A Phase 2a/b Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of DDY391 in Participants With Sjögren's Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorNovartis Pharmaceuticals

About this trial

To evaluate efficacy, safety, and tolerability of DDY391 up to 52 weeks in participants with Sjögren's disease (SjD) and to determine the dose response relationship of DDY391 in participants with SjD, to support dose selection for Phase 3.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Presence of another autoimmune rheumatic disease that is active at screening and constitutes the principal illness.

Participants taking > 400 mg/day hydroxychloroquine are excluded. Participants taking ≤400 mg/day hydroxychloroquine should be on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization.

Participants taking > 400 mg/day hydroxychloroquine are excluded. Participants on ≤ 400 mg/day of hydroxychloroquine should be on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization.

Prior treatment with any of the following within 3 months prior to randomization: belimumab, abatacept, anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha biologic agents, immunoglobulins, plasmapheresis, intravenous (i.v.) or oral cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate mofetil, i.v. or oral cyclosporine A, or any other immunosuppressants (e.g., JAK inhibitors or other kinase inhibitors, IL-2, anti-IL-6, anti-IL-17).

Trial design

Design model

Sequential

Treatments tested in this trial

  • DDY391

    Drug

    DDY391 dose level 1 DDY391 dose level 2 DDY391 dose level 3

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Matching Placebo

Treatment groups

344 Participants
are divided into 8 treatment groups

8

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Group A: Part A- DDY391 dose level 1Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Part A-PlaceboExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group C: Part B- DDY391 dose level 1Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group D: Part B- DDY391 dose level 2Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group E: Part B- DDY391 dose level 3Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group F: Part B- PlaceboExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group G: Part C- DDY391 dose level 1Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group H: Part C- PlaceboExperimental treatment 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Part A and B: Change from baseline in ESSDAI score

EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Disease Activity Index (ESSDAI) is a validated tool for assessing disease activity in SjD. Score range is 0-123. Higher scores on the ESSDAI scale are associated with poorer health states. A negative change from baseline indicates improvement in disease status.

Time frame
Baseline, Week 24
2

Part C: Change from baseline in ESSPRI

EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI) is a validated disease outcome measure for SjD. It consists of three domains of dryness, pain, and fatigue. The participant will assess severity of symptoms they experienced over the last 14 days on a single 0-10 numerical rating scale for each of the three domains. The ESSPRI score is defined as the mean of scores from the three scales: (dryness + pain + fatigue) /3. The total ESSPRI score ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 10 (maximal symptom severity).

Time frame
Baseline, Week 24

Secondary outcomes

1

Part A and B: Change from baseline in ESSPRI

EULAR Sjögren's Syndrome Patient Reported Index (ESSPRI) is a validated disease outcome measure for SjD. It consists of three domains of dryness, pain, and fatigue. The participant will assess severity of symptoms they experienced over the last 14 days on a single 0-10 numerical rating scale for each of the three domains. The ESSPRI score is defined as the mean of scores from the three scales: (dryness + pain + fatigue) /3. The total ESSPRI score ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 10 (maximal symptom severity).

Time frame
Baseline, Week 24
2

Part A, B and C: Change from baseline in SSSD

Sjögren's Syndrome Symptom Diary (SSSD) includes six items specific to SjD (eye dryness, mouth dryness skin dryness, tiredness, muscle and/or joint pain, and genital dryness). The total score ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 10 (maximal symptom severity).

Time frame
Baseline, Week 24
3

Part A, B and C: Incidence and severity of Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

To evaluate the safety and tolerability of multiple doses of DDY391.

Time frame
Baseline up to Week 52

Other outcomes

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