A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tulisokibart (MK-7240) in Participants With Moderate to Severe Crohn's Disease (MK-7240-008)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age16-80
SponsorMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC

About this trial

The purpose of this protocol is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tulisokibart in participants with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease. Study 1's primary hypotheses are that at least 1 tulisokibart dose level is superior to placebo in the proportion of participants achieving clinical remission per Crohn's Disease Activity Index score (\<150, US/FDA) or per stool frequency and abdominal pain score (EU/EMA) and in the proportion of participants achieving endoscopic response at Week 52 (US/FDA and EU/EMA), and that at least 1 tulisokibart dose level is superior to placebo in the proportion of participants achieving clinical remission per Crohn's Disease Activity Index score (\<150, US/FDA) or per stool frequency and abdominal pain score (EU/EMA) and in the proportion of participants achieving endoscopic response at Week 12 (US/FDA and EU/EMA). Study 2's primary hypothesis is that at least 1 tulisokibart dose level is superior to placebo in the proportion of participants achieving clinical remission per Crohn's Disease Activity Index score (\<150, US/FDA) or stool frequency and abdominal pain score (EU/EMA) and in the proportion of participants achieving endoscopic response at Week 12 (US/FDA and EU/EMA).

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Has had a diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) at least 3 months before study.

Has moderately to severely active CD.

Demonstrated inadequate response, loss of response, or intolerance to one or more of the following categories of drugs: oral locally acting steroids, systemic steroids, immunomodulators, biologic and/or small molecule advanced therapies.

Adolescent participants ≥16 and <18 years of age can participate if approved by the country or regulatory/health authority.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • IV Tulisokibart

    Drug

    Humanized monoclonal antibody that binds human tumor necrosis factor-like cytokine 1A (TL1A), administered intravenously

  • SC Tulisokibart

    Drug

    Humanized monoclonal antibody that binds human TL1A, administered subcutaneously

  • IV Placebo

    Other intervention

    Placebo matching IV tulisokibart

  • SC Placebo

    Other intervention

    Placebo matching SC tulisokibart

Treatment groups

1,200 Participants
are divided into 11 treatment groups

11

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Group A: Study 1: High Dose Induction, High Dose MaintenanceExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Study 1: High Dose Induction, Low Dose MaintenanceExperimental treatment 3 interventions
Group C: Study 1: Low Dose Induction, Low Dose MaintenanceExperimental treatment 3 interventions
Group D: Study 1: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 3 interventions
Group E: Study 1: High Dose ExtensionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group F: Study 1: Low Dose ExtensionExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group G: Study 2: High Dose InductionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group H: Study 2: Low Dose InductionExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group I: Study 2: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 3 interventions
Group J: Study 2: High Dose ExtensionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group K: Study 2: Low Dose ExtensionExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Study 1 [US/FDA Only]: Percentage of Participants Achieving Clinical Remission per Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) Score at Week 52

The percentage of participants achieving clinical remission, as defined by CDAI score \<150 for Study 1 will be presented.

Time frame
Week 52
2

Study 1 [EU/EMA Only]: Percentage of Participants Achieving Clinical Remission per Stool Frequency and Abdominal Pain Score at Week 52

The percentage of participants achieving clinical remission per stool frequency/abdominal pain score (SF/APS), as defined by average daily SF ≤2.8 and average daily APS ≤1.0 and both not greater than baseline for Study 1 will be presented.

Time frame
Week 52
3

Study 1: Percentage of Participants Achieving Endoscopic Response at Week 52

The percentage of participants achieving endoscopic response, as defined by a ≥50% decrease in Simplified endoscopic score for Crohn's disease (SES-CD) from baseline for Study 1 will be presented.

Time frame
Week 52
4

Study 1 [US/FDA Only]: Percentage of Participants Achieving Clinical Remission per CDAI Score at Week 12

The percentage of participants achieving clinical remission, as defined by CDAI score \<150 for Study 1 will be presented.

Time frame
Week 12

Secondary outcomes

1

Study 1: Number of Participants Who Experienced an Adverse Event (AE)

An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention. The number of participants who experience an AE for Study 1 will be presented.

Time frame
Up to approximately 52 weeks
2

Study 1: Number of Participants Who Discontinue Study Intervention due to an AE

An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease (new or exacerbated) temporally associated with the use of a study intervention. The number of participants who discontinue study intervention due to an AE for Study 1 will be presented.

Time frame
Up to approximately 52 weeks
3

Study 1 [US/FDA Only]: Percentage of Participants Achieving Clinical Remission per Stool Frequency and Abdominal Pain Score at Week 12

The percentage of participants achieving clinical remission per SF/APS, as defined by average daily SF ≤2.8 and average daily APS ≤1.0 and both not greater than baseline for Study 1 will be presented.

Time frame
Week 12
4

Study 1 [EU/EMA Only]: Percentage of Participants Achieving Clinical Remission per CDAI Score at Week 12

The percentage of participants achieving clinical remission, as defined by CDAI score \<150 for Study 1 will be presented.

Time frame
Week 12

Other outcomes

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