Facilitated Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin 10% for CIDP: Interim Results from a Long-term Safety and Tolerability Study
Robert DM Hadden1, Henning Andersen2, Vera Bril3, Ivana Basta4, Konrad Rejdak5, Gordana Djordjevic6, Erin Greco7, Shabbir Hasan7, James French7, Leman Yel7, Hakan Ay7
1Neurology Department, King’s College Hospital, 2Aarhus University, 3The Ellen & Martin Prosserman Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, University Health Network, University of Toronto, 4University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Clinic, University Clinical Center of Serbia, 5Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lublin, 6Neurology Clinic, University Clinical Center of Nis, 7Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.
Objective:

To evaluate long-term safety and efficacy of facilitated subcutaneous immunoglobulin (fSCIG; human immunoglobulin G [IgG] 10% with recombinant human hyaluronidase) in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP).

Background:

fSCIG is under investigation as a maintenance therapy for patients with CIDP.

Design/Methods:

ADVANCE-CIDP 3 (NCT02955355) is a long-term extension of ADVANCE-CIDP 1 (NCT02549170), a Phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study that evaluated efficacy and safety/tolerability of fSCIG as maintenance therapy for CIDP. Patients completing 6 months without relapse in ADVANCE-CIDP 1 could enter ADVANCE-CIDP 3 and receive open-label fSCIG treatment. The primary outcome is safety. Efficacy is an exploratory outcome including evaluation of CIDP relapse.

Results:

This interim analysis included 79 patients (mean age 53.9 years, 54.4% male) with total follow-up of 169 patient-years; 2595 infusions were administered. Median exposure was 23 months (range: 0–61 months). Most adverse events (AEs) were mild or moderate, local and self-limiting, and consistent with the established fSCIG safety profile. Overall, 1166 AEs (40 severe; 18 serious) occurred in 70 patients (88.6%). Of these, 661 AEs (19 severe; 2 serious) were related to fSCIG. Systemic AEs (e.g. hemodynamic alterations) were infrequent. Overall, 5 patients relapsed; the 6-month relapse rate was 1.5%.

Conclusions:

ADVANCE-CIDP 3 demonstrates favorable long-term safety and tolerability of fSCIG, and a low relapse rate, supporting its use as a maintenance treatment for CIDP.

10.1212/WNL.0000000000206323