A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Anifrolumab Administered as Subcutaneous Injection and Added to Standard of Care Compared With Placebo Added to Standard of Care in Adult Participants With Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis)

Study Purpose

The purpose of this multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled and double-blind study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous anifrolumab compared with placebo on the overall disease activity in participants with moderate to severe Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM) [polymyositis (PM) or dermatomyositis (DM)] while receiving standard of care (SoC) treatment.

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	18 Years - 75 Years
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Capable of giving informed consent.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 18

- 75 years old.

2. Body weight 40 kg

- ≤ 100 kg.

3. Must have "probable" or "definite" diagnosis of PM or DM according to the 2017 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for adult myositis. 4. Moderate or severe disease activity per core set measurements. 5. Currently receiving oral prednisone or other polymyositis or dermatomyositis treatments at a stable dose. 6. No history of active tuberculosis or severe COVID-19. 7. Male and female participants must follow contraception guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants with documented inclusion body myositis (IBM), immune mediation necrotizing myositis (IMNM), juvenile myositis (if diagnosed within 10 years prior to signing the ICF), drug-induced myositis, cancer associated myositis, amyopathic DM, and non inflammatory myopathies (eg, muscular dystrophies). 2. PM and DM patients at a high risk of malignancy. 3. Participants with rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease. 4. Participants with severe muscle damage or permanent weakness due to non-PM or non-DM conditions (i.e. stroke) as per the investigator's opinion. 5. Any history of severe case of herpes zoster infection. 6. History of cancer (except adequately treated basal cell carcinoma or cervical cancer in-situ), immunodeficiency, HIV, HBV, active HCV . 7. Any clinical cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus infection that has not completely resolved within 12 weeks prior to signing the ICF. 8. Opportunistic infection requiring hospitalization or IV antimicrobial treatment within 3 years prior to randomization. 9. Recent non-opportunistic infection requiring hospitalization or anti-infective treatment. 10. Recent or concurrent enrollment in another clinical study with an investigational product. 11. Lactating, breastfeeding, or pregnant females or females who intend to become pregnant or begin breastfeeding

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.	NCT06455449
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.	AstraZeneca
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	N/A
Principal Investigator Affiliation	N/A
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Industry
Overall Status	Not yet recruiting
Countries	Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Anifrolumab (subcutaneous weekly injection)

Anifrolumab subcutaneous injection once weekly

Placebo Comparator: Placebo (subcutaneous weekly injection)

Matched placebo control subcutaneous injection once weekly

Interventions

Combination Product: - Anifrolumab (blinded)

Anifrolumab treatment delivered subcutaneously, once weekly for 52 weeks

Other: - Placebo

Matched placebo delivered subcutaneously, once weekly for 52 weeks

Combination Product: - Anifrolumab (unblinded, open label)

At Week 52, all study participants on anifrolumab or placebo will receive open label anifrolumab once weekly for an additional 52 weeks

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Research Site, Orange, California

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