A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-blind Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Apremilast (CC-10004) in Subjects With Active Behçet's Disease

NCT ID: NCT02307513

Last Updated: 2021-07-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE3
• Total Enrollment: 207 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-12-30
• Study Completion Date: 2020-07-17

Brief Summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of apremilast in the treatment of oral ulcers in adults with active Behçet's disease (BD).

Detailed Description

Behçet's disease, is a rare disorder that causes inflammation in blood vessels throughout the body. The signs and symptoms of Behçet's disease may include mouth sores, eye inflammation, skin rashes and lesions, and genital sores that vary from person to person and may come and go on their own. The exact cause of Behçet's is unknown, but it may be an autoimmune disorder, which means the body's immune system mistakenly attacks some of its own healthy cells.

This study will evaluate if apremilast is better than placebo (inactive substance in the same form as the drug) for the treatment of oral ulcers in subjects with active Behçet's disease. Other manifestations of the disease will also be assessed, such as, pain and tenderness in joints, eye inflammation, genital ulcers, and skin disease. This study also will test how well the body tolerates apremilast. In addition, the second purpose of the study is to assess the safety of apremilast in patients with Behçet's disease.

This study is a randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel design. The placebo-controlled period will be 12 weeks long and participants will receive apremilast or placebo. After the 12-week placebo-controlled period, all participants will receive apremilast for 52 weeks in the active treatment period. All participants will have their final study visit 4 weeks after stopping apremilast treatment.

Participants in Germany will have the opportunity to enter an optional open-label extension phase after the 52-week active treatment phase (week 64 visit), and continue until apremilast is commercially available for Behçet's disease or until apremilast is found not to be acceptable for Behçet's disease, according to either the sponsor or health authority.

Conditions

Behçet's Syndrome

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: QUADRUPLE

Study Groups

Placebo / Apremilast

Participants randomized to this arm will receive placebo tablets twice daily by mouth for the first twelve weeks followed by 52 weeks of 30 mg apremilast tablets twice daily by mouth.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Apremilast

Intervention Type: DRUG

Tablets for oral administration

Placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

Tablets for oral administration

Apremilast

Participants randomized to this arm will receive 30 mg apremilast tablets twice daily by mouth for 64 weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Apremilast

Intervention Type: DRUG

Tablets for oral administration

Interventions

Apremilast

Tablets for oral administration

Intervention Type: DRUG

Placebo

Tablets for oral administration

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Otezla®; CC-10004

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent document prior to any study related assessments/procedures being conducted.

2. Male and female subjects ≥ 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent document.

3. Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.

4. Diagnosed with Behcet's disease meeting th4 International Study Group (ISG) criteria,

5. Oral ulcers that occurred at least 3 times in the previous 12-month period, including oral ulcers at the screening visit.

6. Subjects must have at least 2 oral ulcers at Visit 1 (Screening Visit), and:

1. At least 2 oral ulcers at Visit 2 (day of randomization), when Visit 2 occurs at least 14 days after Visit 1. OR

2. At least 3 oral ulcers at Visit 2 (day of randomization), when Visit 2 occurs at any time between 1 day and 42 days after Visit 1.

7. Have prior treatment with at least 1 non-biologic Behçet's disease therapy, such as, but not limited to, topical corticosteroids, or systemic treatment.

8. Candidate for systemic therapy, for the treatment of oral ulcers.

a. A candidate for systemic therapy is a subject judged by the study Investigator as someone whose mucocutaneous ulcers are considered inappropriate for topical therapy based on the severity of disease and extent of the affected area, or whose oral ulcers cannot be adequately controlled by topical therapy.

9. Laboratory Measures: Must meet the following laboratory measures:

• Hemoglobin > 9 g/dL
• White blood cell (WBC) count ≥ 3000 /L(≥ 3.0 X 10^9/L) and ≤ 14,000/L (≤ 14 X 10^9/L )
• Platelet count ≥ 100,000 /L (≥ 100 X 10^9/L)
• Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL (≤ 132.6 μmol/L)
• Total bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
• Aspartate transaminase (AST [serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, SGOT]) and alanine transaminase (ALT [serum glutamate pyruvic transaminase, SGPT]) ≥ 1.5 X ULN. Subjects who fail screening due to ≥ 1.5 X ULN AST/SGOT and/or ALT/SGPT will be allowed to repeat AST/SGOT and/or ALT/SGPT tests within the screening phase. Repeat test results should be ≤ ULN (within reference range) to be eligible.

