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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/03/083043 [Registered on: 21/03/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 07/11/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   This study is to learn if continued treatment with the medicine VAY736 ianalumab can help patients with systemic lupus erythematosus also called SLE. 
Scientific Title of Study   A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled extension study to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of ianalumab in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SIRIUS-SLE extension) 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
2023-505929-14  EudraCT 
CVAY736F12301E1 Version 01 dated 15 Sep 2023  Protocol Number 
NCT06133972  ClinicalTrials.gov 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Murugananthan K 
Designation  SSO Country Head 
Affiliation  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 
Address  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 7 floor Inspire BKC G Block BKC Main Road Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (East) Mumbai Mumbai MAHARASHTRA 400051 India

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400051
India 
Phone  912250243544  
Fax    
Email  murugananthan.k@novartis.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Murugananthan K 
Designation  SSO Country Head 
Affiliation  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 
Address  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 7 floor Inspire BKC G Block BKC Main Road Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (East) Mumbai Mumbai MAHARASHTRA 400051 India

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400051
India 
Phone  912250243544  
Fax    
Email  murugananthan.k@novartis.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Murugananthan K 
Designation  SSO Country Head 
Affiliation  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 
Address  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 7 floor Inspire BKC G Block BKC Main Road Bandra Kurla Complex Bandra (East) Mumbai Mumbai MAHARASHTRA 400051 India

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400051
India 
Phone  912250243544  
Fax    
Email  murugananthan.k@novartis.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Novartis Pharma AG, Novartis Campus 4056 - Basel, Switzerland 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd  
Address  7 floor, Inspire BKC, G Block, BKC Main Road, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400051,lndia  
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Guatemala
Hungary
India
Israel
Italy
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
Spain
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 12  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Uma Kumar  All India Institiute of Medical Sciences  All India Institiute of Medical Sciences, Room No-4067, 4th Floor, Teaching Block, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi- 110029, Delhi, India
New Delhi
DELHI 
9868217040

umaakumar@yahoo.co.in 
Dr Rajashree Sanjay Khot  All India Institute of Medical Sciences  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, MIHAN, Sumthana,Nagpur-441108, Maharashtra, India
Nagpur
MAHARASHTRA 
91-9823134598

rajashree.s.khot@gmail.com 
Dr Praveen Jadhav  Assured Care Plus Hospital  Assured Care Plus Hospital, 4th & 5th floor, Star Plus Complex, Lam Road, Near Muktidham Temple, Opp. NMC Divisional Office, Nashik Road
Nashik
MAHARASHTRA 
9822055612

drpraveenjadhav@rediffmail.com 
Dr Rojith Balakrishnan  Government Medical College, Medical College P.O,  Government Medical College, Medical College P.O
Kozhikode
KERALA 
9746006050

drrojith@gmail.com 
Dr Ajit Nalawade  Grant Medical Foundation Ruby Hall  Grant Medical Foundation Ruby Hall Clinic, 40, Sassoon Road, Pune- 411001, Maharashtra, India
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9822746248

dr.ajitnalawade@gmail.com 
Dr Wasim Saleem Kazi  Kolhapur Institute of Orthopaedic & Trauma  Kolhapur Institute of Orthopaedic & Trauma, Near Royal Tourist Hub New Shahupuri Central ST Stand Kolhapur- 416001
Kolhapur
MAHARASHTRA 
9158184488

wasimk12@gmail.com 
Dr Girish Kakade  Medipoint Hospitals Pvt. Ltd  Medipoint Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., 241/1, New D.P. Road, Aundh, Pune-411007
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9529151910

drgirishk.medipoint@gmail.com 
Dr Vishnu Sharma  Navneet Memorial Hospital Sushrusha  Navneet Memorial Hospital Sushrusha, Opp Sardar Patel Seva Samaj Hall, In the lane, Opp Tele Exchange, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad-380006
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
85115555477

