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Apremilast Pediatric Study in Children With Active Oral Ulcers Associated With Behçet's Disease

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Behçet Disease
Interventions
Drug: Apremilast
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT04528082
Lead Sponsor
Amgen
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to estimate the efficacy of apremilast compared to placebo in the treatment of oral ulcers in pediatric participants from 2 to \< 18 years of age with oral ulcers associated with Behçet's disease (BD) through week 12.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Placebo to ApremilastPlaceboParticipants will receive the matching placebo orally in the double-blind 12 week treatment phase. Then the participants will receive apremilast in the active 40 weeks treatment phase.
ApremilastApremilastParticipants will receive apremilast orally in the double-blind 12 week treatment phase. Then the participants will continue to receive apremilast in the active 40 weeks treatment phase.
Placebo to ApremilastApremilastParticipants will receive the matching placebo orally in the double-blind 12 week treatment phase. Then the participants will receive apremilast in the active 40 weeks treatment phase.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Area Under the Curve for the Number of Oral Ulcers from Week 0 Through Week 12 (AUCw0-12)Week 0 to Week 12
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Plasma Concentrations of ApremilastUp to Week 52
Change from Week 0 to Week 12 in the Pain of Oral UlcersWeek 0 to Week 12

Pain of oral ulcers will be measured by a visual analog scale (VAS). The participants will be asked to place a vertical line on a 100 mm VAS at the point that represents the severity of oral ulcer pain. The scale will range from "no pain" (left hand boundary) to "worst possible pain" (right hand boundary).

Number of Oral Ulcers from Week 0 to Week 12Week 0 to Week 12
Complete Response Rate for Oral UlcersWeek 12

Complete response rate for oral ulcers is defined as the proportion of participants who are oral ulcer free at Week 12.

Proportion of Participants at Week 12 Whose Number of Oral Ulcers is Reduced by Greater Than or Equal to 50% from Week 0Week 0 to Week 12
Complete Response Rate for Genital UlcersWeek 12

Complete response rate for genital ulcers is defined as the proportion of participants (with genital ulcers at week 0) who are genital ulcer free at Week 12.

Change from Week 0 to Week 12 in Disease ActivityWeek 0 to Week 12

Disease activity is measured by Behçet's Disease Current Activity (BDCAF) scores. The BDCAF consists of 3 component scores: the Behçet's Disease Current Activity Index (BDCAI) score, the Patient's Perception of Disease Activity, and the Clinician's Overall Perception of Disease Activity. The BDCAI score ranges from 0 to 12. A higher score indicates higher level of disease activity (worsening), and a negative change from baseline indicates improvement. The Patient's Perception of Disease Activity and the Clinician's Overall Perception of Disease Activity were assessed by the subject and the clinician, respectively, using a scale of 1 to 7, where a higher score indicates a higher level of disease activity.

Proportion of Participants at Week 12 Who Have New-onset or Recurrence of Behçet's-related Manifestations (Other than Oral and Genital Ulcers)Week 12
Change from Week 0 to Week 12 on the Short Form Survey (SF-10)Week 0 to Week 12

The SF-10 Health Survey for Children is a parent-completed survey that contains 10 questions adapted from the Child Health Questionnaire. The SF-10 is intended to produce physical and psychosocial health summary measures. Each of the 10 questions responses is scored with a point value from 1 to 6 (1 is the worst possible condition and 6 is the best possible condition). The SF-10 physical and psychosocial measures are scored such that higher scores indicate more favorable functioning.

Number of Participants with a Treatment-emergent Adverse EventUp to Week 56
Occurrence, Severity, and Frequency of Suicide/Suicide-related Ideations and Behaviors as Assessed by the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)Up to Week 56

The C-SSRS is an assessment tool that evaluates suicidal ideation and behavior. Number of participants with suicidal ideation or behavior is defined as the number of participants who answer "yes" at any time during the study (up to end of safety follow-up, Week 56) to one of the 10 categories:

Category 1: Wish to be dead Category 2: Non-specific active suicidal thoughts Category 3: Active suicidal ideation with any methods (not plan) without intent to act Category 4: Active suicidal ideation with some intent to act, without specific plan Category 5: Active suicidal ideation with specific plan and intent Category 6: Preparatory acts or behavior Category 7: Aborted attempt Category 8: Interrupted attempt Category 9: Actual attempt (non-fatal) Category 10: Completed suicide

Change from Week 0 to Week 52 in Tanner StagingWeek 0 to Week 52

Tanner Staging of sexual development assessment will be used to assess sexual maturity. Tanner Staging assessment consists of 3 domains (pubic hair, breast development, and other changes) for girls and 4 domains (pubic hair, penis development, testes development, and other changes) for boys. Stages range from 1-5, with 1 indicating preadolescent and 5 adult.

Change in Body Mass Index (BMI)Week 0 to Week 56

BMI assessed as weight/(height/100)\^2

Change in Body Weight MeasurementsWeek 0 to Week 56
Taste and Acceptability of ApremilastWeek 0 and Week 2

Taste and acceptability will be assessed using a questionnaire with a 7-point faces Likert Scale, with 1 ranging from "super bad" to 7 "super good" and questions to determine whether the participants are able to take the treatment medication.

Change in Height MeasurementsWeek 0 to Week 56
Proportion of Participants Who Require Protocol-prohibited Medications due to Worsening of Behçet's DiseaseWeek 0 to Week 12

Trial Locations

Locations (27)

General Hospital of Thessaloniki Ippokrateio

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Thessaloniki, Greece

Hospices Civils de Lyon Hopital Femme Mere Enfant

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Bron cedex, France

Hopital Necker Enfants Malades

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Paris, France

Hopital Robert Debre

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Paris, France

Agia Sofia Children Hospital

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Athens, Greece

Attikon University General Hospital

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Athens, Greece

Meir Medical Center

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Kfar Saba, Israel

Ospedale Santissima Annunziata

🇮🇹

Chieti, Italy

IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini

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Genova, Italy

Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini

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Milano, Italy

IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu

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Roma, Italy

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

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Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain

Hospital Universitari Vall d Hebron

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Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Hospital Sant Joan de Deu

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Esplugues de Llobregat, Cataluña, Spain

Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe

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Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal

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Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario La Paz

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Madrid, Spain

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

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Lausanne, Switzerland

Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

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Ankara, Turkey

Istanbul Universitesi Istanbul Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

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Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul Universitesi Cerrahpasa Tip Fakultesi

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Istanbul, Turkey

Umraniye Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi

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Istanbul, Turkey

Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

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Izmir, Turkey

Erciyes Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

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Kayseri, Turkey

Birmingham Childrens Hospital

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

Alder Hey Childrens Hospital

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

John Radcliffe Hospital

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Oxford, United Kingdom

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