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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 11 January 2021
Main ID:  NCT03923738
Date of registration: 19/04/2019
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
Public title: A Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety of Tocilizumab (TCZ) Administered to Participants With Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA).
Scientific title: A Phase Ib, Open-Label, Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety of Tocilizumab Administered by Intravenous Infusion to Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis
Date of first enrolment: August 5, 2019
Target sample size: 23
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03923738
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
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Affiliation:  Hoffmann-La Roche
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of GCA as classified according to protocol-specified criteria;

- Participants entering Period 1 must be receiving treatment with TCZ 8 mg/kg IV Q4W.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Treatment with any other investigational agent besides TCZ within 12 weeks (or 5
half-lives of the investigational drug, whichever is longer) prior to screening;

- Evidence of serious uncontrolled disease;

- Known active current or history of recurrent bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial,
or other infections;

- Active TB requiring treatment within the previous 3 years.



Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Giant Cell Arteritis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Tocilizumab
Primary Outcome(s)
Maximum Serum Concentration (Cmax) of TCZ [Time Frame: Days 1, 57, 85, 113, 120, 127, 134, 141, 197, 225, 253, 260, 267, 274 and 281]
Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve over the Dosing Interval of 4 Weeks (AUC4weeks) of TCZ [Time Frame: Days 1, 57, 85, 113, 120, 127, 134, 141, 197, 225, 253, 260, 267, 274 and 281]
Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events [Time Frame: From Baseline through Day 281]
Trough Serum Concentration (Ctrough) of TCZ [Time Frame: Days 1, 57, 85, 113, 120, 127, 134, 141, 197, 225, 253, 260, 267, 274 and 281]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Serum Concentration of Interleukin-6 (IL-6) [Time Frame: On Days 1, 85, 113, 141, 225, 253 and 281]
Serum Concentration of Soluble Interleukin-6 Receptor (sIL-6R) [Time Frame: On Days 1, 85, 113, 141, 225, 253 and 281]
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) [Time Frame: At screening, Days 1, 29, 57, 85, 113, 120, 127, 134, 141, 169, 197, 225, 253, 260, 267, 274 and 281]
Serum Concentration of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) [Time Frame: At screening, Days 1, 29, 57, 85, 113, 120, 127, 134, 141, 169, 197, 225, 253, 260, 267, 274 and 281]
Secondary ID(s)
WP41152
2018-004718-17
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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