Ascertain the Optimal Starting Dose of Mircera Given Subcutaneously for Maintenance Treatment of Anemia in Pediatric Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis or Not Yet on Dialysis.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03552393 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 11, 2018
Last Update Posted : February 2, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Anemia Renal Insufficiency, Chronic | Drug: Mircera | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 40 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | An Open-Label, Single-Arm, Multicenter Sudy to Ascertain the Optimal Starting Dose of MIRCERA® Given Subcutaneously for the Maintenance Treatment of Anemia in Pediatric Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis or Not Yet on Dialysis. |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 8, 2018 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 28, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 28, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Mircera
Mircera will be administered subcutaneously once every 4 weeks
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Drug: Mircera
The initial dose of Mircera will be one of nine starting doses corresponding to the prefilled syringe strengths based on the total weekly erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) dose during the screening period.
Other Name: Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta |
- Change From Baseline in Haemoglobin (Hb) Concentration (Gram per Decilitre [g/dL]) [ Time Frame: up to Week 21 ]Change in Hb concentration (g/dL) between the baseline and the evaluation period for each patient
- Number of patients with an average Hb concentration during the evaluation period within ± 1 g/dL of their baseline Hb or above, within or below the range of 10-12 g/dL [ Time Frame: Week 17 up to Week 21 ]Hb concentration during the evaluation period within ± 1 g/dL of their baseline Hb or above, within or below the range of 10-12 g/dL.
- Change in Mircera dose over time, including the change between the starting dose and the evaluation period [ Time Frame: Week 1 to Week 17 ]Change between the starting dose and the evaluation period will be reported.
- Number of Participants With Adverse Events by Severity [ Time Frame: Up to Week 45 ]An adverse event is any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product, any new disease or exacerbation of an existing disease (a worsening in the character, frequency, or severity of a known condition), recurrence of an intermittent medical condition or any deterioration in a laboratory value or other clinical test.
- Change From Baseline in Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: Up to Week 45 ]Change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure will be evaluated and reported.
- Change From Baseline in Pulse Rate [ Time Frame: Up to Week 45 ]Change in pulse rate will be evaluated and reported.
- Change from baseline in targeted clinical laboratory test results [ Time Frame: Screening up to Week 45 ]Targeted clinical laboratory results will includes hematology, aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), C-reactive protein, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, platelets, serum creatinine and iron parameters.
- Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Mircera [ Time Frame: Pre-dose at Week 1, 9, 17; post-dose at Week 3 and Week 19 and additional sample will be taken between 24 hours and 5 Days at patient's convenience ]
- Maximum Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of Mircera [ Time Frame: Pre-dose at Week 1, 9, 17; post-dose at Week 3 and Week 19 and additional sample will be taken between 24 hours and 5 Days at patient's convenience ]
- Terminal Elimination Half-Life (t1/2) of Mircera [ Time Frame: Pre-dose at Week 1, 9, 17; Post-dose at Week 3 and Week 19 and additional sample will be taken between 24 hours and 5 Days at patient's convenience ]
- Time to Reach the Maximum Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of Mircera [ Time Frame: Pre-dose at Week 1, 9, 17; post-dose at Week 3 and Week 19 and additional sample will be taken between 24 hours and 5 Days at patient's convenience ]
- Bioavailability of Mircera [ Time Frame: Pre-dose at Week 1, 9, 17; post-dose at Week 3 and Week 19 and additional sample will be taken between 24 hours and 5 Days at patient's convenience ]Bioavailability is defined as the rate and extent to which the administered drug reaches the systemic circulation.
- Pharmacodynamic: Serum Concentration of Hb [ Time Frame: Pre-dose at Week 1, 9, 17; post-dose at Week 3 and Week 19 and additional sample will be taken between 24 hours and 5 Days at patient's convenience ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Months to 17 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pediatric participants 3 months to 17 years of age with clinically stable chronic renal anemia
- CKD with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of < 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 (determined by the Bedside Schwartz formula) or dialysis treatment for at least 8 weeks before the first dose of Mircera
- For participants on peritoneal dialysis (PD): a weekly Kt/V≥ 1.8
- For participants on HD: adequate HD, urea reduction ratio (URR) > 65% or Kt/V > 1.2 for participants on HD three times per week.
Participants with fewer than or more than three HD sessions per week should have a weekly Kt/V≥ 3.6.
- Baseline Hb concentration 10.0-12.0 g/dL determined from the mean of two Hb values measured at Visit 1 (Week -3) and Visit 2 (Week -1)
- Stable SC maintenance treatment with epoetin alfa, epoetin beta, or darbepoetin alfa with the same dosing interval for at least 6 weeks before the first dose of Mircera
- Stable dose of epoetin alfa, epoetin beta, or darbepoetin alfa treatment with no weekly dose change > 25% (increase or decrease) for at least 4 weeks before the first dose of Mircera
- Adequate iron status defined as ferritin≥100 ng/mL or transferrin saturation (TSAT)≥ 20% (or percentage of hypochromic red cells < 10%); mean of two values measured during screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Overt gastrointestinal bleeding within 8 weeks before screening or during the screening period
- RBC transfusions within 8 weeks before screening or during the screening period
- Hemoglobinopathies (e.g., homozygous sickle-cell disease, thalassemia of all types) Hemolytic anemia, Active malignant disease
- PD subjects with an episode of peritonitis within the past 30 days prior to screening and/or during the screening period
- Uncontrolled or symptomatic inflammatory disease (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus)
- Uncontrolled hypertension as assessed by the investigator
- Epileptic seizures within 3 months prior to screening and during the screening period
- Administration of any investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to screening or planned during the study
- Severe hyperparathyroidism (intact parathyroid hormone [PTH]≥ 1000 pg/mL or whole PTH≥ 500 pg/mL) or biopsy-proven bone marrow fibrosis
- Kidney transplant with use of immunosuppressive therapies known to exacerbate anemia
- Known hypersensitivity to recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO), polyethylene glycol, or any constituent of the study drug formulation
- Anti-EPO antibody (AEAB)-mediated pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) or history of AEAB mediated PRCA or positive AEAB test result in the absence of PRCA
- High likelihood of early withdrawal or interruption of the study (e.g., planned living donor kidney transplant within 5 months of study start)
- Planned elective surgery during the entire study period

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03552393

Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-La Roche |
Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03552393 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NH19708 2016-004779-39 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | June 11, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 2, 2021 |
Last Verified: | February 2021 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Kidney Diseases Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Renal Insufficiency |
Anemia Hematologic Diseases Urologic Diseases |