Study of Oral Upadacitinib and Subcutaneous/Intravenous Tocilizumab to Evaluate Change in Disease Activity, Adverse Events and How Drug Moves Through the Body of Pediatric and Adolescent Participants With Active Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

NCT ID: NCT05609630

Last Updated: 2025-11-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-02

Study Completion Date

2029-06-30

Brief Summary

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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the most common type of arthritis that affects children. The term "idiopathic" means "of unknown origin". It is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that causes swelling, warmth, and pain of one or more small joints. Systemic JIA ia a rare and serious form of JIA. Systemic" means it may affect not only the joints but other parts of the body, including the liver, lungs and heart. sJIA is more severe and can be more challenging to diagnose and treat than other types of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. It is a lifelong disease for many patients and can continue into adulthood. This study will assess how safe and effective upadacitinib is in treating pediatric and adolescent participants aged 1 to \< 18 with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and will include a tocilizumab treatment arm for reference. Adverse events and change in the disease activity will be assessed.

Upadacitinib is an investigational drug being developed for the treatment of sJIA. Participants are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts. In cohort 1, participants will receive upadacitinib or tocilizumab reference. In cohort 2, participants will receive upadacitinib. Approximately 90 participants with sJIA will be enrolled in approximately 45 sites worldwide.

Participants will receive upadacitinib oral tablets once daily or oral solution twice daily or tocilizumab subcutaneous injection or intravenous infusion as per local label for 52 weeks and followed for approximately 30 days.

There may be higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care. Participants will attend regular visits/calls during the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, checking for side effects and completing questionnaires.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Cohort 1 Upadacitinib

Participants will receive upadacitinib for 52 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Upadacitinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Oral tablet or Oral solution

Cohort 1 Tocilizumab

Participants will receive tocilizumab for 52 weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Tocilizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Subcutaneous injection or Intravenous infusion

Cohort 2 Upadacitinib

Participants will receive upadacitinib for 52 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Upadacitinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Oral tablet or Oral solution

Interventions

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Upadacitinib

Oral tablet or Oral solution

Intervention Type DRUG

Tocilizumab

Subcutaneous injection or Intravenous infusion

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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RINVOQ ABT-494

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Baseline with a total body weight of 10 kg or higher at screening and symptoms of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) according to International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) criteria for at least 6 weeks prior to Screening, with onset prior to 16 years old, and meet the following conditions:

* Must have active sJIA with at least 2 active joints at Screening and Baseline, fever more than 38°C on at least one day within 14 consecutive days before the Screening Visit, and an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) or high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) \> upper limit of normal (ULN) at Screening. OR At least 4 active joints at Screening and Baseline and an ESR or hsCRP \> ULN at Screening.
* Must have inadequate response to previous treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and/or systemic glucocorticoids, as judged by the investigator.
* For Cohort 1, participants must not have had previous treatment with any IL-6 inhibitor. For Cohort 2, participants must have an intolerance or inadequate response to an IL-6 inhibitor as judged by the investigator.

Note: For Cohort 1, participants must be ages 2 to \< 18 years old in countries where SC tocilizumab is not approved for sJIA.

Exclusion Criteria

* Has any type of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), other than sJIA, as defined by the ILAR criteria, and must not have a history or presence of any other autoimmune inflammatory condition other than sJIA.
* Has uncontrolled severe systemic disease and/or impeding or active macrophage activation syndrome within 1 month prior to Baseline.
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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AbbVie

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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ABBVIE INC.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

AbbVie

Locations

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Phoenix Children's Hospital /ID# 253403

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Childrens National Medical Center /ID# 253344

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

New York Medical College /ID# 253437

Valhalla, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Levine Children's Hospital /ID# 253491

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center /ID# 251827

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Randall Children's Hospital /ID# 251829

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Instituto CAICI S.R.L /ID# 251448

Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Tucuman /ID# 251781

San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital de Niños de la Santisima Trinidad /ID# 252736

Córdoba, , Argentina

Site Status RECRUITING

Monash Health - Monash Medical Centre /ID# 251691

Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

Royal Children's Hospital /ID# 251663

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Site Status RECRUITING

Landeskrankenhaus Bregenz /ID# 266317

Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

CMiP - Centro Mineiro de Pesquisa Ltda - ME /ID# 251769

Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Site Status COMPLETED

Hospital Sao Paulo /ID# 251765

São Paulo, , Brazil

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao /ID# 251764

São Paulo, , Brazil

Site Status RECRUITING

The Childrens Hospital of Chongqing Medical University /ID# 251539

Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Children'S Hospital Of Soochow University /ID# 251755

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Xi'an Children's Hospital /ID# 251693

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Children's Hospital of Fudan University /ID# 251619

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine /ID# 251754

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg /ID# 253288

Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin /ID# 251565

Sankt Augustin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst /ID# 268680

Sendenhorst, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Hamburger Zentrum fuer Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie /ID# 251564

Hamburg, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Semmelweis Egyetem /ID# 266750

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status RECRUITING

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Meyer /ID# 251775

Florence, Firenze, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini /ID# 251776

Genoa, Genova, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children'S Hospital - Minatojima /ID# 251649

Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

St Marianna University School Of Medicine /ID# 251623

Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital /ID# 251538

Niigata, Niigata, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital /ID# 252092

Takatsuki-shi, Osaka, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital /ID# 251505

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

CREA de Guadalajara SC /ID# 252917

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht /ID# 267435

Utrecht, , Netherlands

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Sant Joan de Deu /ID# 251353

Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe /ID# 251352

Valencia, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Queen Silvia Children's Hosp /ID# 251318

Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Site Status RECRUITING

National Taiwan University Hospital /ID# 267387

Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital /ID# 267390

Taoyuan, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Gazi University Medical Faculty /ID# 253677

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty /ID# 251652

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Istanbul Universitesi-Cerrahpasa Cerrahpasa Tip Fakultesi /ID# 251651

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Umraniye Training and Res Hosp /ID# 251653

Istanbul, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital /ID# 251512

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Argentina Australia Austria Brazil China Germany Hungary Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Spain Sweden Taiwan Turkey (Türkiye) United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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ABBVIE CALL CENTER

Role: CONTACT

844-663-3742

Facility Contacts

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Site Coordinator

Role: primary

602-933-3822

Site Coordinator

Role: primary

914-504-0152

Site Coordinator

Role: primary

1-513-636-3644

Site Coordinator

Role: primary

1-503-413-3508

Site Coordinator

Role: primary

351 458-6405

Site Coordinator

Role: primary

+81-78-945-7300

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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2022-501599-25-00

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

M14-682

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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