Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Therapeutic Efficacy of SAR441344 in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSjS)

Korábbi kezelés

• Serious systemic viral, bacterial or fungal infection (eg, pneumonia, pyelonephritis), infection requiring hospitalization or IV antibiotics or significant chronic viral (including history of recurrent or active herpes zoster), bacterial, or fungal infection (eg, osteomyelitis) 30 days before and during Screening.
• Evidence of active or latent tuberculosis (TB) as documented by medical history (eg, chest X rays) and examination, and TB testing: A positive or 2 indeterminate QuantiFERON® TB Gold tests at Screening (regardless of prior treatment status).
• Evidence of any clinically significant, severe or unstable, acute or chronically progressive, uncontrolled infection or medical condition (eg, cerebral, cardiac, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, neurologic, or any known immune deficiency) or previous, active or pending surgical disorder, or any condition that may affect participant safety in the judgment of the Investigator (including vaccinations which are not updated based on local regulation).
• Unstable dose of nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and/or unstable use of topical and/or pharmacological stimulant treatment for salivary and lacrimal glands 4 weeks before Screening.
• High dose steroids, or a change in steroid dose within 4 weeks prior to Day 1/Randomization or expected changes during the course of the study.
• High dose of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, or methotrexate or change in hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine or methotrexate dose within 12 weeks prior to Day 1/Randomization or expected changes during the course of the study.
• Participants treated with the following medications/procedures prior to Screening:
  • Previous treatment with azathioprine and other thiopurines, mycophenolate mofetil, sulfasalazine, or cyclosporine A within 3 months.
  • Previous treatment with cyclophosphamide, leflunomide, or belimumab within 6 months.
  • Previous treatment with rituximab within 12 months.
  • Previous bone marrow transplantation, total lymphoid irradiation or ablative ultra high dose cyclophosphamide or IV Ig.
  • Previous treatment with any other biologic drug within 5 times the half life of the drug.
• Received administration of any live (attenuated) vaccine within 3 months prior to Day 1/Randomization (eg, varicella zoster vaccine, oral polio, rabies).

Más betegség

• Any autoimmune disease (except pSjS and Hashimoto thyroiditis) with or without secondary SjS.
• History, clinical evidence, suspicion or significant risk for thromboembolic events, as well as myocardial infarction, stroke, and/or antiphospholipid syndrome and any participants requiring antithrombotic treatment.
• Active life threatening or organ threatening complications of pSjS disease at the time of Screening based on treating physician evaluation including but not restricted to:
  • Vasculitis with renal, digestive, cardiac, pulmonary, or CNS involvement characterized as severe,
  • Active central nervous system (CNS) or peripheral nervous system (PNS) involvement requiring high dose steroids,
  • Severe renal involvement defined by objective measures,
  • Lymphoma.
• Cardiac heart failure Stage III or IV according to the New York Heart Association.
• Severe pulmonary impairment documented by an abnormal pulmonary function test.
• Participants with a history of invasive opportunistic infections, such as, but not limited to histoplasmosis, listeriosis, coccidioidomycosis, candidiasis, pneumocystis jirovecii, and aspergillosis, regardless of resolution.
• History or presence of diseases which exclude diagnosis of SjS as per the American College of Rheumatology/EULAR 2016 criteria including, but not limited to, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, graft-versus-host disease, IgG4 related disease, and history of head and neck radiation treatment.
• History of systemic hypersensitivity reaction or significant allergies, other than localized injection site reaction, to any humanized monoclonal antibody.
• Clinically significant multiple or severe drug allergies, intolerance to topical corticosteroids, or severe post treatment hypersensitivity reactions (including, but not limited to, erythema multiforme major, linear IgA dermatosis, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and exfoliative dermatitis).
• Any prior history of malignancy or active malignancy, including lymphoproliferative diseases and lymphoma (except successfully treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix, nonmetastatic squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma of the skin) within 5 years prior to Baseline.
• Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serology (anti HIV1 and anti HIV2 antibodies) or a known history of HIV infection, active or in remission.
• Positive result on any of the following tests: hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti hepatitis B core antibodies (anti HBc Ab), anti hepatitis C virus antibodies (HCV-Ab).

Laborértékek

• Abnormal laboratory test(s) at Screening.

Egyéb

• Clinically significant abnormal ECG or vital signs at Screening.
• If female, pregnant and/or breastfeeding.
  • The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.

• Participant must be 18 to 80 years of age inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent.
• Diagnosis of pSjS according to the American College of Rheumatology/EULAR 2016 criteria at Screening.
• Disease duration since first diagnosis of pSjS ≤15 years based on medical history.
• Participants with moderate to severe disease activity set with ESSDAI total score ≥5, based on the following domains at Screening: glandular, articular, muscular, hematological, biological, and constitutional, lymphadenopathy.
• Seropositive for anti-Ro/SSA antibodies.
• IgG > lower limit of normal (ULN) at Screening.
• Stimulated salivary flow rate of ≥0.1 mL/min at Screening or Baseline.
• Body weight within 45 to 120 kg (inclusive) and body mass index within the range of 18.0 to 35.0 kg/m2 (inclusive) at Screening.
• Contraceptive use by men or women should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies.
• Capable of giving signed informed consent.