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NCT Number: NCT06764615

A Continuation Study of TAK-279 in Adults With Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD)

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is a serious, long-term condition in the gut (intestine) that can cause pain and swelling (inflammation) in the bowel. TAK-279 is a medicine which helps to block inflammation.

This study is an extension of the parent studies, TAK-279-CD-2001 (NCT06233461), TAK-279-UC-2001 (NCT06254950) and TAK-279-CD-2003 (NCT07403968). This means that participants who responded to treatment with TAK-279 in either of the parent studies may be able to continue to benefit from the treatment in this study.

The main aim of this study is to find out how safe TAK-279 is for long term use and to check if it reduces bowel inflammation and symptoms when used for a longer period of time in adults with moderately to severely active UC or CD.

The participants will be treated with TAK-279 for up to 3 years (156 weeks).

During the study, participants will visit their study clinic around 15 times.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • The participant is willing and able to understand and fully comply with trial procedures and requirements (including digital tools and applications), in the opinion of the investigator.

The participant has provided informed consent (that is, in writing, documented via a signed and dated informed consent form [ICF]) and any required privacy authorization prior to the initiation of any trial procedures.

  • Completion of Week 52 in the parent trials (phase 2b CD and phase 2 UC) with valid electronic (e) Diary data for Week 52 (TAK-279-CD-2001 and TAK-279-UC-2001).
  • Clinical or symptomatic responder at parent trial Week 52 as defined below:
  • TAK-279-CD-2001: Clinical response at Week 52 of the parent trial based on PRO2, assessed as >=30% decrease in average daily very soft or liquid stools and/ or >=30% decrease in average AP from parent trial baseline.
  • TAK-279-UC-2001: Symptomatic response at Week 52 of the parent trial, assessed as a reduction in partial modified Mayo score (pmMS) of >=1 points and >=30% from parent trial baseline; and a decrease from parent trial baseline in the rectal bleeding sub-score of >=1 point or an absolute rectal bleeding sub-score of <=1 point.
  • TAK-279-CD-2003: Endoscopic response at Week 12 of the parent trial, assessed as a participant achieving decrease in SES-CD >50% from baseline (or for participants with isolated ileal disease, SES-CD <=4 or at least a 2-point reduction from baseline).

Other General Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants must meet the contraception recommendations.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participant considered by the investigator to be unsuitable for the OLE trial due to their trial compliance and medication adherence concerns.
  • Participants with malignancy or dysplasia per endoscopy any time during the parent trial or at the beginning of the OLE.

Exclusion criteria

related to Laboratory Investigations:

  • Participants meeting the exclusion criteria related to laboratory investigations as defined in the protocol.

Exclusion criteria

related to other prohibited concomitant medication for TAK-279-CD-2001 and TAK-279-UC-2001 Cohorts:

  • Participants taking oral corticosteroids for CD or UC during parent trial at or after Week 48.

Treatment and study plan

Zasocitinib

Drug

Zasocitinib capsules.

Other names: TAK-279

Primary outcomes

  1. All Cohorts: Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESIs)

    Time frame: From start of study drug administration up to Week 160 (current study)

    TEAE is defined as any event emerging or manifesting at or after the initiation of treatment with a study intervention or medicinal product or any existing event that worsens in either intensity or frequency following exposure to the study intervention or medicinal product. An AESI is an adverse event of scientific and medical concern specific to the compound or program, for which ongoing monitoring and rapid communication by the investigator may be appropriate.

  2. All Cohorts: Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Vital Sign Values

    Time frame: From start of study drug administration up to Week 160 (current study)

    Vital sign values include body temperature, respiratory rate, sitting blood pressure (systolic and diastolic, resting more than 5 minutes), pulse (beats per minute). Clinical significance of vital signs will be determined at the investigator's discretion.

  3. All Cohorts: Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Clinical Laboratory Values

    Time frame: From start of study drug administration up to Week 160 (current study)

    Laboratory parameters include hematology, clinical chemistry and urinalysis. Clinical significance of laboratory values will be determined at the investigator's discretion.

  4. Cohorts 1 and 2: Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Values

    Time frame: At Day 1 and Week 156 (current study)

    ECGs will be performed with the participant in the supine or semi-supine position and after resting comfortably for at least 5 minutes. Clinical significance of 12-lead ECG values will be determined at the investigator's discretion.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cohort 1: Percentage of CD Participants Achieving Clinical Remission Based on the Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI)

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    Clinical remission is defined as a CDAI score of less than (<) 150 points.

  2. Cohort 1: Percentage of CD Participants Achieving Clinical Response Based on the CDAI

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    Clinical response is defined as greater than (>) 100-point decrease from parent study baseline in CDAI score.

  3. Cohort 1: Percentage of CD Participants Achieving Decrease in Endoscopic Response Based on Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease (SES-CD)

    Time frame: At Weeks 48, 108, and 156 (current study)

    Endoscopic response is defined by decrease in SES-CD >50 percent (%) from baseline (defined as % baseline in parent study TAK-279-CD-2001 [NCT06233461]) (or for participants with isolated ileal disease, SES-CD less than or equal to (=<) 4 or at least a 2-point reduction from baseline). The SES-CD score ranges from 0 to 56 which includes 4 endoscopic variables (intestinal surface affected by ulcers, intestinal surface affected by other inflammatory lesions, presence of ulcers, and presence of narrowing).

