A proSpective Randomized Controlled Trial comParing infliximAb-antimetabolites Combination Therapy to Anti-metabolites monotheRapy and Infliximab monothErapy in Crohn's Disease Patients in Sustained Steroid-free Remission on Combination Therapy
- Conditions
- Crohn's Disease
- Interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT02177071
- Lead Sponsor
- Groupe d'Etude Therapeutique des Affections Inflammatoires Digestives
- Brief Summary
Phase IV
Design : Prospective, open-label, randomized three-arms study
Main Inclusion criteria Luminal Crohn's disease patients with steroid free remission for at least 6 months and a combination therapy with infliximab and anti-metabolites for at least 8 months
Primary objective To demonstrate that Infliximab scheduled maintenance with or without antimetabolites is superior to antimetabolites alone to maintain sustained steroid-free remission over 2 years, while the latter is non inferior with regards to the mean time spent in remission over the same duration
Main co-primary end points Clinical relapse rate at 2 years Mean remission duration within 2 years Study treatment Infliximab, Mercaptopurine, azathioprine, methotrexate.
Number of subjects 225 randomized patients (75 per arm)
Study duration: 3 + 2 years Enrollment: 3 years Follow-up: 2 years
- Detailed Description
3. STUDY OBJECTIVES 3.1. Primary objective To assess the effect of two withdrawal strategies over two years in patients with stable remission for more than 6 months on combination therapy with infliximab and antimetabolites, and demonstrate that continued combination of infliximab and antimetabolites or continued monotherapy with infliximab are both superior to antimetabolites alone for maintaining sustained steroid-free clinical remission, while antimetabolites alone are non-inferior with regards to the mean time spent in remission 3.2. Secondary objectives
* To identify baseline predictive factors of relapse in the three study groups.
* To assess the ability of blood CRP and fecal calprotectin to predict short term relapse in the three groups.
* To assess time spent inclinical remission in the three groups.
* To assess the rate of treatment failure in the three study groups.
* To assess the time to treatment failure in the three study groups.
* To assess progression of bowel damage in the three groups.
* To assess the safety and efficacy of infliximab retreatment in the antimetabolites group.
* To assess safety in the three study groups.
* To assess the health related quality of life in the three study groups.
* To assess direct and indirect costs in the three study groups.
* To assess evolution of blood CRP and fecal calprotectin in the three study groups.
* To assess evolution of infliximab trough levels and ATI in the two infliximab scheduled maintenance groups.
* To assess genetic association with the various clinical and biological outcomes.
* To assess the impact of 6TGN levels on the various clinical and biological outcomes in the purine treated patients 4. STUDY POPULATION 4.1. Selection of study population Patients to be included are those who have been in steroid free remission for at least 6 months and with scheduled infliximab/antimetabolites combination therapy for at least 8 months, with a scheduled infliximab treatment administrated every 8 weeks for the last 4 months.
4.2. Source of recruitment Patients are recruited from participating GETAID IBD-centers in France, Belgium and SOIBD IBD-centers in Sweden, and selected centres in UK, Germany, Netherland and Australia 4.3. Inclusion criteria
To be eligible all of the following criteria must be met:
* Diagnosis of Crohn's disease.
* Male or female, age \> 18 years.
* Currently treated with a combination therapy with infliximab and anti-metabolites for luminal Crohn's disease.
* Combined therapy with scheduled infliximab and anti-metabolites for at least 8 months.
* Scheduled administration of infliximab 5 mg/Kg every 8 weeks over the last 4 months.
* Antimetabolites administered at a stable dosage for the last 3 months: at least 1 mg/Kg or 2 mg/Kg for mercaptopurine and azathioprine, respectively, or the highest tolerated dosage if intolerance to standard dose;(lower dose than standard dose is also allowed if 6 TGN \> 235 pmol) ; at least 15 mg/week subcutaneously for methotrexate.
* Patients in steroid free clinical remission for at least 6 months according to retrospective assessment of the patients' files.
* CDAI \< 150 at baseline.
* A contraceptive during the whole study
* Patients able to understand the information provided to them and to give written informed consent for the study
4.4. Exclusion criteria
* Patients who have presented a severe acute or delayed reaction to infliximab.
* Perianal fistulae as the main indication for infliximab treatment
* Active perianal/abdominal fistulae at time of inclusion, defined by active drainage
* Patients with ostomy or ileoanal pouch
* Pregnancy or planned pregnancy during the study
* Inability to follow study procedures as judged by the investigator
* Non-compliant subjects.
* Participation in another therapeutic study
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 211
- Diagnosis of Crohn's disease.
- Male or female, age > 18 years.
- Currently treated with a combination therapy with infliximab and anti-metabolites for luminal Crohn's disease.
- Combined therapy with scheduled infliximab and anti-metabolites for at least 8 months.
- Scheduled administration of infliximab 5 mg/Kg every 8 weeks over the last 4 months.
- Antimetabolites administered at a stable dosage for the last 3 months: at least 1 mg/Kg or 2 mg/Kg for mercaptopurine and azathioprine, respectively, or the highest tolerated dosage if intolerance to standard dose; at least 15 mg/week subcutaneously for methotrexate.
- Patients in steroid free clinical remission for at least 6 months according to retrospective assessment of the patients' files.
- CDAI < 150 at baseline.
