A Study of Ustekinumab in Participants With Active Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis Who Have Not Adequately Responded to One or More Standard-of-care Treatments

NCT03981744 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of ustekinumab in participants with active polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM) despite receiving 1 or more standard-of-care treatments (for example, glucocorticoids and/or immunomodulators).

Conditions

  • Polymyositis
  • Dermatomyositis

Interventions

DRUG

Ustekinumab 6 mg/kg

Participants will receive body weight-range based IV dosing of 6 mg/kg of ustekinumab at Week 0 in Group 1 and at Week 24 in Group 2.

DRUG

Ustekinumab 90 mg

Participants will receive ustekinumab 90 mg SC at Week 8 and every 8 Weeks (q8w) through Week 72 in Group 1 and q8w Week 32 through Week 72 in Group 2.

DRUG

Placebo IV

Participants will receive IV dosing of placebo at Week 24 in Group 1 and at Week 0 in Group 2.

DRUG

Placebo SC

Participants will receive SC dosing of placebo at Weeks 8,16 and 24.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Japan Clinical Trial · Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-26
Primary Completion
2022-01-24
Completion
2022-07-12

Countries

  • Japan

Study Locations

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