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Ulcerative ColitisPhase 2/3NCT00279422

A Study of Visilizumab in Subjects With Intravenous Steroid-Refractory Ulcerative Colitis

A Phase 2/3 study testing visilizumab in people with Ulcerative Colitis, run by Facet Biotech at 70 sites in 14 countries.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of visilizumab to placebo in subjects with intravenous steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Ulcerative Colitis
What is being tested?
visilizumab
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
127 participants
Where
70 sitesin 14 countries
Study dates
Feb 2006to Aug 2007
Phase
Phase 2/3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Males and females, 18 years of age or older.
  • Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) verified by endoscopy within 60 months prior to consent.
  • Severe active disease, as defined by a Modified Truelove \& Witts Severity Index (MTWSI; also known as Lichtiger score) ≥ 11 at consent, with a confirmatory MTWSI ≥ 10 on or after the fifth consecutive day of intravenous (IV)steroids and within 1 day prior to randomization.
  • Mayo score ≥ 10 and Mayo mucosal subscore ≥ 2 after a minimum of 3 consecutive days (ie, on or after the fourth consecutive day) of IV steroids.
  • Adequate contraception from the day of consent through 3 months after the last dose of study drug.
  • Negative serum pregnancy test.
  • Negative Clostridium difficile test.
  • Signed and dated informed consent and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) if applicable.

Who cannot join

  • UC requiring immediate intervention or toxic megacolon requiring imminent intervention.
  • History of total proctocolectomy, or subtotal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis.
  • Presence of Ileostomy.
  • White blood cell count less than 2.5 x 10^3/mcL; platelet count less than 150 x 10^3/mcL; or hemoglobin level less than 8 g/dL.
  • Active medically significant infections, particularly those of viral etiology, eg, known cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis. This includes any incidence of medically significant opportunistic infections within the past 12 months.
  • Live vaccination within 6 weeks prior to randomization.
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  • Significant organ dysfunction, including cardiac, renal, liver, central nervous system (CNS), pulmonary, vascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, or laboratory abnormality.
  • History of myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, or arrythmias within 6 months prior to consent.
  • History or treatment of lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) or malignancy within the past 5 years (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix).
  • Seropositivity for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen, or hepatitis C virus (HCV).
  • Pregnancy or nursing.
  • Treatment with a first dose of infliximab or another anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α drug within 4 weeks of randomization, or treatment with a subsequent dose of an anti-TNF-α drug within 2 weeks of randomization.
  • Treatment with cyclosporine or tacrolimus (FK506) within 2 weeks prior to randomization.
  • Treatment with any other investigational drugs or therapies within 60 days prior to randomization, except those mentioned in the two exclusion criteria above.
  • Unable or willing to discontinue any UC drug (including, but not limited to 6-mercaptopurine, azathioprine, or methotrexate), except glucocorticoids or 5-ASA, immediately prior to randomization.
  • Nontherapeutic levels of chronic antiseizure medications in subjects with a prior history of seizures.
  • Any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, makes the subject unsuitable for study participation.

Trial locations and contacts

70 sites in 14 countries.

70 sites in 14 countries

United States18 sites
  • Study site

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342

  • Study site

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Study site

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425

  • Study site

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637

  • Study site

    Gainesville, Florida, 32608

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    Galveston, Texas, 77555-0764

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    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202

  • Study site

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536

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    Los Angeles, California, 90048

  • Study site

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202

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    Macon, Georgia, 31201

  • Study site

    Nashville, Tennessee

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    New York, New York, 10021

  • Study site

    New York, New York, 10029

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    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Study site

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

  • Study site

    San Francisco, California, 94115

  • Study site

    Tampa, Florida, 33606

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Australia9 sites
  • Study site

    Bedford Park, 5042

  • Study site

    Box Hill, Victoria, 3128

  • Study site

    Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050

  • Study site

    Fitzroy

  • Study site

    Fremantle, 6160

  • Study site

    Herston, Queensland, 4029

  • Study site

    Liverpool, New South Wales, 2170

  • Study site

    Parkville

  • Study site

    South Brisbane, Queensland

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Germany8 sites
  • Study site

    Berlin, 13353

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    Frankfurt, D-60431

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    Freiburg im Breisgau

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    Hanover, 30625

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    Kiel, 24105

  • Study site

    München

  • Study site

    Rostock, 18055

  • Study site

    Stuttgart, 70376

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Hungary8 sites
  • Study site

    Argenti Döme, 2601

  • Study site

    Budapest, H-1083

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    Budapest, H-1088

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    Csabai Kapu, 3501

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    Debrecen, H-4012

  • Study site

    Győr, Vasvári Pál, 9024

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    Szekszárd, H-7100

  • Study site

    Veszprém, H-8220

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France7 sites
  • Study site

    Amiens, Cedex, 80054

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    Clichy, 92110

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    Lille, 59037

  • Study site

    Marseille

  • Study site

    Nantes

  • Study site

    Nice

  • Study site

    Paris

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Belgium3 sites
  • Study site

    Ghent, B-9000

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    Leuven, 3000

  • Study site

    Roeselare

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Israel3 sites
  • Study site

    Haifa

  • Study site

    Tel Aviv, 64329

  • Study site

    Tel HaShomer, 52621

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Norway3 sites
  • Study site

    Oslo, N-0027

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    Prinsens

  • Study site

    Tromsø, 9038

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Ukraine3 sites
  • Study site

    Kharkiv, 61001

  • Study site

    Kyiv, 01021

  • Study site

    Odesa, 65025

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Canada2 sites
  • Study site

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1

  • Study site

    London, Ontario, N685W9

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Czechia2 sites
  • Study site

    Brno, 625 00

  • Study site

    Prague

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Netherlands2 sites
  • Study site

    Amsterdam, 1105

  • Study site

    Rotterdam

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Austria1 site
  • Study site

    Vienna

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Slovakia1 site
  • Study site

    Mickieviczova, 81369

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 2/3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study of Visilizumab in Subjects With Intravenous Steroid-Refractory Ulcerative Colitis

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of visilizumab to placebo in subjects with intravenous steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis.

Read the detailed description

PDL BioPharma, Inc. was formerly known as Protein Design Labs, Inc.

Being tested
visilizumab
Keywords
Intravenous, Steroid-Refractory, Ulcerative Colitis
Medical subject headings
Colitis, Ulcerative

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • visilizumabDrug

  • visilizumabDrug

Study groups in NCT00279422
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
placeboPlacebo comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: visilizumab
visilizumabExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: visilizumab

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Jan 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2006
  3. Primary completionAug 2007
  4. Study completionAug 2007

Why it stopped: DMC recommendation, no efficacy

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2/3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
127 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00279422
Sponsor's protocol ID
291-415
Status last verified
Mar 2012
First submitted
17 Jan 2006
Last updated
12 Mar 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Sandborn WJ, Colombel JF, Frankel M, Hommes D, Lowder JN, Mayer L, Plevy S, Stokkers P, Travis S, Van Assche G, Baumgart DC, Targan SR. Anti-CD3 antibody visilizumab is not effective in patients with intravenous corticosteroid-refractory ulcerative colitis. Gut. 2010 Nov;59(11):1485-92. doi: 10.1136/gut.2009.205443.

    PubMed 20947884

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2/3 study testing visilizumab in people with Ulcerative Colitis, run by Facet Biotech at 70 sites in 14 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 17 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Mar 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 70 sites in United States, Australia, Germany, Hungary, France and 9 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: DMC recommendation, no efficacy). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00279422, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Mar 2012.

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