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Hovilpri (pritelivir)

Refractory mucocutaneous herpes simplex virus infection in immunocompromised adults

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Clinical evidence

AIC316-03-I-07

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Objective
Location and study date
Registry dates and status
FieldQuoted record
Study start (actual)“2022-12-04”
Primary completion (actual)“2023-05-18”
Study completion (actual)“2023-05-18”
First submitted“2022-12-12”
First posted“2023-01-04”
Results first submitted“2024-04-09”
Results first posted“2025-03-14”
Last update posted“2025-03-14”
Recruitment status“Completed”
Protocol identifiers, version, and planned trial period
FieldQuoted record
Sponsor“AiCuris Anti-infective Cures AG”
EudraCT number“2022-000203-12”
Protocol version“V2.0”
Protocol date“25 Nov 2022”
Study center“Richmond Pharmacology”
Planned trial period“Q4 2022 to Q2 2023”
Phase of development“Phase 1”
Study design
Registry design fields
FieldQuoted record
Study type“Interventional”
Phase“Phase 1”
Allocation“Randomized”
Interventional model“Parallel Assignment”
Masking“Double”
Primary purpose“Prevention”
Enrollment (actual)“64”
Blinding of participants, site staff, and sponsor
Eligibility criteria
Age, sex, and healthy volunteer status in the registry record
FieldQuoted record
Ages eligible for study“18 Years to 45 Years”
Sexes eligible for study“All”
Accepts healthy volunteers“Yes”
Inclusion criteria: contraception

“Male subjects were not planning to father or to donate sperms for in vitro fertilization during the trial and for at least 3 months after dosing of trial medication.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Women of childbearing potential had to perform adequate contraception.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Adequate contraception was defined as a combination of a highly effective method of birth control and additional barrier contraception.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Highly effective method of birth control was defined as follows: combined (estrogen and progesterone) oral contraceptives, combined hormonal vaginal rings, hormone implants, hormone injectables, or intrauterine device that needed to be in place for a period of at least 2 months prior to Screening and continue for at least 3 months after dosing of trial medication.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“A single barrier method alone or abstinence alone was not acceptable.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Women of non-childbearing potential could be included if surgically sterile (documented complete hysterectomy, supracervical hysterectomy or bi-tubal ligations; partial hysterectomy was not sufficient) or if postmenopausal (who have a history of no menses of at least 24 months at screening and postmenopausal status was confirmed by follicle stimulating hormone [FSH] test at screening).” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

Exclusion criteria: medical history

“History or current evidence of clinically relevant allergies or idiosyncrasy to drugs or food.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“History of any moderate or severe allergy or any known allergy to any active or inactive ingredient(s) of moxifloxacin investigational medicinal product (IMP), pritelivir IMP, or their respective matching placebos.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“History or current evidence of any clinically relevant cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, hematologic, endocrine, metabolic, neurological, psychiatric, or other disease suspected to influence pharmacokinetics or safety of the IMP.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“History or any current evidence of a dermatological condition requiring treatment by a general practitioner (GP) or specialist (with the exception of burns, fungal infections, and/or warts).” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“History of malignancy.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Chronic or clinically relevant acute infections or febrile illness within 5 days prior to administration of the IMP.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Diseases or surgery of the gastrointestinal tract which could have interfered with drug absorption (note: this is not applicable for minor abdominal surgery such as eg, appendectomy and herniotomy).” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Subject was lactating or breastfeeding.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

Treatment
Selection of the supratherapeutic dose

“Thus, a high supra-therapeutic dose of pritelivir, which results in an exposure in excess of what would be observed in patients, will be used in this TQT trial.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Following the exposure to 400 mg pritelivir on Day 1 and 100 mg qd for the next 5 days, dosing of 400 mg qd pritelivir for 10 further days (Day 7 to Day 16) is sufficient (based on results of trial AIC316-01-I-05) to reach steady-state conditions for the planned pharmacokinetic sampling and ECG Day 16.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“Overall, a dosage of 400 mg qd pritelivir is considered to be the supra-therapeutic dose because of a lag of absorption at doses higher than 400 mg pritelivir, ie, no higher exposures can be reached by increasing the dose when administering pritelivir once daily.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“An about 4-fold higher exposure after 400 mg qd dosing compared to the therapeutic exposure after 100 mg qd dosing is also considered to cover intrinsic and extrinsic factors that may increase pritelivir exposure after a therapeutic dose of 100 mg pritelivir is given” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

“In conclusion, the expected highest pritelivir exposure in this TQT trial after 400 mg qd pritelivir dosing at steady state is already covered by previous clinical trial- and nonclinical data.” (opens the source at this quote in a new tab)

