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An Extension Long-Term Study of RoActemra/Actemra (Tocilizumab) in Patients With Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Who Completed The WA19977 Study

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Hoffmann-La Roche
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01727986
First received: November 8, 2012
Last updated: May 13, 2013
Last verified: May 2013
History of Changes
  Purpose

This long-term, open-label extension study will evaluate the safety of RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) in patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis who completed the WA19977 core study. Patients aged 9-18 years with at least JIA ACR30 clinical response to RoActemra/Actemra in the core study will be eligible to receive RoActemra/Actemra 8 mg/kg intravenously every 4 weeks. Anticipated time on study treatment is 104 weeks.


Condition Intervention Phase
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
 Drug: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
 Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Extension, Open-label, Interventional, Long-term Study to Evaluate the Safety of Tocilizumab Treatment in Patients From Brazil With Polyarticular-course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Who Completed the Global Multinational Trial (WA19977)

Resource links provided by NLM:

Drug Information available for: Tocilizumab
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Hoffmann-La Roche:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Long-term safety: Incidence of adverse events [ Time Frame: approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Response rates according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA ACR) [ Time Frame: approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Proportion of patients achieving inactive disease/clinical remission [ Time Frame: approximately 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 6
Study Start Date: April 2013
Estimated Study Completion Date: February 2016
Estimated Primary Completion Date: February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: RoActemra/Actemra Drug: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
8 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg iv every 4 weeks, 104 weeks

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   9 Years to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients 9 to 18 years of age who completed visit 33 (week 104) of WA19977 study with at least JIA ACR30 clinical response to RoActemra/Actemra relative to baseline in WA19977, with no AEs, SAEs or conditions that lead to unacceptable risk of continued treatment
  • Females of child-bearing potential and males with female partners of child-bearing potential must agree to use effective contraception as defined by protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with, according to investigator judgment, not satisfactory benefit from RoActemra/Actemra therapy within WA19977
  • Treatment with any investigational agent since the last administration of study drug in the core study WA19977 or current participation in another clinical trial except WA19977
  • Patient developed any other autoimmune rheumatic disease or overlap syndrome other than the permitted polyarticular-course JIA subsets: rheumatoid factor positive or negative JIA or extended oligoarticular JIA
  • Patient is pregnant , lactating, or intending to become pregnant during the study and up to 12 weeks after the last administration of study drug
  • Any significant concomitant disease or medical or surgical condition
  • History of significant allergic or infusion reactions to prior biologic therapy
  • Currently active primary or secondary immunodeficiency
  • Current abuse of alcohol, drugs or chemical abuse
  • Known and currently active acute, subacute, chronic infections or history of recurrent infection; patients suffering from ongoing active infections with Epstein Barr virus, herpes zoster or recurrent history of urinary tract infection can be included after the (acute) infection has been excluded or subsided
  • Positive for latent tuberculosis (TB)
  • Currently active asthma for which the patient has required the use of oral or parenteral corticosteroids for >/= 2 weeks within 6 months prior to entering the study
  • Inadequate hepatic, renal or bone marrow function
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01727986

Locations
Brazil
Porto Alegre, Brazil, 90035-903
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20551-030
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20530310
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 05403-900
Sponsors and Collaborators
Hoffmann-La Roche
Investigators
Study Director: Clinical Trials Hoffmann-La Roche
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Hoffmann-La Roche
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01727986     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: ML28413
Study First Received: November 8, 2012
Last Updated: May 13, 2013
Health Authority: Brazil: Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária -ANVISA

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arthritis
Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
 Rheumatic Diseases
Connective Tissue Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013