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A Study of Safety and Effectiveness of Ustekinumab in Patients With Moderate to Severe Active Crohns Disease Who Have Been Previously Treated With Anti-TNF Therapy
This study has been completed.

First Received on October 10, 2008.   Last Updated on April 26, 2011   History of Changes
Sponsor: Centocor, Inc.
Information provided by: Centocor, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00771667
  Purpose

A medical research study in adult patients who have moderate to severe Crohns disease designed to determine whether or not treatment with an experimental drug called ustekinumab (or CNTO1275) is safe or not and to determine if the treatment will reduce the symptoms of Crohns disease.


Condition Intervention Phase
Crohn's Disease
Drug: Ustekinumab; CNTO1275
Phase II
Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase 2b, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ustekinumab Therapy in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Crohns Disease Previously Treated With TNF Antagonist Therapy

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Further study details as provided by Centocor, Inc.:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • To evaluate the clinical response of ustekinumab vs placebo at Week 6 as measured by the reduction from baseline in CDAI.

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • To evaluate the efficacy of ustikenumab in inducing clinical remission, fistula response and mucosal healing and to obtain data to support the selection of a maintenance dose for continued clinical development.

Enrollment: 529
Study Start Date: December 2008
Study Completion Date: June 2010
Primary Completion Date: May 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

In Crohns disease there is inflammation (changes in body tissue which normally happen during injury or infection) and or ulceration (open sores) in the intestines.This occurs because the immune system (the part of the body that fights off infection) has an abnormal and overactive response against the intestine and bowel tissues of the body. Crohns disease is usually treated with medications that either directly decrease inflammation or decrease the general activity of the immune system to improve the diarrhea, abdominal pain, and other symptoms of Crohns Disease. Ustekinumab antibodies (natural substances made by your immune system to stick to and help remove foreign materials in your body that cause diseases) have been created to stick to and block the activity of two of the immune substances thought to cause abnormal inflammation of Crohns disease. Patients who are eligible and who have received Remicade, Humira, or Cimzia and failed or been intolerant to one of these drugs will be randomized to either active drug (ustekinumab) or placebo. All patients will be randomized (like flipping a coin) at week 0 to be in one of 4 groups. At week 0 the study drug will be given by IV administration and at weeks 8 and 16 by subcutaneous injection. There will be 11 study visits in total and the study will continue until week 36. Blood and stool samples will be collected and studied, questionnaires to check on how you are doing in terms of your disease will be completed, an Electrocardiogram (EKG) obtained, safety evaluations conducted and diary cards distributed to be completed during the entire study. One of 4 groups: Grp 1-placebo, Grp 2-active drug 1mg/kg IV, Grp 3-active drug 3mg/kg IV, Grp 4-active drug 6mg/kg IV. Based on the clinical response status at Week 6, patients from Grps 2, 3 and 4 will be re-randomized at week 8 to receive either placebo or 90 mg SC at both weeks 8 and 16 and patients from Grp 1 will receive placebo at Week 8 and Week 16 or a 270 mg SC injection at Week 8 and 90 mg SC at Week 16.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must have Crohn's disease or fistulizing Crohn's disease of at least 3 months duration
  • Must have received Remicade, adalimumab or Cimzia at a dose approved for the treatment of Crohn's disease
  • Must have failed or been intolerant to Remicade, Humira or Cimzia for treatment of Crohn's disease
  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • Must have active Crohn's disease according to the Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI > =220 and < =450).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who have had any kind of bowel resection, diversions or placement of a stoma within 6 months
  • Are pregnant, nursing or planning pregnancy (both men and women) while enrolled in the study or within 1 year after receiving study agent
  • Patients who have received Remicade, Humira or Cimzia < =8 weeks before the first administration of study drug
  • Patients with certain complications of Crohn's disease that would make it hard to assess response to study drug
  • Patients with a history of or ongoing chronic or recurrent infectious disease.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00771667

Sponsors and Collaborators
Centocor, Inc.
Investigators
Study Director: Centocor, Inc. Clinical Trial Centocor, Inc.
  More Information

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00771667     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CR015238
Study First Received: October 10, 2008
Last Updated: April 26, 2011
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Centocor, Inc.:
Interleukin-12
Inflammation
Research study
Ustekinumab
CNTO1275
Interleukin-23

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Crohn Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Gastroenteritis
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions

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