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Registration number
NCT05462990
Ethics application status
Date submitted
14/07/2022
Date registered
18/07/2022
Date last updated
13/06/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Proof-of-concept Study to Examine QUC398 in Participants With Knee OA
Scientific title
A Randomized, Two-arm, Placebo-controlled, Participant, Investigator and Sponsor-blinded, Proof-of-concept Study Investigating the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of QUC398 in Patients With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2021-002795-39
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
CQUC398A12201
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Osteoarthritis, Knee 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Osteoarthritis

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - QUC398
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: QUC398 - QUC398 150 mg/mL, solution for s.c. injection (1 mL). 2 injections will be applied per dose to complete the 300 mg

Placebo comparator: Placebo - Placebo 0 mg/mL, solution for s.c. injection (1 mL). 2 injections will be applied per dose to ensure blinding


Treatment: Drugs: QUC398
QUC398 150 mg/mL, solution for s.c. injection (1 mL)

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Placebo 0 mg/mL, solution for s.c. injection (1 mL)
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Change from baseline in Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Pain sub-scale at Week 12
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 12
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Cartilage volume of the knee index region
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 52
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Change from baseline in KOOS Pain subscale
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Weeks 1 (Day 5), 4, 8, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, and 52
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Change from baseline in pain assessed by a Pain Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Weeks 1 (Day 5), 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, and 52
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Change in Total KOOS
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Weeks 1 (Day 5), 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, and 52
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Change in KOOS subscales: Other symptoms, Function in daily living, Function in sport and recreation, and Knee related quality of life
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Weeks 1 (Day 5), 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, and 52
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Change from baseline in Patient's Global Assessment (PGA) as assessed by NRS
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Weeks 1 (Day 5), 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, and 52

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Weight = 50 kg and body mass index 18 -35 kg/m2 at Screening 1
* Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 to 4 in the tibio-femoral compartment in the target knee confirmed by radiography in standing weight-bearing fixed flexion position and posterior-anterior view, at Screening 1
* mJSN 1-2 in the medial tibiofemoral compartment of the target knee, confirmed with Xray by central reader at Screening 1
* Symptomatic OA with moderate to severe pain (corresponding to Pain NRS = 5 to = 9) in the target knee for the majority of days in the last 3 months prior to Screening 1, as per participant's judgement
* Symptomatic OA with moderate to severe pain (corresponding to Pain NRS = 5 to = 9) in the target knee at Screening 1 and 2

. Moderate to severe OA pain (corresponding to Pain NRS =5 to =9) in the target knee during the last 7 days prior to Screening 3, confirmed by: Completed pain diary for at least 6 of the last 7 days prior to Screening 3, AND Diary reported Pain NRS =5 to =9 for at least 6 of the last 7 days prior to Screening 3
* KOOS pain subscale = 60 in the target knee at Screening 1, Screening 2, and Screening 3
Minimum age
40 Years
Maximum age
80 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Painful ipsilateral hip OA defined as a Pain NRS =3 on the majority of days in the last 3 months prior to Screening 1, as reported by the patient
* Symptomatic, patello-femoral pain in the target knee as per investigator's examination at Screening 1
* Severe malalignment > 7.5º in the target knee (either varus or valgus), measured using standardized knee X-ray at Screening 1
* Patient unable or unwilling to undergo MRI or presenting absolute contraindications to MRI
* Previous exposure to any ADAMTS-5 drug, including QUC398.
* History or current diagnosis of ECG abnormalities

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s

The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
9/11/2022
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
6/10/2025
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
101
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,QLD
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Novartis Investigative Site - St Leonards
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Novartis Investigative Site - Southport
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Novartis Investigative Site - Christchurch
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2065 - St Leonards
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
4222 - Southport
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
8011 - Christchurch
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
United States of America
State/province [1] 0 0
Florida
Country [2] 0 0
United States of America
State/province [2] 0 0
Massachusetts
Country [3] 0 0
United States of America
State/province [3] 0 0
North Carolina
Country [4] 0 0
Denmark
State/province [4] 0 0
Herlev
Country [5] 0 0
Denmark
State/province [5] 0 0
Vejle
Country [6] 0 0
France
State/province [6] 0 0
Cedex1
Country [7] 0 0
France
State/province [7] 0 0
Orleans
Country [8] 0 0
Spain
State/province [8] 0 0
Barcelona
Country [9] 0 0
Spain
State/province [9] 0 0
Galicia
Country [10] 0 0
Spain
State/province [10] 0 0
Madrid
Country [11] 0 0
Spain
State/province [11] 0 0
Sevilla

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to find out if the investigational treatment named QUC398 has beneficial effects on osteoarthritis knee pain and knee cartilage, and if it is safe and well tolerated.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05462990
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
1-888-669-6682
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
novartis.email@novartis.com
Contact person for scientific queries