Pepinemab antibody blockade of SEMA4D in early Huntington's disease : a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial

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SIGNAL is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study (no. NCT02481674) established to evaluate pepinemab, a semaphorin 4D (SEMA4D)-blocking antibody, for treatment of Huntington's disease (HD). The trial enrolled a total of 265 HD gene expansion carriers with either early manifest (EM, n = 179) or late prodromal (LP, n = 86) HD, randomized (1:1) to receive 18 monthly infusions of pepinemab (n = 91 EM, 41 LP) or placebo (n = 88 EM, 45 LP). Pepinemab was generally well tolerated, with a relatively low frequency of serious treatment-emergent adverse events of 5% with pepinemab compared to 9% with placebo, including both EM and LP participants. Coprimary efficacy outcome measures consisted of assessments within the EM cohort of (1) a two-item HD cognitive assessment family comprising one-touch stockings of Cambridge (OTS) and paced tapping (PTAP) and (2) clinical global impression of change (CGIC). The differences between pepinemab and placebo in mean change (95% confidence interval) from baseline at month 17 for OTS were -1.98 (-4.00, 0.05) (one-sided P = 0.028), and for PTAP 1.43 (-0.37, 3.23) (one-sided P = 0.06). Similarly, because a significant treatment effect was not observed for CGIC, the coprimary endpoint, the study did not meet its prespecified primary outcomes. Nevertheless, a number of other positive outcomes and post hoc subgroup analyses-including additional cognitive measures and volumetric magnetic resonance imaging and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomography imaging assessments-provide rationale and direction for the design of a phase 3 study and encourage the continued development of pepinemab in patients diagnosed with EM HD.

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ErratumIn: Nat Med. 2022 Oct 4;:. - PMID 36195687

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Nature medicine - 28(2022), 10 vom: 08. Okt., Seite 2183-2193

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feigin, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Evans, Elizabeth E [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Terrence L [VerfasserIn]
Leonard, John E [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Ernest S [VerfasserIn]
Reader, Alisha [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Vikas [VerfasserIn]
Manber, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Walters, Kimberly A [VerfasserIn]
Kowarski, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Oakes, David [VerfasserIn]
Siemers, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Kieburtz, Karl D [VerfasserIn]
Zauderer, Maurice [VerfasserIn]
Huntington Study Group SIGNAL investigators [VerfasserIn]
Kayson, Elise [Sonstige Person]
Goldstein, Jody [Sonstige Person]
Barbano, Richard [Sonstige Person]
Marder, Karen [Sonstige Person]
Dayalu, Praveen [Sonstige Person]
Rosas, Herminia Diana [Sonstige Person]
Kostyk, Sandra [Sonstige Person]
Kamholz, John [Sonstige Person]
Racette, Brad [Sonstige Person]
Bang, Jee [Sonstige Person]
Claassen, Daniel [Sonstige Person]
McDonell, Katherine [Sonstige Person]
Factor, Stewart [Sonstige Person]
Walker, Francis [Sonstige Person]
Goas, Clarisse [Sonstige Person]
Wojcieszek, Joanne [Sonstige Person]
Raymond, Lynn A [Sonstige Person]
Corey-Bloom, Jody [Sonstige Person]
Sung, Victor [Sonstige Person]
Dean, Marissa [Sonstige Person]
Geshwind, Michael [Sonstige Person]
Nelson, Alexandra [Sonstige Person]
Frank, Samuel [Sonstige Person]
LaFaver, Kathrin [Sonstige Person]
Duker, Andrew [Sonstige Person]
Elmer, Lawrence [Sonstige Person]
Samii, Ali [Sonstige Person]
Lin, Yi-Han [Sonstige Person]
Chouinard, Sylvain [Sonstige Person]
Seeberger, Lauren [Sonstige Person]
Scott, Burton [Sonstige Person]
Boyd, James [Sonstige Person]
McFarland, Nikolaus [Sonstige Person]
Stimming, Erin Furr [Sonstige Person]
Suchowersky, Oksana [Sonstige Person]
Testa, Claudia [Sonstige Person]
Anderson, Karen [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antigens, CD
Antineoplastic Agents
CD100 antigen
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Semaphorins

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Date Completed 30.03.2023

Date Revised 20.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02481674

ErratumIn: Nat Med. 2022 Oct 4;:. - PMID 36195687

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41591-022-01919-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344608018