A phase 1b open-label dose-finding study of ustekinumab in young adults with type 1 diabetes

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OBJECTIVES: We assessed the safety of ustekinumab (a monoclonal antibody used in psoriasis to target the IL-12 and IL-23 pathways) in a small cohort of recent-onset (<100 days of diagnosis) adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) by conducting a pilot open-label dose-finding and mechanistic study (NCT02117765) at the University of British Columbia.

METHODS: We sequentially enrolled 20 participants into four subcutaneous dosing cohorts: (i) 45 mg loading weeks 0/4/16, (ii) 45 mg maintenance weeks 0/4/16/28/40, (iii) 90 mg loading weeks 0/4/16, and (iv) 90 mg maintenance weeks 0/4/16/28/40. The primary endpoint was safety as assessed by an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) but we also measured mixed meal tolerance test C-peptide, insulin use/kg, and HbA1c. Immunophenotyping was performed to assess immune cell subsets and islet antigen-specific T cell responses.

RESULTS: Although several adverse events were reported, only two (bacterial vaginosis and hallucinations) were thought to be possibly related to drug administration by the study investigators. At 1 year, the 90 mg maintenance dosing cohort had the smallest mean decline in C-peptide area under the curve (AUC) (0.1 pmol/ml). Immunophenotyping showed that ustekinumab reduced the percentage of circulating Th17, Th1, and Th17.1 cells and proinsulin-specific T cells that secreted IFN-γ and IL-17A.

CONCLUSION: Ustekinumab was deemed safe to progress to efficacy studies by the DSMB at doses used to treat psoriasis in adults with T1D. A 90 mg maintenance dosing schedule reduced proinsulin-specific IFN-γ and IL-17A-producing T cells. Further studies are warranted to determine if ustekinumab can prevent C-peptide AUC decline and induce a clinical response.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Immunotherapy advances - 2(2022), 1 vom: 10., Seite ltab022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marwaha, Ashish K [VerfasserIn]
Chow, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Pesenacker, Anne M [VerfasserIn]
Cook, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Annika [VerfasserIn]
Long, S Alice [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jennie H M [VerfasserIn]
Ward-Hartstonge, Kirsten A [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Evangelia [VerfasserIn]
Domingo-Vila, Clara [VerfasserIn]
Halani, Khalif [VerfasserIn]
Harris, Kristina M [VerfasserIn]
Tree, Timothy I M [VerfasserIn]
Levings, Megan K [VerfasserIn]
Elliott, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Rusung [VerfasserIn]
Dutz, Jan P [VerfasserIn]

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Clinical trial
Immunomodulatory
Journal Article
Type 1 diabetes
Ustekinumab

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Date Revised 03.05.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02117765

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/immadv/ltab022

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336067305