Study outcomes
Rationale for using placebo-corrected change in QTcF as the primary endpoint
Reference ranges for electrocardiographic parameters
Statistical analysis description
Number of participants (Planned and analyzed)
Participants enrolled and included in the baseline analysis
PopulationGroup 1Group 2aGroup 2bTotal
Overall number of baseline participants“32”“16”“16”“64”
Participants analyzed for the primary outcome measure
PopulationGroup 1Group 2aGroup 2b
Participants analyzed“32”“16”“16”
Description of analysis sets
Maximum time between blood sampling and electrocardiogram for a paired measurement
Analysis populations posted with the registry results
AnalysisQuoted population description
Baseline characteristics“Safety Set”
Results
Participant disposition
Participant flow
MilestoneGroup 1Group 2aGroup 2b
Started“32”“16”“16”
Completed“32”“16”“16”
Not completed“0”“0”“0”
Baseline characteristics
Age
CharacteristicGroup 1Group 2aGroup 2bTotal
Participants“32”“16”“16”“64”
Age in years, mean (standard deviation)“27.5 (4.74)”“27.3 (4.78)”“30.8 (6.23)”“28.2 (5.28)”
Sex and ethnicity, count and percentage of participants
CharacteristicGroup 1Group 2aGroup 2bTotal
Female“12”“37.5%”“8”“50.0%”“7”“43.8%”“27”“42.2%”
Male“20”“62.5%”“8”“50.0%”“9”“56.3%”“37”“57.8%”
Hispanic or Latino“3”“9.4%”“0”“0.0%”“2”“12.5%”“5”“7.8%”
Not Hispanic or Latino“29”“90.6%”“16”“100.0%”“14”“87.5%”“59”“92.2%”
Ethnicity unknown or not reported“0”“0.0%”“0”“0.0%”“0”“0.0%”“0”“0.0%”
Race, count and percentage of participants
Efficacy results
Statistical analysis of the primary outcome measure posted on the registry
FieldQuoted record
Type of comparison“NON_INFERIORITY”
Null hypothesis“Null hypothesis: difference to placebo of change from baseline QTcF ≥ 10 ms.”
P value“<0.05”
Statistical method“Mixed Models Analysis”
Estimation parameter“Prediction @ mean max concentration”
Estimated value“0.8”
Confidence level, %“90”
Number of sides“TWO_SIDED”
Confidence interval, lower limit“-1.3”
Confidence interval, upper limit“2.9”
Unit of measure“ms”
Mean QTcF in milliseconds by group and time point
Day and time relative to dosingGroup 1, meanGroup 1, standard deviationGroup 2a, meanGroup 2a, standard deviationGroup 2b, meanGroup 2b, standard deviation
Day 1, -1 hour“402.66”“15.198”“405.23”“17.208”“401.94”“16.989”
Day 1, -40 minutes“404.55”“15.043”“408.19”“17.040”“404.21”“17.782”
Day 1, -20 minutes“405.66”“15.781”“409.10”“15.934”“405.19”“19.805”
Day 1, 15 minutes“405.86”“15.653”“407.06”“14.679”“406.23”“16.081”
Day 1, 30 minutes“400.94”“14.466”“403.96”“15.311”“398.56”“17.347”
Day 1, 45 minutes“401.82”“13.891”“405.48”“17.832”“402.13”“17.295”
Day 1, 1 hr“403.99”“15.280”“405.69”“17.724”“403.27”“20.122”
Day 1, 2 hr“403.34”“13.638”“406.42”“16.724”“404.06”“19.436”
Day 1, 3 hr“404.70”“15.006”“409.08”“17.105”“403.60”“18.037”
Day 1, 4 hr“405.84”“14.719”“407.63”“16.228”“403.75”“19,248”
Day 1, 5 hr“398.16”“13.577”“401.54”“16.387”“401.29”“15.948”
Day 1, 6 hr“396.48”“13.705”“397.56”“15.982”“396.98”“16.573”
Day 1, 7 hr“397.40”“13.037”“398.69”“17,711”“396.65”“16.517”
Day 1, 8 hr“398.92”“14.727”“401.81”“16.308”“397.98”“17.455”
Day 1, 12 hr“402.41”“11.990”“402.63”“15.583”“402.96”“17.687”
Day 6, -1 hr“406.43”“14.456”“404.94”“13.207”“404.63”“20.971”
Day 6, -40 minutes“405.40”“16.410”“407.56”“16.518”“406.60”“18.966”
Day 6, -20 minutes“407.01”“16.483”“405.33”“14.640”“407.94”“16.662”
Day 6, 1 hr“404.76”“15.722”“406.04”“18.259”“404.23”“20.257”
Day 6, 2 hr“405.93”“15.895”“404.54”“17.555”“404.29”“19,128”
Day 6, 3 hr“405.34”“17.242”“404.81”“18.170”“405.15”“18.768”
Day 6, 4 hr“404.73”“16.959”“406.44”“18.839”“405.63”“22.097”
Day 6, 5 hr“398.04”“13.348”“396.40”“14.502”“401.42”“14.800”
Day 6, 6 hr“395.97”“14.423”“396.48”“15.856”“397.83”“18.350”
Day 6, 7 hr“396.82”“14.461”“396.10”“15.270”“394.21”“18.831”
Day 6, 8 hr“400.02”“13.161”“397.63”“17.160”“398.40”“16.213”
Day 6, 12 hr“399.09”“12.784”“396.92”“16.245”“399.17”“17.726”
Day 16, -1 hr“403.56”“15.159”“405.54”“13.995”“404.79”“15.734”
Day 16, -40 minutes“404.81”“15.116”“405.54”“17.129”“405.52”“15.714”
Day 16, -20 minutes“405.36”“13.483”“408.75”“15.479”“406.38”“14.649”
Day 16, 1 hr“403.93”“14.543”“404.71”“15.240”“404.88”“15.248”
Day 16, 2 hr“404.14”“14.856”“407.85”“15.755”“405.15”“18.643”
Day 16, 3 hr“405.32”“15.513”“405.52”“17.318”“406.83”“16.953”
Day 16, 4 hr“405.74”“15.966”“406.85”“17.257”“405.38”“16.946”
Day 16, 5 hr“398.14”“13.121”“399.71”“17.031”“399.56”“14.704”
Day 16, 6 hr“395.29”“12.566”“397.60”“16.424”“396.04”“16.262”
Day 16, 7 hr“396.54”“13.894”“395.44”“15.874”“396.42”“17.022”
Day 16, 8 hr“400.52”“16.196”“399.52”“16.536”“398.46”“15.975”
Day 16, 12 hr“398.61”“13.372”“399.00”“14.569”“400.23”“15.474”
Health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes

