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Study of Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Pediatric Patients With Kawasaki Disease

Phase 2
Withdrawn
Conditions
Kawasaki Disease
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02980263
Lead Sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate whether, in Intravenous Immunoglobulin-naïve or refractory patients diagnosed with active Kawasaki disease, administration of canakinumab controls fever and acute phase reactants.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

-Active Kawasaki disease defined as:

  • fever ≥38.5°C for ≥5 days
  • four out of five of the following criteria: (i) conjunctival injection, (ii) oral mucous membrane changes, (e.g., injected pharynx, or strawberry tongue), (iii) erythema of hands or feet, (iv) polymorphous rash, (v) cervical lymphadenopathy

Key

Exclusion Criteria

Patients fulfilling any of the following criteria are not eligible for inclusion in this study:

  • Previous Kawasaki Disease diagnosis, refractory and/or incomplete Kawasaki disease (for IVIG-naïve patients, Cohort 1)
  • Patients who had fever for longer than a week (for Intravenous Immunoglobulin-naïve patients, Cohort 1), or longer than 14 days (for Intravenous Immunoglobulin-refractory patients, Cohort 2)
  • History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or to drugs or similar chemical classes or excipients (e.g. citric acid and anhydrous sodium chloride disodium edetate dehydrate polysorbate 80; sodium hydroxide; water for injections)

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion may apply.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Kawasaki patientsCanakinumab-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
resolution of feverDay 3/4
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
size of coronary artery aneurysm24 weeks
proportion of patients with coronary artery aneurysm12 weeks
time to resolution of fever12 weeks
proportion of patients with C-reactive Protein reduction12 weeks
proportion of patients with remittent fever12 weeks
Coronary artery aneurysm evolution over time12 weeks
proportion of patients developing coronary artery aneurysms12 weeks
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