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Sepsis, SeverePhase 2IRIS-7-C&DNCT03821038

Recombinant Interleukin-7 (CYT107) to Restore Absolute Lymphocyte Counts in Sepsis Patients

A Phase 2 study testing CYT107 in people with Sepsis, Severe, run by Revimmune at 10 sites in 2 countries.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

This phase II randomized study will assess the effect of receiving IV recombinant human IL-7 (CYT107) versus placebo in lymphopenic sepsis patients The aim is to confirm the immune cell reconstitution observed in other studies and other patient populations among which the IRIS-7 A\&B study which was conducted in the… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 85 years
Conditions the study is for
Sepsis, Severe
What is being tested?
CYT107
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
21 participants
Where
10 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
1 Jun 2019to 6 Oct 2021
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 85 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • A written, signed informed consent, by the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative
  • Participants with an absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) ≤ 900 cells/mm3, at two time points at least twelve hours apart, following diagnosis of vasopressor dependent sepsis and,
  • the second time point should not be performed earlier than 48 hours after sepsis diagnosis,
  • study drug treatment initiation is required no later than 120 hours (up to 5 days) after the last qualifying ALC ≤ 900 cells/mm3 measure, and
  • the average value of the two qualifying ALC counts will serve as a baseline to express the percent increase at day 29, or at hospital discharge.
  • Patients in the ICU with onset of vasopressor dependent sepsis defined as hypotension requiring treatment with any vasopressor(s) for at least 6 hours to maintain a systolic pressure ≥ 90 mmHg or a mean arterial pressure ≥65 mmHg AND at least 1 of the 2 organ dysfunction criteria below:
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  • Acute respiratory failure defined as the need for invasive mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours to support pulmonary function
  • Acute kidney injury defined as creatinine > 2.0 mg/dL (based on new abnormal result following onset of sepsis) OR urine output < 0.5 mL/kg/hr for > 4 hours despite adequate fluid resuscitation. In the presence of pre-existing impairment of renal function (defined as a serum creatinine concentration >2 times the upper limit of the normal reference range prior to the onset of sepsis), the patient must meet the other organ dysfunction criteria.
  • Anticipated hospital duration of up to approx. three weeks after initiating study drug treatment to allow 6 study drug administrations (Days 18 or 19 would be final dose)
  • This study permits the re-enrollment of a participant who may have been discontinued as a pre-treatment screen failure and/or prior to study drug treatment.
  • Age and reproductive status:
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test (minimum sensitivity 25 IU/L or equivalent units of HCG) within 24 hours prior to the start of study treatment
  • Women must not be breastfeeding
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must agree to follow instructions for method(s) of contraception for the duration of treatment with CYT107 plus 5 half-lives of CYT107 (the terminal half-life of CYT107 is up to 2 days) plus 30 days (duration of ovulatory cycle) for a total of 2 months post-treatment completion.
  • Males who are sexually active with WOCBP must agree to follow instructions for method(s) of contraception for the duration of treatment with CYT107 plus 5 half-lives of CYT107 plus 90 days (duration of sperm turnover) for a total of 7 months post-treatment completion. In addition, male participants must be willing to refrain from sperm donation during this time.
  • Azoospermic males are exempt from contraceptive requirements.
  • WOCBP who are continuously not heterosexually active are also exempt from contraceptive requirements but still must undergo pregnancy testing.

