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Phase 1 Sickle CellPhase 1NCT02114203

Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, And Pharmacodynamics Study Of PF-04447943, Co-Administered With And Without Hydroxyurea, In Subjects With Stable Sickle Cell Disease

A Phase 1 study testing PDE9i in people with Phase 1 Sickle Cell, run by Pfizer at 23 sites in 5 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

This study is being conducted to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of an investigational drug, PF-04447943, in subjects with stable sickle cell disease with and without co-administration with hydroxyurea. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Phase 1 Sickle Cell
What is being tested?
PDE9i
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
30 participants
Where
23 sitesin 5 countries
Study dates
Dec 2014to Sep 2016
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Male and female subjects with a confirmed diagnosis of sickle cell disease (HbSS or HBS-β0 thalassemia) between the ages of 18 and 65 years, inclusive
  • Subjects who are being treated with hydroxyurea must be on a stable dose for at least 8 weeks, with the intent of remaining on the same dose of hydroxyurea throughout the clinical trial including the protocol-specified follow-up period. Subjects who are not treated with hydroxyurea should not plan to begin treatment during the study period.
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) of 17.5 to 35 kg/m2; and a total body weight >40 kg (88 lbs

Who cannot join

  • History of a recent major surgery, within 3 months of baseline visit.
  • Serious infection (requiring hospitalization or parenteral antibiotics) within 1 month of baseline visit.
  • History of cerebrovascular accident or seizure disorder.
  • Subjects with a history of clinically significant orthostatic blood pressure (BP) changes or clinically significant orthostatic symptoms.
  • Known previous diagnosis of acute hepatitis of any aetiology Hepatitis B or C or Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • History of any malignancy except for subjects who had a basal or squamous cell cancer which has been treated and fully resolved for a minimum of 5 years.
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  • History or evidence of cardiac disease including: myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmia
  • Systemic therapy with any of the following medications that are strong or moderate CYP3A4 inhibitors within 7 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) or CYP3A inducers within 28 days prior to the first dose of the trial medication, or during the trial.
  • Use of PDE5 inhibitors within 7 days prior to the first dose of the trial medication, or at any time during the trial.
  • Creatinine clearance <30ml/min.
  • Hemoglobin level <6 gm/dL.
  • Alanine transaminase (ALT/SGPT) and Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/SGOT) >2x upper limit of normal, (based on clinic laboratory normal range).
  • Any condition possibly affecting drug absorption (eg, gastrectomy).
  • A positive urine drug screen for illicit drug.
  • History of regular alcohol consumption exceeding 14 drinks/week for females or 21 drinks/week for males (1 drink = 5 ounces (150 mL) of wine or 12 ounces (360 mL) of beer or 1.5 ounces (45 mL) of hard liquor) within 6 months of Screening.
  • Treatment with an investigational drug within 2 months (or as determined by the local requirement, whichever is longer) or 5 half-lives preceding the first dose of study medication.
  • 12-lead ECG demonstrating QTc >450 or a QRS interval >120 msec msec at Screening.
  • Other severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with study participation or investigational product administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study.
  • A family history of long QT syndrome and/or ECG abnormalities at screening or randomization, including those listed below:
  • Subjects with pre-randomization evidence of QTcF prolongation (defined as >450 ms) at screening or baseline are not eligible for randomization.
  • Predominant heart rhythm other than normal sinus rhythm eg, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia.
  • Atrioventricular (AV) block greater than first degree.
  • Use of concomitant medications that prolong the QT/QTc interval
  • Pregnant females and, breast feeding females and females of childbearing potential; male and female subjects of childbearing potential who are unwilling or unable to use highly effective methods of contraception as outlined in this protocol for the duration of the study and for at least 30 days after the last dose of investigational product.
  • Subjects who lack the capacity to consent for themselves.

Trial locations and contacts

23 sites in 5 countries.

