Recruiting
Phase 3

Fazirsiran

Sponsor:

Takeda

Code:

NCT06165341

Conditions

Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Fazirsiran Injection

Placebo

Study Details

Brief summary:

The liver produces a protein called alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT). AAT is normally released into the bloodstream. In some people, the liver makes an abnormal version of the AAT protein, called Z-AAT. Making an abnormal version of the AAT protein can result in liver disease as Z-AAT builds up in liver cells, which leads to liver problems such as liver scarring (fibrosis), continuing liver damage (cirrhosis), and eventually end stage liver disease. Fazirsiran is a medicine that reduces the creation of the Z-AAT protein and thus the build-up of this abnormal protein in the liver. People with this type of liver disease who already have mild liver scarring will take part in the study. They will be treated with fazirsiran or a placebo for about 2 years. This study will check the long-term safety of fazirsiran, whether participants tolerate the treatment and if there are any effects on liver scarring. A liver biopsy, a way of collecting a small tissue sample from the liver, will be taken twice during the study.

Conditions

Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

Study ID

NCT06165341

Start date

Mar 1, 2024

Status verified date

Mar, 2026

Completion date

Aug 26, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug 26, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • In the opinion of the investigator, the participant is capable of understanding and fully complying with the protocol requirements and adhering to the protocol schedule.
  • The participant is able to read, understand, and complete the study questionnaires electronically per the investigator's judgment.
  • The participant signs and dates a written Informed Consent Form (ICF). Any required privacy authorization should also be signed before the initiation of any study procedures.
  • The participant, of any sex, is aged 18 to 75 years, inclusive.
  • The participant must have a diagnosis of the protease inhibitor Z mutation (PiZZ) genotype AATD. A diagnosis of PiZZ from source-verifiable medical records is permitted. Otherwise, participants must undergo PiZZ confirmatory testing (genotyping for PiS and PiZ alleles) at screening. PiMZ or PiSZ genotypes are not permitted.
  • The participant's liver biopsy core samples collected as per protocol requirements.
  • The participant has evidence of METAVIR stage F1 liver fibrosis, evaluated by a centrally read baseline liver biopsy during the screening period; or confirmed as meeting all the entry criteria by central reading from a previous biopsy conducted within 1 year before the estimated enrollment date using an adequate liver biopsy and slides as defined in the study laboratory manual.
  • The participant has a pulmonary status that meets the protocol requirements.
  • It must be confirmed that the participant does not have hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
  • Any participant who is taking statins, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, or beta-1 selective adrenergic receptor inhibitors must have been receiving a stable dose of these medications for at least 8 weeks before randomization. All attempts are to be made for the participant to continue the same dose of the medication for the duration of study participation.
  • An adult participant must have a body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 39 kilogram per meter square (kg/m\^2), inclusive.
  • The participant has a 12-lead electrocardiogram at screening that, in the opinion of the investigator, has no abnormalities that could compromise the participant's safety in this study.
  • The participant is a nonsmoker.
  • If the participant was being treated with any respiratory medications including inhaled bronchodilators, inhaled anticholinergics, inhaled corticosteroids, or low-dose systemic corticosteroids (prednisone less than or equal to \[<=10\] milligrams per day \[mg/d\] or its equivalent), the doses of the participant's medications must have remained unchanged for greater than or equal to (>=) 4 weeks before screening.
  • The participant must have suitable venous access for blood sampling.
  • A person of childbearing potential (POCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and a negative urine pregnancy test on Day 1 before dosing.
  • The participant must use appropriate contraception methods (that is, highly effective methods for female and medically appropriate methods for male study participants) for the entire duration of the study and for 6 months after the last dose of study medication. The participant must not donate sperm for at least 6 months after the last dose of study medication.

Exclusion criteria:

