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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03662542




Registration number
NCT03662542
Ethics application status
Date submitted
6/09/2018
Date registered
7/09/2018
Date last updated
12/12/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Study of Efficacy and Safety of Combination Therapy With Guselkumab and Golimumab in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
Scientific title
A Phase 2a Randomized, Double-blind, Active-controlled, Parallel-group, Multicenter, Proof-of-concept Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Combination Therapy With Guselkumab and Golimumab in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2018-001510-15
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
CR108527
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
VEGA
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Colitis, Ulcerative 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Oral and Gastrointestinal 0 0 0 0
Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Other inflammatory or immune system disorders
Oral and Gastrointestinal 0 0 0 0
Inflammatory bowel disease

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Guselkumab Dose 1
Treatment: Drugs - Guselkumab Dose 2
Treatment: Drugs - Golimumab Dose 1
Treatment: Drugs - Golimumab Dose 2
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Combination Therapy - Participants will receive guselkumab Dose 1 as intravenous (IV) infusion and Dose 2 as subcutaneous (SC) injection; and golimumab Dose 1 and Dose 2 as SC injection and placebo to maintain the blind.

Experimental: Monotherapy: Guselkumab - Participants will receive guselkumab Dose 1 as IV infusion, Dose 2 as SC injection and placebo to maintain the blind.

Active comparator: Monotherapy: Golimumab - Participants will receive golimumab Dose 1 and Dose 2 as SC injection and placebo to maintain the blind.


Treatment: Drugs: Guselkumab Dose 1
Guselkumab Dose 1 will be administered as IV infusion.

Treatment: Drugs: Guselkumab Dose 2
Guselkumab Dose 2 will be administered as SC injection.

Treatment: Drugs: Golimumab Dose 1
Golimumab Dose 1 will be administered as SC injection.

Treatment: Drugs: Golimumab Dose 2
Golimumab Dose 2 will be administered as SC injection.

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Placebo will be administered.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Combination Phase: Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Clinical Response at Week 12
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 12
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Combination Phase: Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Clinical Remission at Week 12
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Week 12

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Confirmed clinical diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) at least 3 months before screening
* Moderately to severely active UC as defined by Mayo score
* History of inadequate response to or failure to tolerate conventional therapy
* Has screening laboratory test results within the study protocol defined parameters
* A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive serum (beta human chorionic gonadotropin) pregnancy test result at screening and a negative urine pregnancy test result at Week 0
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
65 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Has severe extensive colitis as defined in the study protocol
* Has UC limited to the rectum only or to less than (<) 20 centimeter (cm) of the colon
* Has a history of latent or active granulomatous infection, including histoplasmosis or coccidioidomycosis, before screening
* Has any known malignancy or has a history of malignancy (with the exception of basal cell carcinoma; squamous cell carcinoma in situ of the skin; or cervical carcinoma in situ that has been treated with no evidence of recurrence; or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that has been treated with no evidence of recurrence within 5 years before screening)
* Has known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to guselkumab or golimumab or their excipients

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
20/11/2018
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
15/11/2021
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
214
Recruitment in Australia
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Princess Alexandra Hospital - Brisbane
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St Vincent's Hospital - Melbourne - Fitzroy
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Nepean Hospital - Kingswood
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Royal Adelaide Hospital - North Terrace
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Macquarie University Hospital - NSW
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Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville
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Mater Hospital Brisbane (Inflammatory Bowel Diseases) - South Brisbane
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4102 - Brisbane
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3065 - Fitzroy
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2747 - Kingswood
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5000 - North Terrace
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2109 - NSW
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3050 - Parkville
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4101 - South Brisbane
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of combination therapy with guselkumab and golimumab in participants with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03662542
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial
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Janssen Research & Development, LLC
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03662542