Laboratory tests will be allowed to be repeated 1 time if, in the Investigator's clinical judgment, there is a reasonable possibility of the repeat tests not meeting the exclusion values, and with concurrence from the Medical Monitor.

Contraception Requirements:

All Females of Child Bearing Potential (FCBP) must use one of the approved contraceptive options as described below while taking apremilast and for at least 28 days after administration of the last dose of the apremilast.

At the time of study entry, and at any time during the study when a FCBP's contraceptive measures or ability to become pregnant changes, the Investigator will educate the subject regarding contraception options and the correct and consistent use of effective contraceptive methods in order to successfully prevent pregnancy.

All FCBP must have a negative pregnancy test at Visits 1 and 2. All FCBP subjects who engage in activity in which conception is possible must use one of the approved contraceptive options described below:

Option 1: Any one of the following highly effective methods: hormonal contraception (oral, injection, implant, transdermal patch, vaginal ring); intrauterine device (IUD); tubal ligation; or partner's vasectomy; OR Option 2: Male or female condom (latex condom or non-latex condom NOT made out of natural [animal] membrane [for example, polyurethane]); PLUS one additional barrier method: (a) diaphragm with spermicide; (b) cervical cap with spermicide; or (c) contraceptive sponge with spermicide.

Male subjects (including those who have had a vasectomy) who engage in activity in which conception is possible must use barrier contraception (latex or non-latex condoms NOT made out of natural [animal] membrane [for example, polyurethane]) while on IP and for at least 28 days after the last dose of IP.

Exclusion Criteria

Disease Specific Exclusions:

1. Behçet's disease-related active major organ involvement - pulmonary (eg, pulmonary artery aneurysm), vascular (eg, thrombophlebitis), gastrointestinal (eg, ulcers along the gastrointestinal tract), and central nervous systems (eg, meningoencephalitis) manifestations, and ocular lesions (eg, uveitis) requiring immunosuppressive therapy; however:

1. Previous major organ involvement is allowed if it occurred at least 1 year prior to Visit 1 (Screening Visit) and is not active at time of enrollment.

2. Subjects with mild BD-related ocular lesions not requiring systemic immunosuppressive therapy are allowed.

3. Subjects with BD-related arthritis and BD-skin manifestations are also allowed.

2. Previous exposure to biologic therapies for the treatment of BD oral ulcers ( Previous biologic therapy exposure is allowed for other indications, including other manifestations of BD)

3. Prior use of apremilast.

4. Use of any investigational medication within 4 weeks prior to Visit 2 or 5 pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic half-lives (whichever is longer).

5. Current use of strong cytochrome P450 enzyme inducers (eg, rifampin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, phenytoin)

6. Having received concomitant immune modulating therapy (except oral or topical corticosteroids) within:

• Seven days prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization) for colchicines
• Ten days prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization) for azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetil
• Four weeks (28 days) prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization) for cyclosporine, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, thalidomide, and dapsone.

Note: Oral and topical corticosteroids must have been tapered as appropriate and discontinued prior to the day of Visit 2 (day of randomization).

• At least 5 terminal half-lives for all biologics, including, but not limited to, those listed below; within:
• Four weeks prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization) for etanercept
• Eight weeks prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization) for infliximab
• Ten weeks prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization) for adalimumab, golimumab, certolizumab, abatacept, and tocilizumab
• Six months prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization) for secukinumab

7. Having received intra-articular or parenteral corticosteroids within 6 weeks (42 days) prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization).

8. Any significant medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from participating in the study.

9. Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study.

10. Inability to provide voluntary consent.

11. Pregnant women or breast feeding mothers.

12. Systemic or opportunistic fungal infection.

13. Known active current or history of recurrent bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial or other infections (including but not limited to tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial disease, hepatitis B and C and herpes zoster, histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis, but excluding onychomycosis) or any major episode of infection requiring hospitalization or treatment with IV or oral antibiotics within 4 weeks of the Screening Phase.

14. Clinically significant abnormality on chest radiograph.

15. Clinically significant abnormality on 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG).

16. History of positive test for, or any clinical suspicion of, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or congenital or acquired immunodeficiency (eg, common variable immunodeficiency disease).

17. Malignancy or history of malignancy, except for:

1. treated (ie, cured) basal cell or squamous cell in situ skin carcinomas;

2. treated (ie, cured) cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) or carcinoma in situ of the cervix with no evidence of recurrence within the previous 5 years of Visit 1.