  • The participant has evidence of >= F2 fibrosis based on liver biopsy during the screening period.
  • The participant has a history of liver decompensating events.
  • The participant has a history of varices based on a previous esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
  • The participant has portal vein thrombosis.
  • The participant has undergone a prior trans-jugular portosystemic shunt procedure.
  • The participant has evidence of other forms of chronic liver diseases.
  • The participant has a history of malignancy within the last 5 years, except for adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder tumors, or in situ cervical cancer. Participants with curatively treated malignancies who have no evidence of metastatic disease and disease-free interval greater than (>) 1 year may be enrolled after approval by the medical monitor.
  • The participant has an abnormal finding of clinical relevance at the screening evaluation and before administration of the first dose of study dosing that, in the opinion of the investigator, could adversely impact participant safety during the study or adversely impact study results.
  • The participant has any laboratory abnormalities at screening and before the first dose of the study drug that meet protocol parameters.
  • The participant is expected to have severe and unavoidable high-level exposure to inhaled pulmonary toxins during the study such as may occur with occupational exposure to mineral dusts or metals.
  • The participant has a recent lower respiratory tract infection, such as pneumonia, within the last 6 months before screening. The participant may be screened earlier based on principal investigator (PI) assessment of clinical recovery and return to baseline pulmonary function in discussion with the medical monitor.
  • The participant has a history of frequent pulmonary exacerbations (>=2 moderate or severe exacerbations within 52 weeks before screening).
  • The participant is experiencing a pulmonary exacerbation at the time of screening (participant may be rescreened after the clinical resolution of an exacerbation).
  • The participant is receiving long-term, around-the-clock oxygen supplementation or supplemental oxygen with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or bilevel positive airway pressure for acute respiratory failure. The following conditions are allowable for the participant to enter screening: short-term use of oxygen supplementation (example, for the management of acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease \[COPD\] exacerbation) or CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea.
  • The participant has human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection as shown by the presence of anti-HIV antibody (seropositive).
  • The participant is seropositive for hepatitis B virus (HBV surface antigen positive and/or HBV core antibody positive without HBV surface antibody at screening) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) (detectable HCV Ribonucleic Acid \[RNA\] at screening). Cured HCV (positive antibody test without detectable HCV RNA for at least 6 months after treatment) is acceptable.
  • The participant has unstable, poorly controlled, or severe hypertension. Participants may be rescreened once their blood pressure (BP) is successfully controlled.
  • The participant has a history of torsades de pointes, ventricular rhythm disturbances (example, ventricular tachycardia), heart block (excluding first-degree block, being PR interval prolongation only), congenital long QT syndrome or new ST-segment elevation or depression or a new Q wave on ECG. Participants with a history of atrial arrhythmias should be discussed with the medical monitor.
  • The participant has symptomatic heart failure (per New York Heart Association guidelines), unstable angina, myocardial infarction, severe cardiovascular disease (ejection fraction less than \[<\] 20 percent \[%\]), transient ischemic attack, or cerebrovascular accident within 6 months before screening.
  • The participant has a history of major surgery within 12 weeks of screening (or longer, at the discretion of the investigator).
  • The participant has a history of more than moderate alcohol consumption within 12 months before the screening visit.
  • The participant has a history of drug abuse (such as cocaine, phencyclidine) within 1 year before the screening visit or has a positive urine drug screen at screening.
  • The participant has previously been treated with fazirsiran or any other RNA interference (RNAi) for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency-associated liver disease (AATD-LD).
  • The participant has a history of hypersensitivity or allergies with any associated excipients of fazirsiran.
  • The participant has received an investigational agent or device within 30 days, or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, before the dosing of study medication or is currently participating in an investigational study involving a therapeutic intervention.
  • The participant has donated >=500 milliliter (mL) of blood within 1 month of the administration of study treatment.
  • The participant has any concomitant medical or psychiatric condition or social situation that would make it difficult to comply with protocol requirements or put the participant at additional safety risk. The participant has a history of clinically significant hematologic, renal, hepatic, pulmonary, neurologic, psychiatric, gastrointestinal (GI), systemic inflammatory, metabolic, or endocrine disorder or any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, rendered the participant a poor candidate for inclusion into the study.
  • The participant has a history of thromboembolic disease (including deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism), within 6 months before screening, or is taking chronic anticoagulants.
  • This participant is unable to return for all scheduled study visits.
  • The participant has known or suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that, in the opinion of the sponsor and investigator, does not resolve during screening. Positive antibody testing for COVID-19 without other evidence of current or recent active infection does not exclude participation. Enrollment of participants who fail inclusion due to COVID-19 infection may be temporarily delayed at the discretion of the sponsor and investigator. If the participant has a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with no other evidence of infection, a retest may be allowed; however, to enroll in the study the participant must have a negative PCR.
  • The participant is a study site employee involved in the conduct of this study, an immediate family member (example, spouse, parent, child, sibling), is in a dependent relationship with study site employee who is involved in the conduct of this study or may consent under duress.
  • The participant takes or is required to take excluded medications.
  • The participant is pregnant or breastfeeding or intending to become pregnant before participating in this study, during the study, or within 6 months after last dose of the study drug; or the participant is intending to donate ova during such time period.

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Fazirsiran 200 mg

Participants will receive fazirsiran 200 milligrams (mg), injection, subcutaneously on Day 1, at Week 4 and then every 12 weeks (Q12W) for up to Week 100.

placebo comparator: Placebo

Participants will receive fazirsiran matching placebo injection, subcutaneously on Day 1, at Week 4 and Q12W for up to Week 100.

