Rationale and design of the granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor in peripheral arterial disease (GPAD-3) study

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BACKGROUND: Lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a public health problem and many patients with PAD experience claudication despite adequate medical and/or surgical management. Mobilization of endogenous progenitor cells using Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) is a novel therapeutic option that has shown promising results in experimental models and phase I/IIA clinical trials. The GPAD-3 trial will study the effect of two successive administrations of GM-CSF at 3-month interval for improving claudication among patients with lower extremity PAD.

METHODS: We plan to recruit 176 patients in this ongoing randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IIB trial. After screening for inclusion and exclusion criteria, eligible subjects undergo a 4-week screening phase where they perform subcutaneous placebo injections thrice weekly and walk at least three times a day until they develop claudication. After the screening phase, eligible subjects undergo baseline testing and are randomized 2:1 to receive 500 μg/day of GM-CSF subcutaneously thrice weekly for three weeks or placebo injections. After 3 months, follow-up endpoint testing is performed and subjects in the GM-CSF group receive the second administration of the drug for three weeks while subjects in placebo group receive matching placebo injections. All participants undergo endpoint testing at six-month and nine-month follow-up. The primary endpoint is change in 6-min walk distance between baseline and 6-month follow-up.

CONCLUSION: GPAD-3 explores a novel approach to address the need for alternative therapies that can alleviate symptoms among patients with lower extremity PAD. If successful, this study will pave the way for a pivotal Phase III trial.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:91

Enthalten in:

Contemporary clinical trials - 91(2020) vom: 02. Apr., Seite 105975

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mehta, Anurag [VerfasserIn]
Mavromatis, Kreton [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Yi-An [VerfasserIn]
Rogers, Steven C [VerfasserIn]
Dhindsa, Devinder S [VerfasserIn]
Goodwin, Cydney [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Risha [VerfasserIn]
Martini, Mohammad A [VerfasserIn]
Prasad, Mahadev [VerfasserIn]
Mokhtari, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Hesaroieh, Iraj G [VerfasserIn]
Frohwein, Stephen C [VerfasserIn]
Kutner, Michael H [VerfasserIn]
Harzand, Arash [VerfasserIn]
Wells, Bryan J [VerfasserIn]
Duwayri, Yazan [VerfasserIn]
Alabi, Olamide [VerfasserIn]
Rajani, Ravi R [VerfasserIn]
Brewster, Luke P [VerfasserIn]
Waller, Edmund K [VerfasserIn]
Quyyumi, Arshed A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

83869-56-1
Angiogenesis
Claudication
Clinical Trial Protocol
GM-CSF
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
Journal Article
Peripheral artery disease
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 04.08.2021

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03304821

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cct.2020.105975

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307338401