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NCT Number: NCT03006068

A Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Upadacitinib (ABT-494) in Participants With Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

This study is designed to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of Upadacitinib in participants with ulcerative colitis (UC) who have not responded at the end of the induction period in Study M14-234 Substudy 1, who have had loss of response during the maintenance period of Study M14-234 Substudy 3, or who have successfully completed Study M14-234 Substudy 3.

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Key information

Age range

16 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires /ID# 209496, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Note: Participants aged 16 or 17 may enroll in M14-234 or M14-675 where locally permissible

  • Participant has not achieved clinical response at the end of the induction period (Week 8) in Study M14-234 Substudy 1, has had loss of response during the maintenance period of Study M14-234 Substudy 3, or has successfully completed Study M14-234 Substudy 3. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for participants with missing endoscopy at Week 8, Week 16 or Week 52 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Studies M14-234 Substudy 2, M14-234 Substudy 3 and M14-675, participants may be enrolled if certain criteria are met.
  • If female, participant must meet the contraception criteria.
  • Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test at Week 0 visit.
  • Participant is judged to be in otherwise good health as determined by the principal investigator based upon clinical evaluations performed during the preceding study (Study M14-234).
  • Must be able and willing to give written informed consent and to comply with the requirements of this study protocol.

Exclusion criteria

  • For any reason participant is considered by the investigator to be an unsuitable candidate.
  • Female participant with a positive pregnancy test at the final visit of Study M14-234 or who is considering becoming pregnant during the study or within 30 days after the last dose of study drug.
  • Known hypersensitivity to upadacitinib or its excipients or had any adverse event (AE) during the preceding studies, that in the investigator's judgment makes the participant unsuitable for this study.
  • Participant with an active or recurrent infection that based on the investigator's clinical assessment makes the participant an unsuitable candidate for the study. Participants with ongoing infections undergoing treatment may be enrolled BUT NOT dosed until the infection has been successfully treated.
  • Current evidence of active tuberculosis (TB); current evidence of latent tuberculosis and for any reason the participant cannot take full course of TB prophylaxis treatment as required per protocol.
  • Participant with a poorly controlled medical condition, such as uncontrolled diabetes, unstable ischemic heart disease, moderate or severe congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class III or IV), recent cerebrovascular accidents and any other condition which, in the opinion of the investigator or sponsor, would put the subject at risk by participation in this study.
  • Participants have malignancy, high-grade dysplasia, un-removed low-grade dysplasia of the gastrointestinal tract diagnosed at the endoscopy performed at the final visit of Study M14-234.
  • History of any malignancy except for successfully treated nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) or localized carcinoma in situ of the cervix from evaluations performed in Study M14-234.

Treatment and study plan

Upadacitinib (ABT-494)

Drug

Upadacitinib (ABT-494) will be administered orally.

Other names: RINVOQ

Placebo

Drug

Placebo will be administered orally.

Primary outcomes

  1. Assessing Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events

    Time frame: Up to 288 Weeks

    Treatment-emergent adverse events are defined as events that begin or worsen either on or after the first dose of the study drug and within 30 days after the last dose of the study drug in the analysis period.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AbbVie

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 3 Multicenter, Long-Term Extension Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Upadacitinib (ABT-494) in Subjects With Ulcerative Colitis

Acronym: U-ACTIVATE

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2027
First posted
Dec 30, 2016
Registry last updated
Jan 12, 2026

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