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A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Oxabact in Patients With Primary Hyperoxaluria

A Phase 3 interventional study of Oxabact OC5 - Oxalobacter formigenes HC-1 and Placebo in Primary Hyperoxaluria, sponsored by OxThera. Completed at 10 sites in 7 countries. Open to participants aged 2 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-12-10.

Sponsored by OxThera · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of OC5 in patients with PH.

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To evaluate the efficacy of Oxabact following 52 weeks treatment in subjects with maintained kidney function, but below the lower limit of the normal range (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] \< 90 ml/min/1.73 m2) and a total plasma oxalate (Pox) concentration ≥ 10 μmol/L. Parameters to be evaluated include the ability to stabilise/reduce Pox concentration, to stabilise/improve kidney function and to reduce oxalate deposits in primary hyperoxaluria (PH) subjects.

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Conditions studied

  • Primary Hyperoxaluria

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In context

Hyperoxaluria, Primary

42 studies on the registry are indexed under Hyperoxaluria, Primary; 11 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 25 is close to the median of 24 across 26 interventional studies indexed under Hyperoxaluria, Primary.

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Lead sponsor

OxThera is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Signed (as applicable for the age of the subject)
  2. A diagnosis of PH (as determined by standard diagnostic methods).
  3. \< 90 ml/min/1.73 m2. The Schwartz formula will be used to estimate GFR for children (age below 18), and CKD-EPI formula will be used for adults (age 18 or above).
  4. Plasma oxalate concentration ≥10 μmol/L in total plasma oxalate.
  5. Male or female patients ≥ 2 years of age.
  6. Patients receiving vitamin B6 must be receiving a stable dose for at least 3 months prior to screening and must not change the dose during the study. Patients not receiving vitamin B6 at study entry must be willing to refrain from initiating pyridoxine during study participation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Inability to swallow size 4 capsules.
  2. Subjects that have undergone transplantation (solid organ or bone marrow).
  3. Patients requiring dialysis or at immediate risk for kidney failure or expected to be in need of dialysis during the study period.
  4. The existence of secondary hyperoxaluria, e.g. hyperoxaluria due to bariatric surgery or chronic gastrointestinal diseases such as cystic fibrosis, chronic inflammatory bowel disease and short-bowel syndrome.
  5. Use of antibiotics to which O. formigenes is sensitive. (This includes current antibiotic use, or antibiotics use within 14 days of initiating study medication).
  6. Current treatment with a separate ascorbic acid preparation.
  7. Pregnant women (or women who are planning to become pregnant) or lactating women.
  8. Women of who are not using adequate precautions. Please see section 7.3 regarding requirements for contraception.
  9. Presence of a medical condition that the Investigator considers likely to make the subject susceptible to adverse effect of study treatment or unable to follow study procedures or any condition that is likely to interfere with the study drug mechanism of action (such as abnormal GI function).
  10. Participation in any interventional study of another product, biologic, device, or other agent within 60 days prior to the first dose of OC5 or not willing to forego other forms of investigational treatment during this study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
25 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Oxabact OC5 capsules

    Oxabact OC5 - Oxalobacter formigenes HC-1

    Biological: Oxabact OC5 - Oxalobacter formigenes HC-1

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo capsules

    Placebo

    Other: Placebo

Interventions

  • BiologicalOxabact OC5 - Oxalobacter formigenes HC-1

    Active study drug

  • OtherPlacebo

    Placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Plasma Oxalate Concentration After 52 Weeks of Treatment

    Change from baseline in total plasma oxalate concentration after 52 weeks of treatment in micromole/liter

    Time frame: 52 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Kidney Function

    Evaluation based on eGFR calculation using the 2009 creatinine-based "Schwartz bedside" equation (for children below 18 years of age) (Schwartz et al., 2009) and 2009 creatinine-based CKD-EPI equation for adults (Levey et al., 2009). Subjects who turn 18 during the study period were continuously evaluated using the Schwartz equation, ie the equation used at baseline was kept throughout the study.

    Time frame: 52 weeks

  2. Frequency of Kidney Stone Events

    Number of kidney stone events for each patient

    Time frame: Through week 48

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Results

Posted Dec 9, 2021

Participant flow

Recruitment began 09 January 2018. Primary study completion 15 April 2021

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneOxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo Capsules
Started1312
Completed1311
Not completed01
Withdrew: Physician decision01

Outcome measures

PrimaryChange From Baseline in Plasma Oxalate Concentration After 52 Weeks of Treatment

Change from baseline in total plasma oxalate concentration after 52 weeks of treatment in micromole/liter

Time frame:
52 weeks
Reported as:
Mean · micromole/liter
Change From Baseline in Plasma Oxalate Concentration After 52 Weeks of Treatment
micromole/literOxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo Capsules
Baseline value14.8 ± 5.714.4 ± 5.4
Change from baseline to 52 weeks-0.71 ± 1.342.35 ± 1.46
SecondaryChange From Baseline in Kidney Function

Evaluation based on eGFR calculation using the 2009 creatinine-based "Schwartz bedside" equation (for children below 18 years of age) (Schwartz et al., 2009) and 2009 creatinine-based CKD-EPI equation for adults (Levey et al., 2009). Subjects who turn 18 during the study period were continuously evaluated using the Schwartz equation, ie the equation used at baseline was kept throughout the study.