18. Any condition that confounds the ability to interpret data from the study.

19. Scheduled surgery or other interventions that would interrupt the subject's participation in the study.

20. Prior history of suicide attempt at any time in the subject's lifetime prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization) or major psychiatric illness requiring hospitalization within 3 years prior to Visit 2 (Baseline Visit; day of randomization).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Amgen

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Amgen

Locations

Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Research, PLLC

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, United States

Millennium Research

Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

Arthritis and Rheumatology of Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Advanced Rheumatology

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Shores Rheumatology

Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, United States

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

New York Methodist Hospital

Brooklyn, New York, United States

NYU Langone Medical Center

New York, New York, United States

University of Pennsylvania Health Systems

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Hopital de La Conception

Marseille, , France

Pitié-Salpêtriere Hospital Paris

Paris, , France

Hopital Cochin

Paris, , France

Hospital Saint Louis

Paris, , France

Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin

Berlin, , Germany

Stadtisches Klinikum Dessau

Dessau, , Germany

Asklepios Rheumazentrum Hamburg

Hamburg, , Germany

Navy Hospital of Athens

Athens, , Greece

Athens General Hospital 'G Gennimatas'

Athens, , Greece

Laiko General Hospital of Athens

Athens, , Greece

Ippokratio General Hospital of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, , Greece

Bnai Zion Medical Center

Haifa, , Israel

Rambam Health Care Campus

Haifa, , Israel

Hadassah Medical Organization

Jerusalem, , Israel

Rabin Medical Center

Petah Tikva, , Israel

Chaim Sheba Medical Center

Ramat Gan, , Israel

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi

Florence, , Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Regionale San Carlo

Potenza/Matera, , Italy

Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova

Reggio Emilia, , Italy

Medical Hospital of Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, , Japan

Nippon Medical School Hospital

Bunkyō City, , Japan

St. Luke's International Hospital

Chūōku, , Japan

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center

Fuchu-shi, , Japan

Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital

Himeji-shi, , Japan

Saitama Medical University Hospital

Iruma-gun, Saitama, , Japan

Teikyo University Hospital

Itabashi-ku, , Japan

Nihon University Itabashi Hospital

Itabashi-ku, , Japan

St Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, , Japan

University of Occupational and Environmentall Health

Kitakyushu, , Japan

Kagawa University Hospital

Miki-cho, , Japan

Saga Medical School Hospital

Saga, , Japan

Kitasato University Hospital

Sagamihara, , Japan

Sapporo Medical University Hospital

Sapporo, Hokkaidô, , Japan

Hokkaido University Hospital

Sapporo, Hokkaidô, , Japan

Shimonoseki City Hospital

Shimonoseki, , Japan

Tokyo Medical University Hospital

Shinjyuku-ku, , Japan

Tomishiro Central Hospital

Tomigusuku-shi, , Japan

Ehime University Hospital

Tōon, , Japan

Yokohama City University Hospital

Yokohama, Kanagawa, , Japan

Hotel Dieu de France

Beirut, , Lebanon

Ain Wazein Hospital

El Chouf, , Lebanon

American University of Beirut Medical Center

El Chouf, , Lebanon

Chungnam National University Hospital

Daejeon, , South Korea

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

Seoul, , South Korea

Konkuk University Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Ajou University Hospital

Suwon, , South Korea

Cukurova University Medical Faculty Balcali Hospital

Adana, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Eskişehir, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Istanbul Universitesi Cerrahpasa Tip Fakultesi

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Marmara University Hospital

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Selcuk University Medical Faculty

Konya, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

United States; France; Germany; Greece; Israel; Italy; Japan; Lebanon; South Korea; Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 37316690 (View on PubMed)

Hatemi G, Mahr A, Takeno M, Kim D, Melikoglu M, Cheng S, McCue S, Paris M, Chen M, Yazici Y. Impact of apremilast on quality of life in Behcet's syndrome: analysis of the phase 3 RELIEF study. RMD Open. 2022 Jul;8(2):e002235. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002235.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 35798511 (View on PubMed)

Hatemi G, Mahr A, Ishigatsubo Y, Song YW, Takeno M, Kim D, Melikoglu M, Cheng S, McCue S, Paris M, Chen M, Yazici Y. Trial of Apremilast for Oral Ulcers in Behcet's Syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 14;381(20):1918-1928. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1816594.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 31722152 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol

View Document

Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Related Links

http://www.amgentrials.com

AmgenTrials clinical trials website

Other Identifiers

2014-002108-25

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CC-10004-BCT-002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id