UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000024025
Receipt number R000027666
Scientific Title The clinical impact of methotrexate dose reduction at combination therapy with adalimumab plus methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis; ALIBABA study
Date of disclosure of the study information 2016/10/01
Last modified on 2021/04/17 13:42:27

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Basic information

Public title

The clinical impact of methotrexate dose reduction at combination therapy with adalimumab plus methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis; ALIBABA study

Acronym

ALIBABA study

Scientific Title

The clinical impact of methotrexate dose reduction at combination therapy with adalimumab plus methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis; ALIBABA study

Scientific Title:Acronym

ALIBABA study

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Classification by specialty

Clinical immunology Orthopedics

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To examine the clinical, functional and structural outcomes of reducing methotrexate
(MTX) dosage upon initiating adalimumab (ADA) in MTX-inadequate responders with moderately
to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japan.

Basic objectives2

Safety,Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1

Confirmatory

Trial characteristics_2

Explanatory

Developmental phase

Not applicable


Assessment

Primary outcomes

Mean DAS28(CRP) at week 26

Key secondary outcomes

CDAI, SDAI, HAQ-DI, delta mTSS, total score of gray and power Doppler at week 26


Base

Study type

Interventional


Study design

Basic design

Parallel

Randomization

Randomized

Randomization unit

Individual

Blinding

Open -but assessor(s) are blinded

Control

Dose comparison

Stratification

YES

Dynamic allocation

YES

Institution consideration

Institution is not considered as adjustment factor.

Blocking

NO

Concealment

Central registration


Intervention

No. of arms

2

Purpose of intervention

Treatment

Type of intervention

Medicine

Interventions/Control_1

receiving 40 mg open-label ADA every other week for 26 weeks with low dose MTX (6mg/week)

Interventions/Control_2

receiving 40 mg open-label ADA every other week for 26 weeks with high dose MTX (12mg/week)

Interventions/Control_3


Interventions/Control_4


Interventions/Control_5


Interventions/Control_6


Interventions/Control_7


Interventions/Control_8


Interventions/Control_9


Interventions/Control_10



Eligibility

Age-lower limit

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit


Not applicable

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

1. Diagnosed with RA by the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria.
2. Patients should be above 20 years old.
3. Duration of disease should be below 10 years.
4. Patients should be treated with MTX above12 mg a week for above 12 weeks before baseline.
5. Up to 10% of the patients could be treated within one prior biological DMARD; otherwise , patients are biologic-naive.
6. Patients exposed to ADA were excluded.
7. Patients must have 28-joint count Disease Activity Score (DAS) based on C-reactive protein (CRP) above 3.2 at baseline
8. Requirement for above 5 tender joints out of 68 and above 5 swollen joints out of 66.

Key exclusion criteria

1. An autoimmune disease patient except RA which can affect the inflammatory views
2. The patient receiving the following treatments within four weeks before baseline
The increase of glucocorticoid (GC) dosage or newly administration of GC
3. Plasma pheresis
4. The surgical management that it is thought to affect the efficacy evaluation
5. The patient who uses GC more than 5 mg a day
6. A patient with a history of administration of ADA
7. A patient (less than two weeks before therapeutic drug dosage start) less than number of the lymphocytes 1,000 per micro litter
8. The patient with severe infectious diseases
9. A pregnant or nursing woman, the woman who may be pregnant, the woman in hope of the pregnancy and the partner
10. The patient who participates in the clinical trials such as similar effect therapeutic drugs now

Target sample size

80


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Tatsuya
Middle name
Last name koike

Organization

Shirahama Foundation for Health and Welfare

Division name

Search Institute for Bone and Arthritis Disease (SINBAD)

Zip code

649-2211

Address

Nishimurogun Shirahamacho 1447, Wakayama, Japan

TEL

+81-739-43-6200

Email

tatsuya@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Atsuko
Middle name
Last name Kamiyama

Organization

Shirahama Foundation for Health and Welfare

Division name

Search Institute for Bone and Arthritis Disease (SINBAD)

Zip code

649-2211

Address

Nishimurogun Shirahamacho 1447, Wakayama, Japan

TEL

+81-739-43-6200

Homepage URL


Email

kamiyama@hamayu-hp.or.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

Search Institute for Bone and Arthritis Disease (SINBAD), Shirahama Foundation for Health and Welfare

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Self funding

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Self funding

Nationality of Funding Organization



Other related organizations

Co-sponsor


Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

IRB Shirahama Foundation for Health and Welfare

Address

Nishimurogun Shirahamacho 1447, Wakayama, Japan

Tel

+81-739-43-6200

Email

s_ozaki@hamayu-hp.or.jp


Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


Org. issuing International ID_2


IND to MHLW



Institutions

Institutions

1.  白浜はまゆう病院(和歌山)
2. 大阪市立大学(大阪)
3. 北出病院(和歌山)
4. 大阪市立総合医療センター(大阪)
5. 奈良県立医科大学RAセンター(奈良)
6. 和歌山県立医科大学(和歌山)
7. 市民の森病院(宮崎)
8. 片山整形外科(北海道)
9. 北播磨総合医療センター(兵庫)
10. 豊橋市民病院(愛知)
11. 永田整形外科(福岡県)
12. 岸和田市民(大阪)
13. 八木病院(福岡)
14. 兵庫医大(兵庫)
15. 神戸大学(兵庫)


Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2016 Year 10 Month 01 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

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Number of participants that the trial has enrolled


Results


Results date posted


Results Delayed


Results Delay Reason


Date of the first journal publication of results


Baseline Characteristics


Participant flow


Adverse events


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Progress

Recruitment status

Open public recruiting

Date of protocol fixation

2016 Year 08 Month 01 Day

Date of IRB


Anticipated trial start date

2016 Year 10 Month 01 Day

Last follow-up date

2019 Year 12 Month 31 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete

2020 Year 03 Month 31 Day

Date analysis concluded

2020 Year 06 Month 30 Day


Other

Other related information



Management information

Registered date

2016 Year 09 Month 12 Day

Last modified on

2021 Year 04 Month 17 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000027666


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