Title

Study to Evaluate Tezepelumab in Adults & Adolescents With Severe Uncontrolled Asthma
A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tezepelumab in Adults and Adolescents With Severe Uncontrolled Asthma (NAVIGATOR)
  • Phase

    Phase 3
  • Study Type

    Interventional
  • Study Participants

    1061
A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tezepelumab in Adults and Adolescents with Severe Uncontrolled Asthma
This is a multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, parallel group study designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tezepelumab in adults and adolescents with severe, uncontrolled asthma on medium to high-dose ICS and at least one additional asthma controller medication with or without OCS. Approximately 1060 subjects will be randomized globally. Subjects will receive tezepelumab, or placebo, administered via subcutaneous injection at the study site, over a 52-week treatment period. The study also includes a post-treatment follow-up period of 12 weeks.
Study Started
Nov 23
2017
Primary Completion
Sep 08
2020
Study Completion
Nov 12
2020
Results Posted
Nov 26
2021
Last Update
Nov 26
2021

Biological Experimental: Tezepelumab

Tezepelumab subcutaneous injection

  • Other names: Tezepelumab

Other Placebo

Placebo subcutaneous injection

Tezepelumab Experimental

Tezepelumab: Tezepelumab subcutaneous injection

Placebo Placebo Comparator

Placebo: Placebo subcutaneous injection

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Age. 12-80
Documented physician-diagnosed asthma for at least 12 months
Subjects who have received a physician-prescribed asthma controller medication with medium or high dose ICS for at least 12 months.
Documented treatment with a total daily dose of either medium or high dose ICS (≥ 500 µg fluticasone propionate dry powder formulation equivalent total daily dose) for at least 3 months.
At least one additional maintenance asthma controller medication is required according to standard practice of care and must be documented for at least 3 months.
Morning pre-BD FEV1 <80% predicted normal (<90% for subjects 12-17 yrs)
Evidence of asthma as documented by either: Documented historical reversibility of FEV1 ≥12% and ≥200 mL in the previous 12 months OR Post-BD (albuterol/salbutamol) reversibility of FEV1 ≥12% and ≥200 mL during screening.
Documented history of at least 2 asthma exacerbation events within 12 months.
ACQ-6 score ≥1.5 at screening and on day of randomization

Exclusion Criteria:

Pulmonary disease other than asthma.
History of cancer.
History of a clinically significant infection.
Current smokers or subjects with smoking history ≥10 pack-years and subjects using vaping products, including electronic cigarettes.
History of chronic alcohol or drug abuse within 12 months.
Hepatitis B, C or HIV.
Pregnant or breastfeeding.
History of anaphylaxis following any biologic therapy.
Subject randomized in the current study or previous tezepelumab studies.

Summary

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Placebo

All Events

Event Type Organ System Event Term Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W Placebo

Annual Asthma Exacerbation Rate in Adult and Adolescent Patients With Uncontrolled Asthma

The annual exacerbation rate is based on unadjudicated exacerbations reported by the investigator in the eCRF. The analysis is based on the primary population (Full Analysis Set)

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

0.93
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.8 to 1.07

Placebo

2.1
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 1.84 to 2.39

Annual Asthma Exacerbation Rate in Adult and Adolescent Patients With Uncontrolled Asthma in Subjects With Baseline Eosinophils < 300 Cells/uL

The annual exacerbation rate is based on unadjudicated exacerbations reported by the investigator in the eCRF. This analysis is based on subjects with baseline eosinophils < 300 cells/uL

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

1.02
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.84 to 1.23

Placebo

1.73
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 1.46 to 2.05

Mean Change From Baseline at Week 52 in Pre-dose/Pre-bronchodilator (Pre-BD) Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second (FEV1) (L) (Key Secondary Endpoint)

Mean change from baseline in FEV1 as compared to placebo at Week 52. FEV1 is defined as the volume of air exhaled from the lungs in the first second of a forced expiration.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

0.23
Litre (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.018

Placebo

0.1
Litre (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.018

Mean Change From Baseline at Week 52 in Standardized Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire for 12 Years and Older (AQLQ(S)+12) Total Score (Key Secondary Endpoint)

Mean change from baseline in AQLQ(S)+12 as compared to placebo at Week 52. The AQLQ(S)+12 is a questionnaire that measures the health-related quality of life experienced by asthma subjects. The total score is defined as the average of all 32 questions in the AQLQ(S)+12 questionnaire. AQLQ(S)+12 is a 7-point scale questionnaire, ranging from 7 (no impairment) to 1 (severe impairment).