Not applicable.

Safety results
Deaths, serious adverse events, and other adverse events
CategoryGroup 1Group 2aGroup 2b
All-cause mortality“0/32 (0.00%)”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0/16 (0.00%)”
Serious adverse events“0/32 (0.00%)”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0/16 (0.00%)”
Other (not including serious) adverse events“20/32 (62.50%)”“10/16 (62.50%)”“10/16 (62.50%)”
Adverse events by system organ class and preferred term
System organ classPreferred termGroup 1, affected / at riskGroup 1, eventsGroup 2a, affected / at riskGroup 2a, eventsGroup 2b, affected / at riskGroup 2b, events
Cardiac disorders“dizziness”“2/32 (6.25%)”“2”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”
Cardiac disorders“dizziness postural”“1/32 (3.13%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Gastrointestinal disorders“Constipation”“0/32 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“3/16 (18.75%)”“3”
Gastrointestinal disorders“Dyspepsia”“1/32 (3.13%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Gastrointestinal disorders“Gastrooesophageal reflux disease”“2/32 (6.25%)”“2”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“2/16 (12.50%)”“2”
Gastrointestinal disorders“Nausea”“3/32 (9.38%)”“3”“2/16 (12.50%)”“3”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Gastrointestinal disorders“Toothache”“1/32 (3.13%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Infections and infestations“Gastroenteritis”“0/32 (0.00%)”“0”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Infections and infestations“Upper respiratory tract infection”“2/32 (6.25%)”“2”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Infections and infestations“Urinary tract infection”“1/32 (3.13%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Infections and infestations“Viral upper respiratory tract infection”“5/32 (15.63%)”“5”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”
Injury, poisoning and procedural complications“Neck Injury”“1/32 (3.13%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)“Lipoma”“0/32 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”
Nervous system disorders“Headache”“2/32 (6.25%)”“2”“4/16 (25.00%)”“4”“2/16 (12.50%)”“2”
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders“Epistaxis”“2/32 (6.25%)”“2”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders“Dermatitis atopic”“0/32 (0.00%)”“0”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders“Dermatitis contact”“5/32 (15.63%)”“6”“4/16 (25.00%)”“4”“3/16 (18.75%)”“5”
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders“Erythema ab igne”“1/32 (3.13%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders“Pruritus”“0/32 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders“Rash maculo-papular”“2/32 (6.25%)”“2”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders“Rash papular”“0/32 (0.00%)”“0”“1/16 (6.25%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders“Rash vesicular”“1/32 (3.13%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders“Skin hyperpigmentation”“1/32 (3.13%)”“1”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”“0/16 (0.00%)”“0”
Study limitations
Summary

AIC316-03-I-07 enrolled 64 healthy adults aged 18 to 45 years at 1 site; concomitant medication was an exclusion criterion, with exceptions for hormonal contraception, hormone replacement therapy, and a single intake judged to have no clinical relevance. The highest pritelivir dose was 400 mg once daily, given for 10 days. The registry posts mean QTcF by time point and one model-based prediction with its 90% confidence interval. It posts no moxifloxacin assay sensitivity result, no heart rate, PR interval, or QRS duration result, and no pharmacokinetic result. No journal publication of the trial was identified.