A Phase III Study of Abatacept in Japanese Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT ID: NCT00484289

Last Updated: 2013-06-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

217 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-12-31

Study Completion Date

2010-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the safety of chronic use of abatacept in Japanese Subjects with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) having completed clinical studies IM101-071, IM101-034, and also Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) failures with MTX intolerance.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm 1: Participants from Phase I study (IM101-034)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Abatacept

Intervention Type DRUG

Vials (250 mg/vial), Intravenous, Weight-tiered dose of abatacept (equivalent to 10 mg/kg) based on their body weight at the enrollment visit; 500 mg for participants \< 60 kg, 750 mg for participants 60 to 100 kg and 1,000 mg for participants \> 100 kg, administered over a period of approximately 30 minutes at week 0, 2, 4 and every 4 weeks thereafter, until approved in Japan and was continued as a post-marketing study until the completion of the shift to a commercially available product.

Arm 2: Participants from Phase II study (IM101-071)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Abatacept

Intervention Type DRUG

Vials (250 mg/vial), Intravenous, Weight-tiered dose of abatacept (equivalent to 10 mg/kg) based on their body weight at the enrollment visit; 500 mg for participants \< 60 kg, 750 mg for participants 60 to 100 kg and 1,000 mg for participants \> 100 kg, administered over a period of approximately 30 minutes at week 0, 2, 4 and every 4 weeks thereafter, until approved in Japan and was continued as a post-marketing study until the completion of the shift to a commercially available product.

Arm 3: New Participants with Methotrexate (MTX) Intolerance

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Abatacept

Intervention Type DRUG

Vials (250 mg/vial), Intravenous, Weight-tiered dose of abatacept (equivalent to 10 mg/kg) based on their body weight at the enrollment visit; 500 mg for participants \< 60 kg, 750 mg for participants 60 to 100 kg and 1,000 mg for participants \> 100 kg, administered over a period of approximately 30 minutes at week 0, 2, 4 and every 4 weeks thereafter, until approved in Japan and was continued as a post-marketing study until the completion of the shift to a commercially available product.

Interventions

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Abatacept

Vials (250 mg/vial), Intravenous, Weight-tiered dose of abatacept (equivalent to 10 mg/kg) based on their body weight at the enrollment visit; 500 mg for participants \< 60 kg, 750 mg for participants 60 to 100 kg and 1,000 mg for participants \> 100 kg, administered over a period of approximately 30 minutes at week 0, 2, 4 and every 4 weeks thereafter, until approved in Japan and was continued as a post-marketing study until the completion of the shift to a commercially available product.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Orencia® BMS-188667

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The participants who completed the 169 days, full study period of Phase II (IM101-071) and were not administered other biologics between completion of IM101-071 and registration of this long-term study.
* The participants of the Phase I study (IM101-034), who received abatacept, except participants who were withdrawn from the study due to safety problems related to abatacept.
* New subjects with MTX intolerance: rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to whom MTX cannot be administered for safety reasons and who present an inadequate response to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs;excluding MTX) or biologics (new subjects with MTX intolerance: RA patients who present an inadequate response to DMARDs).

Exclusion Criteria

* Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who were unwilling or unable to use an acceptable method of contraception.
* Participants who have received non approved or investigational biologics (other than abatacept from previous or ongoing studies in Japan) at registration.
* Participants who have received treatment with any investigational drug within 56 days before registration or five half-lives (whichever is the longest).
* Participants currently receiving treatment with leflunomide, mycophenolate mofetil, calcineurine inhibitors such as cyclosporine and tacrolimus, D-Penicillamine, Cyclophosphamide, or immunoadsorption columns.
* The participants who completed Phase II (IM101-071) are not applicable in the following instances at time of registration: with active vasculitis, symptoms of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, cardiac, neurological, or cerebral disease, breast cancer, or a history of cancer within the last 5 years, evidence of active or latent bacterial , viral infections, any serious or chronic, at risk of tuberculosis (TB), with any opportunistic infections, laboratory values of hemoglobin \< 8.5 g/dL, white blood cells (WBC) \< 3,000/mm\^3, Platelets \< 100,000/mm\^3, Serum creatinine \> 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN), Serum alanine transaminase or aspartate aminotransferase \> 2 times ULN.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bristol-Myers Squibb

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bristol-Myers Squibb

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Locations

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Local Institution

Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

Site Status

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Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

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Goshogawara-Shi, Aomori, Japan

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Chiba, Chiba, Japan

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Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan

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Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan

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Fukui-shi, Fukui, Japan

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Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

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Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

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Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka, Japan

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Higashi-Hiroshima-Shi, Hiroshima, Japan

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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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Kanzaki-Gun, Hyōgo, Japan

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Kato-Gun, Hyōgo, Japan

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Hitachi-Shi, Ibaraki, Japan

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Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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Sagamihara-Shi, Kanagawa, Japan

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Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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Nagano, Nagano, Japan

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Tsukubo-Gun, Okayama-ken, Japan

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Kawachinagano-Shi, Osaka, Japan

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Ureshino-Shi, Saga-ken, Japan

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Iruma-Gun, Saitama, Japan

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Kawagoe-Shi, Saitama, Japan

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Kitamoto-Shi, Saitama, Japan

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Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

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Kawachigun, Tochigi, Japan

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Shimotsuke-Shi, Tochigi, Japan

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Arakawa-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Takaoka-Shi, Toyama, Japan

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Chiba, , Japan

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Countries

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Japan

References

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Takeuchi T, Matsubara T, Urata Y, Suematsu E, Ohta S, Honjo S, Abe T, Yamamoto A, Miyasaka N; Japan Abatacept Study Group. Phase III, multicenter, open-label, long-term study of the safety of abatacept in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to conventional or biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Mod Rheumatol. 2014 Sep;24(5):744-53. doi: 10.3109/14397595.2014.899179. Epub 2014 Apr 23.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24754273 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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IM101-129

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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