A study to compare the biosimilar of Etanercept (coded as YLB113) made by YLBiologics with Enbrel (originatorâ??s Etanercept) in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis with respect to its efficacy, safety and antibody formation.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients with active RA despite treatment with a fixed dose of MTX
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/05/006899
- Lead Sponsor
- YL Biologics Ltd
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 26
Stage A
Patients must meet the following criteria:
(1) Male or female adults more than or equal to 18 and less than or equal to 75 years of age at the time of informed consent.
(2) Patients diagnosed with RA according to the 2010 American College of Rheumatology
(ACR)/ European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria for RA and are capable of providing written informed consent to participate in the study.
(3) Patients with more than or equal to 6 tender joints and more than or equal to 6 swollen joints (based on the Swollen Joint Count [SJC] using 66 joints and Tender Joint Count [TJC] using 68 joints) and a DAS28 score
more than or equal to 3.2.
(4) Patients classified as Global Functional Assessment Class I, II, or III, according to the revised ACR criteria.
(5) Patients who have been treated with MTX for at least 3 months at an optimum dose (6 - 25 mg/week [15 â?? 25 mg/week for India], not exceeding the local approved dose) that
has remained stable for at least 6 weeks prior to screening.
(6) Patients who have discontinued treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
(DMARDs), other than MTX and complete a washout period of at least 2 weeks or at least five half-lives prior to drug administration, whichever is longer.
Stage B
(1) Patients who complete evaluations for Week 24 in Stage A and are willing to continue in Stage B.
(2) Patients without serious adverse events (SAEs) or unresolved Grade 3 or higher adverse
events related to the study drugs and who tolerated the study drugs administered in Stage A.
Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from this clinical trial:
Stage A:
(1) Patients with known hypersensitivity to Etanercept or any other components of the YL Biologics Ltd.
(2) Patients allergic to latex (the needle cap on the Etanercept prefilled syringe contains
latex, which may cause allergic reactions in individuals sensitive to latex).
(3) Patients suffering from acute or chronic, localized or disseminated infections (bacterial/fungal/viral) or sepsis, or patients with a history of recurring infections, or
those who are at an increased risk of developing infections or sepsis (and those with
positive test results for beta-D-glucan only for Japan) within 3 months prior to screening.
(4) Patients with active tuberculosis (TB), prior history of unsuccessfully treated TB,
latent TB, or those who are at risk of developing TB (e.g. those who were in contact
with patients of active TB in the recent past prior to screening) and patients who are
not negative for TB tests (e.g., T-SPOT® TB or QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test/ appropriate test).
(5) Patients with a history of septic arthritis of native joints within 12 months prior to
screening, or any prior history of septic arthritis of a prosthetic joint.
(6) Patients diagnosed with other rheumatic diseases, autoimmune disease, connective
tissue disease, or immune deficiencies (e.g., psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, primary
Sjogrenâ??s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, or demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis).
(7) Patients with active or prior history of malignancies (except for successfully treated
non-metastatic basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and carcinoma insitu of the cervix).
(8) Patients with a prior history of blood dyscrasias.
(9) Patients with a history of alcohol, drug, or chemical abuse in the past 2 years prior to
screening.
(10) Patients who received any live or attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks of screening.
(11) Patients previously treated with any other biologic response modifiers for any
auto-immune indication (including but not limited to tocilizumab, adalimumab,
anakinra, abatacept, infliximab, rituximab, golimumab, etanercept, certolizumab and
tofacitinib).
(12) Patients with serious systemic infections (e.g., patients who test positive for hepatitis
B surface antigen [HBsAg], hepatitis B core antibody [HBcAb] & hepatitis B surface
antibody [HBsAb] (except those with history of Hepatitis B vaccination, who will be
included, if positive for HBsAb but negative for HBsAg and HBcAb), hepatitis C
virus [HCV], or human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]).
(13) Patients with class III or IV congestive heart failure (as defined by the New York
Heart Association criteria) (New York Heart Association, 1994).
(14) Patients with clinically significant abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) findings.
Other standard Exclusion criteria are as per Protocol.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Stage A: ACR20 response rate at Week 24 of dosing.Timepoint: 24 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Efficacy assessments: <br/ ><br>- ACR20 response rate at Weeks4, 8 and 12 of dosing <br/ ><br>- ACR50 response rate at Weeks 4, 8, 12 and 24of dosing <br/ ><br>- ACR70 response rate at Weeks 4, 8, 12 and 24 of dosing <br/ ><br>- An improvement in the DAS28 response rate at Weeks 4, 8,12 and 24 of dosing <br/ ><br>- Safety assessments (Adverse events, Physical examination, vital signs, ECG, Clinical laboratory examination and Injection site assessment) <br/ ><br>- Immunogenicity (at Weeks 4, 8, 12 and 24 of dosing) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Weeks 4, 8, 12 and 24