drvishnusharma@yahoo.co.in 
Dr Reena Sharma  Shalby Hospital  Shalby Hospital, Opp. Karnavati Club, SG Highway, Ahmedabad-380015
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
7940203000

reena141@gmail.com 
Dr Subodh Gururani  Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences And Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital   Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences And Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Patel Nagar, Dehradun- 248001, Uttaranchal, India
Dehradun
UTTARANCHAL 
7906318412

subodh.aqua@gmail.com 
Dr Ved Prakash Chaturvedi  Sir Ganga Ram Hospital  Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Marg, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi-110060
New Delhi
DELHI 
9560001969

vedchaturvedi@hotmail.com  
Dr Sakshi Mittal  Venkateshwar Hospital  Venkateshwar Hospital, Sector 18A, Dwarka, Delhi 110075
New Delhi
DELHI 
011-48555555

sakshi.mittal@vankateshwarhospitals.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 12  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institute Ethics Committee, All India Institute of Medical Sciences  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee All India Institute of Medical Sciences Nagpur Dr Rajashree Khot  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee Poona Medical Research Foundation Dr Ajit Nalawade  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Assured Care Plus Hospital  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Venkateshwar Hospital  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee- Ethics Committe Shalby Limited  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee-SCRR Institute Of Medical Health Sciences   Submittted/Under Review 
Penta-Med Ethics Committee, Medipoint Hospitals Pvt. Ltd  Submittted/Under Review 
Sangini Hospital Ethics Committee Sangini Hospital Dr Vishnu Sharma  Approved 
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Ethics Committee, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital  Submittted/Under Review 
Zenith Institutional Ethics Committee, Kolhapur Institute of Orthopaedic And Trauma  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: M321||Systemic lupus erythematosus withorgan or system involvement,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Ianalumab (VAY736)  3mg monthly or quaterly upto 3 years through veins 
Intervention  Matching Placebo  Matching Placebo given monthly through veins 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Adults and adolescents (where allowed) aged 12 years or older who are diagnosed with SLE and had previously completed the treatment period in one of the SIRIUS-SLE core studies without treatment discontinuation 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Use of prohibited therapies.
Active viral, bacterial or other infections requiring intravenous or intramuscular treatment for clinically significant infection which in the opinion of the investigator will place the participant at risk for participation.
Plans for administration of live vaccines during the study period.
Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women.
Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, refusing or unable to use highly effective methods of contraception while on study treatment and for 6 months after stopping of study drug (or longer if required by concomitant medications).

 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Centralized 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
What adverse events do participants have during the trial?  What adverse events do participants have during the trial? 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
What is the long-term effect of ianalumab on disease activity?

 
Every 12 weeks from week 72 until week 216 
What is the long-term effect of ianalumab on organ damage?   Every 20 weeks from week 84 until week 180 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="550"
Sample Size from India="45" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   17/04/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  21/05/2024 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="5"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Open to Recruitment 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

The purpose of this trial is to learn if continued treatment with the trial drug VAY736 (ianalumab) can help adolescent and adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (also called SLE). This is an extension study offered to participants who have completed the treatment period in one of the SIRIUS-SLE core trials (CVAY736F12301/CVAY736F12302).

Ianalumab belongs to a class of drugs called monoclonal antibodies which are able to recognize and stick to specific proteins on specific cells. By attaching to a protein on B cells, ianalumab causes the elimination of the B cell. B cells are a group of white blood cells which play a role in the development of SLE. By removing such B cells, ianalumab may be able to improve SLE disease activity.

This trial is designed to find out if longer treatment with ianalumab improves participants’ lupus symptoms over time, and if it does better than the standard of care (SoC) treatment. This trial is also designed to learn more about the safety of ianalumab.

A treatment duration of three years in this extension study will allow for an overall assessment of four-year safety and efficacy data when taking into account the data from the two SIRIUS-SLE core studies (SIRIUS-SLE 1 and SIRIUS-SLE 2). This is to learn more about how ianalumab affects patient’s well-being and how effective is ianalumab in reducing SLE disease activity. 

 
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