RECRUITING

A Safety Assessment of Oral Letermovir in Infants With Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus

Study Overview

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Description

This is a Phase 1 single-arm open-label study of letermovir in neonates with symptomatic congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease. There will be two groups enrolled. Group 1 will be comprised of 4 subjects. Following documentation study inclusion and signing of informed consent, Group 1 subjects will receive one dose of oral letermovir (Study Day 0), using the dose bands. A full pharmacokinetics (PK) profile will then be obtained over the next 24 hours, and blood specimens will be shipped immediately to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Pharmacokinetic Lab and processed in real time. Within = 7 days, pharmacokinetics (PK) results will be conveyed to the study site. If the Area Under the Curve (AUC24) is =100,000 ngxhr/mL (see footnote a in Table 1), the subject will initiate a 14-day course of once-daily oral letermovir at the same dose as utilized on Dose Finding Day. This duration of letermovir therapy was selected based upon our earlier observation in this population that patients with symptomatic congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease who achieve viral suppression to =2.5 log by day 14 of valganciclovir therapy and then maintain it over the next 4 months are statistically more likely to have improved hearing across the first two years of life (22). If the observed letermovir exposure of the subject is \> 100,000 ngxhr/mL, the once-daily oral letermovir dose that will be used will be adjusted down in 2.5 mg increments. Oral valganciclovir (16 mg/kg/dose BID) will begin within the first month of life, as standard of care; initiation of valganciclovir can be concomitant with or prior to initiation of the 14-day course of letermovir (but will not start before obtaining the pharmacokinetics (PK) specimens following the single dose of letermovir on the Dose Finding Day). This is similar to the intensification approach that has been evaluated in the management of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (23-25). The day that the 14-day course of letermovir begins for Group 1 subjects will be known as Study Day 1. Serial blood samples will be obtained on Study Days 1, 5, 10, and 14 for safety chemistry and hematology labs and for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral loads. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load will be followed as well on Study Days 21 and 42 to assess for rebound in Cytomegalovirus (CMV) following cessation of letermovir treatment on Study Day 14. Saliva and urine viral loads will be followed at these timepoint as well. Full pharmacokinetics (PK) profiles for both letermovir and ganciclovir will be obtained on Study Day 10. In addition, sparse pharmacokinetics (PK) sampling will be obtained on Study Days 1, 5, and 14. Adverse events will be assessed at each study visit during treatment, and at Study Days 21 and 42 (4 weeks after the last study drug dose). Subjects then will continue on oral valganciclovir as routine clinical care to complete an anticipated 6 month duration of total therapy. The primary Objective is to determine the systemic exposure (AUC24) of letermovir following administration of oral letermovir granules in infants with symptomatic congenital CMV disease.

Official Title

A Phase I Pharmacokinetic and Safety Assessment of Oral Letermovir in Infants With Symptomatic Congenital Cytomegalovirus Disease

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-12-05
Study Completion:2025-08-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06118515

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:1 Day to 28 Days
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:CHILD
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. 1. Signed informed consent from parent(s) or legal guardian(s) CMV confirmation from urine/throat swab specimens by culture, shell vial, or PCR tests
  2. 2. Symptomatic congenital CMV disease\*
  3. 3. Age at study enrollment:
  4. 1. \</= 21 days for Group 1 subjects\*\*
  5. 2. \</= 28 days for Group 2 subjects
  6. 4. Weight at study enrollment 2.6 kg to \< 8.0 kg
  7. 5. Gestational age \>/= 32 weeks at birth
  8. 6. Intention by patient's physician to clinically treat infant with oral valganciclovir for 6 months for symptomatic congenital CMV disease
  9. * Manifested by one or more of the following: thrombocytopenia; petechiae; hepatomegaly; splenomegaly; intrauterine growth restriction; hepatitis; or Central Nervous System (CNS) involvement such as microcephaly, radiographic abnormalities indicative of CMV CNS disease, abnormal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) indices for age, chorioretinitis, hearing deficits as detected by formal brainstem evoked response, and/or positive CMV Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) from CSF \*\*Group 1 subjects must enroll and receive the Dose Finding Day dose of letermovir on or before 21 days of life so that oral valganciclovir can be started prior to day 30 of life, as is standard of care.
  1. 1. Imminent demise
  2. 2. Infants known to be born to women who are HIV positive (but HIV testing is not required for study entry)
  3. 3. Current receipt of other investigational drugs
  4. 4. Grade 3 or 4 alanine aminotransferase (ALT) utilizing Division of AIDS (DAIDS) Toxicity Table
  5. 5. Grade 3 or 4 total bilirubin utilizing DAIDS Toxicity Table
  6. 6. Gastrointestinal abnormality which might preclude absorption of an oral medication (e.g., a history of necrotizing enterocolitis)
  7. 7. Anticipated concomitant administration of carbamazepine (Tegretol), nafcillin, phenobarbital, or phenytoin (Dilantin) during the period of study drug administration

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

David W. Kimberlin
CONTACT
12059966097
dkimberlin@peds.uab.edu

Study Locations (Sites)

Children's of Alabama Child Health Research Unit (CHRU)
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233-0011
United States
Children's National Medical Center - Sheikh Zayed Campus - Infectious Disease
Washington, District of Columbia, 20010-2916
United States
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322-1014
United States
University of Louisville School of Medicine - Norton Children's Hospital - Infectious Diseases
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
United States
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport - Infectious Diseases
Shreveport, Louisiana, 71101
United States
University of Minnesota - Pediatric Infectious Disease
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454
United States
SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital - Pediatrics
Syracuse, New York, 13210-2342
United States
Nationwide Children's Hospital - Neonatology - Center for Perinatal Research
Columbus, Ohio, 43205-2664
United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Pediatrics
Dallas, Texas, 75390-9063
United States
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226-3522
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-12-05
Study Completion Date2025-08-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-12-05
Study Completion Date2025-08-31

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus Disease
  • Infants
  • Letermovir
  • Pharmacokinetic
  • Phase 1

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection