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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
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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (19)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Perth Children's Hospital
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NedlandsAustraliaRecruiting
Royal Children's Hospital
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ParkvilleAustraliaRecruiting
Mater Hospital Brisbane
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South BrisbaneAustraliaRecruiting
CECIP - Centro de Estudos Clínicos do Interior Paulista
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JaúBrazilRecruiting
Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre
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Porto AlegreBrazilRecruiting
BR Trials - Pesquisa Clínica
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São PauloBrazilRecruiting
Birmingham Children's Hospital
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BirminghamUnited KingdomRecruiting
King's College Hospital
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LondonUnited KingdomRecruiting
Sheffield Childrens Hospital
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SheffieldUnited KingdomRecruiting
Centro de Investigación Clinica Acelerada, S.C.
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Mexico CityMexicoRecruiting
FAICIC Clínical Research
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VeracruzMexicoRecruiting
Chulalongkorn University
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BangkokThailandRecruiting
Ramathibodi Hospital
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BangkokThailandRecruiting
Siriraj Hospital
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BangkokThailandRecruiting
National Taiwan University Hospital
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TaipeiTaiwanRecruiting
Texas Digestive Specialists
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HarlingenUnited StatesRecruiting
NYU Langone Health
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
IATROS International
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BloemfonteinSouth AfricaRecruiting
Emmed Research
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PretoriaSouth AfricaRecruiting

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