A Phase 3 Study of NI-071 in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RADIANCE)

Sponsor
Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Industry)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT02990806
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate similarity of NI-071 (proposed biosimilar to infliximab) to US REMICADE® (reference product) in terms of safety and efficacy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) not adequately responding to methotrexate (MTX).

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Biological: NI-071
  • Biological: Infliximab
Phase 3

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
683 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Crossover Assignment
Masking:
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter, 3 Stage, Efficacy and Safety Study of NI-071 and US-Licensed Remicade® (Infliximab) for the Treatment of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Study Start Date :
Dec 1, 2016
Actual Primary Completion Date :
May 1, 2019
Actual Study Completion Date :
May 1, 2019

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: NI-071

Proposed biosimilar

Biological: NI-071
20 ml vial containing 100 mg for a final reconstitution volume of 10 mg/mL
Other Names:
  • Proposed infliximab biosimilar
  • Active Comparator: Infliximab

    Reference product

    Biological: Infliximab
    20 ml vial containing 100 mg for a final reconstitution volume of 10 mg/mL
    Other Names:
  • Remicade
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. 20% improvement from baseline in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) core set criteria using C-reactive protein (CRP) (ACR20-CRP) [At Week 22]

    2. Area under the plasma concentration-time curve for a dosing interval (AUCtau) [During the dosing interval of Weeks 46 to 54]

    3. Maximum concentration (Cmax) [During the dosing interval of Weeks 46 to 54]

    4. Long-term safety (Incidence of Adverse Events, Incidence of Anti-Drug Antibodies (ADA), etc.) [Through study completion]

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. ACR20-CRP (at time points other than Week 22) [up to Week 62]

    2. 20% improvement from baseline in the ACR core set criteria using erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (ACR20-ESR) [up to Week 62]

    3. 50% improvement from baseline in the ACR core set criteria using CRP (ACR50-CRP) [up to Week 62]

    4. 50% improvement from baseline in the ACR core set criteria using ESR (ACR50-ESR) [up to Week 62]

    5. 70% improvement from baseline in the ACR core set criteria using CRP (ACR70-CRP) [up to Week 62]

    6. 70% improvement from baseline in the ACR core set criteria using ESR (ACR70-ESR) [up to Week 62]

    7. Change from baseline in the disease activity score based on 28 joints (DAS28) [up to Week 62]

    8. Change from baseline in the routine assessment of patient index data 3 (RAPID3) scores [up to Week 62]

    9. Change from baseline in the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) [up to Week 62]

    10. Minimum concentration (Cmin) [During the dosing interval of Weeks 46 to 54]

    11. Time at maximum concentration (tmax) [During the dosing interval of Weeks 46 to 54]

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years to 75 Years
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as defined by the 2010 ACR and European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria

    • Patients have active RA, as confirmed by the following criteria:

    • ≥6 swollen joints and ≥6 tender joints at screening and baseline (28-joint count)

    • Either C-reactive protein (CRP) ≥0.7 mg/dL (≥7.0 mg/L) or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) ≥28 mm/h at screening

    • Patients taking methotrexate (MTX) (oral or parenteral) for at least 3 months prior to screening and at a stable dose of between 10 and 25 mg/week for at least 8 weeks. Concomitant folic/folinic acid at a dose of at least 5 mg/week is to be taken during the study; patients can start treatment with folic/folinic acid at screening if not already receiving it.

    • If the patient is currently taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), the patient must be on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to screening and during the study.

    • Patients who are ≥18 and ≤75 years of age at screening

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Patients who are rated as Class IV according to the 1991 ACR revised criteria for classification of global functional status for RA

    • Patients who have received disease-modifying anti rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), other than MTX, within a period prior to screening shorter than the washout period appropriate to the pharmacodynamic profile of the specific drug

    • Patients who have received immunosuppressive drugs within 4 weeks prior to screening. Patients on a stable dose of oral corticosteroids (≤10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent) for ≥4 weeks prior to screening are permitted.

    • Patients who have received intra-articular, intramuscular, intravenous, or epidural injection of corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to screening

    • Patients who have received intra-articular sodium hyaluronate injections within 4 weeks prior to screening

    • Patients who have received surgical therapy for RA such as synovectomy or arthroplasty within 6 months prior to screening

    • Patients who have received arthrocentesis within 4 weeks prior to screening

    • Patients who have had prior treatment with infliximab

    • Patients who have had prior treatment with >1 biological drug or >1 protein kinase inhibitor for RA either as part of clinical management or during a clinical study

    • Patients who have had prior treatment with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) inhibitors for RA who had lack of efficacy as per clinical judgment (primary failure). Patients who have discontinued TNF-α inhibitors for RA (other than infliximab) for any reason other than lack of efficacy are allowed.

    • Presence of chronic or acute infection at screening, including positive result for active tuberculosis (TB)

    • Patients with an acute infection requiring parenteral antibiotics within 4 weeks of study dosing or requiring oral/topical antibiotics within 2 weeks of study dosing.

