| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |  | 
| E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |  | 
| E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Nervous System Diseases [C10] | 
| MedDRA Classification | 
| E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
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| E.1.2 | Version | 17.1 |  
| E.1.2 | Level | LLT |  
| E.1.2 | Classification code | 10018250 |  
| E.1.2 | Term | Giant cell arteritis |  
| E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004866 |  | 
| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes | 
| E.2 Objective of the trial | 
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial | 
| The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of gevokizumab on symptoms of giant cell arteritis (GCA) in relapsing patients receiving systemic oral corticosteroids (CS) |  | 
| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |  | 
| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No | 
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria | 
| - Relapsing GCA with systemic symptoms, - Diagnosis of GCA according to modified ACR criteria,
 - Oral CS therapy,
 - Male or female, age ≥ 50 years,
 - Weight > 40 kg at selection,
 - For subjects with reproductive potential, a willingness to use highly effective contraceptive measures.
 |  | 
| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 
| - Relapse of GCA with symptoms indicative of a risk of ischemic event, - History of recent, permanent or transient visual loss due to GCA and the presence of any specific visual abnormality,
 - History of major ischemic event, unrelated to GCA,
 - History of fibromyalgia,
 - Evidence of active pulmonary infection, active TB disease, or malignancy, or suspicion of active or latent TB, or exposition to TB,
 - History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to monoclonal antibodies,
 - History of malignancy within 5 years prior to selection,
 - Known immunodeficiency,
 - Infectious disease,
 - Pregnancy, breastfeeding or possibility to become pregnant during the study
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| E.5 End points | 
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | 
| - Proportion of responders to treatment, - Physician Global Assessment,
 - Patient Global Assessment,
 - PMR activity score (PMR-AS),
 - Quality of life (SF-36),
 - Inflammation markers,
 - Corticosteroids use.
 |  | 
| E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point | 
| Response to treatment: at week 4, Physician/Patient Global Assessment, PMR-AS, inflammation markers, remission, CS use: at each visit from selection to end of study visit,
 SF-36 : at week 0, week 4, week 12, week 24, week 36 and end of study visit
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| E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |  | 
| E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |  | 
| 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 | Yes | 
| 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 | Yes | 
| 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) | Yes | 
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No | 
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No | 
| E.8 Design of the trial | 
| E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes | 
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes | 
| E.8.1.2 | Open | No | 
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No | 
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes | 
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes | 
| 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) | No | 
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes | 
| E.8.2.3 | Other | No | 
| E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 | 
| E.8.3 | The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned | Information not present in EudraCT | 
| 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 | 2 | 
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes | 
| E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 30 | 
| 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 | No | 
| 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 | 
| Australia |  
| Austria |  
| Belgium |  
| Canada |  
| Czech Republic |  
| Denmark |  
| Estonia |  
| Finland |  
| France |  
| Ireland |  
| Italy |  
| Norway |  
| Poland |  
| Russian Federation |  
| Spain |  
| Switzerland |  
| United Kingdom |  | 
| 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 |  | 
| 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 | 0 | 
| 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 | 
| E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |