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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)Phase 2NCT03823391

A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of ABBV-3373 in Participants With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

A Phase 2 study testing ABBV-3373 and Adalimumab in people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), run by AbbVie at 30 sites in 7 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This study will assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of ABBV-3373 in participants with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on background methotrexate (MTX) compared with adalimumab. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
What is being tested?
ABBV-3373 and Adalimumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
48 participants
Where
30 sitesin 7 countries
Study dates
27 Mar 2019to 26 Aug 2020
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participant has the clinical diagnosis of RA for > 3 months based on the 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria or 2010 ACR/European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) criteria.
  • Participant meets the following disease activity criteria: >= 4 swollen joints (based on 28 joint count) and >= 4 tender joints (based on 28 joint count) at Screening and Baseline visits and disease activity score (28 joints) (DAS28) C-reactive protein (CRP) >= 3.2 at Screening.
  • Participant has an incomplete response to methotrexate. Participants must have been on oral or parental MTX therapy >= 3 months and on a stable prescription of 15 to 25 mg/week (or >= 10 mg/week in participants intolerant of MTX at doses >= 15 mg/week) for >= 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug. Participant must be expected to be able to continue on stable dose of MTX for the duration of study participation.

Who cannot join

  • Participants previously exposed to adalimumab or other anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) biologics.
  • Participants previously exposed to non-anti-TNF biologics or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for RA, with exception of participants exposed for less than 3 months and terminated not due to lack of efficacy or intolerability.

Trial locations and contacts

30 sites in 7 countries.

30 sites in 7 countries

United States18 sites
  • PCCR Solution /ID# 215457

    Colleyville, Texas, 76034

  • Duke Early Phase Research Unit (DCRI) /ID# 213212

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710

  • C.V. Mehta MD, Med Corporation /ID# 213068

    Hemet, California, 92543

  • Rheum Assoc of North Alabama /ID# 213626

    Huntsville, Alabama, 35801

  • Institute of Arthritis Researc /ID# 213043

    Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83404

  • West Tennessee Research Inst /ID# 208838

    Jackson, Tennessee, 38305

  • Paramount Medical Research Con /ID# 209042

    Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 44130

  • Suncoast Clinical Research /ID# 213973

    New Port Richey, Florida, 34652

  • Arthritis Center, Inc. /ID# 213972

    Palm Harbor, Florida, 34684

  • AZ Arthritis and Rheum Researc /ID# 208515

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85032

  • Trinity Universal Research Association /ID# 209167

    Plano, Texas, 75024-5283

  • Clinvest Research LLC /ID# 215451

    Springfield, Missouri, 65810-2607

  • W. Broward Rheum Assoc Inc. /ID# 211017

    Tamarac, Florida, 33321

  • BayCare Medical Group, Inc. /ID# 213935

    Tampa, Florida, 33614-7101

  • Robin K. Dore MD, Inc /ID# 213045

    Tustin, California, 92780

  • Inland Rheum & Osteo Med Grp /ID# 213044

    Upland, California, 91786

  • STAT Research, Inc. /ID# 213933

    Vandalia, Ohio, 45377-9464

  • PRN Professional Research Network of Kansas, LLC /ID# 213046

    Wichita, Kansas, 67205

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Hungary4 sites
  • DRC Gyogyszervizsgalo Kozpont Kft. /ID# 210159

    Balatonfüred, Veszprém megye, 8230

  • Budai Irgalmasrendi Korhaz /ID# 208877

    Budapest, 1023

  • Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont /ID# 210164

    Debrecen, 4032

  • CRU Hungary Egeszsegugyi és Szolgaltato Kft. /ID# 210055

    Miskolc, Borsod-Abauj Zemplen county, 3529

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Israel2 sites
  • Rambam Health Care Campus /ID# 212747

    Haifa, 3109601

  • Sheba Medical Center /ID# 211339

    Ramat Gan, 5239424

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Poland2 sites
  • SANUS Szpital Specjalistyczny /ID# 209022

