Optimizing Treatment for Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Sustained Remission: the MOVE-JIA Trial

Registration Number
NCT06653634
Lead Sponsor
Oslo University Hospital
Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare three different maintenance and step-down treatment strategies in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in sustained remission. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Participant must be 2-<18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent.
  2. Fulfilment of the International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) classification criteria for non-systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA).
  3. Inactive disease for ≥12 months documented at a minimum of 2 consecutive visits and documented inactive disease according to Wallace criteria at inclusion, and no active uveitis for ≥24 months.
  4. Stable treatment with methotrexate and Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitor (TNFi) for ≥6 months. Weight adjustments permitted.
  5. Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF).
  6. Male participants: No contraceptive measures necessary.
  7. Female participants: contraception guidance for women of childbearing potential (WOCP).
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Exclusion Criteria
  1. Chronic widespread pain syndrome
  2. Major comorbidity including uncontrolled infectious, neurological or mental disease, malignant disease, severe heart failure, severe renal failure, active ulcus ventriculi, and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
  3. Use of oral, intra-articular, intramuscular or intravenous corticosteroids due to JIA less than 12 months prior to randomization.
  4. Participating in an ongoing clinical randomized study..
  5. Drug/alcohol abuse which hampers adherence to the study protocol as based on the investigators judgement.
  6. Language barriers that hamper adherence to the study protocol.
  7. Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  8. Any condition that in the view of the investigator would suggest that the patient is unable to comply with the study protocol and procedures.
  9. Unwillingness to use safe contraception for sexually active WOCP.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Stable treatmentMethotrexateStable treatment with methotrexate and TNFi
Stable treatmentTNF InhibitorStable treatment with methotrexate and TNFi
Methotrexate withdrawalMethotrexateGradual withdrawal of methotrexate
TNFi withdrawalTNF InhibitorGradual withdrawal of TNFi
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients with disease flare4, 8 and 12 months

Disease flare is defined as a combination of: A clinical significant increase in Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score 27 (JADAS-27\*) ≥1.7 from baseline AND active joints ≥1 (swollen, or tender + limited range of motion) OR consensus between treating physician and participant/parents that a clinically significant flare has occurred with need of intensif...

Proportion of patients with disease flare between two different withdrawal strategies4, 8 and 12 months

Disease flare is defined as a combination of: A clinical significant increase in Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score 27 (JADAS-27\*) ≥1.7 from baseline AND active joints ≥1 (swollen, or tender + limited range of motion) OR consensus between treating physician and participant/parents that a clinically significant flare has occurred with need of intensif...

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to disease flare4, 8 and 12 months

JADAS-27, physician's global assessment of diseasae activity, paren't/patient's global assessment, swollen, tender and range of motion joint count (assessed in 71 joints), ESR/CRP, consensus between treating physiciand and patient/parents (uveitis, arthritis on imaging, psoriasis, inflammatory back pain, enthesitis, other; yes/no)
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Time to regain inactive disease by the Wallace definition* after flare4, 8 and 12 months

JADAS-27, Wallace inactive disease\*, physician's global assessment of disease activity, paren't/patient's global assessment, swollen, tender and range of motion joint count (assessed in 71 joints), ESR/CRP, consensus between treating physiciand and patient/parents (uveitis, arthritis on imaging, psoriasis, inflammatory back pain, enthesitis, other; yes/no)....

Physician global assessment of disease activity4, 8 and 12 months

Physician global assessment of disease activity is measured on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS). The anchors of the scale are "very well" to "very poor".

Disease activity assessed by joint count4, 8 and 12 months

In total 68 joints will be evaluated for swelling, 75 joints/joint areas will be evaluated for tenderness and 70 joints/joint areas will be examined for limitation of motion. JADAS10, JADAS27 and JADAS71 and 71-joint count will be computed from this examination

Patient's/parent's global assessment of well-being4, 8 and 12 months

Patient's/parent's global assessment of well-being will be assessed on a 100 mm visual analouge scale.

Concentration of Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR),4, 8 and 12 months

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), will be measured at all clinical visits

Concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP)4, 8 and 12 months

C-reactive protein (CRP) will be measured at all clinical visits

Numbers and type of adverse events (AE)4, 8 and 12 months

Assessment of AE, serious AE and suspected unexpected serious adverse reactions

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Oslo University Hospital

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Oslo, Norway

Haukeland University Hospital

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Bergen, Norway

Drammen Hospital

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Drammen, Norway

Hospital of Southern Norway Hospital Trust

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Kristiansand, Norway

Stavanger University Hospital

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Stavanger, Norway

University Hospital of North Norway

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Tromsø, Norway

St. Olavs Hospital

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Trondheim, Norway

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