  4. Cohort 1: Percentage of CD Participants Achieving Endoscopic Remission Based on SES-CD

    Time frame: At Weeks 48, 108, and 156 (current study)

    Endoscopic remission is defined as SES-CD score =< 4 or =< 2 for ileal disease, no sub-score >1. The SES-CD score ranges from 0 to 56 which includes 4 endoscopic variables (the intestinal surface affected by ulcers, the intestinal surface affected by other inflammatory lesions, the presence of ulcers, and the presence of narrowing).

  5. Cohort 1: Percentage of CD Participants With Clinical Remission in 2-item Patient-reported Outcome Measure (PRO2)

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    Clinical remission based on PRO2 is defined as average daily liquid or very soft stool frequency (SF) score less than or equal to (<=) 2.8 and not worse than parent study baseline and average daily abdominal pain (AP) score <=1 and not worse than baseline.

  6. Cohort 1: Percentage of CD Participants With a Clinical Response in PRO2

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    Clinical response based on PRO2 is defined as greater than or equal to (>=) 30% decrease in average daily very soft or liquid stools and/ or >=30% decrease in average AP from parent study baseline.

  7. Cohort 2: Percentage of UC Participants Achieving Clinical Remission Based on Modified Mayo Score (mMS)

    Time frame: At Weeks 48, 108, and 156 (current study)

    The mMS is a composite score of 3 assessments consisting of stool frequency (SF), rectal bleeding (RB), and endoscopic score (ES). Each component sub-score ranges from 0 to 3 and total score range of the mMS is from 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating more severe disease. Clinical remission is defined as Mayo RB sub-score of 0, Mayo SF sub-score of 0 or 1, and ES sub-score 1 or 0 (score of 1 modified to exclude friability).

  8. Cohort 2: Percentage of UC Participants Achieving Clinical Response Based on mMS

    Time frame: At Weeks 48, 108, and 156 (current study)

    Clinical response is defined as reduction from parent study baseline in mMS of >=2 points and >=30% from parent study baseline and a decrease from parent study baseline in the RB sub-score of >=1 point or an absolute RB sub-score of <=1 point.

  9. Cohort 2: Percentage of UC Participants Achieving a Symptomatic Remission

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    Symptomatic remission is defined as RB sub-score of 0 and SF sub-score of Mayo score <=1.

  10. Cohort 2: Percentage of UC Participants Achieving Endoscopic Improvement Based on Modified Mayo Endoscopic Sub-score (ES)

    Time frame: At Weeks 48, 108, and 156 (current study)

    Endoscopic improvement is defined as a modified Mayo ES of <=1 (score of 1 modified to exclude friability).

  11. Cohort 2: Percentage of UC Participants Achieving Endoscopic Remission Based on Modified Mayo (ES)

    Time frame: At Weeks 48, 108, and 156 (current study)

    Endoscopic remission is defined as a modified Mayo ES of 0.

  12. Cohorts 1 and 2: Percentage of CD or UC Participants With no Bowel Urgency

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    Bowel urgency is measured by the bowel urgency electronic diary (eDiary) item.

  13. Cohorts 1 and 2: Percentage of UC or CD Participants With no Abdominal Pain

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    Abdominal pain is measured by abdominal pain eDiary item.

  14. Cohorts 1 and 2: Change From Baseline in Fatigue in UC or CD Participants as Measured by the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    The FACIT-Fatigue is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring fatigue. The responses to the 13 items on the FACIT-Fatigue questionnaire are each measured on a 5-point Likert scale, where 0=Not at all, 1=A little bit, 2=Somewhat, 3=Quite a bit and 4=Very much. The total score ranges from 0 to 52. High scores represent less fatigue.

  15. Cohorts 1 and 2: Percentage of UC or CD Participants With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) Total Score >=170

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    The IBDQ is a 32-item questionnaire that measures 4 dimensions: bowel systems (10 items), emotional function (12 items), systemic function (5 items), and social function (5 items). The total score ranges from 32 to 224, with higher scores representing better quality of life.

  16. Cohorts 1 and 2: Change From Baseline in Disease-Specific Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in UC or CD Participants as Measured by IBDQ Total Score

    Time frame: Up to Week 156 (current study)

    The IBDQ is a 32-item questionnaire that measures 4 dimensions: bowel systems (10 items), emotional functional (12 items), systemic function (5 items), and social function (5 items). The total score ranges from 32 to 224, with higher scores representing better quality of life.

Study contacts

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Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Takeda

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Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2, Open-Label Extension Trial to Evaluate the Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Oral Zasocitinib (TAK-279) in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis and Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2029
Study completion
2029
First posted
Jan 8, 2025
Registry last updated
May 22, 2026

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