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Efficacy and Safety of RBX2660 in PUNCH CD3, a Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial with a Bayesian Primary Analysis for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection

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Khanna, Sahil, Assi, Maha, Lee, Christine, Yoho, David, Louie, Thomas, Knapple, Whitfield, Aguilar, Humberto, Garcia-Diaz, Julia, Wang, Gary P., Berry, Scott M., Marion, Joe, Su, Xin, Braun, Tricia, Bancke, Lindy, Feuerstadt, Paul·2022·Drugs
DOI 10.1007/s40265-022-01797-xPMC PMC9607700
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Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, associated with dysbiosis of gut microbiota, has substantial disease burden in the USA. RBX2660 is a live biotherapeutic product consisting of a broad consortium of microbes prepared from human stool that is under investigation for the reduction of recurrent C. difficile infection. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III study, with a Bayesian primary analysis integrating data from a previous phase IIb study, was conducted. Adults who had one or more C. difficile infection recurrences with a positive stool assay for C. difficile and who were previously treated with standard-of-care antibiotics were randomly assigned 2:1 to receive a subsequent blinded, single-dose enema of RBX2660 or placebo. The primary endpoint was treatment success, defined as the absence of C. difficile infection diarrhea within 8 weeks of study treatment. Of the 320 patients screened, 289 were randomly assigned and 267 received blinded treatment (n = 180, RBX2660; n = 87, placebo). Original model estimates of treatment success were 70.4% versus 58.1% with RBX2660 and placebo, respectively. However, after aligning the data to improve the exchangeability and interpretability of the Bayesian analysis, the model-estimated treatment success rate was 70.6% with RBX2660 versus 57.5% with placebo, with an estimated treatment effect of 13.1% and a posterior probability of superiority of 0.991. More than 90% of the participants who achieved treatment success at 8 weeks had sustained response through 6 months in both the RBX2660 and the placebo groups. Overall, RBX2660 was well tolerated, with manageable adverse events. The incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events was higher in RBX2660 recipients compared with placebo and was mostly driven by a higher incidence of mild gastrointestinal events. RBX2660 is a safe and effective treatment to reduce recurrent C. difficile infection following standard-of-care antibiotics with a sustained response through 6 months. NCT03244644; 9 August, 2017. Clostridioides difficile is a diarrhea-causing bacterium that is associated with potentially serious and fatal consequences. Antibiotics used to treat or prevent infections have a side effect of damaging the healthy protective gut bacteria (microbiota). Damage to the gut microbiota can allow C. difficile to over-grow and produce toxins that injure the colon. Paradoxically, the standard of care treatment of C. difficile infection (CDI) is antibiotics. Although initially effective for the control of diarrhea, antibiotics can leave a patient at risk for CDI recurrence after antibiotic treatment is stopped. Live biotherapeutic products are microbiota-based treatments used to repair the gut microbiota. These products have been shown to reduce the recurrence of CDI. RBX2660 is an investigational microbiota-based live biotherapeutic. RBX2660 contains a diverse set of microorganisms. RBX2660 has been developed to reduce CDI recurrence in adults following antibiotic treatment for recurrent CDI. This study was conducted to demonstrate that RBX2660 is effective and safe in treating patients with recurrent CDI. Treatment was considered successful in participants who did not experience CDI recurrence within 8 weeks after administration. Overall, statistical modeling demonstrated that 70.6% of participants treated with RBX2660 and 57.5% of participants treated with placebo remained free of CDI recurrence through 8 weeks. A 13.1 percentage point increase in treatment success was observed with RBX2660 treatment compared with placebo. In participants who achieved treatment success at 8 weeks, more than 90% remained free of CDI recurrence through 6 months. The most common side effects with RBX2660 treatment were abdominal pain and diarrhea. No serious treatment-related side effects were reported. The current data from the comprehensive clinical development program support a positive benefit-risk profile for RBX2660 in the reduction of CDI recurrence in adults following antibiotic therapy for recurrent CDI.

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Fig. 1 PUNCH CD3 study profile. aOnset of AE occurred prior to treatment administration. AE adverse event, ITT intent-to-treat, mITT modified intent-to-treat, PP per-protocol
Fig. 1 PUNCH CD3 study profile. aOnset of AE occurred prior to treatment administration. AE adverse event, ITT intent-to-treat, mITT modified intent-to-treat, PP per-protocolCC BY-NC · PubMed Central
Fig. 2 Kaplan–Meier analysis of time to Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) recurrence through 6 months (modified intent-to-treat population)
Fig. 2 Kaplan–Meier analysis of time to Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) recurrence through 6 months (modified intent-to-treat population)CC BY-NC · PubMed Central
Fig. 3 Incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs) from baseline through 6 months of blinded treatment. Most AEs occurred during the first 2 weeks and were predominantly mild to moderate in both groups, with differences between RBX2660 and placebo primarily attributable to mild events by maximum severity. Adverse events declined after the initial 2 weeks, with comparable rates of AEs between RBX2660 and placebo. Participants may be represented in more than one interval; treatment failures censored at Clostridioides difficile infection recurrence
Fig. 3 Incidence and severity of adverse events (AEs) from baseline through 6 months of blinded treatment. Most AEs occurred during the first 2 weeks and were predominantly mild to moderate in both groups, with differences between RBX2660 and placebo primarily attributable to mild events by maximum severity. Adverse events declined after the initial 2 weeks, with comparable rates of AEs between RBX2660 and placebo. Participants may be represented in more than one interval; treatment failures censored at Clostridioides difficile infection recurrenceCC BY-NC · PubMed Central

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Khanna, S., Assi, M., Lee, C., Yoho, D., Louie, T., Knapple, W., Aguilar, H., Garcia-Diaz, J., Wang, G. P., Berry, S. M., Marion, J., Su, X., Braun, T., Bancke, L., & Feuerstadt, P.
Affiliations
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
  • University of Kansas (US)
  • University of Victoria (CA)
  • Kaiser Permanente (US)
  • University of Calgary (CA)
  • University of Florida (US)
  • Berry Consultants, LLC (United States) (US)
  • Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Khanna, Sahil
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Drugs
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2022-10
Volume
82
Issue
15
Pages
1527-1538
ISSN
  • 0012-6667 (ISSN-L)
  • 1179-1950
DOI
10.1007/s40265-022-01797-x
PMC
PMC9607700
OpenAlex
W4307250618
Cited by
301
References
17
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2026: 71 · 2025: 76 · 2024: 85 · 2023: 64 · 2022: 5
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28.11
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journal article
Language
en
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correction (2022-11-07)
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Funders
Rebiotix Inc., a Ferring Company
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Keywords
recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, RBX2660, live biotherapeutic products, recurrent infection prevention, fecal microbiota transplantation, enema, gut dysbiosis, treatment success, adverse events, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, treatment-emergent adverse events, sustained response, exchangeability, posterior probability
MeSH terms
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Bayes Theorem, Clostridium Infections, Diarrhea, Humans, Recurrence, Clostridioides difficile, Treatment Outcome

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