Who cannot join

  • Cancer with current chemotherapy or radiotherapy (receipt of chemotherapy or radiotherapy for cancer within the last 6 weeks). All patients with current, or history of, hematologic malignancy (including, but not limited to, ALL, AML, CLL, CML, etc.) or lymphoma will be excluded, regardless of receipt of recent chemotherapy
  • Patients with minimal chance of survival and life expectancy less than 3-5 days as defined by an APACHE II score of ≥ 35 at time of consideration for study eligibility
  • Patients with history or current evidence of autoimmune disease including for example: myasthenia gravis, Guillain Barre syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, scleroderma, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, autoimmune hepatitis, Wegener's etc.
  • Patients who have received a solid organ transplant or bone marrow transplant.
  • Patients with active or a history of acute or chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  • AIDS-defining illness (category C) diagnosed within the last 12 months prior to study entry
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  • Known history of chronic HBV infection and not on treatment with HBV nucleoside analogues prior to the current hospitalization or HBV DNA > 100 IU/mL
  • Known history of infection with HCV and currently undergoing treatment for HCV infections or has detectable HCV RNA
  • Known history of tuberculosis and currently undergoing treatment for tuberculosis
  • History of splenectomy
  • Any hematologic disease associated with hypersplenism, such as thalassemia, hereditary spherocytosis, Gaucher's Disease, and autoimmune hemolytic anemia
  • Participation in another investigational interventional study testing a drug or a medical device within the last 3 months prior to study entry
  • Patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs, e.g., TNF-alpha inhibitors, for any reason, or systemic corticosteroids other than hydrocortisone at a dose of 300 mg/day
  • Patients receiving concurrent immunotherapy or biologic agents; including growth factors, cytokines and interleukins other than the study medication : IL-2, Interferons α, β and γ, GM-CSF, G-CSF, HIV vaccines, immunosuppressive drugs, hydroxyurea, immunoglobulins, adoptive cell therapy
  • Prior exposure to IL 7 or other drugs specifically targeting T cells
  • Presence of an advanced directive to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, DNR order or no CPR order, or comfort measures only order
  • Patients for whom prognosis is poor and source control of septic event is considered unlikely per the clinical and research teams.
  • Patients under guardianship

Trial locations and contacts

10 sites in 2 countries.

10 sites in 2 countries

France8 sites
  • CHU Angers

    Angers, 49933

  • Hopital HENRI MONDOR

    Créteil, 94300

  • CHU Dijon Bourgogne

    Dijon, 21000

  • University Hospital of Limoges

    Limoges, 87042

  • Hôpital Edouard Herriot

    Lyon, 69003

  • Chr Orleans

    Orléans, 45067

  • Hopital COCHIN

    Paris, 75014

  • Chru Bretonneau

    Tours, 37044

Other trials in France

United States2 sites
  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610-0108

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: International, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Study of Recombinant Interleukin-7 (CYT107) to Restore Absolute Lymphocyte Counts (ALC) in Patients With Sepsis

This phase II randomized study will assess the effect of receiving IV recombinant human IL-7 (CYT107) versus placebo in lymphopenic sepsis patients

The aim is to confirm the immune cell reconstitution observed in other studies and other patient populations among which the IRIS-7 A\&B study which was conducted in the same patient population.

Read the detailed description

Lymphopenic sepsis Patients will be randomized 3:1 to receive either:

  1. Intravenous (IV) administration of CYT107 at 10 μg/kg twice a week for 3 weeks or b) IV placebo (normal saline).

The effect of CYT107 on Lymphocyte and various T cell populations will be documented with a focus on the first 29 days.

Stopping rules will apply if ALC increases to >2.5 times the upper limit of normal range.

The IRIS-7C \& D studies will be conducted at multiple sites in France and the United States. All sites will use the same study design and similar study protocol for a common statistical analysis of 40 evaluable participants.

Conditions
Sepsis, Severe
Being tested
CYT107, Placebos
Keywords
Sepsis, IL-7, lymphocytopenia
Medical subject headings
Sepsis, Lymphopenia

What participants receive

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

  • CYT107Biological

    Also called human recombinant glycosylated Interleukin-7

    IV twice a week at 10µg/kg for 3 weeks

  • PlacebosDrug

    Also called saline solution

    IV twice a week at the same volume for 3 weeks

Study groups in NCT03821038
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CYT107ExperimentalIntravenous (IV) administration of CYT107 at 10 μg/kg twice a week for 3 weeks
Receives: Biological: CYT107
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorIntravenous (IV) administration of the same volume of NaCl 0.9% twice a week for 3 weeks
Receives: Drug: Placebos

What is being measured

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

  1. Lymphocyte reconstitution

    Change in absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) of ≥ 50%. If this 50% increase over baseline is reached in the placebo group due to natural immune reconstitution, then the day 29 percent increase of ALC over baseline will be compared between the two groups.

