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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02649218




Registration number
NCT02649218
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/12/2015
Date registered
7/01/2016
Date last updated
11/10/2021

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Safety Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-term Safety of QGE031 in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) Patients
Scientific title
An Open Label, Multicenter, Extension Study to Evaluate the Long-term Safety of QGE031 240 mg s.c. Given Every 4 Weeks for 52 Weeks in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Patients Who Completed Study CQGE031C2201
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2015-003636-13
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
CQGE031C2201E1
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Skin 0 0 0 0
Dermatological conditions
Skin 0 0 0 0
Other skin conditions
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Allergies
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Autoimmune diseases

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Other - Ligelizumab

Experimental: Ligelizumab - QGE031 240 mg s.c. q4w x 13 treatments


Treatment: Other: Ligelizumab
QGE031 240 mg s.c. q4w

Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Other
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Number of Participants With at Least One Treatment Emergent Adverse Event (AE)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Within 16 weeks after Week 48
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Subjects Having Achieved UAS7 = 6
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, Week 52 and Week 100
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Number and Proportion of Participants Who Achieved UAS7= 6
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline, Week 52, Week 100

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Patients eligible for inclusion in this study have to fulfill all of the following criteria:

1. Written informed consent must be obtained before any assessment is performed.
2. Patients who complete the treatment epoch in study CQGE031C2201 and complete at least Visit 203 (Week 32 of the follow-up epoch, =16 weeks after last injection) and present with active disease as defined by UAS7 =12.
3. Patients must not have any missing eDiary entries in the 7 days prior to Visit 301 (patients are allowed to repeat until this criterion is met).
4. Willing and able to complete a daily symptom eDiary for the duration of the study and adhere to the study visit schedules.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
75 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Clearly defined underlying etiology for chronic urticaria other than chronic spontaneous urticaria

* Evidence of parasitic infection
* Any other skin diseases than chronic spontaneous urticaria with chronic itching
* Contraindications to or hypersensitivity to fexofenadine, loratadine, cetirizine, or epinephrine
* History of anaphylaxis
* History or current diagnosis of ECG abnormalities indicating significant risk of safety for patients participating in the study
* History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or its components of similar chemical classes
* Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Not applicable
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
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Actual
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Actual
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Actual
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Target
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Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
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Novartis Investigative Site - Campbelltown
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Novartis Investigative Site - Sydney
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Novartis Investigative Site - Woolloongabba
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Novartis Investigative Site - Adelaide
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Novartis Investigative Site - East Melbourne
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2560 - Campbelltown
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2010 - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
4102 - Woolloongabba
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5000 - Adelaide
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3002 - East Melbourne
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
A safety extension study to evaluate the long-term safety of QGE031 240 mg s.c. given every 4 weeks for 52 weeks in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) patients who completed study CQGE031C2201
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02649218
Trial related presentations / publications
Maurer M, Gimenez-Arnau A, Bernstein JA, Chu CY, Danilycheva I, Hide M, Makris M, Metz M, Savic S, Sitz K, Soong W, Staubach P, Sussman G, Barve A, Burciu A, Hua E, Janocha R, Severin T. Sustained safety and efficacy of ligelizumab in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria: A one-year extension study. Allergy. 2022 Jul;77(7):2175-2184. doi: 10.1111/all.15175. Epub 2021 Nov 22.
Public notes

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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02649218