Skip to main content

CLINICAL TRIAL article

Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Nephrology
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1392644
This article is part of the Research Topic Insights in Pediatric Nephrology View all 4 articles

Efficacy and safety of lumasiran for infants and young children with primary hyperoxaluria type 1: 30-month analysis of the phase 3 ILLUMINATE-B trial

Provisionally accepted
  • 1 Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
  • 2 Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
  • 3 Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel
  • 4 Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 5 Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
  • 6 Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States
  • 7 Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France
  • 8 Pediatric Nephrology Department, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
  • 9 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States), Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • 10 Pediatric Nephrology Institute, Rambam Health Care Campus, and Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Haifa, Israel

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Background: Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is a genetic disorder resulting in overproduction of hepatic oxalate, potentially leading to recurrent kidney stones, nephrocalcinosis, chronic kidney disease, and kidney failure. Lumasiran, the first RNA interference therapeutic approved for infants and young children, is a liver-directed treatment that reduces hepatic oxalate production. Lumasiran demonstrated sustained efficacy with an acceptable safety profile over 12 months in infants and young children (age <6 years) with PH1 in ILLUMINATE-B (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03905694), an ongoing, Phase 3, multinational, open-label, single-arm study. Methods: Here, we report interim efficacy and safety findings from ILLUMINATE-B following 30 months of lumasiran treatment. Eligible patients had an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) >45 mL/min/1.73m2 if ≥12 months old or normal serum creatinine if <12 months old, and a urinary oxalate to creatinine ratio (UOx:Cr) greater than the upper limit of normal. All 18 patients enrolled in ILLUMINATE-B completed the 6-month primary analysis period, entered an extension period of up to 54 months, and continue to participate in the study. Results: At Month 30, mean percent change from baseline in spot UOx:Cr was −76%, and mean percent change in plasma oxalate was −42%. eGFR remained stable through Month 30. In 14 patients (86%) with nephrocalcinosis at baseline, nephrocalcinosis grade improved at Month 24 in 12; no patient worsened. In the 4 patients without baseline nephrocalcinosis, nephrocalcinosis was absent at Month 24. Kidney stone event rates were ≤0.25 per person-year through Month 30. Mild, transient injection site reactions were the most common lumasiran-related adverse events (17% of patients). Conclusion: In infants and young children with PH1, long-term lumasiran treatment resulted in sustained reductions in urinary and plasma oxalate that were sustained for 30 months, with an acceptable safety profile. Kidney function remained stable, low kidney stone event rates were observed through Month 30, and nephrocalcinosis grade improvements were observed through Month 24.

    Keywords: Kidney1, liver2, lumasiran3, oxalate4, Pediatric5, rare diseases6, RNA interference7, primary hyperoxaluria type 18

    Received: 27 Feb 2024; Accepted: 26 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Frishberg, Hayes, Shasha-Lavsky, Sas, Michael, Sellier-Leclerc, Hogan, Willey, Gansner and Magen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Yaacov Frishberg, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

    Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.