Interventions

Fazirsiran Injection

Fazirsiran will be injected subcutaneously.

Placebo

Fazirsiran matching placebo.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious AEs (SAEs) [ Time Frame: From start of study drug administration up to End of study (EOS) (Week 124) ]
  • Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Change From Baseline in Pulmonary Function Parameters [ Time Frame: From start of study drug administration up to EOS (Week 124) ]
  • Change From Baseline in Whole Lung 15th Percentile Density as Measured by Computed Tomography (CT) Lung Densitometry [ Time Frame: Baseline up to Week 100 ]
  • Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Vital Signs [ Time Frame: From start of study drug administration up to EOS (Week 124) ]
  • Number of Participants with Clinically Significant Changes in Electrocardiogram (ECG) Parameters [ Time Frame: From start of study drug administration up to EOS (Week 124) ]
  • Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Clinical Laboratory Parameters [ Time Frame: From start of study drug administration up to EOS (Week 124) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Takeda Contact

+1-877-825-3327medinfoUS@takeda.com

Locations

St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Recruiting

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85013-4224

Contacts

Site Contact

602-274-7195

Principal Investigator:

Justin Reynolds

Mayo Clinic - PPDS

Recruiting

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85054-4502

Contacts

Site Contact

480-301-6990vargas.hugo@mayo.edu

Principal Investigator:

Hugo Vargas

University of Arizona Thomas D. Boyer Liver Institute

Recruiting

Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724-0001

Contacts

Site Contact

520-626-3005gdblock@deptofmed.arizona.edu

Principal Investigator:

Geoffrey Block

University of California San Diego

Recruiting

La Jolla, California, United States, 92037-1337

Contacts

Site Contact

858-534-2555roloomba@health.ucsd.edu

Principal Investigator:

Rohit Loomba

UCLA Pulmonary and Critical Care

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095-3075

Contacts

Site Contact

310-825-8061

Principal Investigator:

Igor Barjaktarevic

University of California Benioff Children's Hospital

Recruiting

San Francisco, California, United States, 94143-2203

Contacts

Site Contact

415-476-5892PROSENTH@ucsf.edu

Principal Investigator:

Philip Rosenthal

Peak Gastroenterology Associates

Recruiting

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80907

Contacts

Site Contact

719-636-1201

Principal Investigator:

Bhaktasharan Patel

Schiff Center for Liver Diseases/University of Miami

Recruiting

Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

Contacts

Site Contact

305-243-5185idsresearch@med.miami.edu

Principal Investigator:

Eugene Schiff

Indiana University School of Medicine-Indianapolis

Recruiting

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202-2266

Contacts

Site Contact

317-278-4607

Principal Investigator:

Raj Vuppalanchi

University Of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics

Recruiting

Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242-1009

Contacts

Site Contact

319-356-2577Tomohiro-tanaka@uiowa.edu

Principal Investigator:

Tomohiro Tanaka

Boston Medical Center

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118-2335

Contacts

Site Contact

617-638-6525arpan.mohanty@bmc.org

Principal Investigator:

Arpan Mohanty

University of Michigan Hospital - 1500 E Medical Center Dr

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Contacts

Site Contact

734-232-3741

Principal Investigator:

Robert Fontana

Henry Ford Health System

Recruiting

Novi, Michigan, United States, 48377-3600

Contacts

Site Contact

248-344-6688sgordon3@hfhs.org

Principal Investigator:

Stuart Gordon

Mayo Clinic PPDS

Recruiting

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Contacts

Site Contact

507-284-0141

Principal Investigator:

Harmeet Malhi

NYU Langone Medical Center

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10016-6402

Contacts

Site Contact

212-263-3643viviana.figueroadiaz@nyumc.org

Principal Investigator:

Viviana Figueroa Diaz

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10032-3722

Principal Investigator:

Monica Goldklang

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-1716

Contacts

Site Contact

216-983-0879

Principal Investigator:

Seth Sclair

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Recruiting

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033-2360

Contacts

Site Contact

717-531-7532tcraig@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

Principal Investigator:

Timothy Craig

Texas Liver Institute American Research Corporation

Recruiting

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78215

Contacts

Site Contact

210-253-3426lawitz@txliver.com

Principal Investigator:

Eric Lawitz

Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital

Recruiting

Newport, Virginia, United States, 23602-4414

Contacts

Site Contact

804-977-8920mitchell_shiffman@bshsi.org

Principal Investigator:

Mitchell Schiffman

Inspiration Research Limited

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5T 3A9

Contacts

Site Contact

(416) 944-9602

Principal Investigator:

Kenneth Chapman

More Information

Sponsor

Takeda

Last update posted

Mar 5, 2026

Last verified

Mar, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Takeda on 2026-03-05.