Proof-of-concept Trial of Apraglutide in Acute Graft Versus Host Disease (aGVHD)

Stopped early · Phase 2

Conditions studied: GVHD

In brief

The aim of this trial is to assess safety and efficacy of apraglutide in subjects with steroid refractory gastrointestinal aGVHD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05415410

Run by

VectivBio AG

People needed

31

Starts

2022-05-25

Expected to finish

2024-12-17

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-20

Who can join

Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able to give informed consent and agree to follow the details of participation as outlined in the protocol
• Male or female subjects aged 12 years or above at the time of consent and who weigh a minimum of 40 kg. Only subjects aged 18 years and above will be included in Germany.
• Clinically confirmed steroid refractory lower GI-aGVHD (MAGIC stage 1-4) prior to randomization
• Have undergone alloSCT from any donor source, any conditioning regimen
• Treated with SS plus RUX (RUX starts concomitantly to apraglutide or a maximum of 72 hours before apraglutide initiation)
• Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP): highly effective method of contraception and refrain from donating eggs during the trial and for 4 weeks after the End of Trial (EOT) visit
• Male subjects with partner WOCBP: contraception and abstention from sperm donation during the trial and for 2 weeks after the EOT visit

You may not qualify if…

• Treatment with any systemic GVHD therapy other than SS and RUX including methotrexate and mycophenolate mofetil at the time of randomization / Day 0
• Concomitant treatment with Janus kinase inhibitor other than RUX at the time of randomization
• Failed alloSCT due to relapse of underlying malignant disease
• Presence of SR GI-aGVHD occurring after donor lymphocyte infusion for pre-emptive treatment of malignancy recurrence
• Any use of enteral glutamine or GLP analogs or known ADA, within 6 months prior to randomization / Day 0
• Significant organ system failures (respiratory renal hepatic and cardiac)
• Presence of relapsed primary malignancy or treatment for relapse after alloHSCT
• Presence or history of GI tumors (including the hepatobiliary system and pancreas) within the last five years before randomization
• Presence of colonic polyps not removed
• Active clinically uncontrolled infection or active tuberculosis
• Known chronic GVHD
• Known active GI inflammation not related to GI-aGVHD
• Major abdominal surgery in the last 6-months prior to randomization or history of clinically significant intestinal adhesions
• Abnormal liver function tests

Where it is running

• Stanford Cancer Center — Stanford, California, United States
• University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• The Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States
• South Austin Medical Center — Austin, Texas, United States
• Universitätsklinikum Köln (AoeR) — Cologne, Germany
• Universitaetsklinikum Duesseldorf — Düsseldorf, Germany
• Universitätsklinikum Freiburg — Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
• Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg — Halle, Germany
• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf — Hamburg, Germany
• Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz — Mainz, Germany
• Instituto Portugues de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil — Porto, Portugal
• Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio — Seville, Spain

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