UCAN CAN-DU: Canada-Netherlands Personalized Medicine Network in Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease
- Conditions
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
- Registration Number
- NCT06560606
- Lead Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- Brief Summary
Childhood arthritis is a chronic disabling disease. New medications called biologic therapies are now available to treat arthritis that target key biologic molecules that cause inflammation. Biologic therapies, while very effective in treating arthritis in children, may have serious side effects including infections and potentially cancers, and are very expensive and doctors don't know, which one to choose for which child. The investigators will develop tests that enable them to learn about the biology of each child's arthritis and be able to predict when and which biologic therapy to start and when to stop.
- Detailed Description
UCAN CAN-DU is a multicenter observational cohort study that will collect prospective data from children with arthritis. Biologic samples, clinical data and patient reported outcomes will be collected.
In addition, the study will also include a health economics component which will include a number of complementary approaches for quantifying and comparing benefits and risks that promote evidence-based, patient centered health care. This will address both the personal and societal economic burden of disease and include qualitative methods to inform the measurement of preferences, economic and simulation modelling to assess the value of biomarker testing. The socioeconomic impact of biomarker based treatment will be evaluated.
All clinical, biological and patient-derived data will be collected at an aggregation point housed and managed by High Performance Computing 4 Health (HPC4Health), a private hospital-only secure cloud-computing service within Compute Canada and physically located at SickKids/UHN. These databases and apps include biospecimen data and data collected through the eHealth platform. This will enable the study team to share and integrate data in near real-time into analytic models throughout the study course; hence providing a near real-time feedback from bench to bedside and vice versa.
The analysis of the cohorts will help define and confirm the biologic pathways predictive of disease course, treatment response and disease remission. This knowledge will then be used to develop a comprehensive clinical predictive tool to guide effective and safe treatment of childhood arthritis.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4100
Cohort 1: - Biologic Basis of JIA
- ≤18 years*
- Active objective arthritis suspected to be JIA or diagnosed with JIA within 6 months of enrolment
- Treatment naïve except for NSAIDs, allowed to have received NSAIDS within 6 months of diagnosis
Cohort 2 - Start Biologics
- JIA diagnosis as per ILAR criteria (all subtypes)
- ≤18 years*
- Active arthritis
- For sJIA, active disease not necessarily with arthritis.
- Time of start, restart or switch biologic therapy: e.g. failure, insufficient/partial response or intolerance
Cohort 3 - Stop Biologics
- JIA diagnosis as per ILAR criteria (all subtypes)
- ≤18 years*
- Inactive disease
- Discontinuing/tapering biologics for inactive disease
Cohort 4: Extreme Phenotypes
- Unexplained systemic inflammation with arthritis/arthralgia as a part of manifestations
- High suspicion of genetic contribution
- Severely affected patients with difficult to control disease (ie failure of multiple biologics)
Cohort 1 :
- Arthritis explained by another diagnosis
- Joint injections as previous treatment less than 4 weeks prior to enrollment
Cohort 2:
- Arthritis explained by any other cause
- Start on biologics as an indication for uveitis only
Cohort 3:
- Tapering scheme > 12 months to complete biologics stop
Cohort 4:
- Arthritis explained by another diagnosis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prospectively collect essential clinical data elements from children with new onset JIA Up to 24 months Evaluate clinical outcomes associated with the use of therapeutic agents in children with JIA Up to 24 months Evaluate biological outcomes associated with the use of therapeutic agents in children with JIA Up to 24 months Evaluate clinical outcomes associated with the de-prescribing of therapeutic agents in children with JIA Up to 24 months Prospectively collect essential biological data elements from children with new onset JIA Up to 24 months Evaluate biological outcomes associated with the de-prescribing of therapeutic agents in children with JIA Up to 24 months Prospectively collect essential biological data elements from children with extreme phenotypes of JIA Up to 12 months Evaluate the socioeconomic impact associated with the use of therapeutic agents in children with JIA Up to 12 months Prospectively collect essential socioeconomic data elements from children with extreme phenotypes of JIA Up to 12 months Prospectively collect essential clinical data elements from children with extreme phenotypes of JIA. Up to 12 months Prospectively collect essential socioeconomic data elements from children with new onset JIA Up to 12 months Evaluate the socioeconomic impact associated with the de-prescribing of therapeutic agents in children with JIA Up to 24 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (19)
IWK Health Centre
🇨🇦Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Janeway Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre
🇨🇦St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
🇨🇦London, Ontario, Canada
Beatrix Children's Hospital, UMCG
🇳🇱Groningen, Netherlands
Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboudumc
🇳🇱Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Children's Hospital Health Science Centre Winnipeg
🇨🇦Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
🇨🇦Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sophia Children's Hospital, EMC
🇳🇱Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
The Hospital for Sick Children
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stollery Children's Hospital
🇨🇦Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC
🇳🇱Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
McMaster Children's Hospital
🇨🇦Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sint Maartenskinderkliniek
🇳🇱Boxmeer, North Brabant, Netherlands
Montréal Children's Hospital
🇨🇦Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, UMCU
🇳🇱Utrecht, Netherlands
University of Saskatchewan
🇨🇦Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Willem-Alexander Children's Hospital, LUMC
🇳🇱Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
BC Children's Hospital
🇨🇦Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alberta Children's Hospital - University of Calgary
🇨🇦Calgary, Alberta, Canada