Assessment of Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Intravitreal Pegcetacoplan (APL-2) for Patients With Wet AMD (ASAP II)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02461771 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 3, 2015
Results First Posted : October 6, 2020
Last Update Posted : October 6, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration | Drug: Pegcetacoplan | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 13 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Sequential Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Assessment of Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Intravitreal APL-2 Therapy for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 28, 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 8, 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 8, 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Pegcetacoplan Cohort 1
4 mg of pegcetacoplan 100 μL IVT injection
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Drug: Pegcetacoplan
On treatment day, subjects will be administered a single 100 μL IVT injection of pegcetacoplan at the dose corresponding to their treatment assignment.
Other Name: APL-2 |
Experimental: Pegcetacoplan Cohort 2
10 mg of pegcetacoplan 100 μL IVT injection
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Drug: Pegcetacoplan
On treatment day, subjects will be administered a single 100 μL IVT injection of pegcetacoplan at the dose corresponding to their treatment assignment.
Other Name: APL-2 |
Experimental: Pegcetacoplan Cohort 3
20 mg of pegcetacoplan 100 μL IVT injection
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Drug: Pegcetacoplan
On treatment day, subjects will be administered a single 100 μL IVT injection of pegcetacoplan at the dose corresponding to their treatment assignment.
Other Name: APL-2 |
- Number of Subjects Who Experienced Ocular and Systemic Adverse Events (AEs), Including by Severity [ Time Frame: Day 1 to Day 113 ]Safety was assessed throughout the study. A TEAE was defined as any AE that started on/after the IVT injection of pegcetacoplan.
- Number of Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs) [ Time Frame: Day 1 to Day 15 ]The occurrence of any of the following AEs were considered DLTs: intraocular inflammation (vitritis or uveitis), endophthalmitis, sustained elevation of intraocular pressure ≥30 millimeters (mm) of mercury, and/or sustained loss of visual acuity ≥15 letters not attributable to the injection procedure or progression of disease.
- Median Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve From Time Zero to Last Measurable Concentration (AUC[0-t]) [ Time Frame: Predose (screening), postdose Day 3 to Day 113 ]The AUC(0-t) was measured using the linear trapezoidal method when concentrations were increasing and the logarithmic trapezoidal method when concentrations were decreasing. The median AUC(0-t) is presented for each cohort.
- Median Dose Normalized AUC(0-t) [ Time Frame: Predose (screening), postdose Day 3 to Day 113 ]The AUC(0-t) was measured using the linear trapezoidal method when concentrations were increasing and the logarithmic trapezoidal method when concentrations were decreasing. The dose normalized AUC(0-t) was calculated for each subject by dividing the parameter by the subject's respective dose in milligrams. The median dose normalized AUC(0-t) is presented for each cohort.
- Maximum Observed Serum Concentration (Cmax) [ Time Frame: Predose (screening), postdose Day 3 to Day 113 ]The median Cmax is presented for each cohort.
- Median Dose Normalized Cmax [ Time Frame: Predose (screening), postdose Day 3 to Day 113 ]The dose normalized Cmax was calculated for each subject by dividing the parameter by the subject's respective dose in milligrams. The median dose normalized Cmax is presented for each cohort.
- Median Time to the Maximum Measured Serum Concentration (Tmax) [ Time Frame: Predose (screening), postdose Day 3 to Day 113 ]The median Tmax is presented for each cohort. If the maximum value occurred at more than 1 time point, Tmax was defined as the first time point with this value.
- Median Change From Baseline in Visual Acuity for the Study Eye [ Time Frame: Day 1 to Day 113 ]Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA) letter score was determined using Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity chart assessed at a starting distance of 4 meters. The score ranges from 0 to 100 letters, lower number indicating reduced visual acuity; a positive value of change from baseline indicates visual acuity gain and a negative value indicates visual acuity loss.
- Median Change From Baseline in Central Retinal Thickness, Central Retinal Lesion Thickness and Central Subfield Thickness in the Study Eye [ Time Frame: Day 1 to Day 113 ]Central retinal thickness, central retinal lesion thickness and central subfield thickness were determined using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT).
- Median Change From Baseline in Macular Cube Volume in the Study Eye [ Time Frame: Day 1 to Day 113 ]Macular cube volume was determined using SD-OCT.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 50 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or Female
- Age ≥ 50 years
- The presence of an active choroidal neovascular lesion secondary to AMD
- On treatment with anti-VEGF therapy (Lucentis®, Eylea® or Avastin®)
- Must have received at least 3 anti-VEGF treatments over the 26-week period prior to screening (Screening Visit)
- Evidence that the macular fluid has responded to anti-VEGF in the past based on OCT in the opinion of PI
- At screening, evidence of subretinal fluid and retinal cystic changes
- Must have received anti-VEGF treatment within 10 days prior to pegcetacoplan treatment (anti-VEGF can be administered on the same day of the screening visit after the screening procedures have been completed)
- OCTs of sufficient quality to allow for the assessment of the central macular fluid can be obtained
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Female subjects must be:
- Women of non-child-bearing potential (WONCBP), Or
- Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) with a negative pregnancy test at screening and must agree to use protocol defined methods of contraception for the duration of the study
- Males with female partners of child-bearing potential must agree to use protocol defined methods of contraception and agree to refrain from donating sperm for the duration of the study
- Willing and able to give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Choroidal neovascularization associated with other ocular diseases such as pathologic myopia, ocular histoplasmosis or posterior uveitis, etc
- Decreased vision due to retinal disease not attributable to choroidal neovascularization, such as nonexudative forms of AMD, geographic atrophy, inherited retinal dystrophy, uveitis or epiretinal membrane, a vitelliform-like lesion of the outer retina (e.g., as in pattern dystrophies or basal laminar drusen), idiopathic parafoveal telangiectasis, or central serous retinopathy
- Additional ocular diseases that have irreversibly compromised or, during follow-up, could likely compromise the VA of the study eye including amblyopia, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, clinically significant diabetic macular edema, severe non proliferative diabetic retinopathy, or proliferative diabetic retinopathy
- Decreased vision due to significant media opacity such as corneal disease or cataract, or opacity precluding photography of the retina
- Cataract surgery within three months of enrollment
- Presence of any hemorrhage
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History of treatment for CNV:
- Previous PDT treatment within 30 days prior to enrollment in the study
- Previous extrafoveal or juxtafoveal thermal laser photocoagulation within 30 days prior to enrollment in the study
- Intraocular surgery (including lens replacement surgery) within 3 months prior to randomization
- Medical problems that make consistent follow-up over the treatment period unlikely (e.g. stroke, severe MI, end stage malignancy), or in general a poor medical risk because of other systemic diseases or active uncontrolled infections
- Hypersensitivity to fluorescein

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02461771
United States, California | |
United States, California | |
Beverly Hills, California, United States, 90211 | |
United States, Florida | |
United States, Florida | |
Miami, Florida, United States, 33136 | |
United States, New Hampshire | |
United States, New Hampshire | |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, 03801 | |
Australia, New South Wales | |
Australia, New South Wells | |
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 2150 |
Study Director: | Federico Grossi, MD PhD | Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02461771 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
POT-CP043014 |
First Posted: | June 3, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | October 6, 2020 |
Last Update Posted: | October 6, 2020 |
Last Verified: | September 2020 |
AMD Wet AMD Neovascular AMD |
Macular Degeneration Wet Macular Degeneration Retinal Degeneration Retinal Diseases Eye Diseases |