Time frame:
52 weeks
Reported as:
Least squares mean · millilitres/minute/1.73m2
Change From Baseline in Kidney Function
millilitres/minute/1.73m2Oxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo Capsules
Change From Baseline in Kidney Function-1.35 ± 2.68-0.06 ± 3.12
SecondaryFrequency of Kidney Stone Events

Number of kidney stone events for each patient

Time frame:
Through week 48
Reported as:
Number · Number of kidney stone events
Frequency of Kidney Stone Events
Number of kidney stone eventsOxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo Capsules
Frequency of Kidney Stone Events78

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events were collected over the 52 week study period. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Oxabact OC5 Capsules0/13 (0%)3/13 (23.1%)13/13 (100%)
Placebo Capsules0/12 (0%)4/12 (33.3%)11/12 (91.7%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventOxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo Capsules
Calculus urinaryRenal and urinary disorders0/132/12
Renal colicRenal and urinary disorders1/131/12
NephrolithiasisRenal and urinary disorders0/131/12
Renal impairmentRenal and urinary disorders0/131/12
Urinary tract obstructionRenal and urinary disorders0/131/12
Bacterial pyelonephritisInfections and infestations0/131/12
Flank painMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders0/131/12
UreterolithiasisRenal and urinary disorders1/130/12
Escherichia urinary tract infectionInfections and infestations1/130/12
Pyelonephritis acuteInfections and infestations1/130/12
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventOxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo Capsules
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders1/134/12
NasopharyngitisInfections and infestations2/132/12
TonsillitisInfections and infestations2/132/12
Urinary tact infectionInfections and infestations1/132/12
GastroenteritisInfections and infestations0/132/12
Flank painMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders2/132/12
PyrexiaGeneral disorders2/132/12
Calculus urinaryRenal and urinary disorders1/132/12
NephrolithiasisRenal and urinary disorders1/132/12
Vitamin D deficiencyMetabolism and nutrition disorders2/130/12

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Oxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo CapsulesTotal
<=18 years10818
Between 18 and 65 years347
>=65 years000
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Oxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo CapsulesTotal
Mean12.9 ± 6.418.3 ± 16.515.5 ± 12.4
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Oxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo CapsulesTotal
Female9514
Male4711
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Oxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo CapsulesTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native000
Asian000
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
Black or African American101
White121224
More than one race000
Unknown or Not Reported000
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Oxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo CapsulesTotal
Belgium123
United States011
United Kingdom123
Tunisia314
Germany246
Spain628
Primary Hyperoxaluria Type
Primary Hyperoxaluria Type(Participants)Oxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo CapsulesTotal
PH Type I131124
PH Type II011
Stage of Chronic Kidney Disease
Stage of Chronic Kidney Disease(Participants)Oxabact OC5 CapsulesPlacebo CapsulesTotal
Stage I123
Stage II11516
Stage III156
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Study locations

10 sites
  • Vanderbilt University Hospital
    Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège
    Liège, Belgium
  • Hôpital Robert Debré
    Paris, 75019, France
  • Kindernierenzentrum Bonn
    Bonn, 53127, Germany
  • Hospital Vall d' Hebron
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Hédi Chaker University Hospital
    Sfax, 3000, Tunisia
  • Sahloul University Hospital
    Sousse, 4054, Tunisia
  • Charles Nicolle University Hospital
    Tunis, 1008, Tunisia
  • Royal Free Hospital
    London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
  • Nottingham Children's Hospital
    Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Apr 2021, 39 months.

Results were first posted in Dec 2021, 7 months after primary completion.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 7, 2017
First posted
Apr 17, 2017
StartActual
Jan 9, 2018
Primary completionActual
Apr 15, 2021
CompletionActual
Apr 15, 2021
Results first posted
Dec 9, 2021
Last update
Dec 10, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 10, 2021, 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
NCT03116685
Lead sponsor
OxThera
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 17, 2017
Start date
Jan 9, 2018
Primary completion
Apr 15, 2021
Completion
Apr 15, 2021
Results posted
Dec 9, 2021
Last update
Dec 10, 2021

Study contacts

Gesa Schalk, MD
principal investigator · KindernierenZentrum, Bonn, Germany

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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