    Stalowa Wola, 37-450

  • Reumatika - Centrum Reumatologii NZOZ /ID# 209220

    Warsaw, 02-691

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Puerto Rico2 sites
  • GCM Medical Group, PSC /ID# 208154

    San Juan, 00909

  • Mindful Medical Research /ID# 208403

    San Juan, 00918-3756

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Germany1 site
  • Charite Research Organisation GmbH /ID# 210216

    Berlin, 10117

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Netherlands1 site
  • Academisch Medical center Amsterdam /ID# 209303

    Amsterdam, North Holland, 1105 AZ

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Active Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of ABBV-3373 in Subjects With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

This study will assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of ABBV-3373 in participants with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on background methotrexate (MTX) compared with adalimumab.

Read the detailed description

This study consists of a 12-week double-blind active-controlled phase and a 12 week double-blind extension period.

In the active-controlled period of the first 12 weeks of treatment, participants are randomized to receive either ABBV-3373 100 mg intravenously (IV) every other week (EOW) or adalimumab 80 mg subcutaneously (SC) EOW according to a 2:1 ratio.

At Week 12, the administration of ABBV-3373 was to stop to assess the durability of the observed clinical effects up to 24 weeks. Participants randomized to ABBV-3373 were to receive placebo injections, whereas participants randomized into the adalimumab arm were to continue their 80 mg dosing.

Being tested
ABBV-3373, Placebo for ABBV-3373, Adalimumab, Placebo for adalimumab
Keywords
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), ABBV-3373, Adalimumab
Medical subject headings
Arthritis, Rheumatoid

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • ABBV-3373Drug

    ABBV-3373 is administered as intravenous (IV) infusion

  • Placebo for ABBV-3373Drug

    Placebo for ABBV-3373 is administered as IV infusion

  • AdalimumabDrug

    Also called Humira

    Adalimumab is administered as subcutaneous (SC) injection

  • Placebo for adalimumabDrug

    Placebo for adalimumab is administered as subcutaneous (SC) injection

Study groups in NCT03823391
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ABBV-3373 Followed by PlaceboExperimentalParticipants will be administered with 100 mg ABBV-3373 by intravenous infusion and placebo to adalimumab by subcutaneous injection every other week for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, participants will receive placebo to adalimumab every other week until Week 22.
Receives: Drug: ABBV-3373; Drug: Placebo for adalimumab
AdalimumabExperimentalParticipants will be administered with placebo to ABBV-3373 by intravenous infusion and 80 mg adalimumab by subcutaneous injection every other week for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks, participants will receive 80 mg adalimumab subcutaneously every other week until Week 22.
Receives: Drug: Placebo for ABBV-3373; Drug: Adalimumab

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Disease Activity Score (DAS) 28 (C-reactive Protein [CRP])

    The DAS28 (CRP) is a composite index used to assess rheumatoid arthritis disease activity, calculated based on the tender joint count (out of 28 evaluated joints), swollen joint count (out of 28 evaluated joints), Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (measured on a visual analog scale [VAS] from 0-100 mm), and hsCRP (in mg/L). Scores on the DAS28 (CRP) range from 0.96 to approximately 10, where higher scores indicate more disease activity. A negative change from Baseline in DAS28 (CRP) indicates improvement in disease activity.

    Measured: Baseline and Week 12

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI)

    The clinical disease activity index (CDAI) is a composite index for assessing disease activity based on the summation of the counts of tender joint count (out of 28 evaluated joints) and swollen joint count (out of 28 evaluated joints), Patient Global Assessment of Disease Activity and Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity both measured on a VAS from 0 to 10 cm. The total CDAI score ranges from 0 to 76 with higher scores indicating higher disease activity. A negative change from Baseline indicates improvement in disease activity.

