A Study to Compare the Response to Treatment With Abatacept vs Adalimumab, on Background Methotrexate, in Adults With Early, Seropositive, and Shared Epitope-positive Rheumatoid Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)

Status and phase

Active, not recruiting

Phase 3

Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments

Drug: Adalimumab

Drug: Methotrexate

Drug: Abatacept

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT04909801

U1111-1247-1367 (Registry Identifier)

2020-000350-96 (EudraCT Number)

IM101-863

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the superiority in efficacy of abatacept compared with adalimumab, on background methotrexate, in adults with early, seropositive, and shared epitope-positive rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate methotrexate response.

Enrollment

338 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), defined as symptoms of RA that started ≤ 12 months prior to screening and satisfied the American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) 2010 criteria for the classification of RA at some point during the 12-month period
Naïve to any targeted (biologic or nonbiologic) disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), conventional synthetic DMARDs other than methotrexate (MTX), or investigational therapies for RA
Treated with MTX for at least 12 weeks, with a stable dose of oral or parenteral MTX for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide-2 (Anti-CCP-2) test that is > 3× the upper limit of normal and are positive for rheumatoid factor (RF) according to central lab testing during screening
At least a Disease Activity Score 28-joint count calculated using C-reactive protein (DAS28-CRP) ≥ 3.2 at screening
At least 3 tender and at least 3 swollen joints at screening and at randomization

Exclusion criteria

Women who are breastfeeding
Autoimmune disease other than RA (e.g., psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE], vasculitis, seronegative spondyloarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Sjogren's syndrome) or currently active fibromyalgia
History of or current inflammatory joint disease other than RA (e.g., psoriatic arthritis, gout, reactive arthritis, Lyme disease)
At risk for tuberculosis
Recent acute infection
History of chronic or recurrent bacterial infection (e.g., chronic pyelonephritis, osteomyelitis, bronchiectasis)
History of infection of a joint prosthesis or artificial joint
History of systemic fungal infections (such as histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, or coccidiomycosis)
History of primary immunodeficiency
Current clinical findings or a history of a demyelinating disorder
5 or more joints cannot be assessed for tenderness or swelling