A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Birtamimab in Mayo Stage IV Patients With AL Amyloidosis (AFFIRM-AL)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04973137 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : July 22, 2021
Last Update Posted : March 6, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis | Drug: Birtamimab Other: Placebo Drug: Standard of Care Chemotherapy | Phase 3 |
This is a Phase 3 multicenter, global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of birtamimab in Mayo Stage IV patients with AL amyloidosis. The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy of birtamimab by assessing time to all-cause mortality. All patients will receive bortezomib-containing chemotherapy regimen as standard of care.
Approximately 150 newly diagnosed Mayo Stage IV patients with AL amyloidosis will be enrolled and randomized in a 2:1 ratio to birtamimab or placebo. Subjects will remain on study until study completion, when the pre-defined number of events (all-cause mortality) have been reached.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 150 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 3, Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Efficacy and Safety Study of Birtamimab Plus Standard of Care vs. Placebo Plus Standard of Care in Mayo Stage IV Subjects With Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis |
Actual Study Start Date : | August 30, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | June 2024 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Birtamimab plus Standard of Care Chemotherapy
Intravenous administration of 24 mg/kg birtamimab every 28 days. Drug: Standard of Care Chemotherapy. Bortezomib-containing chemotherapy regimen (e.g. cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (CyBorD) according to the institutional standard of care. Initiation of daratumumab at randomization allowed at the discretion of the investigator |
Drug: Birtamimab
Intravenous administration of 24 mg/kg birtamimab every 28 days Drug: Standard of Care Chemotherapy Bortezomib-containing chemotherapy regimen (e.g. cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (CyBorD)) according to the institutional standard of care |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo plus Standard of Care Chemotherapy
Intravenous 0.9% Saline administration as a placebo every 28 days. Drug: Standard of Care Chemotherapy. Bortezomib-containing chemotherapy regimen (e.g. cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (CyBorD) according to the institutional standard of care. Initiation of daratumumab at randomization allowed at the discretion of the investigator |
Other: Placebo
Intravenous 0.9% Saline administration as a placebo every 28 days Drug: Standard of Care Chemotherapy Bortezomib-containing chemotherapy regimen (e.g. cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (CyBorD)) according to the institutional standard of care |
- Time to all-cause mortality [ Time Frame: Time from the first dose of study drug until the pre-defined number of events (all-cause mortality) have been reached. ]Comparison of time to all-cause mortality for birtamimab and placebo control.
- 6MWT distance [ Time Frame: Month 9 ]Change from baseline to Month 9 in the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) distance
- Physical Component Summary (PCS) score of the Short Form-36, version 2 (SF-36v2) [ Time Frame: Month 9 ]The Short Form-36, version 2 (SF-36v2) is a 36-item self-administered quality-of-life (QoL) questionnaire that measures health on functional status, well-being, and overall evaluation of health. Higher SF-36 scores represent better health. The Physical Component Summary (PCS) is derived primarily from questions regarding physical functioning, physical problems, bodily pain, and general health questions

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Key Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged ≥18 years and legal age of consent according to local regulations
- Newly diagnosed and AL amyloidosis treatment-naïve with cardiac involvement
- Confirmed diagnosis of AL amyloidosis
- Confirmed Mayo Stage IV AL Amyloidosis as defined by NT-proBNP ≥1800 pg/mL and Troponin-T ≥0.025 ng/mL or high sensitivity cardiac troponin T≥40ng/L and dFLC ≥18 mg/dL
- Planned first-line chemotherapy contains bortezomib administered subcutaneously weekly.
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-AL amyloidosis.
- NT-proBNP >8500 pg/mL.
- Meets the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) definition of multiple myeloma except for malignancy biomarker of involved/uninvolved serum free light chain ratio ≥100
- Subject is eligible for and plans to undergo ASCT or organ transplant during the study.
- Myocardial infarction, uncontrolled angina, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or ECG evidence of acute ischemia, within 6 months prior to the Month 1-Day 1 Visit.
- Severe valvular stenosis (e.g., aortic or mitral stenosis with a valve area <1.0 cm2) or severe congenital heart disease.
- ECG evidence of acute ischemia or active conduction system abnormalities
- Prior treatment with hematopoietic growth factors, transfusions of blood or blood products within 1 week of Month 1-Day 1.
- Prior radiotherapy within 4 weeks of Month 1-Day 1.
- Prior treatment with plasma cell-directed chemotherapy, birtamimab, daratumumab, 11- 1F4, anti-serum amyloid P antibody, doxycycline for amyloid, or other investigational treatment directed at amyloid .
- Waldenström's macroglobulinemia and/or immunoglobulin M monoclonal gammopathy

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04973137
Contact: Sonia Romero | 650-837-8550 | AFFIRM-ALClinicalTrial@prothena.com | |
Contact: Christie Nie | 650-837-8550 | AFFIRM-ALClinicalTrial@prothena.com |

Responsible Party: | Prothena Biosciences Ltd. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04973137 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NEOD001-301 |
First Posted: | July 22, 2021 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 6, 2023 |
Last Verified: | March 2023 |
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 |
Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis Mayo Stage IV birtamimab |
Amyloidosis Proteostasis Deficiencies Metabolic Diseases |