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CTRI Number  CTRI/2019/01/016851 [Registered on: 02/01/2019] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 18/07/2019
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Biological 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   A clinical trial to compare the effect of Single Transition from Enbrel® Auto-Injector (AI) to YLB113 Auto-Injector in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). 
Scientific Title of Study   Randomized, Controlled Open Label Clinical Study to Compare the Impact of Single Transition from Enbrel® Auto-Injector (AI) to YLB113 AI on Safety, PK and Compare Usability of Both AIs in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
LRP/YLB113/2017/001  Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Chirag Shah 
Designation  Associate Director 
Affiliation  Lupin Limited 
Address  Survey No. 46 A / 47 A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
412115
India 
Phone  020-66749068  
Fax    
Email  chiragshah@lupin.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Dhananjay Bakhle 
Designation  Executive Vice President 
Affiliation  Lupin Limited 
Address  Survey No. 46 A / 47 A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Pune
MAHARASHTRA
412115
India 
Phone  020-66749054  
Fax    
Email  dhananjaybakhle@lupin.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Dhananjay Bakhle 
Designation  Executive Vice President 
Affiliation  Lupin Limited 
Address  Survey No. 46 A / 47 A, Village Nande, Taluka Mulshi, Pune, Maharashtra, India


MAHARASHTRA
412115
India 
Phone  020-66749054  
Fax    
Email  dhananjaybakhle@lupin.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Lupin Limited Biotechnology Division, Gate No:1156, Village-Gotawade, Taluka-Mulshi, Pune-412115 Maharashtra- India 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Lupin Limited Biotechnology Division 
Address  Gate No:1156, Village-Gotawade, Taluka-Mulshi, Pune-412115 Maharashtra- India 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 20  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Jugal Kishore Kadel  CARE Hospital  H No 6-3-248/2 Road No: 1 Banjara Hills Hyderabad- 500034 CARE Hospital, H No 8-2-620/A-E Road No: 10 Banjara Hills Hyderabad- 500034
Hyderabad
TELANGANA 
9246544284

jkishorek71@yahoo.co.in 
Dr Chandrashekara Srikantiah  ChanRe Rheumatology and Immunology Center and Research  No. 414/65, 20th Main, West of Chord Road, 1st Block, Rajajinagara, Bangalore-560010, Karnataka, India
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9845071151

chandrashekara_s@yahoo.com 
Dr Naisar Dilip Nahar  Chopda Medicare and Research Centre Pvt. Ltd, Magnum Heart Institute  3/5 Patil Lane No.1, Laxminagar, Near KBH Vidyalaya, Canada Corner, Nashik-422005, Maharashtra
Nashik
MAHARASHTRA 
9970222227

dr.naisar@yahoo.com 
Dr Ramkrishna Uppuluri Rao  Gleneagles Global Hospital  6-1-1070/1to4, Lakdi ka pool, Hyderabad-500004, Telangana, India
Hyderabad
TELANGANA 
9849160640

urkrao@yahoo.com 
DrShajit Sadanand  Government Medical College  Dept General Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode-673009, Kerala, India
Kozhikode
KERALA 
9447338860

shajit_sadanand@yahoo.com 
Dr Nachiket Kulkarni  Jehangir Clinical Development Centre Pvt. Ltd  Jehangir hospital Premises,32 Sassoon Road Pune- 411001,Maharashtra, India
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9923243860

drnachiketkulkarni@gmail.com 
Dr Ramaswamy Subramanian  JSS Hospital  Room no: 1020, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, JSS Hospital, MG Road, Mysore-570004
Mysore
KARNATAKA 
9945472441

subsan05@gmail.com 
Dr Archana Uppin  LES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital and MRC  K Nehru Nagar, Belagavi-590010
Belgaum
KARNATAKA 
9844175418

drarchanaK85@gmail.com 
Dr Nilesh Patil  Lifepoint Multidisciplinary Hospital  145/1, Mumbai Bangalore Highway, Near Hotel Sayaji, Wakad, Pune-411057, Maharashtra India
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
2066434366

patilnj81@gmail.com 
Dr Pradeep Kumar  Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre  Unit of Narayana Health, #258/A Bommasandra Industrial Area, Anekal Taluk, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560099
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
8792993073

pradeepkumar@nhs.net 
Dr Girish Bhatia  Medipoint Hospital Pvt. Ltd  241/1, New D.P Road, Near Sai Heritage, Aundh, Pune 411007
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
7387003636

drbhatia.pentagon@gmail.com 
Dr Reena Sharma  Medlink Hospital Research Centre  Basement Medlink Hospital Research Centre, 132 ft Ring Road, Shyamal Cross Road, Satellite, Ahmedabad-380015 Gujarat, India
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
9978662400

