligible studies, and process for requesting access can be found at: https://vivli.org |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | Yes |
Multiple Sclerosis Sclerosis Pathologic Processes Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Demyelinating Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases Interferons Acyclovir Interferon-beta Methylprednisolone Prednisolone Alemtuzumab |
Glatiramer Acetate Ranitidine (T,G)-A-L Dexchlorpheniramine Antineoplastic Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Anti-Inflammatory Agents Antiemetics Autonomic Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Gastrointestinal Agents Glucocorticoids Hormones |