A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Study Comparing Upadacitinib (ABT-494) to Placebo in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Are on a Stable Dose of Conventional Synthetic Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (csDMARDs) and Have an Inadequate Response to csDMARDs
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Study Comparing Upadacitinib (ABT-494) to Placebo in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Are on a Stable Dose of Conventional Synthetic Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (csDMARDs) and Have an Inadequate Response to csDMARDs
The primary objectives of this study are to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of upadacitinib 30 mg once daily (QD) and 15 mg QD versus placebo for the treatment of signs and symptoms of adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who were on a stable dose of csDMARDs and had an inadequate response to csDMARDs.
This Phase 3 multicenter study includes two periods. Period 1 is a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled period designed to compare the safety and efficacy of upadacitinib 30 mg once daily and upadacitinib 15 mg once daily versus placebo for the treatment of signs and symptoms of adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were on a stable dose of csDMARDs and had an inadequate response to csDMARDs.
Period 2 is a 248-week blinded long-term extension period to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of upadacitinib 30 mg once daily and upadacitinib 15 mg once daily in participants who completed Period 1.
Participants were to be randomized in a 2:2:1:1 ratio using interactive response technology (IRT) to receive double-blind study drug in one of the following treatment groups:
Randomization was stratified by prior exposure to biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) (yes/no) and geographic region.
Following Protocol Amendment 6.0 approval in December 2019, all participants still on study received open-label upadacitinib 15 mg QD, including those on upadacitinib 30 mg QD, with the earliest switch occurring at the Week 168 visit.
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Tucson, Arizona 85719-1478, United States
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-4468, United States
Summerville, South Carolina 29486-7887, United States
Hendersonville, Tennessee 37075-6213, United States
Banja Luka, Republika Srpska 78000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Banja Luka, Republika Srpska 78000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Colonia Centro, Yucatán 97000, Mexico
Mexico City, 06090, Mexico
San Juan, 00935, Puerto Rico
Pieštany, 921 01, Slovakia
Pieštany, 921 12, Slovakia
Taipei City, Taipei 10002, Taiwan