A Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetics, Effectiveness and Safety of Afimkibart for Induction and Maintenance Therapy in Children With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age2-17
SponsorHoffmann-La Roche

About this trial

This phase III, double-blind, multi-center treat-through study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Afimkibart (also known as RO7790121) in children with moderately to severely active Crohn's Disease (CD).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Body weight >= 10 kilogram (kg)

Active CD confirmed by endoscopy (ileocolonoscopy)

Moderately to severely active CD, defined as a Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) score >= 30, and Simple Endoscopic Score Crohn's Disease (SES-CD) >=6 (or >=4 for isolated ileal disease) confirmed through centrally-read ileocolonoscopy

Inadequate response, loss of response, and/or intolerance to at least one of the following conventional therapies (aminosalicylates, corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressants) or advanced therapies (including anti-tumor necrosis factor, anti-interleukin, anti-integrin, or Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors)

Disqualifiers

Monogenic disorder pertaining to infant onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

History of >= 3 bowel resections: > 2 missing segments of the following five segments: terminal ileum, right colon, transverse colon, sigmoid and left colon, and rectum

Current diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC), abdominal/intraabdominal/perianal fistula and/or abscess, indeterminant colitis, IBD-unclassified, microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, infectious colitis, radiation colitis, or active diverticular disease.

Symptomatic bowel strictures, fulminant colitis, or toxic megacolon

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Afimkibart

    Drug

    Afimkibart will be administered as IV infusion. Afimkibart will be administered as SC injection.

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Afimkibart Dose AExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Afimkibart Dose BExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Percentage of Participants With Clinical Remission per Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI)

Time frame
At Week 52
2

Percentage of Participants With Endoscopic Response

Time frame
At Week 52

Secondary outcomes

1

Percentage of Participants With Clinical Remission

Time frame
At Week 12 and Week 52
2

Percentage of Participants With Clinical Response

Time frame
At Week 12 and Week 52
3

Percentage of Participants With CDAI Remission

Time frame
At Week 12 and Week 52
4

Change From Baseline in Fecal Calprotectin

Time frame
Baseline, Week 12 and Week 52

Other outcomes

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