A Study of Ustekinumab (STELARA) in Chinese Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Sponsor
Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Industry)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05029921
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical and endoscopic efficacy and safety of ustekinumab in Chinese participants with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
Phase 4

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
180 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Phase 4, Single Arm, Open-Label, 52-Week, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Ustekinumab (STELARA), an Anti-Interleukin-12/23 Monoclonal Antibody, in Chinese Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease
Actual Study Start Date :
Dec 10, 2021
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
May 28, 2025
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
May 28, 2025

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Ustekinumab

Participants will receive a single dose of ustekinumab intravenously (IV) (weight-based dose approximating 6 milligrams per kilogram [mg/kg]) at Week 0. Participants with body weight less than or equal to (<=) 55 kg will receive ustekinumab IV of 260 mg, greater than (>) 55 kg and <=85 kg will receive ustekinumab IV of 390 mg, and >85 kg will receive ustekinumab IV of 520 mg at Week 0 in induction phase followed by ustekinumab 90 mg subcutaneously (SC) in maintenance phase from Week 8 to Week 52. For participants who achieve clinical response with ustekinumab induction dosing at Week 8, will continue to receive 90 mg ustekinumab SC every 12 weeks with final dose at Week 44. If these participants meet the criteria for loss of response from Week 16 to Week 40, dose can be adjusted to 90 mg every 8 weeks (q8w). Participants who are non-responders to ustekinumab at Week 8, and achieve clinical response at Week 16, will continue to receive ustekinumab 90 mg SC q8w from Week 16 to Week 48.

Drug: Ustekinumab
Ustekinumab will be administered as an IV injection in induction phase and as a SC injection in maintenance phase.
Other Names:
  • STELARA
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Percentage of Participants with Clinical Remission at Week 8 (Co-primary Endpoint) [Week 8]

      Clinical remission is defined as a crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) score of less than (<) 150 (in general, CDAI score ranges from 0 to approximately 600; higher score indicates higher disease activities). CDAI will be assessed by collecting information on 8 different Crohn's disease-related variables: extra-intestinal manifestations, abdominal mass, weight, hematocrit, total number of liquid or very soft stools, abdominal pain [AP]/cramping, use of antidiarrheal drug(s) and/or opiates, and general well-being. The last 4 variables are scored over 7 days by the participant on a diary card that participants are to complete on a daily basis.

    2. Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Response at Week 16 (Co-primary Endpoint) [Week 16]

      Endoscopic response is defined as at least 50 percent (%) improvement from baseline in Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease (SES-CD) score or SES-CD score less than or equal to (<=) 2. The SES-CD score is based on the evaluation of 4 endoscopic components (presence/size of ulcers, percentage of mucosal surface covered by ulcers, the percentage of affected surface, and presence/type of narrowing/strictures) across 5 ileocolonic segments. Each endoscopic component is scored from 0 to 3 for each segment, and a total score is derived from the sum of all the component scores (range, 0 [remission] to 56 [the most severe endoscopic activity]).

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Percentage of Participants with Clinical Remission at Week 52 (Major Secondary Endpoint) [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with clinical remission at Week 52 will be reported.

    2. Percentage of Participants with Patient-reported Outcome (PRO)-2 Remission at Week 8 (Major Secondary Endpoint: Co-endpoint) [Week 8]

      PRO-2 remission is defined as an AP mean daily score at or below 1 (AP<=1) and a stool frequency (SF) mean daily score at or below 3 (SF<=3), and no worsening of AP or SF from baseline.

    3. Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Remission at Week 16 (Major Secondary Endpoint: Co-endpoint) [Week 16]

      Endoscopic remission is defined as SES-CD score of <= 2. The SES-CD score is based on the evaluation of 4 endoscopic components (presence/size of ulcers, percentage of mucosal surface covered by ulcers, the percentage of affected surface, and presence/type of narrowing/strictures) across 5 ileocolonic segments. Each endoscopic component is scored from 0 to 3 for each segment, and a total score is derived from the sum of all the component scores (range, 0 [remission] to 56 [the most severe endoscopic activity]).

    4. Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Response at Week 52 [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with endoscopic response at Week 52 will be reported.

    5. Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Remission at Week 52 [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with endoscopic remission at Week 52 will be reported.

    6. Percentage of Participants with Clinical Remission at Week 3 [Week 3]

      Percentage of participants with clinical remission at Week 3 will be reported.

    7. Percentage of Participants with PRO-2 Remission at Weeks 3 and 52 [Weeks 3 and 52]

      Percentage of participants with PRO-2 remission at Weeks 3 and 52 will be reported.

    8. Percentage of Participants with Clinical Response at Weeks 3, 8, and 52 [Weeks 3, 8, and 52]

      Clinical response is defined as a CDAI score decrease greater than or equal to (>=) 100 from baseline. Participants with a baseline CDAI score of >=220 to <=248 points are considered to be in clinical response if a CDAI score of <150 is attained.

    9. Percentage of Participants with Clinical Remission at Week 52 (in Participants Induced into Clinical Remission with Ustekinumab at Week 8) [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with clinical remission at Week 52 (in participants induced into clinical remission with ustekinumab at Week 8) will be reported.