reena141@gmail.com 
Dr Bankimchandra Nanubhai Desai  Nirmal Hospital Pvt. Ltd   Ring Road, Surat, Gujarat-395002, India
Surat
GUJARAT 
9845085931

drbankim.desai@gmail.com 
Dr Rahul Katta  S.R. Kalla Memorial Gastro and General Hospital  78-79 Dhuleshwar Garden, Behind HSBC Bank, Sardar Patel Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan, India
Jaipur
RAJASTHAN 
9829010401

rahulkatta@hotmail.com 
Dr Avinash Agarwal  Shri Nidaan Hospital and Hope Fertility Centre  27-Vidhu Nagar-A, Ajmer Road, Jaipur 302006, Rajasthan, India
Jaipur
RAJASTHAN 
9829052451

dr.avitanu@gmail.com 
DrSandeep Kharkar  Shrikrishna Hrudayalaya and Critical Care Centre  Tikekar Road, Congress Nagar Square, Dhantoli, Nagpur-440012, Maharashtra, India
Nagpur
MAHARASHTRA 
9370808866

drksandeep@gmail.com 
Dr Praveen Jadhav  Sujata Birla Hospital and Medical Research Center  Opposite to Bytco College, Nashik Pune Highway, Nashik Road, Nashik-422101, Maharashtra, India
Nashik
MAHARASHTRA 
99822055612

praveenjjadhav@gmail.com 
DrVikram Muralidhar Haridas  Sushruta Mutltispeciality Hospital and Research Centre Pvt. Ltd  P.B. Road, Vidyanagar, Hubballi-580021, Karnataka, India
Dharwad
KARNATAKA 
9343649883

haridasvikram@yahoo.co.in 
Dr Arindam Nandy Roy  Yashoda Hospital  Behind Hari Hara Kala Bhavan, S. P. Road, Secunderabad- 500003
Hyderabad
TELANGANA 
9849279830

doctor.arindam@yahoo.com 
Dr Rajendra Vara Prasad Irlapati  Yashoda Hospital  Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad-500082, Telangana, India
Hyderabad
TELANGANA 
9885099834

rajendravaraprasad1@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 20  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Care Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
Ethics Committee Jehangir Clinical Development Centre Pvt. Ltd  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee ChanRe Rheumatology and Immunology Center and Research  Approved 
Institutional Ethics committee Government.Medical college  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee JSS Hospital  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital and MRC  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee Yashoda Hospital  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Gleneagles Global Hospitals  Approved 
LPR Ethics Committee  Approved 
Magna-Care Ethics Committee  Approved 
Medilink Ethics Committee  Approved 
Narayana Health Medical Ethics Committee  Approved 
Nirmal Hospital Private Limited Ethics Committee  Approved 
Pentamed Ethics Committee  Approved 
S R Kalla Memorial Ethical Committee for Human Research  Approved 
Sushruta Hospitals Ethics Committee  Approved 
Swastic Ethics Committee  Approved 
Virtuous Institutional Medical Research Ethics Committee  Approved 
Yash Society’s Sujata Birla Hospital Ethics Committee  Approved 
Yashoda Academy of Medical Education and Research  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: M069||Rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Enbrel®  Supplied as a single-dose‚ Auto-injector containing fixed dose of 50 mg (50 mg/ml) subcutaneous injection of Etanercept per week. The total duration of study is 16 weeks (screening period of 4 weeks and treatment duration is of 12 weeks). The study drug will be administered every week during study period. 
Intervention  YLB113  Supplied as Single-dose‚ Auto-Injector containing fixed dose of 50 mg (50 mg/ml) subcutaneous injection of Etanercept per week. The total duration of study is 16 weeks (screening period of 4 weeks and treatment duration is of 12 weeks). The study drug will be administered every week during study period. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  75.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1.Patients must be able and willing to give written informed consent prior to any study related procedures

2.Patients diagnosed with RA according to the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/ European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria for RA.

3.Patients who have moderate to severe disease activity with DAS28 score >3.2 and CDAI score ≥10.1.

4.Patients classified as Global Functional Assessment Class I, II, or III, according to the revised ACR criteria

5.Patients who have been treated with MTX for at least 3 months at an optimum dose (10-25 mg/week, not exceeding the local approved dose) that has remained stable for at least 4 weeks prior to screening, based on patient history.

6.Patients who have completed washout of minimum 7 days for Azathioprine, Sulfasalazine and Cyclosporine, 4 weeks for hydroxychloroquine and Auranofin (oral gold) prior to first dose of IP.

Transition Period:
7.Patients who complete 6 week Lead-in Period.
8.Patients without drug related serious adverse events (SAEs) or unresolved Grade 3 or higher adverse events in Lead-in Period.

