NCT07298421RecruitingPhase 3
A Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetics, Effectiveness and Safety of Afimkibart for Induction and Maintenance Therapy in Children With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease
A Phase III Randomized Double-Blind Multi-Center Treat-Through Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Efficacy of Induction and Maintenance Therapy With Afimkibart (RO7790121) in Children Aged 2-17 Years With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Nov 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This phase III, double-blind, multi-center treat-through study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Afimkibart (also known as RO7790121) in children with moderately to severely active Crohn's Disease (CD).
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 Dec 2025
- Start date
- 18 Aug 2026
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2030
- Lead sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Diseases
- Crohn's disease
- NCT number
- NCT07298421
- EU CT number
- 2025-523318-96-00
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Planned participants: 100
- From 18 Aug 2026 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2030
- 19 sites in 8 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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Other illness
- Monogenic disorder pertaining to infant onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- History of \>= 3 bowel resections: \> 2 missing segments of the following five segments: terminal ileum, right colon, transverse colon, sigmoid and left colon, and rectum
- Current diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC), abdominal/intraabdominal/perianal fistula and/or abscess, indeterminant colitis, IBD-unclassified, microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, infectious colitis, radiation colitis, or active diverticular disease.
Other
- Symptomatic bowel strictures, fulminant colitis, or toxic megacolon
- Presence of abdominal or perianal abscess
- Current diagnosis or suspicion of primary sclerosing cholangitis
Who the study is looking for
- Body weight \>= 10 kilogram (kg)
- Active CD confirmed by endoscopy (ileocolonoscopy)
- Moderately to severely active CD, defined as a Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) score \>= 30, and Simple Endoscopic Score Crohn's Disease (SES-CD) \>=6 (or \>=4 for isolated ileal disease) confirmed through centrally-read ileocolonoscopy
- Inadequate response, loss of response, and/or intolerance to at least one of the following conventional therapies (aminosalicylates, corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressants) or advanced therapies (including anti-tumor necrosis factor, anti-interleukin, anti-integrin, or Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors)
Age in the registry: 2 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (19)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nedlands | Australia | Recruiting |
| Royal Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Parkville | Australia | Recruiting |
| Mater Hospital Brisbane Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | South Brisbane | Australia | Recruiting |
| CECIP - Centro de Estudos Clínicos do Interior Paulista Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jaú | Brazil | Recruiting |
| Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Recruiting |
| BR Trials - Pesquisa Clínica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Recruiting |
| Birmingham Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| King's College Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Sheffield Childrens Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sheffield | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| Centro de Investigación Clinica Acelerada, S.C. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexico City | Mexico | Recruiting |
| FAICIC Clínical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Veracruz | Mexico | Recruiting |
| Chulalongkorn University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Recruiting |
| Ramathibodi Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Recruiting |
| Siriraj Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Recruiting |
| National Taiwan University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Recruiting |
| Texas Digestive Specialists Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Harlingen | United States | Recruiting |
| NYU Langone Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| IATROS International Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bloemfontein | South Africa | Recruiting |
| Emmed Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pretoria | South Africa | Recruiting |
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