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

1.48
Scale of score (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.049

Placebo

1.14
Scale of score (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.049

Mean Change From Baseline at Week 52 in Asthma Control Questionnaire-6(ACQ-6) (Key Secondary Endpoint)

Change from baseline in ACQ-6 as compared to placebo at Week 52. The ACQ-6 captures asthma symptoms and short-acting β2-agonist use via subject-report. Questions are weighted equally and scored from 0 (totally controlled) to 6 (severely uncontrolled). The ACQ-6 score is the mean of the responses.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-1.53
Scale of score (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.045

Placebo

-1.2
Scale of score (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.046

Mean Change From Baseline at Week 52 in Asthma Symptom Diary (Key Secondary Endpoint)

Mean change from baseline at Week 52 in Asthma Symptom Diary. The Asthma Symptom Diary comprises of 10 items (5 items in the morning; 5 items in the evening). Asthma symptoms during night time and daytime are recorded by the patient each morning and evening in the daily diary. A daily ASD score is the mean of the 10 items. Responses for all 10 items are required to calculate the daily ASD score; otherwise, it is treated as missing. For the 7-day average asthma symptom score, scoring is done with no imputation using the mean of at least 4 of the 7 daily ASD scores as a mean weekly item score. The 7-day average ASD score ranges from 0 to 4, where 0 indicates no asthma symptoms.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-0.7
Scale of score (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.027

Placebo

-0.59
Scale of score (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.027

Time to First Asthma Exacerbation

Time to first occurrence of asthma exacerbation post-randomisation, presented as number of subjects with at least one asthma exacerbation as reported by the investigator in the eCRF.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Placebo

Mean Change From Baseline at Week 52 in Clinic Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) (Ppb)

Mean change from baseline at Study Week 52 in FeNO (ppb) measured at site

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-17.29
ppb (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 1.156

Placebo

-3.46
ppb (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 1.165

Mean Change From Baseline in Daily Rescue Medication Use (Weekly Means) at Week 52

Daily rescue medication use is defined as: Number of night inhaler puffs + 2 x [number of night nebulizer times] + number of daytime inhaler puffs + 2 x [number of day nebulizer times]. Weekly means are calculated using at least 4 of 7 days of daily rescue medication use.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-2.53
weekly mean rescue medication use (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.137

Placebo

-2.36
weekly mean rescue medication use (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.137

Mean Change From Baseline in Work Productivity Loss Due to Asthma at Week 52

WPAI+CIQ (Work Productivity and Activity Impairment plus Classroom Impairment Questionnaire) contains 10 questions. Work productivity loss is derived by sum of percentage of missed work due to asthma and product of percentage of actual working hours times degree of asthma affecting work productivity while working. Percentage of missed work due to asthma is calculated by number of hours missed work due to asthma divided by total number of hours missed work plus number of hours actually worked.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-20.16
Percentage of work productivity loss (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 30.31

Placebo

-16.58
Percentage of work productivity loss (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 29.46

Mean Change From Baseline in Class Productivity Loss Due to Asthma at Week 52

WPAI+CIQ (Work Productivity and Activity Impairment plus Classroom Impairment Questionnaire) contains 10 questions. Class productivity loss is derived by sum of percentage of missed class hours due to asthma and product of percentage of actual hours in class times degree of asthma affecting productivity while in class. Percentage of missed hours in class due to asthma is calculated by number of hours in class missed due to asthma divided by total number of hours in class missed plus number of hours actually in class.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-14.03
Percentage of class productivity loss (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 33.00

Placebo

-24.72
Percentage of class productivity loss (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 26.48

Activity Impairment at Week 52

WPAI+CIQ (Work Productivity and Activity Impairment plus Classroom Impairment Questionnaire) contains 10 questions. Activity impairment is the degree health affected regular activities (other than work or class) rated from 0 to 10, with 0 meaning no effect, divided by 10, and then expressed as a percentage.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-20.0
Percentage of activity impairment (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 28.6

Placebo

-17.9
Percentage of activity impairment (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 27.1

