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Registration number
NCT00424476
Ethics application status
Date submitted
17/01/2007
Date registered
19/01/2007
Date last updated
12/12/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Study of Belimumab in Subjects With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Scientific title
A Phase 3, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, 52-Wk Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Belimumab (HGS1006, LymphoStat-B™), a Fully Human Monoclonal Anti-BLyS Antibody, in Subjects With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
BLISS-52
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
HGS1006-C1057
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
BLISS-52
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Human Genetics and Inherited Disorders 0 0 0 0
Other human genetics and inherited disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo
Treatment: Drugs - Belimumab 1 mg/kg
Treatment: Drugs - Belimumab 10 mg/kg

Placebo Comparator: Placebo - Placebo

Experimental: Belimumab 1 mg/kg - Belimumab 1 mg/kg

Experimental: Belimumab 10 mg/kg - Belimumab 10 mg/kg


Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Placebo IV plus standard therapy; placebo administered on Days 0, 14, 28, and every 28 days thereafter through Week 48.

Treatment: Drugs: Belimumab 1 mg/kg
Belimumab 1 mg/kg IV plus standard therapy on Days 0, 14, 28, and every 28 days thereafter through Week 48.

Treatment: Drugs: Belimumab 10 mg/kg
Belimumab 10 mg/kg IV plus standard therapy on Days 0, 14, 28, and every 28 days thereafter through Week 48.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
SLE Responder Index (SRI) Response Rate at Week 52
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, 52 weeks
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percent of Subjects With a = 4 Point Reduction From Baseline in SELENA SLEDAI Score at Wk 52.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, 52 weeks
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Mean Change in Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) at Wk 24.
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline, 24 weeks
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Mean Change From Baseline in Medical Outcomes 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Component Summary Score (PCS) at Wk 24.
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline, 24 weeks
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Percent of Subjects Whose Average Prednisone Dose Has Been Reduced by = 25% From Baseline to = 7.5 mg/Day During Weeks 40 Through 52
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline, Weeks 40 through 52

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Key

- Clinical diagnosis of SLE by ACR criteria.

- Active SLE disease.

- Autoantibody-positive.

- On stable SLE treatment regimen.

Key
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Pregnant or nursing

- Have received treatment with any B cell targeted therapy.

- Have received treatment with a biological investigational agent in the past year.

- Have received IV cyclophosphamide within 180 days of Day 0.

- Have severe lupus kidney disease.

- Have active central nervous system (CNS) lupus.

- Have required management of acute or chronic infections within the past 60 days.

- Have current drug or alcohol abuse or dependence.

- Have a historically positive test or test positive at screening for HIV, hepatitis B,
or hepatitis C.

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 3
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
1/05/2007
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/03/2010
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
865
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Repatriation Hospital - Daw Park
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
Emeritus Research, Cabrini Hospital - Melbourne
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
Monash Medical Centre - Melbourne
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Royal Perth Hospital - Shenton Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
5041 - Daw Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
3144 - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
3168 - Melbourne
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
6008 - Shenton Park
Recruitment outside Australia
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Argentina
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Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
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Argentina
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La Plata
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Rosario
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Argentina
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Brazil
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Campinas
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Curitiba
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Fortaleza
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Goiânia
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São Paulo
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Chile
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Santiago
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Medellín
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Chai Wan
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Shatin
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Tuen Mun
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Bangalore
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Moscow
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Taipei
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Tau-Yuan County

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Human Genome Sciences Inc.
Address
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Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Commercial sector/Industry
Name [1] 0 0
GlaxoSmithKline
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and impact on
quality of life of two different doses of belimumab administered in addition to standard
therapy in subjects with active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
disease.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00424476
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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GSK Clinical Trials
Address 0 0
Human Genome Sciences Inc.
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
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Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries