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DermatomyositisPhase 3NCT06698796

A Study to Understand How the Study Medicine Dazukibart Works in People With Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

A Phase 3 study testing Dazukibart in people with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis, run by Pfizer at 26 sites in 12 countries.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to understand how the study medicine, dazukibart, works in people with active idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (dermatomyositis [DM] or polymyositis [PM]). Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of disorders that show inflammation of the muscles used for movement. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis
What is being tested?
Dazukibart
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
211 participants
Where
26 sitesin 12 countries
Study dates
22 Jan 2025to 29 Jul 2031
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Participants that completed a qualifying study through Week 52.

Who cannot join

  • Any medical or psychiatric condition including recent (within the past year) or active suicidal ideation/behavior or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk of study participation.
  • Previous administration with an investigational product (drug or vaccine) other than dazukibart in a qualifying study within 30 days (or as determined by the local requirement) or 5 half-lives preceding baseline in this study (whichever is longer).
  • Current use of any prohibited concomitant medication(s).
  • Active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial or other infections.
  • Ongoing adverse event in a qualifying study or the participant has met safety monitoring criteria in a qualifying study that have not resolved.
  • Investigator site staff or sponsor employees directly involved in the conduct of the study, site staff otherwise supervised by the investigator, and their respective family members.

Trial locations and contacts

26 sites in 12 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

26 sites in 12 countries

China7 sites, 7 recruiting
  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    Beijing, 100730

    Recruiting
  • Anhui Provincial Hospital

    Hefei, Anhui, 230071

    Recruiting
  • First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University

    Kunming, Yunnan, 650032

    Recruiting
  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

    Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330006

    Recruiting
  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

    Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330036

    Recruiting
  • Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200001

    Recruiting
  • Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200127

    Recruiting

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United States4 sites, 3 recruiting
  • Rheumatology & Pulmonary Clinic

    Beckley, West Virginia, 25801

    Active, not recruiting
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Institute, PLLC

    Frisco, Texas, 75035

    Not yet recruiting
  • AARA Clinical Research - Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates - Glendale

    Glendale, Arizona, 85306

    Recruiting
  • Nerve & Muscle Center of Texas

    Houston, Texas, 77030

    Recruiting

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Argentina2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • IR Medical Center SA - Instituto de Reumatologia

    Mendoza, Mendoza Province, T5500

    Recruiting
  • Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Tucuman

    SAN M. de Tucuman, Tucumán Province, T4000AXL

    Recruiting

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India2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • CHARM HEALTHCARE PRIVATE LIMITED (Previously Dr Shenoy's Care Private Limited)

    Ernākulam, Kerala, 682040

    Recruiting
  • Medanta - The Medicity

    Gurugram, Haryana, 122001

    Recruiting

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Japan2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital

    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519

    Recruiting
  • Nippon Medical School Hospital

    Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603

    Recruiting

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Poland2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Nova Reuma Domyslawska i Rusilowicz Spolka Partnerska Lekarza Reumatologa i Fizjoterapeuty

    Bialystok, Podlaskie Voivodeship, 15-707

    Recruiting
  • Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-637

    Recruiting

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Taiwan2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Chi Mei Medical Center

    Tainan, 71004

    Recruiting
  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, 10002

    Recruiting

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Bulgaria1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Medical Center Artmed

    Plovdiv, 4000

    Recruiting

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Hungary1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont

    Debrecen, 4032

    Recruiting

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Israel1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Sheba Medical Center

    Ramat Gan, Central District, 5262100

    Recruiting

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Mexico1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Cryptex Investigación Clínica S.A. de C.V.

    Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, 06100

    Recruiting

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Turkey (Türkiye)1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Hacettepe Universite Hastaneleri

    Altindağ, Ankara, 06230

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: A PHASE 3, MULTI-CENTER, OPEN-LABEL EXTENSION STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE LONG-TERM SAFETY, TOLERABILITY, AND EFFICACY OF DAZUKIBART IN PARTICIPANTS WITH IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES (INCLUDING PARTICIPANTS WITH DERMATOMYOSITIS OR POLYMYOSITIS)

The purpose of this study is to understand how the study medicine, dazukibart, works in people with active idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (dermatomyositis [DM] or polymyositis [PM]).

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are a group of disorders that show inflammation of the muscles used for movement. There are several types of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, including DM and PM.

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DM and PM involve weakness of the muscles closest to the center of the body, such as the muscles of the hips, thighs, upper arms, and neck. People with these forms of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies may find it difficult to climb stairs, get up from a seated position, or lift items above their head. People with DM can also have a skin rash.

These disorders negatively impact the quality of life and functioning of patients. In addition to the above, these disorders can affect how the lungs and heart work.

This study is seeking participants who took part in a DM and PM study with dazukibart before. Some participants will receive study medicine, and some participants will not receive study medicine and only complete safety follow-up.

The study medicine will be given as an intravenous (IV) infusion (directly into the veins). This takes about 1 hour, every 4 weeks, from Day 1 to Week 48 (about 12 months) of the study. This will be followed by a safety follow-up period that lasts about 4 months after the last infusion. Participants who receive study medicine will have about 18 study visits at the site over about 16 months.

There will also be participants enrolled in this study who will not receive study medicine. Such participants will only take part in safety follow-up visits as they do not want to or are not eligible to receive dazukibart. These participants will not receive study medicine and will have up to 4 study visits at the site every 4 weeks to complete safety follow-up.

Being tested
Dazukibart
Medical subject headings
Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis

What participants receive

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

  • DazukibartDrug

    anti-interferon beta therapy

Study groups in NCT06698796
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
DazukibartExperimentalParticipants will receive dazukibart via intravenous infusion every 4 weeks.
Receives: Drug: Dazukibart

What is being measured

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

  1. Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (AEs), Serious AEs, AEs of Special Interest, and AEs leading to treatment discontinuation

    An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received study treatment without regard to possibility of causal relationship. SAE is an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death, initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization, life-threatening experience (immediate risk of dying), persistent or significant disability or incapacity, congenital anomaly. Treatment-emergent are AEs that are absent before treatment or that worsened relative to pretreatment state. Pre-defined AESI for this study are outlined in study protocol.

    Measured: 52 weeks

  2. Number of participants with clinically significant laboratory abnormalities

    Clinically significant laboratory abnormalities are those that meet the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) definition.

    Measured: 52 weeks

  3. Number of participants with clinically significant abnormalities in vital signs

    Clinically significant vital sign abnormalities include pulse rate <40, >100 or >120 bpm; systolic blood pressure increase from baseline ≥30 or decrease ≤30 mmHg; diastolic blood pressure increase from baseline ≥20 or decrease ≤20 mmHg.

    Measured: 52 weeks

  4. Number of participants with clinically significant electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities

    Clinically significant ECG abnormalities include mild (>450-480 millisecond [msec]), moderate (>480-500 msec or 30-60 msec increase from baseline), and severe (>500 msec or >60 msec increase from baseline) QTc prolongation.

    Measured: 52 weeks

  5. Change from baseline in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)/Diffusing Capacity of the Lungs for Carbon Monoxide (DLCO)

    FVC is the volume of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs after taking the deepest breath possible. DLCO is a measure of gas exchange diffusion capacity.

    Measured: 52 weeks

  6. Absolute values and change from baseline in Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

    C-SSRS assesses whether participant experienced following: completed suicide (1), suicide attempt (2) (response of "Yes" on "actual attempt"), preparatory acts toward imminent suicidal behavior (3)("Yes" on "preparatory acts or behavior"), suicidal ideation (4) ("Yes" on "wish to be dead", "non-specific active suicidal thoughts", "active suicidal ideation with methods without intent to act or some intent to act, without specific plan or with specific plan and intent), any suicidal behavior or ideation, self-injurious behavior (7)("Yes" on "Has subject engaged in non-suicidal self-injurious behavior").

    Measured: 52 weeks

Secondary outcomes (17)
  1. Change from baseline in Manual Muscle Testing - 8 designated muscles (MMT-8)

    Manual Muscle Testing (8 designated muscles) 0 to 150 with higher scores indicating a better outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  2. Change from baseline in Physician Global Activity (PhGA)

    Physician Global Activity 0 to 10 scale with higher scores indicating a worse outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  3. Change from baseline in extramuscular activity or disease activity score and muscle enzyme results

    Results come from Total Improvement Score 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating a better outcome and laboratory values

    Measured: 52 weeks

  4. Minimal, Moderate, and Major improvement in Total Improvement Score (TIS) and TIS (continuous) score

    Total Improvement Score 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating a better outcome.