Pharmacokinetics of Tezepelumab

Mean serum trough PK concentrations taken pre-dose at each visit

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Baseline

Week 12

18.7396
ug/mL (Geometric Mean)
Geometric Coefficient of Variation: 48.53

Week 24

20.1924
ug/mL (Geometric Mean)
Geometric Coefficient of Variation: 51.77

Week 36

19.5246
ug/mL (Geometric Mean)
Geometric Coefficient of Variation: 55.58

Week 4

10.1573
ug/mL (Geometric Mean)
Geometric Coefficient of Variation: 74.51

Week 52

19.8894
ug/mL (Geometric Mean)
Geometric Coefficient of Variation: 70.04

Week 64

1.7675
ug/mL (Geometric Mean)
Geometric Coefficient of Variation: 171.86

Placebo

Mean Change From Baseline at Week 52 in EQ-5D-5L VAS

Mean change from baseline at Study Week 52 in EQ-5D-5L VAS. EQ-5D-5L visual analogue scale (VAS) allows subjects to rate current health status on a scale of 0-100, with 0 being the worst imaginable health state.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

14.64
scale of score (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.708

Placebo

11.86
scale of score (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 0.712

Clinicians Global Impression of Change at Week 52

CGIC (Clinical global impression of change) is an overall evaluation of response to treatment, conducted by investigator using 7-point rating scale, ranging from 1 (very much improved), to 7 (very much worse)

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Placebo

Patients Global Impression of Change at Week 52

PGIC (Patient global impression of change) is an overall evaluation of response to treatment, conducted by the patient using 7-point rating scale, ranging from 1 (very much improved), to 7 (very much worse).

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Placebo

Patients Global Impression of Severity at Week 52

PGI-S (Patient global impression of severity) is an overall evaluation of patient's perception of overall symptom severity using a 6-point rating scale, ranging from 0 = No symptoms, 1=Very mild symptoms, 2=Mild symptoms, 3=Moderate symptoms, 4=Severe symptoms, 5=Very severe symptoms

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Placebo

Mean Change From Baseline at Week 52 in Blood Eosinophils (Cells/uL)

Mean change from baseline at Study Week 52 in blood eosinophils (cells/uL)

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-170.02
cells/uL (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 9.222

Placebo

-40.15
cells/uL (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 9.254

Mean Change From Baseline in Home Based Morning Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) at Week 52 (Weekly Means)

Mean change from baseline in home based morning PEF (L/min) at Study Week 52. Home PEF testing will be performed by the subject in the morning upon awakening and in the evening at bedtime using an electronic, hand-held spirometer. Weekly means are calculated using at least 4 of the 7 days of PEF data.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

34.57
L/min (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 3.051

Placebo

18.01
L/min (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 3.074

Mean Change From Baseline in Home Based Evening Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF) at Week 52 (Weekly Means)

Mean change from baseline in home based evening PEF (L/min) at Study Week 52. Home PEF testing will be performed by the subject in the morning upon awakening and in the evening at bedtime using an electronic, hand-held spirometer. Weekly means are calculated using at least 4 of the 7 days of PEF data.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

23.87
L/min (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 3.075

Placebo

9.01
L/min (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 3.094

Mean Change From Baseline in Night Time Awakenings (Weekly Means) at Week 52

Mean change from baseline in night time awakenings due to asthma at Study Week 52. Night-time awakenings percentage defined as number of nights with awakenings due to asthma and requiring rescue medication divided by number of nights with data and multiplied by 100%. At least 4 out of 7 days of data is required to calculate a weekly mean.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-33.51
percentage of nights with awakenings (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 1.381

Placebo

-30.22
percentage of nights with awakenings (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 1.387

Immunogenecity of Tezepelumab

Anti-drug antibodies (ADA) responses at baseline and post baseline. Persistently positive is defined as positive at >=2 post baseline assessments (with >=16 weeks between the first and the last positive) or positive at last post baseline assessment. Transiently positive is defined as having at least one post baseline ADA positive assessment and not fulfilling the conditions of persistently positive. Treatment boosted ADA defined as baseline positive ADA that was boosted to a 4 fold or higher level following treatment. Treatment emergent ADA defined as sum of treatment induced ADA and treatment boosted ADA.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

