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NCT Number: NCT07186101

LY4268989 (MORF-057) Co-Administered With Mirikizumab in Adults With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis:

The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of LY4268989 when given with mirikizumab compared to mirikizumab alone in adult participants with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).

Study participation will last approximately 118 weeks, including 104 weeks of treatment and may include up to 21 visits.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Medizinische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

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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 had an established diagnosis of UC of ≥3 months in before baseline, which includes endoscopic evidence of UC and a histopathology report that supports a diagnosis of UC
  • Have moderately to severely active UC as defined by a mMS of 5 to 9 with an ES ≥2 confirmed by central reader at screening endoscopy and RB ≥1.
  • Participants with greater than 8 years of UC symptoms have documented evidence of having had a surveillance colonoscopy within 1 year, or according to local country or regional medical guidelines, to evaluate for polyps, dysplasia, or malignancy, prior to randomization
  • Are up-to-date on colorectal cancer surveillance per local society guidelines
  • Have an inadequate response to, loss of response to, or intolerance to at least 1 of the medications:
  • Conventional-failed participants: Participants who have had an inadequate response to or a loss of response to or are intolerant to at least 1 of the following medications: corticosteroids or immunomodulators (Does not apply to US)

NOTE: After the interim analysis, participants with inadequate response, loss of response, or intolerance to conventional UC therapy without prior exposure to biologics may be enrolled if deemed appropriate (Applies to the US)

  • Advanced therapy-failed participants: Participants who have an inadequate response to or a loss of response to, or are intolerant to advanced therapy for UC, defined as:
  • a biologic or biosimilar medication such as anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) antibodies or anti-interleukin antibodies (IL-12/23, or IL-23p19), except for
  • mirikizumab.
  • Janus kinase inhibitors (JAK) such as filgotinib, tofacitinib, or upadacitinib
  • sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 inhibitors (S1PR) such as etrasimod or ozanimod

Exclusion criteria

  • Have a current diagnosis of
  • Crohn's disease
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) unclassified (formerly known as indeterminate colitis), or
  • primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Have had or will need bowel resection or intestinal or intra-abdominal surgery
  • Have evidence of toxic megacolon, intra-abdominal abscess, or stricture or stenosis within small bowel or colon that cannot be traversed by a colonoscope or that are symptomatic
  • Have any adenomatous polyp occurring in areas of the colon not involved by colitis, that has not been removed

Note: If such an adenomatous polyp has been completely removed and shows only low-grade dysplasia, this criterion would no longer apply

  • Have a current or recent acute, active infection

Treatment and study plan

LY4268989

Drug

Administered PO

Other names: MORF-057, zotemtegrast

Mirikizumab

Drug

Administered IV then SC

Other names: LY3074828

LY4268989 Placebo

Drug

Administered PO

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Clinical Remission with Modified Mayo Score (mMS)

    Time frame: Week 12

    The mMS is a composite score reported by participants and physician and is comprised of the following 3 subscores: Stool Frequency (SF); Rectal Bleeding (RB), and Endoscopic Subscore (ES).

    Clinical remission (mMS) is defined as:

    • SF subscore = 0 or 1 and no greater than baseline
    • RB subscore = 0
    • Centrally read ES = 0 or 1; score of 1 modified to exclude friability

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Clinical Response with mMS

    Time frame: Week 12

  2. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Endoscopic Improvement

    Time frame: Week 12

  3. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Symptomatic Remission

    Time frame: Week 12

  4. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Clinical Remission with mMS

    Time frame: Week 24

  5. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Clinical Response with mMS

    Time frame: Week 24

  6. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Clinical Remission with mMS

    Time frame: Week 48

  7. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Clinical Response with mMS

    Time frame: Week 48

  8. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Clinical Remission with mMS + Physician's Global Assessment (PGA)

    Time frame: Week 48

  9. Percentage of Participants Who Achieve Clinical Response with mMS + PGA

    Time frame: Week 48

Study contacts

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

Physicians interested in becoming principal investigators please contact

CONTACT

[email protected]

Trial questions or participation questions: 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or

CONTACT

[email protected]

1-317-615-4559

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Eli Lilly and Company

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Controlled Study of LY4268989 (MORF-057) Co-Administered With Mirikizumab in Adults With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis

Acronym: TOPAZ-UC

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2029
First posted
Sep 22, 2025
Registry last updated
Jul 17, 2026

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