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CompletedNCT01308021Updated May 26, 2014

Clinical Efficacy and Safety of gpASIT+TM to Treat Seasonal Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis

A Phase 2 interventional study of gpASIT+TM and gpASIT+TM in Grass Pollen Allergy and Hay Fever, sponsored by BioTech Tools S.A.. Completed at 19 sites in 3 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-05-26.

Sponsored by BioTech Tools S.A. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
202
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 50 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of grass pollen-derived peptides administrated orally to treat seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis.

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Conditions studied

  • Grass Pollen Allergy
  • Hay Fever

Keywords

  • Rhinoconjunctivitis
  • Allergy
  • Grass pollen
  • Hypersensitivity
  • Immune system disorder
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In context

Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal

392 studies on the registry are indexed under Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal; 25 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 202 is above the median of 136 across 356 interventional studies indexed under Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal.

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Lead sponsor

BioTech Tools S.A. is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age between 18 and 50 years
  • Subject has given written informed consent
  • The subjects are in good physical and mental health according to his/her medical history, vital signs, and clinical status
  • Male or non pregnant, non-lactating female
  • Female unable to bear children must have documentation of such in the CRF (i.e. tubule ligation, hysterectomy, or post menopausal (defined as a minimum of one year since the last menstrual period))
  • Allergy > 2 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects with current immunotherapy or subjects who underwent a previous immunotherapy within the last 2 years
  • Subjects with perennial asthma
  • Subjects with a VC \< 80% and FEV1 \< 70%
  • Subjects requiring controller medication against asthma (bronchodilator nebulised drugs or local or systemic corticosteroids)
  • Documented evidence of chronic sinusitis (as determined by investigator)
  • Subjects with a history of hepatic or renal disease
  • Subjects symptomatic to perennial inhalant allergens
  • Subject with malignant disease, autoimmune disease
  • Female subjects who are pregnant, lactating, or of child-bearing potential and not protected from pregnancy by a sufficiently reliable method (OCs, IUD, ...)
  • Any chronic disease, which may impair the subject's ability to participate in the trial (i.e. severe congestive heart failure, active gastric ulcer, inflammatory bowel disease, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, etc...)
  • Subjects requiring beta-blockers medication
  • Chronic use of concomitant medications that would affect assessment of the effectiveness of the trial medication (e.g. tricyclic antidepressants)
  • Subject with febrile illness (> 37.5°C, oral)
  • A known positive serology for HIV-1/2, HBV or HCV
  • The subject is immunocompromised by medication or illness, has received a vaccine, corticoids or immunosuppressive medications within 1 month before trial entry
  • Receipt of blood or a blood derivative in the past 6 months preceding trial entry
  • Regular consumption of corticoids (oral, topic or nasal) or of anti-histaminic drugs within 4 weeks preceding the trial
  • Any consumption of corticoids (oral, topic or nasal) or of anti-histaminic drugs within 1 week preceding the trial
  • Use of long-acting antihistamines
  • Any condition which could be incompatible with protocol understanding and compliance
  • Subjects who have forfeited their freedom by administrative or legal award or who are under guardianship
  • Unreliable subjects including non-compliant subjects, subjects with known alcoholism or drug abuse or with a history of a serious psychiatric disorder as well as subjects unwilling to give informed consent or to abide by the requirements of the protocol
  • Participation in another clinical trial and/or treatment with an experimental drug within the last 2 years
  • A history of hypersensitivity to the excipients
  • Rhinitis medicamentosa, non-specific rhinitis (to food dye, preservative agent...)
  • Subjects without means of contacting the investigator rapidly in case of emergency, or not able to be contacted rapidly by the investigator
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
202 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    gpASIT400

    gpASIT+TM 400 µg

    Biological: gpASIT+TM

  • Experimental
    gpASIT800

    gpASIT+TM 800 µg

    Biological: gpASIT+TM

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Biological: Placebo

Interventions

  • BiologicalgpASIT+TM

    entero-coated capsules containing 400µg of gpASIT+TM, daily , 28 days

  • BiologicalgpASIT+TM

    entero-coated capsules containing 800 µg of gpASIT+TM, daily, 28 days

  • BiologicalPlacebo

    Placebo entero-coated capsules

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Impact of gpASIT+TM on the clinical efficacy of the subjects