ADA persistently positive

4.0
Participants

ADA positive at baseline and/or post-baseline

26.0
Participants

ADA transiently positive

8.0
Participants

Any baseline ADA positive

17.0
Participants

Any post-baseline ADA positive

12.0
Participants

Both baseline and >= 1 post-baseline ADA positive

3.0
Participants

Only baseline ADA positive

14.0
Participants

Treatment boosted ADA positive

1.0
Participants

Treatment emergent ADA positive

10.0
Participants

Treatment induced ADA positive

9.0
Participants

Placebo

ADA persistently positive

18.0
Participants

ADA positive at baseline and/or post-baseline

44.0
Participants

ADA transiently positive

18.0
Participants

Any baseline ADA positive

25.0
Participants

Any post-baseline ADA positive

36.0
Participants

Both baseline and >= 1 post-baseline ADA positive

17.0
Participants

Only baseline ADA positive

8.0
Participants

Treatment boosted ADA positive

2.0
Participants

Treatment emergent ADA positive

20.0
Participants

Treatment induced ADA positive

18.0
Participants

Proportion of Subjects Who Had no Asthma Exacerbations

The proportion of subjects who have no exacerbations is presented as the percentage of subjects with no exacerbations. This is defined as subjects who meet both the following criteria: (1) completed the 52 week treatment period and (2) did not report an exacerbation during this period.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

54.2
Percentage

Placebo

38.6
Percentage

Annual Asthma Exacerbation Rate Resulting in Emergency Room Visit or Hospitalisation

The annualized exacerbation rate is based on exacerbations reported by the investigator that are associated with an emergency room visit, urgent care visit, or a hospitalization (where urgent care visit was captured as an emergency room visit on the eCRF)

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

0.06
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.04 to 0.09

Placebo

0.28
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.2 to 0.39

Proportion of Subjects With at Least One Asthma Exacerbation Associated With Emergency Room Visit or Hospitalisation

Proportion of subjects with at least one asthma exacerbation associated with emergency room visit or hospitalisation as recorded by the investigator in the CRF. This is presented as percentage of subjects with at least one asthma exacerbation associated with emergency room visit or hospitalisation.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

4.7
Percentage

Placebo

12.2
Percentage

Proportion of Subjects Who Had no Asthma Exacerbations Associated With Emergency Room or Hospitalisation

The proportion of subjects with no exacerbations is presented as percentage of subjects who meet both the following criteria: (1) completed the 52 week treatment period and (2) did not report an exacerbation associated with emergency room or hospitalisation during this period.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

92.4
Percentage

Placebo

85.1
Percentage

Mean Change From Baseline at Week 52 in Total Serum IgE (IU/mL)

Mean change from baseline at Study Week 52 in total serum IgE (IU/mL)

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

-164.38
IU/mL (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 34.414

Placebo

43.61
IU/mL (Least Squares Mean)
Standard Error: 34.542

Number of Participants With Asthma Specific Healthcare Utilization Over 52 Weeks

Number of participants with asthma specific healthcare utilizations (e.g. unscheduled physician visits, unscheduled phone calls to physicians, use of other asthma medications) over 52 weeks

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Ambulance transport

4.0
Participants

Emergency Room visit

23.0
Participants

Home visit

9.0
Participants

Hospitalisation

17.0
Participants

Telephone call

101.0
Participants

Unscheduled visit to specialist

187.0
Participants

Placebo

Ambulance transport

12.0
Participants

Emergency Room visit

50.0
Participants

Home visit

10.0
Participants

Hospitalisation

37.0
Participants

Telephone call

133.0
Participants

Unscheduled visit to specialist

231.0
Participants

Annual Asthma Exacerbation Rate Associated With Hospitalisations

The annualized exacerbation rate is based on exacerbations reported by the investigator that are associated with hospitalization

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

0.03
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.01 to 0.06

Placebo

0.19
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.12 to 0.3

Annual Asthma Exacerbation Rate Using Adjudicated Data

The annualized exacerbation rate is based on exacerbations as defined for the primary endpoint, but any hospitalisation and ER visits which are adjudicated to be asthma related are added, and those adjudicated to not be asthma related are removed from analyses.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

0.94
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.81 to 1.09

Placebo

2.14
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 1.88 to 2.44

Annual Asthma Exacerbation Rate Associated With Emergency Room (ER) Visit or Hospitalisation Using Adjudicated Data

The annualized exacerbation rate is based on exacerbations associated with hospitalisations or ER visits, where hospitalisation and ER visits adjudicated to be asthma related are added, and those adjudicated to not be asthma related are removed from analyses.

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

0.08
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.05 to 0.12

Placebo

0.31
events per year (Least Squares Mean)
95% Confidence Interval: 0.22 to 0.42

Total

1059
Participants

Age, Continuous

49.5
Years (Mean)
Standard Deviation: 16.1

Age, Categorical

Race/Ethnicity, Customized

Sex: Female, Male

Overall Study

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Placebo

Drop/Withdrawal Reasons

Tezepelumab 210mg Q4W

Placebo