    10. Percentage of Participants with Corticosteroid-free Remission at Week 52 [Week 52]

      Corticosteroid-free remission is defined as a CDAI score <150 and not taking any corticosteroids for at least 30 days or 90 days prior to Week 52.

    11. Change from Baseline in C-reactive Protein (CRP) Concentration at Week 3, Week 8, and Week 52 [Baseline, Week 3, Week 8, and Week 52]

      Change from baseline in CRP concentration at Week 3, Week 8, and Week 52 will be reported.

    12. Percentage of Participants with Normalization of CRP at Weeks 3, 8, and 52 [Weeks 3, 8, and 52]

      Percentage of participants with normalization of CRP at Weeks 3, 8, and 52 with elevated CRP (>3.0 milligrams per liter [mg/L]) at baseline will be reported.

    13. Change from Baseline in Fecal Calprotectin Concentration at Week 8 and Week 52 [Baseline, Week 8, and Week 52]

      Change from baseline in fecal calprotectin concentration at Week 8 and Week 52 will reported. Fecal Calprotectin will be monitored as an inflammatory biomarker measured by assay.

    14. Percentage of Participants with Normalization of Fecal Calprotectin at Weeks 8 and 52 [Weeks 8 and 52]

      Percentage of participants with normalization of fecal calprotectin at Weeks 8 and 52 with elevated fecal calprotectin (>250 milligrams per kilograms [mg/kg]) at baseline will be reported.

    15. Percentage of Participants with Fistula Response at Weeks 8 and 52 [Weeks 8 and 52]

      Fistula response is defined as a >=50% reduction in the number of draining fistulas, among participants with 1 or more fistulas at baseline.

    16. Percentage of Participants with Clinical Remission of Delayed Responders at Week 52 [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with clinical remission of delayed responders at Week 52 will be reported. Delayed responders are participants who are not in clinical response to ustekinumab at Week 8 and achieve clinical response at Week 16.

    17. Percentage of Participants with PRO-2 Remission of Delayed Responders at Week 52 [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with PRO-2 remission of delayed responders at Week 52 will be reported.

    18. Percentage of Participants with Clinical Response of Delayed Responders at Week 52 [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with clinical response of delayed responders at Week 52 will be reported.

    19. Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Response of Delayed Responders at Week 52 [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with endoscopic response of delayed responders at Week 52 will be reported.

    20. Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Remission of Delayed Responders at Week 52 [Week 52]

      Percentage of participants with endoscopic remission of delayed responders at Week 52 will be reported.

    21. Change from Baseline in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) Score at Week 8 and Week 52 [Baseline, Week 8 and Week 52]

      IBDQ is a validated, 32-item, self-reported questionnaire for participants with IBD to evaluate PROs across 4 dimensions: bowel symptoms (loose stools, AP), systemic symptoms (fatigue, altered sleep pattern), social function (work attendance, need to cancel social events), and emotional function (anger, depression, irritability). Scores range from 32 to 224, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.

    22. Percentage of Participants with IBDQ Response at Weeks 8 and 52 [Weeks 8 and 52]

      Percentage of participants with IBDQ response (>=16-point improvement from baseline) at Weeks 8 and 52 will be reported.

    23. Percentage of Participants with IBDQ Remission at Weeks 8 and 52 [Weeks 8 and 52]

      Percentage of participants with IBDQ remission (>170-point) at Weeks 8 and 52 will be reported.

    24. Percentage of Participants Having any Crohn's Disease (CD)-related Emergency Room (ER)/Hospitalizations (Including Surgeries) Through Week 8 and Week 52 [Weeks 8 and 52]

      Percentage of participants having any CD-related ER/hospitalizations (including surgeries) through Week 8 and Week 52 will be reported.

    25. Percentage of Participants Having any CD-related Surgery and Procedure Through Week 8 and Week 52 [Weeks 8 and 52]

      Percentage of participants having any CD-related surgery and procedure through Week 8 and Week 52 will be reported.

    26. Change from Baseline in Each of 4 Impairments from Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire in Crohn's Disease (WPAI-CD) at Week 8 and Week 52 [Baseline, Week 8, and Week 52]

      The WPAI-CD is a validated instrument created as a patient-reported quantitative assessment of the amount of absenteeism, presenteeism, and daily activity impairment attributable to CD. The WPAI-CD consists of 6 questions to determine employment status, hours missed from work due to Crohn's disease, hours missed from work for other reasons, hours worked, the degree to which Crohn's disease affected work productivity while at work, and the degree to which Crohn's disease affected activities outside of work. Four scores are derived: percentage of absenteeism, percentage of presenteeism (reduced productivity while at work), an overall work impairment score that combines absenteeism and presenteeism, and percentage of impairment in activities performed outside of work. Each of the four scores ranges from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicate greater impairment.

