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Registration number
NCT02446912
Ethics application status
Date submitted
14/05/2015
Date registered
18/05/2015
Date last updated
12/01/2023

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy and Safety of Two Doses of Anifrolumab Compared to Placebo in Adult Subjects With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Scientific title
A Multicentre, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Two Doses of Anifrolumab in Adult Subjects With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
D3461C00005
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Active 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
Other interventions - Anifrolumab
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Anifrolumab - higher dose - Anifrolumab

Placebo Comparator: Placebo - Placebo

Experimental: Anifrolumab - lower dose - Anifrolumab


Other interventions: Anifrolumab
Anifrolumab IV administration every 4 weeks from Week 0 to Week 48 for a total of 13 doses

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Placebo IV administration every 4 weeks from Week 0 to Week 48
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Other interventions
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Achieved a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Responder Index =4 (SRI[4]) at Week 52 (Original Analysis With Restricted Medication Rules)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 52
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Achieved a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Responder Index of =4 at Week 52 in the Interferon (IFN) Test-High Sub-Group (Original Analysis With Restricted Medication Rules)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 52
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Achieved and Maintained an Oral Corticosteroid (OCS) Dose of =7.5 mg/Day in the Sub-group of Participants With Baseline OCS =10 mg/Day (Original Analysis With Restricted Medication Rules)
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Week 52
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Number of Participants With a =50% Reduction in CLASI Activity Score at Week 12 in the Sub-group of Participants With Baseline CLASI Activity Score =10 (Original Analysis With Restricted Medication Rules)
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Week 12
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Achieved a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Responder Index of =4 (SRI[4]) at Week 24 (Original Analysis With Restricted Medication Rules)
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Annualized Flare Rate
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline to Week 52
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Number of Participants Who Met the Criteria for British Isles Lupus Assessment Group-based Composite Lupus Assessment (BICLA) Response (Original Analysis With Restricted Medication Rules)
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Week 52
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Number of Participants Reporting One or More Adverse Events (AE)
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline to End of Trial (Maximum of 60 weeks)
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Number of Participants Reporting One or More Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI)
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Baseline to End of Trial (Maximum of 60 weeks)
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Number of Participants With Markedly Abnormal Vital Signs
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Baseline to End of Trial (Maximum of 60 weeks)
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Number of Participants With Markedly Abnormal Physical Examinations
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Baseline to End of Trial (Maximum of 60 weeks)
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Number of Participants With Markedly Abnormal Electrocardiogram (ECG) Scores
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Baseline to Week 52
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Number of Participants With Mild To Moderate Lupus Flare Evaluated by Modified Safety of Estrogens in Lupus Erythematosus National Assessment (SELENA)-SLEDAI Flare Index
Timepoint [12] 0 0
Baseline to End of Trial (Maximum of 60 weeks)
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Number of Participants With Markedly Abnormal Laboratory Tests
Timepoint [13] 0 0
Baseline to End of Trial (Maximum of 60 weeks)
Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
Number of Participants With Suicidal Ideation or Behaviour Assessed Via the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Timepoint [14] 0 0
Baseline to Week 52
Secondary outcome [15] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Personal Health Questionnaire Depression Scale-8 (PHQ-8) Score
Timepoint [15] 0 0
Baseline to Week 52

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Aged 18 through 70 years at the time of screening

2. Diagnosis of paediatric or adult SLE with a diagnosis of SLE according to the ACR 1982
revised criteria =24 weeks prior to signing the Informed Consent form (ICF)

3. Currently receiving at least 1 of the following:

1. Where prednisone is the single standard of care medication (ie, the subject is
not concurrently receiving any medication listed in inclusion criterion 3(c)), a
dose of oral prednisone =7.5 mg/day but =40 mg/day (or prednisone equivalent) for
a minimum of 8 weeks prior to Day 1. In addition, the dose of oral prednisone or
prednisone equivalent the subject is taking must be stable for a minimum of 2
weeks prior to randomisation.