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Little Rock Arkansas United States 72205
    2 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Los Angeles California United States 90017
    3 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Los Angeles California United States 90036
    4 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Ventura California United States 93003
    5 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Whittier California United States 90602
    6 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Hamden Connecticut United States 06518
    7 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Boca Raton Florida United States 33486
    8 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Boynton Beach Florida United States 33472
    9 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Brandon Florida United States 33511
    10 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Doral Florida United States 33126
    11 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Doral Florida United States 33166
    12 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Hialeah Florida United States 33012
    13 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Jacksonville Florida United States 32207
    14 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Lakes Florida United States 33016
    15 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Florida United States 33032
    16 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Florida United States 33122
    17 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Florida United States 33135
    18 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Florida United States 33147
    19 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Florida United States 33155
    20 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Florida United States 33165
    21 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Florida United States 33174
    22 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Miami Florida United States 33175
    23 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Pembroke Pines Florida United States 33024
    24 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Pembroke Pines Florida United States 33026
    25 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Pinellas Park Florida United States 33782
    26 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Sarasota Florida United States 34239
    27 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site West Palm Beach Florida United States 33409
    28 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Decatur Georgia United States 30030
    29 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Meridian Idaho United States 83642
    30 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Lexington Kentucky United States 40504
    31 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Louisville Kentucky United States 40213
    32 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Worcester Massachusetts United States 01605
    33 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Ann Arbor Michigan United States 48109
    34 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Grand Rapids Michigan United States 49546
    35 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Lansing Michigan United States 48910
    36 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Tupelo Mississippi United States 38801
    37 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Las Vegas Nevada United States 89106
    38 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Las Vegas Nevada United States 89128
    39 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Freehold New Jersey United States 07728
    40 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Durham North Carolina United States 27704
    41 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Greenville North Carolina United States 27834
    42 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Salisbury North Carolina United States 28144
    43 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Wilmington North Carolina United States 28401
    44 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Cincinnati Ohio United States 45242
    45 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Columbus Ohio United States 43203
    46 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Middleburg Heights Ohio United States 44130
    47 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Oklahoma City Oklahoma United States 73103
    48 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Oklahoma City Oklahoma United States 73111
    49 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Oklahoma City Oklahoma United States 73112
    50 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Duncansville Pennsylvania United States 16635
    51 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Media Pennsylvania United States 19063
    52 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Wyomissing Pennsylvania United States 19610
    53 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Charleston South Carolina United States 29406
    54 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Fort Mill South Carolina United States 29707
    55 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Jackson Tennessee United States 38305
    56 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Memphis Tennessee United States 38119
    57 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Amarillo Texas United States 79124
    58 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Baytown Texas United States 77521
    59 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Beaumont Texas United States 77702
    60 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Corpus Christi Texas United States 78404
    61 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Cypress Texas United States 77429
    62 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site El Paso Texas United States 79935
    63 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Galveston Texas United States 77555
    64 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Houston Texas United States 77004
    65 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Houston Texas United States 77034
    66 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Houston Texas United States 77084
    67 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Houston Texas United States 77089
    68 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Houston Texas United States 77094
    69 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Mesquite Texas United States 75150
    70 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Nassau Bay Texas United States 77058
    71 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site San Antonio Texas United States 78229
    72 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Sugar Land Texas United States 77479
    73 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Tomball Texas United States 77375
    74 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Webster Texas United States 77598
    75 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Chesapeake Virginia United States 23320
    76 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Ostrava Czechia 702 00
    77 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Praha 2 Czechia 128 51
    78 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Uherské Hradišté Czechia 686 01
    79 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Zlin Czechia 760 01
    80 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Białystok Poland 15-351
    81 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Katowice Poland 40-282
    82 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Lublin Poland 20-582
    83 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Olsztyn Poland 10-117
    84 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Poznań Poland 60-773
    85 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Poznań Poland 61-113
    86 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Toruń Poland 87-100
    87 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Warsaw Poland 509268
    88 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Warszawa Poland 00-465
    89 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Warszawa Poland 00-660
    90 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Warszawa Poland 02-691
    91 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Warszawa Poland 03-291
    92 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Łódź Poland 90-242
    93 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Łódź Poland 91-363
    94 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Caguas Puerto Rico 00725
    95 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site San Juan Puerto Rico 00918
    96 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Kemerovo Russian Federation 650099
    97 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Moscow Russian Federation 125315
    98 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Moscow Russian Federation 129327
    99 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Novosibirsk Russian Federation 630099
    100 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Penza Russian Federation 440026
    101 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Petrozavodsk Russian Federation 185019
    102 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Ryazan Russian Federation 390026
    103 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Saint Petersburg Russian Federation 190068
    104 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Saint Petersburg Russian Federation 192242
    105 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Saint Petersburg Russian Federation 194291
    106 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Saint Petersburg Russian Federation 197022
    107 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Tomsk Russian Federation 664046
    108 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Vladimir Russian Federation 600023
    109 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Yaroslavl Russian Federation 150003
    110 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Yaroslavl Russian Federation 150062
    111 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site A Coruña Spain 15006
    112 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Barcelona Spain 08034
    113 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Barcelona Spain 80028
    114 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Santiago de Compostela Spain 15701
    115 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Santiago de Compostela Spain 15705
    116 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Sevilla Spain 41010
    117 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Kharkiv Ukraine 61002
    118 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Kharkiv Ukraine 61029
    119 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Kharkov Ukraine 61039
    120 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Kyiv Ukraine 01601
    121 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Kyiv Ukraine 04050
    122 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Kyiv Ukraine 04114
    123 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Lviv Ukraine 79014
    124 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Odesa Ukraine 65025
    125 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Ternopil Ukraine 46002
    126 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Vinnytsya Ukraine 21000
    127 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Vinnytsya Ukraine 21018
    128 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Vinnytsya Ukraine 21029
    129 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Zaporizhzhya Ukraine 69600
    130 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Zhytomyr Ukraine 10002
    131 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Bury St Edmunds United Kingdom IP33 2QZ
    132 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Gillingham United Kingdom ME7 5NY
    133 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Leicester United Kingdom LE1 5WW
    134 Nichi-Iko Investigational Site Truro United Kingdom TR1 3LJ

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

    Investigators

    None specified.

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT02990806
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • NI071F2
    • 2016-001064-11
    First Posted:
    Dec 13, 2016
    Last Update Posted:
    May 18, 2020
    Last Verified:
    May 1, 2020
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of May 18, 2020