 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Patients who meet any of the following criteria should be disqualified from entering the study:
1.Patients with known hypersensitivity to Etanercept or any other components of the study drug
2.Patients allergic to latex (the needle cover within the needle cap of the Etanercept AI contains latex, which may cause allergic reactions in individuals sensitive to latex)
3.Patients suffering from acute or chronic, localized or disseminated infections (bacterial/fungal/viral) or sepsis, or patients with a history of recurring infections, or those who are at an increased risk of developing infections or sepsis within 3 months prior to screening
4.Patients with active tuberculosis (TB), prior history of unsuccessfully treated TB, latent TB, or patients who are positive for TB test viz. QuantiFERON®-TB Gold test
5.Patients with a history of septic arthritis of native joints within 12 months prior to screening, or any prior history of septic arthritis of prosthetic joints
6.Patients diagnosed with other rheumatic diseases, autoimmune diseases, connective tissue diseases, or immune deficiencies (viz., psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, primary Sjogren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, or demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis)
7.Patients with active or prior history of malignancies within 5 years prior to screening (except for successfully treated non-metastatic basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix)
8.Patients with a prior history of blood dyscrasias.
9.Patients with a history of alcohol, drug, or chemical abuse in the past 2 years prior to screening
10.Patients who received any live or attenuated vaccines within 4 weeks of screening
11.Patients who received leflunomide within 3 months of screening.
12.Patients previously treated with any other biologic response modifiers for any auto-immune indications (including but not limited to tocilizumab, adalimumab, anakinra, abatacept, infliximab, golimumab, etanercept, certolizumab and tofacitinib) within 6 months and patients treated with rituximab within 12 months prior to randomization.
13.Patients with serious systemic infections (e.g., patients who test positive for hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg], hepatitis B core antibody [HBcAb] & hepatitis B surface antibody [HBsAb] (except those with history of Hepatitis B vaccination, who will be included, if positive for HBsAb but negative for HBsAg and HBcAb), hepatitis C virus [HCV], or human immunodeficiency virus [HIV])
14.Patients with class III or IV heart failure (as defined by the New York Heart Association criteria) (New York Heart Association, 1994)
15.Patients with clinically significant abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) findings
16.Patients with abnormal screening laboratory values:
•Hemoglobin ≤8 g/dL
•Platelet count ≤125,000/mm3
•White blood cell (WBC) count ≤3500/mm3
•Lymphocyte count ≤1000 cells/mm3
•Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/ Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/ Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≥3 × the upper limit of normal (ULN), or serum total bilirubin ≥2 × ULN
•Serum creatinine ≥2 mg/dL
17.Patients with active or prior history of clinically significant or uncontrolled respiratory, hepatic, renal, hematologic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, dermatologic, neurologic (including demyelinating disorders), metabolic, pulmonary, or cardiovascular diseases, or a history of any autoimmune disease or psychiatric illness, or any other condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would jeopardize the safety of the patient or the validity of the study results
18.Patients who have participated in any other investigational study within 3 months prior to screening or are likely to simultaneously participate in another therapeutic clinical study
19.Pregnant females or nursing mothers
20.Females of childbearing potential and males who are not willing to use reliable and effective contraceptive measures during the course of the study
21.Patients receiving systemic/ intra-articular corticosteroids, excluding those receiving a ≤10 mg/day oral dose of prednisolone or equivalent corticosteroid, 2 weeks prior to screening
22.Patients who are receiving or who have received alkylating agents (e.g., cyclophosphamides) within 6 months prior to screening only if being received for conditions other than cancer (refer Exclusion criteria No. 7) or multiple sclerosis (prior history of either is a contraindication)
23.Patients who are using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and are not on a stable dose within 2 weeks prior to screening
24.Patients determined by the investigator (or sub-investigator) to be ineligible for this study
25.Patients who have any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions or other conditions that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could affect the patient’s participation in the study.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   An Open list of random numbers 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Comparative safety assessment in terms of incidence of TEAEs including abnormal changes in laboratory parameters, vital signs and ECG that are clinically significant.  Up to 12 weeks 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Proportion of patients with anti-etanercept antibodies (binding & neutralizing) following Etanercept administration.  at Day 1, Day 43 and Day 84 
Assessment of usability experience based on changes in SIAQ® scores over time during the study.  Day 1, Day 22, Day 43, Day 64 and Day 78 
Serum trough concentrations (Ctrough) at selected time points following Etanercept administration  at Day 1, Day 22, Day 43, Day 64 and Day 78 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="150"
Sample Size from India="150" 
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)   04/01/2019 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   NIL 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary  

This is a multicentre, open label, randomized, comparative, sequential study in 150 patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The study will be conducted in approximately 25 sites in India. The objective of the study to evaluate the safety of Enbrel® (reference product) in RA patients switched to YLB113 (test product biosimilar) as compared to Enbrel® AI continuation.












 
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