Study of Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Pediatric Patients With Kawasaki Disease
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this trial is to evaluate whether, in Intravenous Immunoglobulin-naïve or refractory patients diagnosed with active Kawasaki disease, administration of canakinumab controls fever and acute phase reactants.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 2 |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Kawasaki patients
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Drug: Canakinumab
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- resolution of fever [Day 3/4]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- proportion of patients with C-reactive Protein reduction [12 weeks]
- proportion of patients developing coronary artery aneurysms [12 weeks]
- time to resolution of fever [12 weeks]
- proportion of patients with remittent fever [12 weeks]
- size of coronary artery aneurysm [24 weeks]
- Coronary artery aneurysm evolution over time [12 weeks]
- proportion of patients with coronary artery aneurysm [12 weeks]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Key Inclusion Criteria:
-Active Kawasaki disease defined as:
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fever ≥38.5°C for ≥5 days
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four out of five of the following criteria: (i) conjunctival injection, (ii) oral mucous membrane changes, (e.g., injected pharynx, or strawberry tongue), (iii) erythema of hands or feet, (iv) polymorphous rash, (v) cervical lymphadenopathy
Key Exclusion Criteria:
Patients fulfilling any of the following criteria are not eligible for inclusion in this study:
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Previous Kawasaki Disease diagnosis, refractory and/or incomplete Kawasaki disease (for IVIG-naïve patients, Cohort 1)
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Patients who had fever for longer than a week (for Intravenous Immunoglobulin-naïve patients, Cohort 1), or longer than 14 days (for Intravenous Immunoglobulin-refractory patients, Cohort 2)
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History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or to drugs or similar chemical classes or excipients (e.g. citric acid and anhydrous sodium chloride disodium edetate dehydrate polysorbate 80; sodium hydroxide; water for injections)
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion may apply.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Investigators
- Study Director: Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- CACZ885D2208