Pilot study RCT anti-TNF Adalimumab versus placebo in fasciotomy Dupuytren contracture

2023-503701-11-00 Protocol S67402 Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) Ended

Start 16 Oct 2023 · End 19 Jan 2026 · Status Ended · 1 EU/EEA countries · 1 sites · Protocol S67402

Overview

Sponsor-declared trial summary

Phase Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III)
Status Ended
Participants planned 30
Countries 1
Sites 1

Dupuytren Disease

To investigate whether the use of an anti-TNF can improve clinical results of needle fasciotomy for Dupuytren disease

Key facts

Sponsor
UZ Leuven
Participant type
Patients
Age range
18-64 years, 65+ years
Gender
Male and Female
Therapeutic area
Diseases [C] - Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases [C17]
Trial duration
16 Oct 2023 → 19 Jan 2026
Decision date (initial)
2023-07-05
Transition trial
No
Low-intervention
No
Rare-disease indication
No
Vulnerable population
No

Trial design

CTIS Part I — objectives, methods, condition coding

Main objective

Scope: Therapy, Safety, Efficacy

To investigate whether the use of an anti-TNF can improve clinical results of needle fasciotomy for Dupuytren disease

Secondary objectives 1

  1. To investigate whether the use of an anti-TNF can reduce the recurrence rate after fasciotomy.

Conditions and MedDRA coding

Dupuytren Disease

Eligibility criteria

Principal inclusion / exclusion criteria as submitted by sponsor

Inclusion criteria 5

  1. Voluntary written informed consent of the participant or their legally authorized representative has been obtained prior to any screening procedures
  2. Patients of 18 years old or older, diagnosed with Dupuytren disease
  3. Patients eligible for fasciotomy
  4. Patients with compound MCP/PIP joint contractures (not fixed)
  5. Patients with a diathesis score of at least 4

Exclusion criteria 21

  1. Participant has a history of surgery on the same finger (recurrence)
  2. Female who is pregnant, breast-feeding or intends to become pregnant or is of child-bearing potential and not using an adequate, highly effective contraceptive. This will be checked by anamnesis. (But most patients are male and older than 50)
  3. Participation in an interventional Trial with an investigational medicinal product (IMP) or device
  4. Patients under the age of 18
  5. Patients with fixed MCP/PIP joint contractures
  6. Patients with cognitive impairments, severe rheumatic disease and neurological disorders leading to flexion deformities of the fingers
  7. Being treated with concomitant biologic DMARDS
  8. Known allergy to tetracaine, lidocaine or prilocaine
  9. Contra-indication for treatment with Adalimumab or known allergy to this product
  10. Patients with active or chronic, systemic or localised infections
  11. Patients with impaired lung functions (including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, fibrosis
  12. Patients with active tuberculosis or other severe infections such as sepsis and opportunistic infections (including pneumonia, pyelonephritis, septic arthritis and septicaemia)
  13. Patients who have been exposed to tuberculosis* or endemic mycoses, such as histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, or blastomycosis
  14. Significant cardiovascular disease, such as New York Heart Association cardiac disease (Class III/IV)
  15. Known history of, or active Hepatitis B infection
  16. Presence of preexisting or recent-onset central or peripheral nervous system demyelinating disorders (including Multiple Sclerosis, optic neurotos and Guillain-Barré Syndrome)
  17. Prior or active malignancies
  18. Patients with ulcerative colitis
  19. Patients with pancytopenia including aplastic anaemia
  20. Active or prior documented autoimmune diseases
  21. Administration of any live vaccine within 5 months prior to planned start of study treatment and within 5 months after study treatment

Endpoints

Primary and secondary outcome measures (English text)

Primary endpoints 1

  1. Obtain a minimum increase of 10° correction of the finger extension lack in the treatment group versus the placebo.

Secondary endpoints 4

  1. Recurrence Rate
  2. QuickDASH
  3. Pain score: Visual Analogue Scale
  4. Patient satisfaction: Visual Analogue Scale

Investigational products

Investigational medicinal products (IMPs), comparators, placebo, auxiliary

Test 1

Adalimumab

SUB20016 · Substance

Active substance
Adalimumab
Pharmaceutical form
SOLUTION FOR INJECTION
Route of administration
INJECTION
Max daily dose
40 mg milligram(s)
Max total dose
40 mg milligram(s)
Max treatment duration
36 Month(s)
Authorisation status
Authorised
ATC code
- — -
Marketing authorisation
-
Paediatric formulation
No
Orphan designation
No
Modified vs. Marketing Authorisation
No

Placebo 1

Saline

SUB20722 · Substance

Active substance
Saline
Pharmaceutical form
SOLUTION FOR INJECTION
Route of administration
INJECTION
Max daily dose
1000 ml millilitre(s)
Max total dose
1000 ml millilitre(s)
Max treatment duration
365 Day(s)
Authorisation status
Authorised
ATC code
- — -
Marketing authorisation
-
Paediatric formulation
No
Orphan designation
No
Modified vs. Marketing Authorisation
No

Sponsors and contacts

Sponsor organisations, regulatory contacts, third parties

UZ Leuven

Sponsor organisation
UZ Leuven
Address
Herestraat 49
City
Leuven
Postcode
3000
Country
Belgium

Scientific contact point

Organisation
UZ Leuven
Contact name
Ilse Degreef

Public contact point

Organisation
UZ Leuven
Contact name
Ilse Degreef

Locations

1 EU/EEA country · 1 investigational sites

By country

CountryMS statusPlanned subjectsSites
Belgium Ended 30 1
Rest of world 0

Investigational sites

Belgium

1 site · Ended
UZ Leuven
Orthopedic, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven

Country notifications

Trial-start, recruitment-start, end and early-termination notifications submitted per Member State

Country Trial startTrial end Recruitment startRecruitment end Early termination
Belgium 2023-10-16 2026-01-19 2023-11-06 2025-01-14

Application history

3 submissions — initial application plus substantial / non-substantial modifications

#TypeCodeSubmittedReference MSConclusionDecision date
1 INITIAL IN 2023-03-17 Belgium Acceptable with conditions
2023-07-05
2023-07-05
2 SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION SM-2 2023-08-02 Belgium Acceptable
2023-09-08
2023-09-12
3 SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATION SM-3 2023-10-27 Belgium Acceptable
2023-12-13
2023-12-15