The Safety and Biological Activity of ATYR1940 in Patients With Limb Girdle or Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophies



Status:Completed
Conditions:Neurology
Therapuetic Areas:Neurology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 75
Updated:1/27/2017
Start Date:November 5, 2015
End Date:October 5, 2016

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An Open-Label, Intrapatient Dose Escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Immunogenicity, and Biological Activity of ATYR1940 in Patients With Limb Girdle and Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophies

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and biological activity of ATYR1940 in
patients with Limb Girdle (LGMD2B) or Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD).

ATYR1940-C-004 is a Phase1b/2 open-label intrapatient study dose escalation study aiming to
evaluate the safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, biological activity of intravenous
ATYR1940, administered once weekly for 8 weeks, then twice a weekly for 4 weeks in adult
patients with LGMD2B and FSHD. Approximately 8 LGMD2B and 8 FHSD patients will be enrolled.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Provided informed consent

- Investigator's opinion, patient is willing and able to complete all study procedures
and comply with the study visit schedule.

Patients with LGMD2B:

- Established, genetically confirmed diagnosis of LGMD2B.

- Either the presence of a STIR-positive muscle on lower extremity skeletal muscle MRI,
or, if no STIR-positive muscles, meets muscle biomarker criteria.

Patients with FSHD:

- Established, genetically confirmed diagnosis of FSHD.

- The presence of a STIR-positive muscle on lower extremity skeletal muscle MRI.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Currently receiving treatment with an immunomodulatory agent, including targeted
biological therapies within the 3 months before baseline; corticosteroids within 3
months before baseline; or high-dose non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents within 2
weeks before baseline.

- Currently receiving curcumin or albuterol; use of a product that putatively enhances
muscle growth on a chronic basis within 4 weeks before baseline; statin treatment
initiation or significant adjustment to statin regimen within 3 months before
baseline (stable, chronic statin use is permissible).

- Use of an investigational product or device within 30 days before baseline.

- Evidence of an alternative diagnosis other than LGMD2B or FSHD or a coexisting
myopathy or dystrophy, based on prior muscle biopsy or other available
investigations.

- History of severe restrictive or obstructive lung disease or evidence for
interstitial lung disease on screening chest radiograph.

- History of anti-synthetase syndrome, prior Jo-1 Ab-positivity, or a positive or
equivocally positive Jo-1 Ab test result during screening.

- Chronic infection, such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus
or a history of tuberculosis.

- Vaccination within 8 weeks before baseline or vaccination is planned during study
participation.

- Symptomatic cardiomyopathy or severe cardiac arrhythmia that may in the
Investigator's opinion, limit the patient's ability to complete the study protocol.

- Muscle biopsy within 30 days before baseline.
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Columbus, Ohio 43210
Principal Investigator: Stanley Iyadurai, MD
Phone: 614-293-4973
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Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Principal Investigator: Kathryn Wagner, MD, PhD
Phone: 443-923-2697
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Copenhagen,
Principal Investigator: John Vissing, MD, DMSci
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Irvine, California 92697
Principal Investigator: Tahseen Mozaffar, MD
Phone: 714-456-8520
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