    Measured: Baseline and Week 12

  2. Change From Baseline in Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI)

    The SDAI is the numerical sum of five outcome parameters: tender and swollen joint count (based on a 28-joint assessment), Patient Global Assessment of Disease Activity and Physician Global Assessment of Disease Activity both measured on a VAS from 0-10 cm and level of CRP (in mg/dL; normal < 1 mg/dL). The SDAI has a range from 0 to 86, with higher scores indicating higher disease activity. A negative change from Baseline indicates improvement in disease activity.

    Measured: Baseline and Week 12

  3. Change From Baseline to Week 12 in DAS28 (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate [ESR])

    The DAS28 (ESR) is a composite index used to assess rheumatoid arthritis disease activity, calculated based on the tender joint count (out of 28 evaluated joints), swollen joint count (out of 28 evaluated joints), Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (measured on a VAS from 0-100 mm), and ESR (in mm/hr). Scores on the DAS28 (ESR) range from 0 to approximately 10, where higher scores indicate more disease activity. A negative change from Baseline indicates improvement in disease activity.

    Measured: Baseline and Week 12

  4. Percentage of Participants Achieving Low Disease Activity (LDA) Based on DAS28 (CRP) at Week 12

    The DAS28 (CRP) is a composite index used to assess rheumatoid arthritis disease activity, calculated based on the tender joint count (out of 28 evaluated joints), swollen joint count (out of 28 evaluated joints), Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (measured on a VAS from 0-100 mm), and hsCRP (in mg/L). Scores on the DAS28 (CRP) range from 0.96 to approximately 10, where higher scores indicate more disease activity. A DAS28 (CRP) score less than or equal to 3.2 indicates low disease activity.

    Measured: Week 12

  5. Percentage of Participants With an American College of Rheumatology 50% (ACR50) Response at Week 12

    Participants who met the following 3 conditions for improvement from Baseline were classified as meeting the ACR50 response criteria:

    1. ≥ 50% improvement in 68-tender joint count;
    2. ≥ 50% improvement in 66-swollen joint count; and
    3. ≥ 50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters:
    • Physician global assessment of disease activity
    • Patient global assessment of disease activity
    • Patient assessment of pain
    • Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)
    • High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP).

    Measured: Baseline and Week 12

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted30 Jan 2019
  2. Study start27 Mar 2019
  3. Primary completion8 Apr 2020
  4. Study completion26 Aug 2020

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
48 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03823391
Sponsor's protocol ID
M16-560
Other IDs
2018-003053-21, 2018
Status last verified
Jun 2021
First submitted
29 Jan 2019
Last updated
19 Jul 2021
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: AbbVie is committed to responsible data sharing regarding the clinical trials we sponsor. This includes access to anonymized, individual and trial-level data (analysis data sets), as well as other information (e.g., protocols and clinical study reports), as long as the trials are not part of an ongoing or planned regulatory submission. This includes requests for clinical trial data for unlicensed products and indications.

Publications

  • Buttgereit F, Aelion J, Rojkovich B, Zubrzycka-Sienkiewicz A, Chen S, Yang Y, Arikan D, D'Cunha R, Pang Y, Kupper H, Radstake T, Amital H. Efficacy and Safety of ABBV-3373, a Novel Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulator Antibody-Drug Conjugate, in Adults with Moderate-to-Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Despite Methotrexate Therapy: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Controlled Proof-of-Concept Phase IIa Trial. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023 Jun;75(6):879-889. doi: 10.1002/art.42415. Epub 2023 Apr 2.

    PubMed 36512671

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing ABBV-3373 and Adalimumab in people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), run by AbbVie at 30 sites in 7 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Jul 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 30 sites in United States, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Puerto Rico and 2 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 19 Jul 2021). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change From Baseline to Week 12 in Disease Activity Score (DAS) 28 (C-reactive Protein [CRP]) (time frame: Baseline and Week 12). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03823391, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Jul 2021.

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