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CTRI Number  CTRI/2011/12/002247 [Registered on: 16/12/2011] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 07/12/2015
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study
Modification(s)  
Drug
Biological 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Efficacy at 24 Weeks and Safety, Tolerability and Long Term Efficacy up to 2 Years of Secukinumab (AIN457) in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to Anti-TNFα Agents 
Scientific Title of Study   A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of Secukinumab to Demonstrate the Efficacy at 24 Weeks and to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Long Term Efficacy up to 2 Years in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have an Inadequate Response to Anti-TNFα Agents 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
CAIN457F2302 (Version 00; Date-11-May-2011  Protocol Number 
NCT01365455  ClinicalTrials.gov 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Murugananthan K 
Designation  Head- Cinical Development 
Affiliation  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 
Address  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Medical Department, Sandoz House, Shiv Sagar Estate, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai � 400 018 Maharashtra

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400 018
India 
Phone  022-24958545  
Fax    
Email  murugananthan.k@novartis.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Murugananthan K 
Designation  Head- Cinical Development 
Affiliation  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 
Address  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Medical Department, Sandoz House, Shiv Sagar Estate, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai � 400 018 Maharashtra

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400 018
India 
Phone  022-24958545  
Fax    
Email  murugananthan.k@novartis.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Murugananthan K 
Designation  Head- Cinical Development 
Affiliation  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited 
Address  Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, Medical Department, Sandoz House, Shiv Sagar Estate, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai � 400 018 Maharashtra

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400 018
India 
Phone  022-24958545  
Fax    
Email  murugananthan.k@novartis.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd  
Address  Medical Dept, Sandoz House, Shiv Sagar Estate, dr A. B. road, Worli Mumbai 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Global 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     Belgium
Canada
Colombia
Guatemala
Hungary
India
Italy
Japan
Panama
Romania
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America  
Sites of Study
Modification(s)  
No of Sites = 14  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
DrDineshS  Asha Health Pit  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,Stop, No:1 CC, 201, 3rd Floor, 2nd Main, Kasturi Nagar, Bangalore-560043, Karnataka, India.
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
919886125229

bhaktha.dinesh@gmail.com 
DrChandrashekaraS  Chanre Rheumatology & Immunology Centre & Research (CRIC&R)  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis, 123 Margosa Road Malleswaram, Opp 13th Cross Bus Stop, Bangalore 560003
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
919845041151

chandrashekara_s@yahoo.com 
DrBharat Jivani  Jivani Orthopedic, Arthosccopy and Joint Replacement Center  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,104, Aayush Hospital, Station – Lal Darwaja Road, Surat –395 003
Surat
GUJARAT 
912612402435

drbharatjivani@gmail.com 
Dr Jyotsna Oak  Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,Four Bunglows, Andheri (W), Mumbai – 400 053
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
919324717618

Jyotsna.Oak@relianceada.com 
DrSarathchandra Mouli Veeravalli  Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,1-8-31/1, Minister Road, Secunderabad 500003
Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH 
919866000685

sarath10@hotmail.com 
DrBagaria Bhagwan  Malpani Multispeciality Hospital  Dept of Rheumatoid Arthritis, VKI,Sikar Road, Jaipur-302013, Rajasthan
Jaipur
RAJASTHAN 
919460891205

dr.bagaria@yahoo.co.in 
DrHarish Mathur  Mavens Hospitals  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,N37, Lane near Reliance Fresh, Vaishali Nagar, Ajmer-305001(Raj.)
Ajmer
RAJASTHAN 
919829279052

drharishmathur@yahoo.com 
DrGurumallapa Prasad  Pace Clinical Research Centre   Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,C/o. Pranav Diabetes Centre,No. 53, Nanda Complex,Ramamurthy Nagar Main Road.Banaswadi. Bangalore 560 043
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
919731911630

drgmprasad@gmail.com 
Dr Girish Bhatia  Pentagon Research Pvt. Ltd  Swar Vishwa Bunglow, Near Siddharth Residency, Ekdant Vihar Co-operative Society, New D.P. Road, Aundh
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
917387003636

drbhatia.pentagon@gmail.com 
DrReena Sharma  Shalby Hospital  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,Opp. Karnavati Club, S.G. Highway, Ahmedabad - 380 015
Ahmadabad
GUJARAT 
917940203000

research1@shalby.org 
Dr Manoj Kumar Venkataiya Honnakere  Shirdi Sai Hospital  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,2nd Main, Nethravathi Street, New BEL Road Devasandra Bangalore -560054
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
919844021930

orthomanoj@gmail.com 
DrLalit Duggal  Sir Ganga Ram Hospital  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,R.No.2208A,Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi-110060
New Delhi
DELHI 
01142252226

