Study of Efficacy and Safety of Twice Daily Oral Iptacopan (LNP023) in Adult PNH Patients Who Are Naive to Complement Inhibitor Therapy

NCT04820530 · APPOINT-PNH Phase 3Completed

Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals (Industry)
Enrollment
40 (actual)
Start date
19 Jul 2021
Primary completion
2 Nov 2022 (actual)
Study completion
18 Apr 2023
Last update posted
9 Oct 2024

Design

Study type
Interventional
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None
Arms
1

Interventions

  • Iptacopan (LNP023) Drug

Conditions and primary outcome

  • Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)

Primary outcome

Marginal Proportion (Expressed as Percentage) of Participants With Sustained Increase in Hemoglobin Levels From Baseline of ≥ 2 g/dL in the Absence of Red Blood Cell Transfusions (Baseline, hemoglobin between Day 126 and Day 168 and absence of transfusions between Day 14 and Day 168)

Posted results on ClinicalTrials.gov

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov results for NCT04820530 (opens in a new tab)· Licence: public-domain

First posted · Last update posted · Imported from ClinicalTrials.gov download 2026-10-25

Primary outcomes with a statistical analysis

No primary outcome with a statistical analysis is posted for this study.

Serious adverse events

Time frame: Adverse events of LNP023 group were reported from first dose of study treatment until the end of study treatment plus up to 30 days, up to a maximum duration of 48 weeks

Participants with serious adverse events per group for APPOINT-PNH, as posted
GroupAffectedAt risk
LNP023 200mg b.i.d.840

Posted results as ClinicalTrials.gov prints them: primary outcome analyses and serious adverse event totals only. Registry facts, not reviewed by HealthTrade and not investment advice; filing-derived results are listed separately.

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Results from company and journal sources

No editor-confirmed results are on record for this study.

Publications

3 on PubMed
  1. Patient-Reported Meaningful Change in Symptoms and Impacts of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) in Three Phase III Clinical Trials of Iptacopan.

    The patient · 2025 Nov

  2. Oral iptacopan monotherapy in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria: final 48-week results from the open-label, randomised, phase 3 APPLY-PNH trial in anti-C5-treated patients and the open-label, single-arm, phase 3 APPOINT-PNH trial in patients previously untreated with complement inhibitors.

    The Lancet. Haematology · 2025 Jun

  3. Oral Iptacopan Monotherapy in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria.

    The New England journal of medicine · 2024 Mar 14

Citations from PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine; abstracts are not stored. A publication lists this study’s NCT number and may be a review that cites many studies.

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Source

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Listing a study does not mean NLM has evaluated it.

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