Safety and Efficacy Study of IFX-1 in add-on to Standard of Care in GPA and MPA
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03712345 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Due to COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and its impact on overall study activities. All efforts were made to ensure that participants that were enrolled and/or were still in the study will continue to receive treatment and follow-up until study completion.)
First Posted : October 19, 2018
Results First Posted : May 26, 2022
Last Update Posted : May 26, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (GPA) Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) | Drug: IFX-1 low dose Drug: IFX-1 high dose Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) are related systemic v anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), a potentially life-threatening disease.
GPA is a necrotizing vasculitis predominantly involving small- to medium-sized vessels (e.g., capillaries, venules, arterioles, arteries, and veins). MPA is a necrotizing vasculitis that primarily affects capillaries, venules, or arterioles, most commonly manifesting as necrotizing glomerulonephritis and/or pulmonary capillaritis. MPA.
Primed neutrophils are activated by ANCA and generate C5a that engages C5a receptors on neutrophils. Therefore, patients with ANCA-related disease have elevated plasma and urine levels of C5a in active disease and not in remission.
IFX-1 is a monoclonal antibody specifically binding to the soluble human complement split product C5a and the resulting nearly complete blockade of C5a-induced biological effects may be effective in the treatment of subjects with AAV.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Phase II Efficacy and Safety Study of IFX-1 in Add-On to Standard of Care in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 15, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 10, 2020 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 3, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: IFX-1 low dose
Will receive IFX-1 low dose regimen diluted in sodium chloride solution
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Drug: IFX-1 low dose
Single IV infusions of IFX-1
Other Name: CaCP29 |
Experimental: IFX-1 high dose
Will receive IFX-1 high dose regimen diluted in sodium chloride solution
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Drug: IFX-1 high dose
Single IV infusions of IFX-1
Other Name: CaCP29 |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Will receive placebo
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Drug: Placebo
Placebo |
- Number and Percentage of Participants With at Least One TEAE Per Treatment Group. [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]Number and percentage of participants who experience at least one treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE) per treatment group.
- Percentage of Participants Achieving Clinical Response [ Time Frame: Week 16 ]Efficacy Endpoint based on clinical response evaluated through BVAS. Clinical response is defined as a reduction in BVAS of ≥50% and no worsening in any body system and no administration of rescue medication prior to the response assessment.
- Percentage of Participants With Clinical Remission (BVAS = 0) [ Time Frame: Week 16 ]Efficacy Endpoint that evaluates participants with complete remission
- IFX-1 Concentration Pre-dose [ Time Frame: Week 16 ]Assess the pharmacokinetic of the investigational medicinal product.
- IFX 1 Concentration at Predose (0 Hours), After the End of the Infusion (+10minutes), and at 2, 6, 24, and 48 Hours After the Start of the Infusion for Participants in the PK Substudy [ Time Frame: Weeks 1, 4 and 16 ]Analyze the IMP plasma concentration using a PK model: IFX 1 concentration at predose (0 hours), after the end of the infusion (+10minutes), and at 2, 6, 24, and 48 hours after the start of the infusion for participants in the PK substudy
- C5a Plasma Concentration [ Time Frame: Week 16 ]Pharmacodynamic parameter concentration
- IFX-1 Blocking Activity 2.5 nM [ Time Frame: Week 16 ]Pharmacodynamic Parameter of IFX-1 blocking activity 2.5 nM
- IFX-1 Blocking Activity 10 nM [ Time Frame: Week 16 ]Pharmacodynamic Parameter of IFX-1 blocking activity 10 nM

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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:
- Male or female, ≥18 years of age.
- Diagnosis of GPA or MPA according to the definitions of the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference.
- Have at least one "major" item, or at least three other items, or at least two renal items on the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) Version 3.0.
- New or relapsed GPA or MPA that require treatment with CYC or RTX plus GCs.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any other multisystem autoimmune disease
- Requires mechanical ventilation because of alveolar hemorrhage at Screening.
- Human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C viral screening test showing evidence of active or chronic viral infection at Screening or a documented history of the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C.
- Received CYC or RTX 12 weeks before Screening; if on azathioprine (AZA), methotrexate (MTX), mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), or mycophenolate sodium (MPS) at the time of Screening, these drugs must be withdrawn prior to receiving CYC or RTX.
- Received more than 3 g cumulative high dose intravenous GCs within 4 weeks before Screening.
- On an oral dose of a GC of more than 10 mg prednisone equivalent at Screening or for more than 6 weeks before Screening.
- Received a CD20 inhibitor, anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment, abatacept, alemtuzumab, any other experimental or biological therapy, intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange, antithymocyte globulin, or required dialysis within 12 weeks before Screening.
- Received a live vaccination within 4 weeks before Screening or planned between Screening and Week 24.
- Female subjects of childbearing potential unwilling or unable to use a highly effective method of contraception (pearl index <1%) such as complete sexual abstinence, combined oral contraceptive, vaginal hormone ring, transdermal contraceptive patch, contraceptive implant, or depot contraceptive injection in combination with a second method of contraception such as condom, cervical cap, or diaphragm with spermicide during the study and for at least 4 weeks after last administration of IFX-1 (timeframes for SOC have to be considered as described in the respective Prescribing Information).

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03712345

Study Director: | Korinna Pilz, MD, MS | InflaRx GmbH | |
Principal Investigator: | Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH | University of Pennsylvania |
Documents provided by InflaRx GmbH:
Responsible Party: | InflaRx GmbH |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03712345 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IFX-1-P2.6 |
First Posted: | October 19, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | May 26, 2022 |
Last Update Posted: | May 26, 2022 |
Last Verified: | May 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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