    The following parameter will be assessed: rhinoconjunctivitis total symptom score

    Time frame: grass pollen season 2011 (April to July)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Clinical tolerability and safety of the treatment

    The following parameters will be assessed: general physical status, vital signs, haematological parameters, general blodd biochemistry parameters, all (serious) adverse events, immunological analysis (total IgG, IgE) and inflammatory parameters (CRP, sedimentation rate)

    Time frame: 8 months

  2. Impact of gpASIT+TM on the immunological status of the subjects

    The following parameter will be assessed: allergen-specific immunoglobulin concentrations

    Time frame: screening visit (January-February 2011), before pollen season (April 2011), during pollen season (June 2011) and after pollen season (August 2011)

  3. Impact of gpASIT+TM on the clinical status of the subjects

    The average daily symptom and rescue medication scores will be assessed.

    Time frame: grass pollen season 2011 (April-July)

  4. Impact of gpASIT+TM on the quality of life of the subjects

    The quality of life will be assessed by the use of validated questionnaires.

    Time frame: grass pollen season 2011 (April-July)

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Study locations

19 sites
  • CHR Saint Joseph Warquignies
    Boussu, 7300, Belgium
  • AZ Sint Lucas
    Brugge, 8310, Belgium
  • Clinique du Parc Léopold
    Brussels, 1040, Belgium
  • UZ Brussel
    Brussels, 1090, Belgium
  • UCL Saint Luc
    Brussels, 1200, Belgium
  • UZ Antwerpen
    Edegem, 2650, Belgium
  • UZ Gent
    Gent, 9000, Belgium
  • UZ Leuven
    Leuven, 3000, Belgium
  • CHR Citadelle
    Liège, 4000, Belgium
  • CHU Sart-Tilman
    Liège, 4000, Belgium
  • CHU Ambroise Paré
    Mons, 7000, Belgium
  • UCL Mont Godinne
    Yvoir, 5530, Belgium
  • Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul
    Lille, 59020, France
  • CHRU Lille
    Lille, 59037, France
  • Private practice
    Nantes, 44000, France
  • Private practice
    Nantes, 44400, France
  • CHU Reims
    Reims, 51100, France
  • CHRU Strasbourg
    Strasbourg, 67091, France
  • CH Luxembourg
    Luxembourg, 1210, Luxembourg
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 26, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01308021
Lead sponsor
BioTech Tools S.A.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 3, 2011
Start date
Dec 2010
Primary completion
Oct 2011
Completion
Dec 2011
Last update
May 26, 2014

Study contacts

Claus Bachert, MD
principal investigator · UZ Ghent
Jan Ceuppens, MD
principal investigator · UZ Leuven
Didier Ebo, MD
principal investigator · UZ Antwerpen
Jean-Luc Halloy, MD
principal investigator · CHR Warquignies
Stijn Hallewyck, MD
principal investigator · Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Peter Hellings, MD
principal investigator · UZ Leuven
Renaud Louis, MD
principal investigator · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege
Catherine Mbasoa, MD
principal investigator · Clinique du Parc Léopold Bruxelles
Charles Pilette, MD
principal investigator · UCL Saint Luc Bruxelles
Hélène Simonis, MD
principal investigator · CHR Citadelle Liège
Olivier Vandenplas, MD
principal investigator · UCL Mont Godinne Yvoir
Christoph Verhoye, MD
principal investigator · AZ Sint-Lucas Brugge
Patricia Wackenier, MD
principal investigator · CHU Ambroise-Paré - Mons
Frédéric De Blay, MD
principal investigator · CHRU Strasbourg
Marie-Christine Castelain, MD
principal investigator · Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Lille
François Lavaud, MD
principal investigator · CHRU Reims
Benoît Wallaert, MD
principal investigator · CHU Lille
François Wessel, MD
principal investigator · Private Practice Nantes
Bruno Lebeaupin, MD
principal investigator · Private Practice Nantes
François Hentges, MD
principal investigator · CHL Luxembourg
François Durand Perdriel, MD
principal investigator · Private Practice Nantes
François Spirlet, MD
principal investigator · CH de Dinant

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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