2. Where prednisone is not the single standard of care medication (ie, the subject
is concurrently receiving at least one medication listed in inclusion criterion
3(c)), a dose of oral prednisone (=40 mg/day) (or prednisone equivalent) for a
minimum of 2 weeks prior to signing of the ICF. In addition, the dose of oral
prednisone or prednisone equivalent the subject is taking must be stable for a
minimum of 2 weeks prior to randomisation.

3. Any of the following medications administered for a minimum of 12 weeks prior to
signing the informed consent, and at a stable dose for a minimum of 8 weeks prior
to signing the informed consent through Day 1:

(i) Azathioprine =200 mg/day (ii) Antimalarial (eg, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine,
quinacrine) (iii) Mycophenolate mofetil =2 g/day or mycophenolic acid =1.44 g/day (iv)
Oral, subcutaneous (SC), or intramuscular methotrexate =25 mg/week (v) Mizoribine =150
mg/day

4. Fulfils at least 4 of the 11 ACR modified 1982 classification criteria for SLE, at
least 1 of which must be:

1. Positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) test at screening by immunofluorescent assay
(IFA) at the central laboratory with titre =1:80; OR

2. Anti-dsDNA antibodies at screening elevated to above normal (including
indeterminante), as per the central laboratory; OR

3. Anti-Smith (anti-Sm) antibody at screening elevated to above normal as per the
central laboratory.

5. At Screening, Disease Activity Adjudication Group confirmation of:

SLEDAI-2K Criteria: SLEDAI-2K score =6 points and "Clinical" SLEDAI-2K score =4
points. The "Clinical" SLEDAI-2K is the SLEDAI-2K assessment score without the
inclusion of points attributable to any urine or laboratory results including
immunologic measures.

6. Must not have active or latent TB on either chest radiograph or by quantiferon gold
test

7. Day 1 "Clinical" SLEDAI-2K score =4 points

8. OCS dose stable for at least 2 weeks prior to randomisation

9. Stable SLE SOC treatment at the time of randomisation

10. Women of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum ß-hCG test and negative
urine pregnancy test at randomisation (Day 1) prior to administration of
investigational product
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
70 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
1. Receipt of any investigational product (small molecule or biologic agent) within 4
weeks or 5 half-lives prior to signing of the ICF, whichever is greater

2. Receipt of any of the following:

(a) Intra-articular, intramuscular or IV glucocorticosteroids within 6 weeks prior to
Day 1

3. History of, or current diagnosis of, a clinically significant non SLE-related
vasculitis syndrome.

4. Active severe or unstable neuropsychiatric SLE

5. Active severe SLE-driven renal disease

6. Diagnosis (within 1 year of signing the ICF) of mixed connective tissue disease or any
history of overlap syndromes of SLE or SSc.

7. History of, or current, inflammatory joint or skin disease other than SLE

8. History of any non-SLE disease that has required treatment with oral or parenteral
corticosteroids for more than 2 weeks within the last 24 weeks prior to signing the
ICF

9. Known history of a primary immunodeficiency, splenectomy, or any underlying condition
that predisposes the subject to infection, or a positive result for human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection confirmed by central laboratory at screening.
Subjects refusing HIV testing during the screening period will not be eligible for
study participation

10. Confirmed positive test for hepatitis B or hepatitis C

11. Any severe herpes infection at any time prior to Week 0 (Day 1)

12. Opportunistic infection requiring hospitalisation or intravenous antimicrobial
treatment within 3 years prior to randomization

13. History of cancer, apart from:

1. Squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin that has been successfully treated

2. Cervical cancer in situ that has been successfully treated

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
9/06/2015
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
17/07/2018
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
460
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3065 - Fitzroy
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2217 - Kogarah
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2065 - St Leonards
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Funding & Sponsors
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AstraZeneca
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PRA Health Sciences
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intravenous treatment
regimen of two doses of anifrolumab versus placebo in adult subjects with moderately to
severely active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02446912
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
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Herbert Hutman, MD
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