Clinical Trial: Anakinra to Treat Patients With Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease

Study Status: Terminated
Recruit Status: Terminated
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: A Long-Term Outcome Study With the IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Anakinra/Kineret in Patients With Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID/CINCA Syndrome) A Therapeutic Approach to Study the

Brief Summary: This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of anakinra (Kineret) for treating patients with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), also known as chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and arthropathy (CINCA) syndrome. This disease can cause rash, joint deformities, brain inflammation, eye problems, and learning difficulties. Immune suppressing medicines commonly used to treat other pediatric rheumatologic diseases do not suppress NOMID symptoms and, if used long-term and in high doses, can cause harmful side effects. Anakinra, approved by The Food and Drug Administration for treating rheumatoid arthritis in adults, blocks a substance called IL-1 that may be an important factor in causing the inflammation in NOMID.

Detailed Summary: This study uses the IL-1 receptor antagonist anakinra to treat children and adults with Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID), also known as chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and arthropathy (CINCA) syndrome. NOMID/CINCA syndrome is a rare genetic systemic auto-inflammatory disease that is characterized by a triad of symptoms, including a persistent urticaria-like skin rash, an arthropathy associated with patellar and epiphyseal osseous overgrowth, and neurological manifestations, including chronic aseptic meningitis, optic disc edema, high frequency hearing loss, and mental retardation. Spontaneous genetic mutations in the NACHT domain of CIAS1, a gene located on chromosome 1 have been recently identified in about half of the patients with NOMID/CINCA syndrome. CIAS1 encodes a protein, cryopyrin that is associated with up-regulation of IL-1 production in vitro, which has formed the rationale to target the IL-1 pathway in children with NOMID. During an up to 3- week enrollment period before initiating therapy, we will collect self/parent reported daily diary data and serological samples on up to 3 occasions one week apart, to determine baseline disease activity. These data may be gathered by collaborating centers. At the end of the observation period, patients will be admitted to the NIH for a standardized clinical evaluation and initiation of treatment with anakinra administered at 1 mg/kg/day by regular daily subcutaneous injections. If patients do not fulfill improvement criteria at 1 month, the dose will be escalated between 0.5 and 1 mg/kg/day increments to obtain inflammatory remission. An initial withdrawal study in a subset of 11 patients was performed. The clinical improvement at 3-4 months and the change in serum amyloid A levels (SAA) (a sensitive inflammatory marker) from before treatment to 3-4 months post treatment, and drug safety are the primary clinical outcomes of this study. To assess long-term safety and efficacy, all pa
Sponsor: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

Current Primary Outcome:

  • Diary Symptom Sum Score (DSSS) (Fever, Rash, Joint Pain, Vomiting, and Headaches) [ Time Frame: Baseline ]
    "The severity of the main symptoms of the disease were scored on a scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (highest severity) on a daily basis using a diary. Five key symptoms were included in the primary variable DSSS: fever, headache, rash, joint pain, and vomiting. Each of the diary variables was evaluated as a mean value for a period preceding the visits. The baseline value was the mean value of the 5-30 last days before the first dose of Kineret. For the subsequent visits, the mean value of the last 30 days with data before each visit was used as the response variable."
  • Diary Symptom Sum Score (DSSS) (Fever, Rash, Joint Pain, Vomiting, and Headaches) [ Time Frame: 36 months ]
    "The severity of the main symptoms of the disease were scored on a scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (highest severity) on a daily basis using a diary. Five key symptoms were included in the primary variable DSSS: fever, headache, rash, joint pain, and vomiting. Each of the diary variables was evaluated as a mean value for a period preceding the visits. The baseline value was the mean value of the 5-30 last days before the first dose of Kineret. For the subsequent visits, the mean value of the last 30 days with data before each visit was used as the response variable."
  • Diary Symptom Sum Score (DSSS) (Fever, Rash, Joint Pain, Vomiting, and Headaches) [ Time Frame: 60 months ]
    "The severity of the main symptoms of the disease were scored on a scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (highest severity) on a daily basis using a diary. Five key

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    Information By: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

    Dates:
    Date Received: September 22, 2003
    Date Started: September 2003
    Date Completion:
    Last Updated: October 7, 2016
    Last Verified: October 2016