23 sites in 5 countries

United States12 sites
  • Boston Medical Center E7E

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118

  • Boston Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118

  • Boston University Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118

  • Interfaith Medical Center

    Brooklyn, New York, 11213

  • Interfaith Medical Center

    Brooklyn, New York, 11238

  • UNC Hospitals' Investigational Drug Service Pharmacy

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514

  • UNC School of Medicine Clinical and Translational Research Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599

  • University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612-5836

  • University of Illinois at Chicago Clinical Research Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System

    Chicago, Illinois, 60612

  • Investigational Drug Services

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298

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United Kingdom7 sites
  • Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust

    Liverpool, Merseyside, L7 8XP

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    London, SE1 9RT

  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    London, SE5 9RS

  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

    London, W12 0HS

  • Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Manchester, M13 9WL

  • Manchester Royal Infirmary

    Manchester, M13 9WL

  • Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

    Oxford, OX3 7LE

Other trials in United Kingdom

Italy2 sites
  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    Milan, 20122

  • A.O.O.R Villa Sofia - V. Cervello

    Palermo, 90146

Other trials in Italy

Belgium1 site
  • Pfizer Clinical Research Unit

    Brussels, B-1070

Other trials in Belgium

Netherlands1 site
  • Centre for Human Drug Research

    Leiden, 2333 CL

Other trials in Netherlands

About this study

Official title: A Phase 1b, Randomized, Double-blind (Sponsor Open), Placebo Controlled Study To Evaluate The Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, And Pharmacodynamics Of Pf 04447943, Co-administered With And Without Hydroxyurea, In Subjects With Stable Sickle Cell Disease

This study is being conducted to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of an investigational drug, PF-04447943, in subjects with stable sickle cell disease with and without co-administration with hydroxyurea. This study will also aid in selecting the doses for future studies and evaluation of substances in the blood which may help access the effectiveness of the drug.

Being tested
PDE9i, placebo for PDE9i

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • PDE9iDrug

    oral dose, every 12 hours for 28 days

  • PDE9iDrug

    oral dose, every 12 hours for 28 days

  • placebo for PDE9iDrug

    oral dose, every 12 hours for 28 days

  • PDE9iDrug

    oral dose, every 12 hours for 28 days

Study groups in NCT02114203
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
cohort 1 PF-04447943ExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: PDE9i
cohort 2 PF-04447943ExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: PDE9i
placebo comparatorPlacebo comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: placebo for PDE9i
optional cohort of PF-04447943ExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: PDE9i

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important (PCI) Change From Baseline in Vital Signs

    Number of participants with changes from baseline in vital signs meeting the following criteria is presented: (1) maximum increase from baseline in supine systolic blood pressure (SBP) >=30 millimeters of mercury (mmHg); (2) maximum increase from baseline in supine diastolic blood pressure (DBP) >=20 mmHg; (3) maximum decrease from baseline in supine SBP >=30 mmHg; and (4) maximum decrease from baseline in supine DBP >=20 mmHg.

    Measured: Baseline up to 30 days post last dose on Day 29

  2. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important (PCI) Change From Baseline in Neurologic Function

    Clinical assessment of neurologic functions included cranial nerve function, coordination, deep tendon reflexes, muscle strength, and reflexes (left and right ankles). Clinical importance of neurologic function changes was determined by the investigator.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 29

  3. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important (PCI) Change in Physical Examination Findings

    Physical examination included head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, skin, heart and lung examinations, lymph nodes, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and neurological systems. Clinical importance of physical examination changes was determined by the investigator.

    Measured: Baseline up to 30 days post last dose on Day 29

  4. Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Treatment-Emergent Electrocardiogram (ECG) Findings

    Maximum absolute values and increases from baseline were summarized for PR interval (time from the beginning of P wave to the start of QRS complex, corresponding to the end of atrial depolarization and onset of ventricular depolarization), QRS complex (time from Q wave to the end of S wave, corresponding to ventricle depolarization), and QTcF interval (time from the beginning of Q wave to the end of T wave corresponding to electrical systole corrected for heart rate using Fridericia's formula). Number of participants with ECG findings meeting the following criteria is presented: (1) PR interval >=300 msec; (2) QRS complex >=200 msec; (3) QTcF interval: 450 to <480 msec; (4) QTcF interval: 480 to <500 msec; (5) QTcF interval >=500 msec; (6) PR interval percent increase from baseline >=25/50 percent; (7) QRS complex percent increase from baseline >=25/50 percent; (8) QTcF interval increase from baseline: 30 to <60 msec; (9) QTcF interval increase from baseline >=60 msec.

