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Trial design and rationale for APOLLO, a Phase 3, placebo-controlled study of patisiran in patients with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Patisiran is an investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic in development for the treatment of hereditary ATTR (hATTR) amyloidosis, a progressive disease associated with significant disability, morbidity, and mortality. METHODS:Here we describe the rationale and design of the Phase 3 APOLLO study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, global study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of patisiran in patients with hATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy. Eligible patients are 18-85 years old with hATTR amyloidosis, investigator-estimated survival of ?2 years, Neuropathy Impairment Score (NIS) of 5-130, and polyneuropathy disability score ?IIIb. Patients are randomized 2:1 to receive either intravenous patisiran 0.3 mg/kg or placebo once every 3 weeks. The primary objective is to determine the efficacy of patisiran at 18 months based on the difference in the change in modified NIS+7 (a composite measure of motor strength, sensation, reflexes, nerve conduction, and autonomic function) between the patisiran and placebo groups. Secondary objectives are to evaluate the effect of patisiran on Norfolk-Diabetic Neuropathy quality of life questionnaire score, nutritional status (as evaluated by modified body mass index), motor function (as measured by NIS-weakness and timed 10-m walk test), and autonomic symptoms (as measured by the Composite Autonomic Symptom Score-31 questionnaire). Exploratory objectives include assessment of cardiac function and pathologic evaluation to assess nerve fiber innervation and amyloid burden. Safety of patisiran will be assessed throughout the study. DISCUSSION:APOLLO represents the largest randomized, Phase 3 study to date in patients with hATTR amyloidosis, with endpoints that capture the multisystemic nature of this disease. TRIAL REGISTRATION:This trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov ( NCT01960348 ); October 9, 2013.

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Trial design and rationale for APOLLO, a Phase 3, placebo-controlled study of patisiran in patients with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy.

Adams David D Suhr Ole B OB Dyck Peter J PJ Litchy William J WJ Leahy Raina G RG Chen Jihong J Gollob Jared J Coelho Teresa T

BMC neurology 20170911 1

<h4>Background</h4>Patisiran is an investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic in development for the treatment of hereditary ATTR (hATTR) amyloidosis, a progressive disease associated with significant disability, morbidity, and mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>Here we describe the rationale and design of the Phase 3 APOLLO study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, global study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of patisiran in patients with hATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy. ...[more]

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Project description:Importance:Patients with cardiac amyloidosis demonstrate reduced myocardial strain with associated sparing of the cardiac apex. In the APOLLO randomized clinical trial, patisiran, an RNA interference therapeutic that inhibits transthyretin synthesis, improved left ventricular (LV) global longitudinal strain (LV GLS) compared with placebo in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis with polyneuropathy and evidence of cardiac involvement. Objective:To evaluate the treatment association of patisiran with regional LV myocardial strain in cardiac manifestation in hATTR amyloidosis. Design, Setting, and Participants:This exploratory analysis of APOLLO, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3, multicenter international clinical trial that was conducted from December 2013 to January 2016, included patients with hATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy who were randomized 2:1 to receive patisiran or placebo. The prespecified cardiac subpopulation (126 of 225 [56%]) comprised patients with a baseline LV wall thickness of 13 mm or more and no history of hypertension or aortic valve disease. This post hoc data analysis was performed between September 2018 and January 2019. Intervention:Placebo or patisiran, 0.3 mg/kg, via intravenous infusion once every 3 weeks for 18 months. Main Outcomes and Measures:The association of patisiran with LV regional longitudinal strain at 18 months. Results:Of the 126 patients included in the prespecified cardiac subpopulation, 36 patients (28.6%) received placebo (median [interquartile range] age, 62 [57-72] years) and 90 patients (71.4%) received patisiran (median [interquartile range] age, 60 [54-66] years); 98 (77.8%) were men, 28 (22.2%) were from North America, and 43 (34.1%) were from Western Europe. At baseline, LV GLS was impaired and regional longitudinal strains were lowest in the basal segments with apical sparing. There were no differences in regional longitudinal strains between the treatment groups at baseline. Patisiran improved the absolute GLS (least-squares mean [SE] difference, 1.4% [0.6%]; 95% CI, 0.3%-2.5%; P = .02) compared with placebo at 18 months, with the greatest differential increase observed in the basal region (overall least-squares mean [SE] difference, 2.1% [0.8%]; 95% CI, 0.6%-3.6%; P = .006) and no significant differences in the mid and apical regions among groups. Conclusions and Relevance:Patisiran prevented the deterioration of LV GLS over 18 months, driven primarily by attenuating disease progression in the basal region, suggesting that basal longitudinal strain may be a more sensitive marker of treatment associations with the cardiac manifestation in hATTR amyloidosis and that basal region may be influenced by disease-modifying therapies more than other ventricular regions. Trial Registration:ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01960348.

Project description:BackgroundPatisiran, an RNA interference therapeutic, has demonstrated robust reduction of wild-type and mutant transthyretin protein and was able to improve polyneuropathy and quality of life following 18 months of treatment in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis. In this 24-month Phase II open-label extension study, we evaluated the effects of patisiran treatment (0.3 mg/kg intravenously every 3 weeks) on safety, serum transthyretin levels, and clinical parameters. Efficacy assessments included modified Neuropathy Impairment Score +7 (mNIS+7) and multiple disease-relevant measures. Cardiac assessments were performed in a pre-specified cardiac subgroup.ResultsTwenty-seven patients entered this study, including 12 (44%) with ambulation difficulties due to their neuropathy and 11 (41%) who met criteria for the cardiac subgroup. During treatment, the majority of adverse events were mild/moderate in severity; there were no drug-related adverse events leading to treatment discontinuation. The most common drug-related adverse events were flushing and infusion-related reactions (22% each). Patisiran resulted in rapid, robust (~ 82%), and sustained reduction of mean transthyretin levels over 24 months. A mean 6.95-point decrease (improvement) in mNIS+7 from baseline was observed at 24 months. Patisiran's impact on mNIS+7 was irrespective of concomitant tafamidis or diflunisal use, sex, or age. Clinical assessments of motor function, autonomic symptoms, disease stage, and quality of life remained stable over 24 months. No significant changes were observed for echocardiographic measures or cardiac biomarkers in the cardiac subgroup. Exploratory analyses demonstrated improvements in nerve-fiber density with corresponding reductions in amyloid burden observed in skin biopsies over 24 months.ConclusionsLong-term treatment with patisiran had an acceptable safety profile and was associated with halting/improvement of polyneuropathy progression in patients with hATTR amyloidosis.Trial registrationThe study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT01961921 ) on October 14, 2013.

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Trial design and rationale for APOLLO, a Phase 3, placebo-controlled study of patisiran in patients with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy.

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Trial design and rationale for APOLLO, a Phase 3, placebo-controlled study of patisiran in patients with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy.

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