Clinical Trial Finder

Inclusion Criteria:

• - Is at least 18 years of age and the local legal age of consent for clinical studies when signing the Informed Consent Form.

• - Is capable of providing signed informed consent and complying with protocol requirements.

• - Agrees to use contraceptive measures consistent with local regulations and women of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and a negative urine pregnancy test before receiving the study drug.

• - Has a clinical diagnosis of dermatomyositis or juvenile dermatomyositis.

The diagnosis date for juvenile dermatomyositis should be ≤5 years before screening.

• - Has active muscle disease associated with classic dermatomyositis or juvenile dermatomyositis at screening and before the first study drug adminisitration and at least 1 of the following: elevated levels of creatine kinase, aldolase, lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate aminotransaminase or alanine aminotransferase at screening; or electromyography ≤18 weeks before the first study drug administration; or an MRI depicting active muscle inflammation ≤18 weeks before the first study drug administration; or muscle biopsy demonstrating signs of active inflammation ≤18 weeks before the first study drug administration.

• - Has at least mild skin disease at screening.

• - Complies with the permitted background dermatomyositis treatment requirements at screening.

• - Has had immunization with the first meningococcal, pneumococcal, and the single Haemophilus influenza type B vaccine ≥14 days before the first study drug administration.

Exclusion Criteria:

• - Known autoimmune disease or any medical condition that would interfere with an accurate assessment of clinical symptoms of dermatomyositis or puts the participant at undue risk.

• - Naïve to standard dermatomyositis treatment according to local recommendations.

• - History of malignancy unless considered cured by adequate treatment with no evidence of recurrence for ≥3 years before the first study drug administration.

Adequately treated participants with the following cancers can be included at any time: Basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer; Carcinoma in situ of the cervix; Carcinoma in situ of the breast; Incidental histological findings of prostate cancer.

• - Clinically significant active infection that is not sufficiently resolved before the first study drug administration in the investigator's opinion.

• - Positive serum test at screening for active infection with any of the following: Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus, HIV.

• - Clinically significant disease, recent major surgery, or intention to have major surgery during the study; or any other medical condition that, in the investigator's opinion, would confound the results of the study or put the participant at undue risk.

• - Current participation in another interventional clinical study.

• - Known hypersensitivity to the study drug or any of its excipients.

• - History (within 12 months before screening) of or current alcohol, drug, or medication abuse, as assessed by the investigator.

• - Pregnant or lactating state or intending to become pregnant during the study.

• - Previous participation in an empasiprubart clinical study with at least 1 dose of study drug received.

• - Known complement component deficiency as assessed by the investigator.

• - Change in dermatomyositis physical therapy or exercise program from ≤4 weeks before screening.

• - Inflammatory or non-inflammatory myopathies other than dermatomyositis, such as drug-induced or endocrine-induced myositis, infective myositis, polymyositis, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy, inclusion body myositis, overlap myositis, metabolic myopathies, or muscle dystrophies.

• - Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis secondary to malignancy.

• - Glucocorticoid-induced myopathy.

• - Severe muscle damage.

• - Extensive or severe calcinosis.

- Interstitial lung disease with at least 1 of the following: forced vital capacity (FVC) ≤60%; supplemental oxygen therapy; rapidly progressing uncontrolled interstitial lung disease; moderate or severe interstitial lung disease

Arms

Experimental: Empasiprubart

Patients receiving Empasiprubart IV

Placebo Comparator: Placebo

Patients receiving Placebo IV

Interventions

Biological: - Empasiprubart IV

Intravenous infusion with Empasiprubart IV

Other: - Placebo IV

Intravenous infusion with Placebo IV