    Measured: Baseline up to 30 days post last dose on Day 29

  5. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important (PCI) Change From Baseline in Symptoms of Sickle Cell Disease

    The following symptoms were assessed: anemia; fatigue; chronic pain; acute pain; infections; fever; swelling hands; swelling feet; abdominal swelling; pale skin; pale nail beds; yellow tint to skin; whites of eyes turned yellow; stroke. Number of participants with changes from baseline deemed potentially clinically important by the investigator is presented.

    Measured: Baseline up to 30 days post last dose on Day 29

  6. Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    An adverse event (AE) was any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a product or medical device, regardless of its causal relationship with study treatment. Serious adverse event (SAE) was an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; was life-threatening (immediate risk of death); persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly. Treatment-emergent AEs are events between first dose of study drug and up to follow-up visit (30 days post last dose on Day 29) that were absent before treatment or that worsened after treatment. AEs included both serious and non-serious AEs.

    Measured: Day 1 to 30 days post last dose on Day 29

  7. Number of Participants With Laboratory Test Abnormalities

    The laboratory test included: hematology (hemoglobin, hematocrit, red blood cell count, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, platelet count, white blood cell count, absolute total neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes, basophils, and lymphocytes), chemistry (blood urea nitrogen/urea, serum creatinine, fasting glucose, calcium, sodium, potassium, chloride, total carbon dioxide, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, uric acid, albumin, total protein, and high sensitivity C-reactive protein), urinalysis (pH, qualitative glucose, qualitative protein, qualitative blood, ketones, nitrites, leukocyte esterase, urobilinogen, urine bilirubin, and microscopy), and other tests (follicle stimulating hormone and serum human chorionic gonadotropin, urine drug screening). Abnormality was determined by the investigator.

    Measured: Baseline up to 30 days post last dose on Day 29

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Area Under the Curve From Time Zero to 12 Hours Post Dose (AUC(0-12h)) of PF-04447943

    AUC(0-12h) referred to area under the plasma concentration-time curve from 0 to 12 hours post dose.

    Measured: Prior to 0 hour, and 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 hours post dose on Day 1

  2. Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of PF-04447943

    Measured: Prior to 0 hour, and 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 hours post dose on Day 1

  3. Time for Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Tmax) of PF-04447943

    Measured: Prior to 0 hour, and 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 12 hours post dose on Day 1

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted15 Apr 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2014
  3. Primary completionSep 2016
  4. Study completionSep 2016

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomised
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator
Enrolment
30 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02114203
Sponsor's protocol ID
B0401016
Other IDs
2014-001677-13, 2014
Status last verified
Jul 2017
First submitted
7 Apr 2014
Last updated
14 Dec 2017
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Charnigo RJ, Beidler D, Rybin D, Pittman DD, Tan B, Howard J, Michelson AD, Frelinger AL , III, Clarke N. PF-04447943, a Phosphodiesterase 9A Inhibitor, in Stable Sickle Cell Disease Patients: A Phase Ib Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study. Clin Transl Sci. 2019 Mar;12(2):180-188. doi: 10.1111/cts.12604. Epub 2018 Dec 31.

    PubMed 30597771

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing PDE9i in people with Phase 1 Sickle Cell, run by Pfizer at 23 sites in 5 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 25 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Dec 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 23 sites in United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 14 Dec 2017). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important (PCI) Change From Baseline in Vital Signs (time frame: Baseline up to 30 days post last dose on Day 29). The study lists 7 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02114203, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 14 Dec 2017.

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