A Phase 3 Study of KHK4827 in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-03-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of KHK4827 in patients with systemic sclerosis who have moderate to severe skin thickening

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd; Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
• Treatments: Brodalumab

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject meets the criteria for diagnosis of the Diagnostic Criteria, Severity Classification, and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Systemic Sclerosis （Japanese Dermatological Association 2016） at the pre-examination

• Subject presented the first symptoms of sclerosis other than Raynaud's phenomenon within 60 months before enrollment

• Subject who has systemic sclerosis accompanied by moderate to severe skin thickening with an mRSS of 10 to <30 at the pre-examination and who has progressing skin thickening

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any of the following significant concomitant diseases:

• Type 1 diabetes

• Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (HbA1c > 8.5%)

• Congestive heart failure (Class II to IV of the New York Heart Association Functional Classification)

• Myocartial infarction, unstable angina, or stroke occurring within 12 months before the first dose of investigational product

• Poorly controlled hypertension (systolic pressure > 150 mm Hg or diastolic pressure > 90 mg Hg at screening)

• Severe chronic lung disease (%FVC < 60% and %DLco < 40%, calculated according to the Reference Values for Spirometry, Including Viral Capacity, in Japanese Adults Calcluated with the LMS Method and Compared with Previous Values [Japanese Respiratory Society])

• Major chronic inflammatory diseases or connective tissue diseases other than scleroderma

2. Patient has a history or evidence of a psychiatric disorder, alcohol and/or substance abuse, or any other mental health disorder that, in the opinion of the investigators, would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion

3. Patient has a history or evidence of suicidal ideation (severity of 4 or 5) or any suicidal behavior based on an assessment with the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) at enrollment

4. Patient has severe depression based on a total score of ≥ 15 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8) at enrollment