    27. Percentage of Participants with a 7-point Change from Baseline in Each of 4 Impairments from WPAI-CD at Week 8 and Week 52 [Baseline, Week 8, and Week 52]

      The WPAI-CD is a validated instrument created as a patient-reported quantitative assessment of the amount of absenteeism, presenteeism, and daily activity impairment attributable to CD. The WPAI-CD consists of 6 questions to determine employment status, hours missed from work due to Crohn's disease, hours missed from work for other reasons, hours worked, the degree to which Crohn's disease affected work productivity while at work, and the degree to which Crohn's disease affected activities outside of work. Four scores are derived: percentage of absenteeism, percentage of presenteeism (reduced productivity while at work), an overall work impairment score that combines absenteeism and presenteeism, and percentage of impairment in activities performed outside of work. Each of the four scores ranges from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicate greater impairment.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Have Crohn's disease (CD) or fistulizing Crohn's disease of at least 3 months duration, with colitis, ileitis, or ileocolitis, confirmed in the past by radiography, histology, and/or endoscopy

    • Have moderately to severely active CD, defined as a baseline Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) score of greater than or equal to (>=) 220 and less than or equal to (<=) 450, and either: a. Mean daily stool frequency (SF) count >3, based on the unweighted CDAI component of the number of liquid or very soft stools or b. Mean daily abdominal pain (AP) score >1, based on the unweighted CDAI component of AP

    • Have endoscopic evidence of active ileocolonic CD as assessed by central endoscopy reading at the screening endoscopy, defined as a screening simple endoscopic score for crohn's disease (SES-CD) score >=6 (or >=4 for participants with isolated ileal disease), based on the presence of ulceration in at least 1 of the 5 ileocolonic segments, resulting in the following specified ulceration component scores: a. a minimum score of 1 for the component of "size of ulcers"; and b. a minimum score of 1 for the component of "ulcerated surface"

    • A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive serum (beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [beta-hCG]) at screening and a negative urine pregnancy test at baseline

    • Must sign an informed consent form (ICF) indicating that he or she understands the purpose of, and procedures required for, the study and is willing to participate in the study

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Has complications of Crohn's disease such as symptomatic strictures or stenoses, short gut syndrome, or any other manifestation that might be anticipated to require surgery, could preclude the use of the CDAI to assess response to therapy, or would possibly confound the ability to assess the effect of treatment with ustekinumab

    • Has previously demonstrated lack of initial response (that is, primary nonresponders), responded initially but then lost response with continued therapy (that is, secondary nonresponders) to Vedolizumab

    • Has a history of, or ongoing, chronic or recurrent infectious disease, including but not limited to, chronic renal infection, chronic chest infection (example, bronchiectasis), recurrent urinary tract infection (example, recurrent pyelonephritis or chronic non-remitting cystitis), or open, draining, or infected skin wounds or ulcers

    • History of lymphoproliferative disease, including lymphoma, or signs and symptoms suggestive of possible lymphoproliferative disease, such as lymphadenopathy or splenomegaly or monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

    • Has a history of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, genitourinary, hepatic, hematologic, endocrine, cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, rheumatologic, neurologic, psychiatric, or metabolic disturbances, or signs and symptoms thereof

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Peking University Third Hospital Beijing China 100191
    2 The Military General Hospital of Beijing PLA Beijing China 100700
    3 The second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Changsha China 200120
    4 West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu China 610041
    5 The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou China 350005
    6 The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou China 510080
    7 Guangzhou First Municipal People's Hospital Guangzhou China 510180
    8 The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen Hospital Guangzhou China
    9 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Hangzhou China 310003
    10 Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou China 310016
    11 Anhui Province Hospital Hefei China 230001
    12 The 1st affiliated hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei China 230022
    13 Huzhou central hospital Huzhou China 313099
    14 Jinhua municipal central hospital Jinhua China 321000
    15 The First Affiliated Hospital of NanChang University Nanchang China 330006
    16 Zhongda Hospital,Southeast University Nanjing China 210000
    17 Jiangsu Province Hospital Nanjing China 210029
    18 Ningbo medical center lihuili hospital Ningbo China 315000
    19 Huashan Hospital Fudan University Shanghai China 200040
    20 Shanghai 10th Peoples Hospital Shanghai China 200072
    21 Shanghai East Hospital Shanghai China 200120
    22 Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University Shenyang China 110004
    23 Peking University Shenzhen Hospital Shenzhen China 518036
    24 The Second Hospital Affiliated To Suzhou University Suzhou China 215168
    25 Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of HUST Wuhan China 430030
    26 Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan China 430060
    27 Wuxi People's Hospital Wuxi China 214023
    28 Yangzhou First People's Hospital Yangzhou China 225001
    29 Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University Zunyi China 563000

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Janssen Research & Development, LLC

    Investigators

    • Study Director: Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial, Janssen Research & Development, LLC

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Janssen Research & Development, LLC
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT05029921
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • CR109023
    • CNTO1275CRD4030
    First Posted:
    Sep 1, 2021
    Last Update Posted:
    Aug 18, 2022
    Last Verified:
    Aug 1, 2022
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    Yes
    Plan to Share IPD:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Aug 18, 2022