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NCT Number: NCT07577843

A Study of JNJ-78934804 in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

The purpose of this study is to assess how well JNJ-78934804 works (efficacy) and how safe it is (safety) as compared to guselkumab at Week 48 in participants with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease (a long-term, progressive [worsens with time] and life-threatening disease of the intestine).

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

IBD SA, Kurralta Park, Australia

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Have a diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) or fistulizing CD established greater than or equal to (>=) 12 weeks before screening including both endoscopic evidence and a histopathology report consistent with a diagnosis of CD
  • Have moderately to severely active CD based on crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) criteria defined as a baseline CDAI score >= 220 but less than or equal to (<=) 450 and either: a. Mean daily stool frequency (SF) count >= 4.0, based on the unweighted CDAI component of the number of liquid or very soft stools or b. Mean daily AP score >= 2.0, based on the unweighted CDAI component of abdominal pain (AP)
  • Have moderately to severely active ileal and/or colonic CD as assessed by central review of the screening video ileocolonoscopy based on simple endoscopic score for crohn's disease (SES-CD) criteria
  • Have had an inadequate initial response, loss of response, or intolerance to previously approved systemic therapies

Exclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of indeterminate colitis, microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, ulcerative colitis (UC) or clinical findings highly suggestive of UC
  • Complications of CD such as symptomatic bowel strictures or stenoses, or any other manifestation that may require intestinal surgery while enrolled in the study
  • Presence of draining (that is, functioning) stoma or ostomy
  • Has a history of short bowel syndrome, is missing greater than (>) 2 of the 5 ileocolonic segments, or has any other medical condition that could preclude or confound the ability to use efficacy assessment tools (such as CDAI) to assess response to study intervention
  • Currently has or is suspected of having an abscess

Treatment and study plan

JNJ-78934804

Drug

JNJ-78934804 will be administered subcutaneously.

Other names: JNJ-4804

Guselkumab

Drug

Guselkumab will be administered subcutaneously.

Other names: TREMFYA

Primary outcomes

  1. Co-Primary: Percentage of Participants with Clinical Remission at Week 48

    Time frame: At Week 48

    Clinical remission is defined as a Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) score less than (<) 150. CDAI scores range from 0 to approximately 600. Higher score indicates higher disease activity.

  2. Co-Primary: Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Remission at Week 48

    Time frame: At Week 48

    Endoscopic remission is defined as a Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease (SES-CD) score of less than or equal to (<=) 4 with at least a 2-point reduction from baseline and no subscore greater than (>) 1 in any individual component. The SES-CD is based on the evaluation of 4 endoscopic components (presence/size of ulcers, proportion of mucosal surface covered by ulcers, proportion of mucosal surface affected by any lesions, and presence/type of narrowing/strictures) across 5 ileocolonic segments. SES-CD score can range from 0 to 56. Higher scores indicating more severe disease.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants with Deep Remission at Week 48

    Time frame: At Week 48

    Deep remission (composite endpoint) is defined as achieving both clinical remission and endoscopic remission at Week 48 at the participant level. Clinical remission is defined as a CDAI score of <150 and Endoscopic remission is defined as a SES-CD score of <= 4 with at least a 2-point reduction from baseline and no subscore >1 in any individual component. CDAI scores range from 0 to approximately 600. Higher score indicates higher disease activity. SES-CD score can range from 0 to 56. Higher scores indicating more severe disease.

  2. Percentage of Participants with Corticosteroid-Free (90-Day) Clinical Remission at Week 48

    Time frame: At Week 48

    Corticosteroid-free (90-day) clinical remission at Week 48 is defined as clinical remission at Week 48 and not receiving corticosteroids for at least 90 days prior to Week 48. Clinical remission is defined as a CDAI score of <150. CDAI scores range from 0 to approximately 600. Higher score indicates higher disease activity.

  3. Percentage of Participants with Corticosteroid-Free (90-day) PRO-2 Remission at Week 48

    Time frame: At Week 48

    Corticosteroid-free (90-day) patient-reported outcome(s) (PRO-2) remission at Week 48 is defined as an abdominal plan (AP) mean daily score less than or equal to (<=) 1 and stool frequency (SF) mean daily score <= 2.8, and no worsening of AP or SF from baseline, and not receiving corticosteroids for at least 90 days prior to Week 48.

  4. Percentage of Participants with Sustained Clinical Remission

    Time frame: At Weeks 12 and 48

    Sustained clinical remission is defined as clinical remission at Week 12 and Week 48. Clinical remission is defined as CDAI score of <150. CDAI scores range from 0 to approximately 600. Higher score indicates higher disease activity.

  5. Percentage of Participants with Histologic-Endoscopic Remission at Week 48

    Time frame: At Week 48

    Histologic-endoscopic remission at week 48 is defined as achieving a combination of histologic remission and endoscopic remission at Week 48. Histologic remission is defined as absence of neutrophils from the mucosa (both lamina propria and epithelium), no crypt destruction, and no erosions, or ulcerations or granulation tissue as assessed by the Robarts Histopathology Index. Endoscopic remission is defined as a SES-CD score of <= 4 with at least a 2-point reduction from baseline and no subscore > 1 in any individual component.

  6. Percentage of Participants with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) Response at Week 48

    Time frame: At Week 48

    IBDQ response at Week 48 is defined as an improvement of at least 16 points in the IBDQ total score from baseline at Week 48. IBDQ is a validated, 32-item, self-reported questionnaire for participants with IBD that will be used to evaluate disease-specific health related quality of life (HRQoL) across 4 dimensional scores: bowel symptoms (loose stools, AP), systemic function (fatigue, altered sleep pattern), social function (work attendance, need to cancel social events), and emotional function (anger, depression, irritability). Scores range from 32 to 224, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.

  7. Percentage of Participants with Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System 29 (PROMIS-29) Mental Component Summary Score (MCS) Response at Week 48

    Time frame: At Week 48

    PROMIS-29 MCS response at Week 48 is defined as an improvement of at least 7 points in PROMIS-29 MCS score from baseline at Week 48. The PROMIS-29 is a collection of short forms containing 4 items for each of 7 domains (depression, anxiety, physical function, pain interference, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and ability to participate in social roles and activities). PROMIS-29 also includes an overall average pain intensity 0-10 numeric rating scale. The PROMIS-29 MCS will be assessed, which is primarily informed by domains of emotional distress (depression/anxiety) and fatigue as well as sleep disturbance where higher MCS scores reflect better mental health.

  8. Percentage of Participants with Clinical Remission at Week 12

    Time frame: At Week 12

    Clinical remission at Week 12 is defined as CDAI score <150 at Week 12. CDAI scores range from 0 to approximately 600. Higher score indicates higher disease activity.

  9. Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Response at Week 12

    Time frame: At Week 12

    Endoscopic response at Week 12 is defined as greater than (>) 50 percent (%) improvement from baseline in SES-CD score at Week 12 or a decrease of at least 2 points in participants with a baseline score of 4 and isolated ileal disease. SES-CD score can range from 0 to 56. Higher scores indicating more severe disease.

  10. Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AE) and Serious AEs (SAEs)

    Time frame: Up to approximately 3 years

    An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant administered a pharmaceutical (investigational or non investigational) product. An AE does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the intervention. An SAE is any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose: results in death, is life-threatening, requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect, is a suspected transmission of any infectious agent via a medicinal product, and is medically important.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Study Contact

CONTACT

[email protected]

844-434-4210

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, and Active-controlled Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of JNJ-78934804 in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Acronym: DUET ENCORE-CD

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2030
First posted
May 11, 2026
Registry last updated
Jul 6, 2026

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