A Phase ll Study of IMM-124E for Patients With Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis



Status:Completed
Conditions:Gastrointestinal
Therapuetic Areas:Gastroenterology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 99
Updated:11/23/2017
Start Date:December 2014
End Date:October 30, 2017

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A Phase ll, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of IMM-124E for Patients With Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis.

This study will evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of two dose levels of IMM-124E
in reducing liver fat and/or serum alanine aminotransaminase (ALT) compared with placebo.

Subjects who provide voluntary written informed consent will be screened for eligibility.
Subjects meeting all of the inclusion and none of the exclusion criteria will be eligible to
participate.

Eligible subjects will be randomized at the Baseline visit to receive one of the three study
treatments three times daily for a period of 24 weeks. Each subject will return to the study
clinic for assessment and required study procedures on Day 7, 14 and 28 and every 4 weeks
thereafter until Week 24.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥ 18 years.

2. Provision of written informed consent.

3. Diagnosis of NASH, histologically proven within 12 months of Screening with

- NASH activity score (NAS) of 4 or more

- cytologic ballooning score of at least 1;

- 10% or more macrovescicular steatosis.

- Hematoxylin & Eosin (H&E) stained slides and/or paraffin block available for
independent assessment.

4. HBA1C of <9.0

5. Agree to the use of effective contraceptive measures if either male or female of child
bearing potential.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Presence of vascular liver disease or cirrhosis;

2. Presence of liver disease with other cause (autoimmune, metabolic, medication
induced);

3. BMI <25 kg/m^2;

4. Alcohol use >30 g/day;

5. Type 1 diabetes;

6. 6. History of major bariatric surgery (not including balloon / sleeve gastrectomy);

7. Weight loss or gain of 5kg or more in the past 6 months or >10% change in bodyweight
in the past 12 months;

8. Contraindication for MRI;

9. Inadequate venous access;

10. Lactating/breastfeeding/pregnant at Screening or Baseline;

11. HIV antibody positive, hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HBsAg) or Hepatitis C
virus (HCV)-RNA positive;

12. Receiving an elemental diet or parenteral nutrition;

13. Concurrent conditions

- Inflammatory bowel disease;

- Unstable angina, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic events, or stroke
within 24 weeks of Screening;

- Ongoing infectious, ongoing multi-systemic immune-mediated and/or concurrent or
past malignant disease;

- Any other concurrent condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, could
impact adversely on the subject participating or on the interpretation of the
study data;

14. Concurrent medications including:

- anti-NASH therapy(s) taken for more than 10 continuous days in the last 3 months.
These include S-adenosyl methionine (SAM-e), betaine, milk thistle, probiotic
supplements (other than yoghurt), vitamin E and gemfibrozil.

- NB: If vitamin E or gemfibrozil are used, the dose must be stable and liver
biopsy confirming diagnosis of NASH subsequent to commencing treatment;
commencing treatment;

- Wash out for any of the anti-NASH therapies is as follows: under 10 days no
washout required, more than 10 days and up to 3 months treatment requires 6
weeks washout. Any treatment of over 3 months would require to re-biopsy to
ensure histological eligibility

- thiazolidinediones (glitazones), dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (gliptins) or
glucagon-like peptide-1 analogs in the last 6 months. If treatment commenced and
is stable for more than 6 month prior to the determinant biopsy and the dose is
still stable at time of study entry, subjects will be eligible for recruitment.

- Allowable anti-diabetic treatment includes metformin and/or sulfonylureas
administered at constant dose for at least 2 months prior to study entry.

- Subjects treated with Insulin are eligible if clinically stable on insulin
treatment (i.e. no recurrent acute hypo-/hyperglycemic episodes diagnosed
clinically and by Glucose serum levels of <50 mg/dL and >200 mg/dL respectively)
for at least 2 months prior to study entry.

- immune modulatory agents including

- In the last 3 months:

- systemic steroids for more than 7 days.

- daily treatment with multiple non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as
aspirin >100mg/day, ibuprofen, naproxen, meloxicam, celecoxib) for more than
1 month within 3 months prior to study entry;

- In the last 12 months:

- azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate, cyclosporin, anti-TNFα
therapies (infliximab, adalimumab, etanercept) or anti-integrin therapies
(namixilab) ;

- more than 10 consecutive days oral or parenteral antibiotics within 4 weeks prior
to study entry (Note: such subjects would not be included in the stool and PBMC
analysis).

- variable dose of antilipidemic agents (3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl (HMG)-Co-A
reductase inhibitors - "statins") in the 3 months prior to study entry.

15. The following laboratory abnormalities:

- Neutrophil count ≤1.0 x 10^9/L

- Platelets <100 x 10^9/L

- Hemoglobin <10 g/dL

- Albumin <3.5 g/dL

- International Normalized Ratio (INR) >1.5

- Total bilirubin >1.5 x upper limit of reference range (unless Gilbert's syndrome
or extrahepatic source as denoted by increased indirect bilirubin fraction)

- Either creatinine clearance ≤60 mL/minute calculated by Cockroft Gault or
creatinine >1.5x upper limit of reference range.

16. Known substance abuse, including inhaled or injected drugs in the year prior to
Screening.

17. Cow milk allergy, lactose intolerance or any known or suspected hypersensitivity to
study products.
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