Blinded Safety & Efficacy Placebo Controlled Study of Icatibant for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Induced Angioedema
Blinded Safety & Efficacy Placebo Controlled Study of Icatibant for Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Induced Angioedema
This study is being conducted to compare the safety and efficacy of icatibant with placebo in
 the treatment for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACE-I)-Induced Angioedema in
 Adults.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) are the class of medications prescribed
 most frequently for the treatment of hypertension. They are also used post myocardial
 infarction as well as in patients with heart failure, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney
 disease. Approximately 35 to 40 million patients are on ACE-Is worldwide.

 Study HGT-FIR-096 is a multicenter, Phase III, randomized, double-blind, two-armed,
 placebo-controlled trial. The study population will consist of 118 adult patients, 18 years
 of age or older, who present with an acute ACE-I-induced angioedema attack. The primary aim
 of the study is to demonstrate that icatibant is significantly more effective than placebo in
 resolving attacks of angioedema caused by ACE-I based on the Time to Meeting Discharge
 Criteria (TMDC). Safety and tolerability, as well as the pharmacokinetics (PK), of icatibant
 will also be evaluated. Eligible patients will be randomized at a 1:1 ratio to receive a
 single sub-cutaneous injection of either 30 mg icatibant or placebo.
Inclusion Criteria:

 1. Male or female, 18 years of age or older.

 2. Patient is currently being treated with an ACE inhibitor.

 3. Patient presenting with an ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema attack of the head and/or
 neck region within 12 hours of onset (must be sufficiently less than 12 hours to allow
 study drug to be given with 12 hours of attack onset).

 4. Angioedema must be considered at least moderate in severity for at least one of the
 four angioedema-associated airway symptoms (difficulty breathing, difficulty
 swallowing, voice changes, tongue swelling).

 5. Patient must have voluntarily signed an Institutional Review Board/Independent Ethics
 Committee-approved informed consent form after all relevant aspects of the study have
 been explained and discussed with the patient.

 6. Females must have a negative urine pregnancy test prior to administration of the study
 medication, with the exception of those females who have had a total hysterectomy or
 bilateral oophorectomy, or who are 2 years post-menopausal.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 1. Patient has a diagnosis of angioedema of other etiology (eg, hereditary or acquired
 angioedema, allergic angioedema [eg, food, insect bite or sting, evident clinical
 response to antihistamines and/or corticosteroids], anaphylaxis, trauma, abscess or
 infection or associated disease, local inflammation, local tumor, post-operative or
 post-radiogenic edema, salivary gland disorders, other [non-ACE inhibitor]
 drug-induced angioedema).

 2. Patients with a family history of recurrent angioedema.

 3. Patients who have had a previous episode(s) of angioedema while not on ACE inhibitor
 therapy.

 4. Patients with acute urticaria (itchy, erythematous wheals).

 5. Patients who have an intervention to support the airway (eg, intubation, tracheotomy,
 cricothyrotomy) due to the current attack of angioedema.

 6. Patient has any of the following vascular conditions that, in the judgment of the
 investigator, would be a contraindication to participation in the study.

 -  Unstable angina pectoris or acute myocardial ischemia

 -  Hypertensive urgency or emergency (diastolic blood pressure [DBP] >120 mm Hg or
 systolic blood pressure [SBP] >180 mm Hg)

 -  Within 1 month of a stroke or transient ischemic attack

 -  New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart failure class IV

 7. Patient has a serious or acute condition or illness that, in the judgment of the
 investigator, would interfere with evaluating the safety and/or efficacy assessments
 of the study (eg, a condition or illness requiring hemodialysis).

 8. Patient is pregnant or breast feeding.

 9. Patient has participated in another investigational study in the past 30 days.

 10. Patient is unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the
 protocol, or is unlikely or unable to comply with the protocol assessments, or is
 unlikely to complete the study for any reason.

 11. Patients who are not suitable for the study in the opinion of the investigator.

 12. Patient has experienced hypersensitivity to the active substance of the
 investigational product or to any of its excipients.