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Registration number
NCT05270668
Ethics application status
Date submitted
27/02/2022
Date registered
8/03/2022
Date last updated
25/11/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy Study of Tulisokibart (MK-7240/PRA023) in Subjects With Systemic Sclerosis Associated With Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) (MK-7240-007)
Scientific title
A Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MK-7240/PRA023 in Subjects With Systemic Sclerosis Associated With Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
PR200-104
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
7240-007
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
ATHENA-SSc-ILD
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis 0 0
Interstitial Lung Disease 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Respiratory 0 0 0 0
Other respiratory disorders / diseases
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Autoimmune diseases
Skin 0 0 0 0
Dermatological conditions
Skin 0 0 0 0
Other skin conditions

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Tulisokibart
Diagnosis / Prognosis - Companion diagnostic ( CDx)
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Tulisokibart - Tulisokibart IV administered by IV infusion

Placebo comparator: Placebo - Placebo administered by IV infusion


Treatment: Drugs: Tulisokibart
Tulisokibart administered at timepoints as directed by the protocol

Diagnosis / Prognosis: Companion diagnostic ( CDx)
CDx+ or CDx-

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Placebo
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Diagnosis / Prognosis
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Number of Participants who Experience an Adverse Event (AE)
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Up to Week 50
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Number of Participants who Experience a Serious Adverse Event (SAE)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to Week 50
Primary outcome [3] 0 0
Number of Participants who Discontinue due to an AE
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to Week 50
Primary outcome [4] 0 0
Change from Baseline in the Annual Rate of Change in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) at Week 50
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline and up to Week 50
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change from Baseline in FVC at Week 50
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline and Week 50
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Change from Baseline in High-Resolution Computer Tomography (HRCT) Quantitative Interstitial Lung Disease - Whole Lung (QILD-WL) at Week 50
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline and Week 50
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Percentage of Participants with an Improvement in the Revised Composite Response Index in Systemic Sclerosis (CRISS) Score at Week 50
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline and Week 50
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Change from Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 50
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline and Week 50
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Change from Baseline in Living with Pulmonary Fibrosis (L-PF) Quality of Life (QoL) Outcome at Week 50
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline and Week 50

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Has confirmed diagnosis of systemic sclerosis with onset of disease = 5 years ago.
* Has diffuse cutaneous scleroderma
* Has systemic sclerosis related interstitial lung disease confirmed by HRCT
* FVC = 45% of predicted normal
* Diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO)= 45% of predicted normal
* If on background therapy, meets stable dosing requirements for nintedanib, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), methotrexate (MTX) OR azathioprine, and corticosteroids
* Women of childbearing potential are eligible to participate if not pregnant or breastfeeding and either willing to use an acceptable contraceptive method or sexually abstinent
* Able to provide written informed consent and understand and comply with the requirements of the study
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Has an airway obstruction per pulmonary function test (PFT) or clinically significant pulmonary arterial hypertension
* Has current clinical diagnosis of another inflammatory connective tissue disease
* Has any active infections, a serious infection within the past 3 months, or chronic bacterial infection
* Is a current smoker or smoking within 6 months of screening
* Has any concomitant medical conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, might place them in unacceptable risk for participation in the study
* Meets the protocol criteria for important laboratory exclusion criteria

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 administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
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
Recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
13/07/2022
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
30/12/2028
Actual
Sample size
Target
152
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
SA,VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Royal Adelaide Hospital ( Site 4050) - Adelaide
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
St Vincents Hospital Melbourne ( Site 4051) - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
5000 - Adelaide
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
3065 - Melbourne
Recruitment outside Australia
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Prometheus Biosciences, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA)
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of tulisokibart in participants with SSc-ILD.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05270668
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Prometheus Biosciences
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Clinical Trials Call Center
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Contact person for public queries
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Toll Free Number
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Phone 0 0
1-888-577-8839
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[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05270668