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NCT Number: NCT00870467

A Study of Adalimumab in Japanese Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis

To evaluate the potential of adalimumab to inhibit radiographic progression in joint destruction compared with placebo in adult Japanese subjects with recent onset of rheumatoid arthritis.

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Key information

Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis Arthritis Arthritis, Rheumatoid Autoimmune Diseases Connective Tissue Diseases Immune System Diseases Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Rheumatic Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

20 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Site Reference ID/Investigator# 46861, Anjo, Japan

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About this study

This was a Phase 3 multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study designed to evaluate the inhibition of radiographic progression by adalimumab compared with placebo in adult Japanese patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had not been previously treated with methotrexate (MTX). Eligible participants were randomized 1:1 to receive either a subcutaneous injection of adalimumab 40 mg or matching placebo every other week (eow) during the 26-week double-blind phase. All participants also received 6 mg to 8 mg MTX weekly as basal treatment for their disease. Participants who experienced an increase in disease activity (more than 20% increase in tender joint count and swollen joint count) at Week 12, 16, or 20 compared with Baseline after having increased MTX dose to 8 mg per week for at least 4 weeks were discontinued from the double-blind phase and were eligible to receive open-label adalimumab 40 mg eow as rescue treatment. Participants who completed the 26 weeks of treatment (either double-blind study drug [adalimumab or placebo] treatment or open-label adalimumab treatment) were eligible to enter the 26-week open-label phase in which they received adalimumab 40 mg eow. Efficacy and safety assessments were performed at Baseline and at designated study visits.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Rheumatoid arthritis based on the American College of Rheumatology criteria
  • Methotrexate or leflunomide naïve
  • Disease duration less than or equal to 2 years from diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

  • History of acute inflammatory joint disease of different origin from rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, lymphoma, leukemia or lymphoproliferative disease, active TB, HIV
  • Previously received anti-TNF therapy anti-IL-6 receptor antibody, CTLA4-Ig, anti-CD20 antibody, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, azathioprine, or tacrolimus
  • Joint surgery involving joints to be assessed within 8 weeks prior to Screening

Treatment and study plan

Double-blind adalimumab

Biological

Double-blind adalimumab 40 mg administered subcutaneously (SC) every other week (eow)

Other names: ABT-D2E7, adalimumab, Humira

Double-Blind Placebo

Drug

Double-blind adalimumab-matching placebo administered subcutaneously (SC)every other week (eow)

Other names: Placebo

Open-label Adalimumab

Biological

Open-label adalimumab 40 mg administered subcutaneously (SC) every other week (eow) after completion of the first 26 weeks in the study

Other names: ABT-D2E7, adalimumab, Humira

Open-labelAdalimumabRescue

Biological

Open-label adalimumab 40 mg administered subcutaneously (SC) every other week (eow) as rescue treatment to complete the first 26 weeks in the study- dependent on participant eligibility (increase in disease activity), applies to Weeks 12 to 26

Other names: ABT-D2E7, adalimumab, Humira

Primary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Modified Total Sharp X-Ray Score at Week 26

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 26

    Modified Total Sharp Score (mTSS) is a measure of joint health, used in evaluation of inhibition of radiographic progression of disease. Digitized X-rays of hands and feet were obtained then scored in a blinded manner: for erosions (0 [no damage] to 5 [complete collapse or total destruction of joint]) and for joint space narrowing (0 [no damage] to 4 [complete luxation of joint]). Scores were added, giving total mTSS (0 [normal] to 380 [maximal disease]). Large positive change in mTSS indicates disease progression; small positive/no change indicates slowing/halting of disease progression.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants Meeting ACR20 Response Criteria at Week 26 (ACR: American College of Rheumatology)

    Time frame: Week 26

    Patients were ACR20 responders if they had: >= 20% improvement in both tender joint count (68 joints) and in swollen joint count (66 joints) plus >=20% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 remaining ACR core measures: patient's assessment of pain; patient's global assessment of disease activity; physician's global assessment of disease activity; self-assessed disability (disability index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire [HAQ]); and acute phase reactant C-reactive protein. Patients who discontinued or switched to open-label adalimumab prior to Week 26 were considered non-responders.

  2. Number of Participants Meeting ACR50 Response Criteria at Week 26 (ACR: American College of Rheumatology)

    Time frame: Week 26

    Patients were ACR50 responders if they had: >= 50% improvement in both tender joint count (68 joints) and in swollen joint count (66 joints) plus >=50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 remaining ACR core measures: patient's assessment of pain; patient's global assessment of disease activity; physician's global assessment of disease activity; self-assessed disability (disability index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire [HAQ]); and acute phase reactant C-reactive protein. Patients who discontinued or switched to open-label adalimumab prior to Week 26 were considered non-responders.

  3. Number of Participants Meeting ACR70 Response Criteria at Week 26 (ACR: American College of Rheumatology)

    Time frame: Week 26

    Patients were ACR70 responders if they had: >= 70% improvement in both tender joint count (68 joints) and in swollen joint count (66 joints) plus >=70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 remaining ACR core measures: patient's assessment of pain; patient's global assessment of disease activity; physician's global assessment of disease activity; self-assessed disability (disability index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire [HAQ]); and acute phase reactant C-reactive protein. Patients who discontinued or switched to open-label adalimumab prior to Week 26 were considered non-responders.