lduggal@gmail.com 
DrURK Rao  Sri Deepti Rheumatology Center  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,Centre‎ – Shop No. 6-2-45/8, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500004‎
Hyderabad
ANDHRA PRADESH 
919849160640

urkrao@yahoo.com 
DrArun Harwani  Sujan Surgical Cancer Hospital and Amravati Cancer Foundation  Department of Rheumatoid Arthritis,52/B, Shankar Nagar Main Road, Amravati-444606
Amravati
MAHARASHTRA 
9823170639

drarunharwani@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee
Modification(s)  
No of Ethics Committees= 14  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
ACE Ethics,Bangalore,Dr.G.Prasad  Approved 
Amravati Ethics Committee,Amravati,Dr.Arun Harwani  Approved 
CLINICOM,Bangalore,Dr. Manoj Kumar Venkataiya Honnakere  Approved 
Ethical Committee Sri Deepti Rheumatology, Sri Deepti Rheumatology Center  Approved 
Ethics Committee , Shalby Hospitals, Shalby Hospitals  Approved 
Ethics Committee Sir Gangaram Hospital, Sir Gangaram Hospital  Approved 
Ethics Committee- ACE Ethics, Bangalore,Dr. S.Dinesh  Approved 
Human Ethics Committee-Bhavnagar,Dr.Bharat Jivani  Approved 
Independent Ethics Committee,Ajmer,Dr.Harish Mathur  Approved 
Independent Ethics Committee,Jaipur, Dr B R Bagaria  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences,Secunderabad  Approved 
Institutional Ethics Committee-CRICR,Dr.Chandrashekara.S  Submittted/Under Review 
Institutional Scientific and Ethics Board (ISEB),Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital  Approved 
Penta-Med Ethics Committee, Pentagon Research Pvt Ltd  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Approved/Obtained 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  Rheumatoid Arthritis,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  secukinumab 150 mg  Secukinumab 150 mg intra veinous infusion given on week 2nd, 4th and5th. Secukinumab 150 mg injected sub-cutaneously from week 6 to week 29. 
Comparator Agent  Secukinumab placebo 150 mg  regime matching to the Intervention. 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Male or non-pregnant, non-lactating female patients
Presence of RA classified by American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010 revised criteria for at least 3 months before screening
At Baseline: Disease activity criteria defined by ≥ 6 tender joints out of 68 and ≥6 swollen joints out of 66 with at least 1 of the following at screening:
Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (CCP) antibodies positive OR
Rheumatoid Factor positive and with at least 1 of the following at screening:

High sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) ≥ 10 mg/L OR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) ≥ 28 mm/1st hr
Patients must have been taking at least one anti-TNF-α agent given at an approved dose for at least 3 months before randomization and have experienced an inadequate response to treatment or have been intolerant to at least one administration of an anti-TNF-α agent
Patients must be taking MTX for at least 3 months before randomization and have to be on a stable dose at least 4 weeks before randomization (7.5 to 25 mg/week For Japan only: 6 to 25 mg/week)
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Chest x-ray with evidence of ongoing infectious or malignant process, obtained within 3 months prior to screening and evaluated by a qualified physician RA patients functional status class IV according to the ACR 1991 revised criteria
Patients who have ever received biologic immunomodulating agents except for those targeting TNFα
Previous treatment with any cell-depleting therapies including but not limited to anti-CD20, investigational agents (e.g., CAMPATH, anti-CD4, anti-CD5, anti-CD3, anti-CD19)
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Other 
Blinding/Masking   Participant, Investigator and Outcome Assessor Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
efficacy (proportion of patients achieving an ACR20 response) at 75 mg or 150 mg of secukinumab (AIN457) compared to placebo as add-on therapy in patients with active RA despite stable treatment with methotrexate (MTX)  Time Frame:24 weeks  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1.improvement (change) of the Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) from baseline on secukinumab 75 mg or 150 mg compared to placebo
2.change of the van der Heijde total modified Sharp score on secukinumab 75 mg or 150 mg or both secukinumab doses is superior to placebo
3.proportion of patients achieving major clinical response (continuous six-month period of ACR70 response) on secukinumab 75 mg or 150 mg compared to placebo (as originally randomized)  
1.Time Frame: 24 weeks
2.Time Frame: 24 weeks
3.Time Frame: 1 year  
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="630"
Sample Size from India="50" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= ""
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   29/12/2011 
Date of Study Completion (India) Date Missing 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  15/06/2011 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Other (Terminated) 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   No publications provided  
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary  

Purpose of study:

This study will assess the safety and efficacy of secukinumab when added to a background therapy in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are intolerant to or have had an inadequate response to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α agents.


FPFV:29-Dec -2011

Enrolment target for India:50

 
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