E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 9.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10011401 |
E.1.2 | Term | Crohn's disease |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
to assess the safety of long term therapy with certolizumab pegol in those subjects participating in study C87085 |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
To obtain long term efficacy data on certolizumab pegol To obtain data on the plasma concentrations of certolizumab pegol and antibodies to certolizumab pegol To obtain data on the plasma concentrations of anti-double-stranded (ds)-DNA and antinuclear (ANA) autoantibodies |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. Subject participated in study C87085 in which the subject completed the study at Week 6 OR the subject completed the week 2 assessment and whose Crohns disease was significantly worse as determined by the investigator and whose CDAI score at entry into the study is either: at least 70 points higher than week 0 in C87085 OR higher than week 0 in C87085 with an absolute CDAI score of at least 350 points Subjects may have received active or placebo treatment in C87085 2. Subject is capable of providing informed consent, which must be obtained prior to any study related procedures 3. Have a chest X-ray taken at visit 1 that is read by a qualified radiologist or pulmonary physician, with no evidence of current active TB or old inactive TB 4. Subject has taken a TB survey (Appendix 17.4) and is committed to comply with TB prophylaxis if applicable |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Subject is experiencing an ongoing serious adverse event assessed as being related to study medication or is experiencing a serious adverse event that is still not assessable 2. Subject has an intercurrent illness that requires termination of treatment, such as a serious infection (e.g. TB, pneumonia, sepsis, pyelonephritis, fistula abscess) 3. Subject is non-compliant with TB prophylactic treatment (if applicable) 4. Subject has had a chest X-ray at visit 1 that shows an abnormality suggestive of a malignancy or active infection, including TB 5. Female who is pregnant or breast feeding 6. Female of child bearing age not practicing effective birth control 7. Subject is expecting to receive any live virus or bacterial vaccination within 3 months of first Study Medication administration, during the trial or 3 months after last dose of study drug |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | Yes |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| No |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 7 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 5 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 1 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 10 |