    Measured: day 29 versus baseline

Secondary outcomes (20)
  1. adverse events

    Incidence and scoring of all grade 3-4 adverse events

    Measured: 90 days after study treatment initiation

  2. Secondary Infections

    Incidence of secondary infections based on pre-specified criteria as adjudicated by the Secondary Infections Committee (SIC)

    Measured: within 90 days after treatment initiation

  3. Days in the ICU

    Number of days in ICU following study treatment initiation during the index hospitalization

    Measured: within 90 days after treatment initiation

  4. readmissions to the ICU

    Number of readmissions to ICU following study treatment initiation during index hospitalization

    Measured: within 90 days after treatment initiation

  5. organ support free days

    Number of organ support free days (OSFDs) following study treatment initiation during the index hospitalization

    Measured: within 90 days after treatment initiation

  6. re-hospitalization

    the incidence of re-hospitalization

    Measured: within 90 days following study treatment initiation

  7. Mortality rate

    All-cause mortality

    Measured: 90 days after study treatment initiation

  8. T cell reconstitution

    Absolute numbers of CD4+ and CD8+T-cell counts

    Measured: through day 90

  9. Percentage of patients reaching normal ALC

    Percentage of patients reaching absolute lymphocyte counts (ALC) > 1200

    Measured: through day 90

  10. Quantification of IL-7 receptor

    Effects on soluble and cellular IL-7 receptor (CD127) expression

    Measured: through day 90

  11. Quantification of HLA-DR on monocytes

    Effects on circulating monocyte HLA-DR expression

    Measured: through day 90

  12. Change of IL-6 blood levels

    Effects on whole blood circulating cytokines IL-6

    Measured: through day 90

  13. Change of IL-10 blood levels

    Effects on whole blood circulating IL-10

    Measured: through day 90

  14. Change of TNF-α blood levels

    Effects on whole blood circulating TNF-α

    Measured: through day 90

  15. CYT107 Pharmacokinetic Tmax

    determination of Tmax

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 15

  16. CYT107 Pharmacokinetic Cmax

    determination of Cmax

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 15

  17. CYT107 Pharmacokinetic half life

    determination of half-life

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 15

  18. CYT107 Pharmacokinetic clearance

    determination of clearance

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 15

  19. CYT107 Pharmacokinetic area under curve

    determination of area under curve

    Measured: Day 1 and Day 15

  20. anti-CYT107 antibodies

    Quantification of circulating anti-CYT107 antibodies

    Measured: day 1, day 29 or hospital discharge, day 90 and day 180 if previous sample positive

Timeline

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

  1. First posted29 Jan 2019
  2. Study start1 Jun 2019
  3. Primary completion6 Oct 2021
  4. Study completion6 Oct 2021

Why it stopped: PK issue detected after bolus IV route administration

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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
International, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded placebo- controlled
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
21 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03821038
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRIS-7-C&D
Acronym
IRIS-7-C&D
Status last verified
Oct 2021
First submitted
24 Jan 2019
Last updated
27 Oct 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: Study results will be published Individual data can't be shared and are protected by the new GDPR rule

Publications

  • Francois B, Jeannet R, Daix T, Walton AH, Shotwell MS, Unsinger J, Monneret G, Rimmele T, Blood T, Morre M, Gregoire A, Mayo GA, Blood J, Durum SK, Sherwood ER, Hotchkiss RS. Interleukin-7 restores lymphocytes in septic shock: the IRIS-7 randomized clinical trial. JCI Insight. 2018 Mar 8;3(5):e98960. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.98960.

    PubMed 29515037
  • Daix T, Mathonnet A, Brakenridge S, Dequin PF, Mira JP, Berbille F, Morre M, Jeannet R, Blood T, Unsinger J, Blood J, Walton A, Moldawer LL, Hotchkiss R, Francois B. Intravenously administered interleukin-7 to reverse lymphopenia in patients with septic shock: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Ann Intensive Care. 2023 Mar 12;13(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s13613-023-01109-w.

    PubMed 36906875

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing CYT107 in people with Sepsis, Severe, run by Revimmune at 10 sites in 2 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 17 inclusion and 18 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Oct 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 10 sites in France, United States. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: PK issue detected after bolus IV route administration). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Lymphocyte reconstitution (time frame: day 29 versus baseline). 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 NCT03821038, which also lists 2 linked publications.

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 27 Oct 2021.

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