Flare Prevention Study of Canakinumab in Patients With Active Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA)

Summary

This two-part study assessed the sustained efficacy of canakinumab in the double-blind Part II and the ability to taper steroids in the open label Part I.

Timeline

Start

2009-07

Primary completion

2011-09

Completion

2011-09

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper 74% of patients in the canakinumab group had no flare, vs. 25% in the placebo group, according to Kaplan-Meier estimates; hazard ratio, 0.36; P=0.003 PMID 23252526 ↗

Publications

• Ruperto N, Brunner HI, Quartier P, Constantin T, Wulffraat NM, Horneff G, Kasapcopur O, Schneider R, Anton J, Barash J, Berner R, Corona F, Cuttica R, Fouillet-Desjonqueres M, Fischbach M, Foster HE, Foell D, Radominski SC, Ramanan AV, Trauzeddel R, Unsal E, Levy J, Vritzali E, Martini A, Lovell DJ; Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO) and the Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG). Canakinumab in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and active systemic features: results from the 5-year long-term extension of the phase III pivotal trials. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Dec;77(12):1710-1719. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213150. Epub 2018 Sep 29.
• Brachat AH, Grom AA, Wulffraat N, Brunner HI, Quartier P, Brik R, McCann L, Ozdogan H, Rutkowska-Sak L, Schneider R, Gerloni V, Harel L, Terreri M, Houghton K, Joos R, Kingsbury D, Lopez-Benitez JM, Bek S, Schumacher M, Valentin MA, Gram H, Abrams K, Martini A, Lovell DJ, Nirmala NR, Ruperto N; Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO) and the Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG). Early changes in gene expression and inflammatory proteins in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients on canakinumab therapy. Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 Jan 23;19(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s13075-016-1212-x.
• Grom AA, Ilowite NT, Pascual V, Brunner HI, Martini A, Lovell D, Ruperto N; Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation and the Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group; Leon K, Lheritier K, Abrams K. Rate and Clinical Presentation of Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Patients With Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Treated With Canakinumab. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 Jan;68(1):218-28. doi: 10.1002/art.39407.
• Ruperto N, Brunner HI, Quartier P, Constantin T, Wulffraat N, Horneff G, Brik R, McCann L, Kasapcopur O, Rutkowska-Sak L, Schneider R, Berkun Y, Calvo I, Erguven M, Goffin L, Hofer M, Kallinich T, Oliveira SK, Uziel Y, Viola S, Nistala K, Wouters C, Cimaz R, Ferrandiz MA, Flato B, Gamir ML, Kone-Paut I, Grom A, Magnusson B, Ozen S, Sztajnbok F, Lheritier K, Abrams K, Kim D, Martini A, Lovell DJ; PRINTO; PRCSG. Two randomized trials of canakinumab in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. N Engl J Med. 2012 Dec 20;367(25):2396-406. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1205099.

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