A Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetics, Effectiveness and Safety of Afimkibart for Induction and Maintenance Therapy in Children With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age2-17
SponsorHoffmann-La Roche

About this trial

This phase III, double-blind, multi-center treat-through study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Afimkibart (also known as RO7790121) in children with moderately to severely active Crohn's Disease (CD).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Body weight >= 10 kilogram (kg)

Active CD confirmed by endoscopy (ileocolonoscopy)

Moderately to severely active CD, defined as a Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) score >= 30, and Simple Endoscopic Score Crohn's Disease (SES-CD) >=6 (or >=4 for isolated ileal disease) confirmed through centrally-read ileocolonoscopy

Inadequate response, loss of response, and/or intolerance to at least one of the following conventional therapies (aminosalicylates, corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressants) or advanced therapies (including anti-tumor necrosis factor, anti-interleukin, anti-integrin, or Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors)

Disqualifiers

Monogenic disorder pertaining to infant onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

History of >= 3 bowel resections: > 2 missing segments of the following five segments: terminal ileum, right colon, transverse colon, sigmoid and left colon, and rectum

Current diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC), abdominal/intraabdominal/perianal fistula and/or abscess, indeterminant colitis, IBD-unclassified, microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, infectious colitis, radiation colitis, or active diverticular disease.

Symptomatic bowel strictures, fulminant colitis, or toxic megacolon

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Afimkibart

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators