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NCT04673357CompletedPhase 3

A Study of Ustekinumab in Pediatric Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

A Phase 3 Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Ustekinumab as Open-label Intravenous Induction Treatment Followed by Randomized Double-blind Subcutaneous Ustekinumab Maintenance in Pediatric Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of ustekinumab dosing in inducing clinical remission (Global) and in maintaining clinical remission (US); to evaluate the safety profile and ustekinumab exposure (pharmacokinetics \[PK\]) in pediatric participants with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
101 (actual)
First submitted
14 Dec 2020
Start date
6 Apr 2021
Primary completion date
28 Nov 2024
Lead sponsor
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
NCT number
NCT04673357
EU CT number
2023-504978-38-00
EudraCT number
2019-004225-24

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 101
  • From 6 Apr 2021 to the primary completion date, 28 Nov 2024
  • 50 sites in 9 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Has complications of Crohn's disease such as symptomatic strictures or stenosis, short gut syndrome, or any other manifestation that might be anticipated to require surgery, that could preclude the use of the PCDAI to assess response to therapy or would possibly confound the ability to assess the effect of treatment with ustekinumab
  • Have a history of latent or active granulomatous infection, histoplasmosis, or coccidioidomycosis, or have had a nontuberculous mycobacterial infection prior to screening
  • Received an investigational intervention including any investigational vaccines or used an invasive investigational medical device within 3 months before the planned first dose of study intervention or is currently enrolled in an investigational study; receipt of an investigational vaccine for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not an automatic exclusion criterion

Other illness

  • Presence or history of any malignancy including presence or history of lymphoproliferative disease including lymphoma, or signs and symptoms suggestive of possible lymphoproliferative disease, such as lymphadenopathy of unusual size or location (example, nodes in the posterior triangle of the neck, infraclavicular, epitrochlear, or periaortic areas), and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, or clinically significant hepatomegaly or splenomegaly
  • Have a history of moderate or severe progressive or uncontrolled liver or renal insufficiency; or significant cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurologic, hematologic, psychiatric (including suicidality), or metabolic disturbances

Who the study is looking for

  • Have Crohn's disease or fistulizing Crohn's disease with active colitis, ileitis, or ileocolitis, confirmed at any time in the past by endoscopy and histology
  • Must have moderately to severely active Crohn's disease (as defined by a baseline Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index \[PCDAI\] score greater than \[\>\] 30); have ileocolonoscopy with evidence of active Crohn's disease defined as presence of ulceration (which is equal to Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn's disease \[SES-CD\] score greater than or equals to \[\>=\] 3) during screening into this study. The ileocolonoscopy procedure must occur within approximately 3 weeks prior to the administration of study intervention at Week 0 (Induction Period). A video ileocolonoscopy recorded within 3 months prior to the Week 0 (Induction Period) visit may be used in case of rescreening of a participant who had an ileocolonoscopy but failed the initial screening for another reason, on a case-by-case basis, after consultation with the sponsor. If unable to evaluate ulceration due to stricture or inadequate bowel preparation, at least one of the following criteria may instead be applied: an abnormal C-reactive protein (CRP) (\> 0.3 milligram per deciliter \[mg/dL\] or 3.0 milligram per liter \[mg/L\] at screening) or; fecal calprotectin of \>= 250 milligram per kilogram \[mg/kg\] or \>= 250 microgram per gram \[mcg/g\] at screening
  • If receiving enteral nutrition, must have been on a stable regimen for at least 2 weeks prior to induction week 0 (Week I-0)
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive urine pregnancy test at screening and at Week I-0 prior to study intervention administration

Age in the registry: 2 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (50)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University Childrens Hospital Queen Fabiola
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BrusselsBelgiumCompleted
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
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GentBelgiumCompleted
UZ Brussel
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JetteBelgiumCompleted
UZ Leuven
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LeuvenBelgiumCompleted
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Sint-Lambrechts-WoluweBelgiumCompleted
Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AöR
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AachenGermanyCompleted
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
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BerlinGermanyCompleted
Universitaetsklinikum Essen (AoR)
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EssenGermanyCompleted
Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich
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MunichGermanyCompleted
Barmherzige Brueder gemeinnuetzige Krankenhaus GmbH
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RegensburgGermanyCompleted
Birmingham Children's Hospital
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BirminghamUnited KingdomUnknown status
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
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BristolUnited KingdomUnknown status
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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CambridgeUnited KingdomUnknown status
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
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EdinburghUnited KingdomUnknown status
Royal London Hospital
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Semmelweis University
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Budapest VIIIHungaryCompleted
University of Debrecen
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DebrecenHungaryCompleted
Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen Varmegyei Koezponti Korhaz Es Egyetemi Oktatokorhaz
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MiskolcHungaryCompleted
Szabolcs Szatmár Bereg Vármegyei Oktatókórház
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NyíregyházaHungaryCompleted
University of Szeged
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SzegedHungaryCompleted
Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center
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Be’er Ya‘aqovIsraelUnknown status
Carmel Medical Center
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
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JerusalemIsraelUnknown status
Schneider Children's Medical Center
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Petah TikvaIsraelUnknown status
Juntendo University Hospital
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Bunkyō CityJapanUnknown status
Gunma University Hospital
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GunmaJapanUnknown status
Kindai University Nara Hospital
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IkomaJapanUnknown status
Kurume University Hospital
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KurumeJapanUnknown status
Saitama Childrens Medical Center
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Saitama ShiJapanUnknown status
Miyagi Children's Hospital
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SendaiJapanUnknown status
National Center for Child Health and Development
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Setagaya-KuJapanUnknown status
Jichi Medical University Hospital
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ShimotsukeJapanUnknown status
Mie University Hospital
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TsuJapanUnknown status
Uniwersytecki Szpital Dzieciecy W Krakowie
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CracowPolandCompleted
Korczowski Bartosz, Gabinet Lekarski
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RzeszówPolandCompleted
Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
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WarsawPolandCompleted
WIP Warsaw IBD Point Profesor Kierkuś
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WarszawaPolandCompleted
Kazan State Medical University
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Kazan'RussiaUnknown status
Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I.Pirogov
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MoscowRussiaUnknown status
Privolzhsky Research Medical University of Ministry of Health of Russian Federation
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Nizhny NovgorodRussiaUnknown status
Yaroslavl Regional Children's Clinical Hospital
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YaroslavlRussiaUnknown status
Children's Center for Digestive Health Care
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AtlantaUnited StatesUnknown status
Levine Childrens at Atrium Health
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CharlotteUnited StatesUnknown status
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center*
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ClevelandUnited StatesUnknown status
Pediatric Specialists Of Virginia
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FairfaxUnited StatesUnknown status
Cook Childrens Medical Center
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Fort WorthUnited StatesUnknown status
Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital
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HersheyUnited StatesUnknown status
Morristown Memorial Hospital
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MorristownUnited StatesUnknown status
Mayo Clinic
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RochesterUnited StatesUnknown status
Nemours DuPont Hospital for Children
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WilmingtonUnited StatesUnknown status

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