  4. Change From Baseline in Disease Activity Score (DAS28[ESR]) at Week 26

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 26

    Disease Activity Score (DAS28) is a combined index used to measure disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Calculation of the DAS28 score used the tender joint count (28 joints), swollen joint count (28 joints), patient's global assessment of disease activity, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. DAS28(ESR) scores range from 0 (no disease activity) to 9 (maximal disease activity); decrease is indicative of improvement in disease activity.

  5. Number of Participants Achieving Clinical Remission, Defined by Disease Activity Score (DAS28[ESR]) <2.6, at Week 26

    Time frame: Week 26

    Disease Activity Score (DAS28) is a combined index used to measure disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Calculation of the DAS28 score used the tender joint count (28 joints), swollen joint count (28 joints), patient's global assessment of disease activity, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. DAS28(ESR) scores range from 0 (no disease activity) to 9 (maximal disease activity); decrease is indicative of improvement in disease activity. DAS28(ESR) score <2.6 was defined as clinical remission of disease.

  6. Number of Participants Who Reported Any Adverse Event (Serious or Non-serious) on Double-blind Study Drug Through Week 26

    Time frame: Through Week 26

    Adverse events were collected at designated study visits for all participants who were randomized and received at least 1 dose of study drug. The number of participants who experienced any adverse event (serious or non-serious) while receiving double-blind study drug is summarized. See the Reported Adverse Event section for details.

  7. Change From Baseline in Modified Total Sharp X-Ray Score at Week 52

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 52

    Modified Total Sharp Score (mTSS) is a measure of joint health, used in evaluation of inhibition of radiographic progression of disease. Digitized X-rays of hands and feet were obtained then scored in a blinded manner: for erosions (0 [no damage] to 5 [complete collapse or total destruction of joint]) and for joint space narrowing (0 [no damage] to 4 [complete luxation of joint]). Scores were added, giving total mTSS score (0 [normal] to 380 [maximal disease]). Large positive change in mTSS indicates diseae progression; small positive/no change indicates slowing/halting of disease progression.

  8. Number of Participants Meeting ACR20 Response Criteria at Week 52 (ACR: American College of Rheumatology)

    Time frame: Week 52

    Patients were ACR20 responders if they had: >=20% improvement in both tender joint count (68 joints) and in swollen joint count (66 joints) plus >=20% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 remaining ACR core measures: patient's assessment of pain; patient's global assessment of disease activity; physician's global assessment of disease activity; self-assessed disability (disability index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ); and acute phase reactant C-reactive protein.

  9. Number of Participants Meeting ACR50 Response Criteria at Week 52 (ACR: American College of Rheumatology)

    Time frame: Week 52

    Patients were ACR50 responders if they had: >=50% improvement in both tender joint count (68 joints) and in swollen joint count (66 joints) plus >=50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 remaining ACR core measures: patient's assessment of pain; patient's global assessment of disease activity; physician's global assessment of disease activity; self-assessed disability (disability index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ); and acute phase reactant C-reactive protein.

  10. Number of Participants Meeting ACR70 Response Criteria at Week 52 (ACR: American College of Rheumatology)

    Time frame: Week 52

    Patients were ACR70 responders if they had: >=70% improvement in both tender joint count (68 joints) and in swollen joint count (66 joints) plus >=70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 remaining ACR core measures: patient's assessment of pain; patient's global assessment of disease activity; physician's global assessment of disease activity; self-assessed disability (disability index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ); and acute phase reactant C-reactive protein.

  11. Change From Baseline in Disease Activity Score (DAS28[ESR]) at Week 52

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 52

    Disease Activity Score (DAS28) is a combined index used to measure disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Calculation of the DAS28 score used the tender joint count (28 joints), swollen joint count (28 joints), patient's global assessment of disease activity, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. DAS28(ESR) scores range from 0 (no disease activity) to 9 (maximal disease activity); decrease is indicative of improvement in disease activity.

  12. Number of Participants Achieving Clinical Remission, Defined by Disease Activity Score (DAS28[ESR]) <2.6, at Week 52

    Time frame: Week 52

    Disease Activity Score (DAS28) is a combined index used to measure disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Calculation of the DAS28 score used the tender joint count (28 joints), swollen joint count (28 joints), patient's global assessment of disease activity, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. DAS28(ESR) scores range from 0 (no disease activity) to 9 (maximal disease activity); decrease is indicative of improvement in disease activity. DAS28(ESR) score <2.6 was defined as clinical remission of disease.

  13. Number of Participants Who Reported Any Adverse Event (Serious or Non-serious) While Receiving Adalimumab Through Week 52

    Time frame: Through Week 52

    Adverse events were collected at designated study visits for all participants who were randomized and received at least 1 dose of adalimumab. The number of participants who experienced any adverse event (serious or non-serious) while receiving any adalimumab during the study (double-blind adalimumab and/or open-label) is summarized. See the Reported Adverse Event section for details.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Abbott

Industry

Collaborators

  • Eisai Co., Ltd.

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3 Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, Placebo-Controlled Study Comparing Adalimumab and Placebo in Adult Japanese Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Mar 27, 2009
Registry last updated
Aug 7, 2012

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