Table 2.
Study (ref.) | Drug/phase | Sponsor/contact | Age (years) | Time from diagnosis/eligibility | Route | Dosing | Treated:placebo | Follow-up duration/primary end point | Status/target size |
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rhGAD65 (45) | rhGAD65-alum/phase II | Diamyd | 10–18 | ≤18 months/C-peptide ≥0.1 pmol/ml, GAD autoantibody positive | s.c. | 20 μg twice in 30 days | 1:1 | 15 months/fasting C-peptide, change in fasting and MMTT C-peptide | Published/n = 70 |
rhGAD65 (83) | rhGAD65-alum/phase II/III | NIH, NIDDK, TrialNet/diabetestrialnet.org | 3–45* | ≤12 weeks/C-peptide ≥0.2 pmol/ml, GAD autoantibody positive | s.c. | 20 μg at 0, 4, and 12 weeks vs. 20 μg at 0 and 4 weeks vs. alum | 2:1 | 2 + 2 years/MMTT C-peptide (4-h AUC) | Enrolling/n = 126 |
rhGAD65 (84) | rhGAD65-alum/phase III | Diamyd Therapeutics/swolf@tklreserach.com | 10–20* | ≤12 weeks/C-peptide ≥0.1 pmol/ml, GAD autoantibody positive | s.c. | 20 μg at 1, 30, 90, and 270 days vs. 20 μg at 0 and 30 days vs. alum alone | 2:1 | 15 months/MMTT C-peptide | Enrolling/n = 320 |
rhGAD65 (85) | rhGAD65-alum/phase III | Diamyd Therapeutics/ulf.parkhede@trialformsupport.com | 10–20 | ≤12 weeks/C-peptide ≥0.1 pmol/ml, GAD autoantibody positive | s.c. | 20 μg at 1, 30, 90, and 270 days vs. 20 μg at 0 and 30 days vs. alum alone | 2:1 | 15 months/MMTT C-peptide | Enrolling/n = 320 |
Proinsulin peptide (48) | Proinsulin C19-A3/phase I | Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre, JDRF, NHMRC Australia | 21–53 | >5 years/C-peptide <0.2 pmol/ml | i.d. | Intradermal 30 or 300 μg in 3 monthly doses | 3:1 | 6 months/adverse events | Published/n = 48 |
IBC-VS01 (86) | Insulin peptide + IFA/phase I | NIAID ITN/Tihamer Orban, MD | 18–35 | ≤30 days | One injection | 1:1 | 2 years/adverse events MMTT C-peptide | Enrollment closed/n = 12 | |
BHT-3021 (87) | plasmid encoding proinsulin/phase I | Bayhill Therapeutics/kwoody@bayhilltx.com | ≥18 | ≤5 years/diagnosed ≤40 years, C-peptide ≥0.066 pmol/ml | i.m. | One of four dose levels (0.3, 1, 3, or 6 mg) weekly for 12 weeks | 2:1 | 25–37 months/crossover optional, adverse events | Enrolling/n = 72 |
DIA-AID (88) | DiaPep277/phase III | Andromeda Biotech/merana@andromedabio.com | 16–45 | ≤12 weeks/C-peptide ≥0.22 pmol/ml | s.c. | 1 mg nine times in 21 months | 1:1 | 2 years/MMTT C-peptide | Enrolling/n = 500 |
*Staggered enrollment. AUC, area under the curve; IFA, incomplete Freund's adjuvant; MMTT, mixed-meal tolerance test; NIAID ITN, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Immune Tolerance Network; NIDDK, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; NHMRC, National Health and Medical Research Council; NIH, National Institutes of Health; JDRF, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.