    Measured: 52 weeks

  5. Percent change from baseline and change from baseline in Cutaneous Dermatomyositis Disease Area and Severity Index Activity Score (CDASI-A) in DM participants

    Cutaneous Dermatomyositis Disease Area and Severity Index Activity Score 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating a worse outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  6. Change from baseline in Cutaneous Dermatomyositis Disease Area and Severity Index Damage Score (CDASI-D) in DM participants

    Cutaneous Dermatomyositis Disease Area and Severity Index Damage Score 0 to 32 with higher scores indicating a worse outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  7. Change from baseline in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System - Physical Function (PROMIS-PF)

    Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System - Physical Function 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating a better outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  8. Change from baseline in Patient Global Activity (PtGA)

    Patient Global Activity 10-point numeric rating scale with higher scores indicating worse outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  9. Change from baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI)

    Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index 20 questions with 0 to 3 scale where higher scores indicate a worse outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  10. Change from baseline in Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (FACIT-F)

    Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue 0 to 52 with higher scores indicating a better outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  11. Change from baseline in EuroQoL 5 Dimensions (EQ-5D-5L) and EuroQoL Visual Analog Scale (EQ-VAS)

    EuroQoL 5 Dimensions and EuroQoL Visual Analog Scale with higher scores indicating a worse outcome

    Measured: 52 Weeks

  12. Change from baseline in Healthcare Resource Utilization Questionnaire (HRU)

    Healthcare Resource Utilization Questionnaire measures the healthcare utilization burden while on treatment

    Measured: 52 weeks

  13. Change from baseline in 5-D Itch Scale Score in DM participants

    5-D Pruritis Scale 5 to 25 with higher scores indicating a worse outcome

    Measured: 52 weeks

  14. Change from baseline in corticosteroid (CS) and non-steroid immunosuppressant/immunomodulator and antimalarial dose

    CS and non-steroid immunosuppressant/immunomodulator and antimalarial dose

    Measured: 52 weeks

  15. Response in CS and non-steroid immunosuppressant/immunomodulator and antimalarial tapering

    CS dose ≤5 mg/day or CS and non-steroid immunosuppressant/immunomodulator and antimalarial free

    Measured: 52 weeks

  16. Rescue therapy use assessment

    Rescue therapy received during the study and number of cycles

    Measured: 52 weeks

  17. Auto antibodies and immunogenicity presence

    Auto antibody lab assessment (eg. TIF1-γ/P155, NXP2/P140, SAE, JO-1 and MDA-5) and ADAs/Nabs

    Measured: 52 weeks

Timeline

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

  1. First posted21 Nov 2024
  2. Study start22 Jan 2025
  3. Primary completion29 Jul 2031 (estimated)
  4. Study completion29 Jul 2031 (estimated)

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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 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
211 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06698796
Sponsor's protocol ID
C0251010
Other IDs
2024-514648-10-00
Status last verified
Aug 2026
First submitted
24 Oct 2024
Last updated
25 Aug 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Pfizer will provide access to individual de-identified participant data and related study documents (e.g. protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP), Clinical Study Report (CSR)) upon request from qualified researchers, and subject to certain criteria, conditions, and exceptions. Further details on Pfizer's data sharing criteria and process for requesting access can be found at: https://www.pfizer.com/science/clinical\_trials/trial\_data\_and\_results/data\_requests.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Dazukibart in people with Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis, run by Pfizer at 26 sites in 12 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 1 inclusion and 6 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 26 sites in China, United States, Argentina, India, Japan and 7 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Pfizer CT.gov Call Center (1-800-718-1021, ClinicalTrials.gov_Inquiries@pfizer.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (AEs), Serious AEs, AEs of Special Interest, and AEs leading to treatment discontinuation (time frame: 52 weeks). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 25 Aug 2026.

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