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Clinical Trials/NCT01598857
NCT01598857
Withdrawn
Phase 2

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Blisibimod in Addition to Methotrexate During Induction of Remission in Subjects With ANCA-Associated Small Vessel Vasculitis

Anthera Pharmaceuticals0 sitesDecember 2014

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Blisibimod
Conditions
Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
Sponsor
Anthera Pharmaceuticals
Primary Endpoint
Induction of clinical remission
Status
Withdrawn
Last Updated
10 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate efficacy, safety and tolerability of blisibimod when taken with methotrexate in the induction of remission in ANCA-Associated Small Vessel Vasculitis.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
December 2014
End Date
June 2015
Last Updated
10 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 18 years of age or older (male or female).
  • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, or Wegener's granulomatosis) or microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) according to the definitions of the American College of Rheumatology and Chapel Hill Consensus Conference.
  • Active GPA or MPA disease at screening.
  • Positive for either PR3-ANCA or MPO-ANCA at screening.
  • Subject willing to initiate corticosteroids and methotrexate (MTX) if not already on corticosteroids and/or MTX at baseline.
  • Clinical intention to prescribe MTX therapy for treatment of GPA or MPA.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Diagnosed with Churg Strauss syndrome.
  • Severe GPA or MPA disease that would conventionally be treated with cyclophosphamide.
  • Nursing or pregnant.
  • Active systemic infection or deep-space infection.
  • Active hepatitis B, active hepatitis C or a documented history of HIV, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C.
  • Liver disease.
  • History of documented anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) disease.
  • Malignancy within the past 5 years.
  • History of active tuberculosis (TB) or history of TB infection.
  • Anemia, neutropenia, or thrombocytopenia.

Arms & Interventions

Blisibimod

Intervention: Blisibimod

Placebo

Intervention: Placebo

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Induction of clinical remission

Time Frame: 24 weeks

Clinical remission includes the ability to taper corticosteroids.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Time to treatment failure(Various timepoints to 24 weeks)
  • Ability to taper corticosteroids(Various timepoints to 24 weeks)
  • Change in baseline BVAS/WG score(Various timepoints to 24 weeks)
  • Safety profile(Various timepoints to 24 weeks)
  • Compare biomarker changes from baseline(Various timepoints to 24 weeks)
  • Time to complete remission(Various timepoints to 24 weeks)

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