Open-label, Long-term Safety Study of Secukinumab in Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Study Purpose

The purpose of this extension study is to assess the safety and tolerability of secukinumab when administered long-term in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	50 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Participants who have completed 52-week Treatment Period as per protocol in a Novartis study of secukinumab in PMR patients (the "core study" - Study CAIN457C22301), AND.

- who have experienced a relapse during the treatment-free follow-up period of the core study, AND.

- who have not been on rescue treatment.

- The participant would potentially derive benefit from secukinumab, and the benefit outweighs the risk, based on the investigator's judgement.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Use of prohibited medications, as specified in the protocol.

- History of ongoing, chronic or recurrent infectious disease (i.e., human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), active tuberculosis infection (TB)) - History of lymphoproliferative disease or any known malignancy or history of malignancy of any organ system within the past 5 years (except for basal cell carcinoma or actinic keratosis that have been treated with no evidence of recurrence in the past 3 months carcinoma in situ of the cervix or non-invasive malignant colon polyps that have been removed).

- Live vaccinations (e.g., monkey pox vaccine, oral polio vaccine, varicella/zoster vaccines) within 6 weeks prior to Baseline.

- Subjects whose participation in the extension study could expose them to an undue safety risk

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT06331312
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	Phase 3
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Industry
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Additional Details

The study will consist of an up to 4-week screening period, an up to 2-year Treatment Period which includes two Treatment Periods, and a 16-week treatment-free follow-up period (20 weeks post last dose of secukinumab). Treatment period: There will be two Treatment Periods (TPs): TP1 will be from the first dose administration of secukinumab (Baseline) to Week 24, where visits will occur every 4 weeks, and TP2 will be from post Week 24 visit (post-dose) to up to 2 years. Participants will return to the study site every 4 weeks from Baseline until Week 24 (Weeks 16 and 20 visits are optional on-site visits and needed when participants are unwilling/uncomfortable to self-administer study treatment at home/offsite), then every 12 weeks afterwards in TP2 for resupply of study medication but may return earlier if needed (i.e., those participants who are unwilling/uncomfortable to self-administer study treatment can continue to visit site every 4 weeks for drug administration if they wish to do so). Follow-up period: An EoS visit (20 weeks after last administration of secukinumab) will be done for all participants, regardless of whether they complete the entire study as planned, or they discontinue prematurely.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Secukinumab 300mg

All eligible participants will receive secukinumab 300 mg s.c. (2 x 150mg/1mL PFS secukinumab) from baseline and every 4 weeks up to 2 years. The study medication may be modified/adjusted after the initial doses of 300mg s.c. (decreased to 150mg s.c. q4w or increased again from 150mg s.c. q4w to 300mg s.c. q4w) if deemed appropriate by the investigator. Dose modification/adjustment may only occur from Week 24 visit onwards. The modification/adjustment of the study medication will be determined at a site visit.

Interventions

Biological: - Secukinumab

2 x 150mg/1mL PFS secukinumab

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Avondale, Arizona

Status

Recruiting

Address

Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates PLLC

Avondale, Arizona, 85392

Site Contact

Ria Jamhiene Abo

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