- A contraceptive during the whole study for childbearing potential female patients.
- Patients able to understand the information provided to them and to give written informed consent for the study
- Patients who have presented a severe acute or delayed reaction to infliximab.
- Perianal fistulae as the main indication for infliximab treatment
- Active perianal/abdominal fistulae at time of inclusion, defined by active drainage
- Patients with ostomy or ileoanal pouch
- Pregnancy or planned pregnancy during the study
- Inability to follow study procedures as judged by the investigator
- Non-compliant subjects.
- Participation in another therapeutic study
- Steroid use ≤6 months prior to screening
- Currently receiving steroids, immunosuppressive agents (other than purine, methotrexate), biologic treatment (other than infliximab) or thalidomide
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description CONTINUING INFLIXIMAB AND discontinuing anti-metabolites AZATHIOPRINE CONTINUING INFLIXIMAB AND DISCONTINUING ANTI METABOLITE STOP INFLIXIMAB CONTINUING ANTI METABOLITE INFLIXIMAB discontinuing infliximab and continuing the anti-metabolite CONTINUING INFLIXIMAB AND discontinuing anti-metabolites MERCAPTOPURINE CONTINUING INFLIXIMAB AND DISCONTINUING ANTI METABOLITE CONTINUING INFLIXIMAB AND discontinuing anti-metabolites Methotrexate CONTINUING INFLIXIMAB AND DISCONTINUING ANTI METABOLITE
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method co-primary efficacy end points 2 ans There will be two co-primary efficacy end points
Relapse rate at 2 years, relapse being defined by either one of the following events:
* A CDAI\>250 at any visit or between 150 and 250 with an increase of at least 70 points, over two consecutive visits one week apart associated with a CRP \> 5 mg/l or a fecal calprotectin \> 250 microg/g
* A new opening fistula, perianal or entero-cutaneous.
* An intra-abdominal abcess (size of at least 3 cm) or perianal abcess (size of at least 2 cm)
* An episode of intestinal obstruction due to Crohn's lesions confirmed by medical imaging and requiring hospitalisation (also considered as treatment failure, see below)
Mean restricted time spent in remission This time will be computed in all patients, from baseline (CDAI \<150 and with absence of fistula drainage) until relapse, as defined above, within the 2 first years. First and subsequent remissions will be summed up within the two first years.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Endoscopic remission 2 years Endoscopic remission at the end of study
Tissue damage progression 2 years - Tissue damage progression will be assessed by the Lémann Score absolute and relative change between baseline and en of the study (2 years).
Sustained clinical remission 2years Sustained clinical remission defined by CDAI\<150 without steroids over two years.
relapse in each arm. 2 years * Time to relapse in each arm.
* Factors associated with time to relapse.
* Time to relapse according to CRP and calprotectin value measured every 2 months over the follow up.Treatment failure 2 years * Treatment failure rate. Treatment failure is defined by not achieving remission after treatment adaptation following a relapse according to protocol (CDAI\<150 or, in case of relapse defined by the occurence of a new fistula, the absence of fistula closure). The occurence of an intra-abdominal or peri-anal abcess and the occurence of an intestinal obstruction due to Crohn's lesions and requiring a surgical resection or an endoscopic dilatation are also directly considered as treatment failure and will not be managed by treatment adaptation according to protocol.
* Time to treatment failure.
Trial Locations
- Locations (27)
St Vincent Hospital
🇦🇺Melbourne, Australia
Chu Clermont-Ferrand
🇫🇷Clermont-ferrand, Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France
CHU LYON
🇫🇷Pierre Benite, Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France
Chu Lille
🇫🇷Lille, Hauts De France, France
Chu Nancy
🇫🇷Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, Grand Est, France
Hopital Saint Joseph
🇫🇷Paris, France
Chu Tours
🇫🇷Tours, Centre Val De Loire, France
Chu Nantes
🇫🇷Nantes, Pays De La Loire, France
Chu Kremlin Bicetre
🇫🇷Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Ile De France, France
Hopital St Antoine
🇫🇷Paris, Ile De France, France
Montsouris Mutualist Institute
🇫🇷Paris, Ile De France, France
Chu Saint Etienne
🇫🇷St Etienne, Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France
Hopital Beaujon
🇫🇷Clichy, Ile De France, France
Hopital Bicetre
🇫🇷Le Kremlin Bicetre, Ile De France, France
Hopital Saint Louis
🇫🇷Paris, Ile De France, France
CHU NICE
🇫🇷Nice, Provences Alpes Cote d'Azur, France
Chu Montpellier
🇫🇷Montpellier, Occitanie, France
Chu Toulouse
🇫🇷Toulouse, Occitanie, France
CHU LIEGE - Sart Tilman
🇧🇪Liege, Province De Liège, Belgium
Chu Rennes
🇫🇷Rennes, Bretagne, France
CHU Bordeaux - Pessac
🇫🇷Pessac, Nouvelle-aquitaine, France
Gent University Hospital
🇧🇪Gent, Belgium
Caen Unversity Hospital
🇫🇷Caen, Normandie, France
Chu Besancon
🇫🇷Besancon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France
Chu Reims
🇫🇷Reims, Grand Est, France
Chu Amiens
🇫🇷Amiens, Hauts De France, France
Chr Valencienne
🇫🇷Valenciennes, Hauts De France, France