Testing Ianalumab against a placebo for systemic lupus erythematosus
Official title: Phase 3 Extension Study to Evaluate Long-term Safety of Ianalumab in Participants With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SIRIUS-SLE Extension).
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Extension Study to Assess the Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Ianalumab in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SIRIUS-SLE Extension)
Interventions
Placebo
Placebo s.c. monthly
Ianalumab
Ianalumab s.c. monthly Ianalumab s.c. quarterly
Canadian Sites (2)
Novartis Investigative Site
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Novartis Investigative Site
Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
Eligibility Criteria
See who this study is looking for10 criteria
The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.
Inclusion
- +Signed informed consentInformed consentThe process of being told what taking part involves, then choosing freely.Read more → prior to participation in the extension study. Parent or legal guardian's signed informed consent and child's assent, if appropriate, are required before any assessment is performed for participants \<18 years of age. Of note, if the participant reaches age of consent (age as per local law) during the study, they will also need to sign the corresponding study Informed Consent Form (ICF) at the next study visit.
- +Participants must have participated in either one of the two SIRIUS-SLE core studies, CVAY736F12301 or CVAY736F12302, and have completed the treatment period through Week 60 without treatment discontinuation.
- +In the judgement of the investigatorPrincipal investigatorThe doctor or researcher responsible for running the study at a site.Read more →, participants must be expected to clinically benefit from continued study treatment.
Exclusion
- −Use of prohibited therapies.
- −Active viral, bacterial or other infections requiring intravenous or intramuscular treatment for clinically significant infection which in the opinion of the investigatorPrincipal investigatorThe doctor or researcher responsible for running the study at a site.Read more → will place the participant at risk for participation.
- −Plans for administration of live vaccines during the study period.
- −United States (and other countries, if locally required): sexually active males, unless they agree to use barrier protection during intercourse with women of child-bearing potential while taking study treatment.
- −Other protocolProtocolThe detailed plan a study must follow.Read more →-defined inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more →/exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → may apply.
- −Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women.
- −Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, refusing or unable to use highly effective methods of contraception while on study treatment and for 6 months after stopping of study drug (or longer if required by concomitant medications).
In plain language
Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.
What this study is
This study is testing a treatment for a condition.
Phase 3Phase 3A large study comparing a treatment against the current standard.Read more → — a large study comparing this against the current standard, usually across many hospitals.
What is being given or done in this study: PlaceboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more →, Ianalumab.
From the trial registry
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- designModule.designInfo.primaryPurpose
- designModule.phases
- armsInterventionsModule.interventions[].name
How the study is run
Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.
You, the study team, the people giving the treatment, and the people analysing the results would all be kept unaware of which group you are in until the study ends.
From the trial registry
Built from these fields:
- designModule.designInfo.allocation
- designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?
One group receives a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → — a dummy treatment with no active medicine in it.
There are 3 groups in this study.
From the trial registry
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- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Who the study is looking for
The study lists an age range of 12 years to 100 years.
The study is open to people of any sex.
The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.
These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.
From the trial registry
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- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.maximumAge
- eligibilityModule.sex
- eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long
The study aims to enrol about 550 people.
The study is currently expected to finish around April 2032.
The main measurement is taken over: through study completion, up to approximately 91 months.
From the trial registry
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- designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
- statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures
Number of treatment-emergent Adverse eventsAdverse eventAny medical problem that happens during a study, whether or not the treatment caused it.Read more →/Serious Adverse eventsSerious adverse eventAn adverse event meeting a formal severity threshold, such as requiring hospital admission.Read more → — measured over through study completion, up to approximately 91 months.
From the trial registry
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- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].measure
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
Source: NCT06133972 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.
Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?
What is being tested — in plain terms
About PlaceboDrug
Placebo s.c. monthly
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
About IanalumabDrug
Ianalumab s.c. monthly Ianalumab s.c. quarterly
From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.
What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.
Read the full explanation → · in clinical review
Common questions
Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.
Am I eligible for this trial?
Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.
What the study lists: an age range of 12 years to 100 years.
The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.
The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.
From the trial registry
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.maximumAge
- eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?
Yes. This study includes a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group — a dummy treatment with no active medicine in it.
From the trial registry
- armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?
You, the study team, the people giving the treatment, and the people analysing the results would all be kept unaware of which group you are in until the study ends.
Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.
From the trial registry
- designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
- designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?
The study lists an age range of 12 years to 100 years.
It is open to people of any sex.
It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.
Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.
From the trial registry
- eligibilityModule.minimumAge
- eligibilityModule.maximumAge
- eligibilityModule.sex
- eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?
The study's main measurement is taken over: through study completion, up to approximately 91 months.
The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2032-04-05.
How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.
From the trial registry
- outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
- statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?
The study aims to enrol about 550 people.
From the trial registry
- designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?
This study lists 4 locations, including: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Rimouski, Quebec, Canada; Detroit, Michigan, United States; Grand Blanc, Michigan, United States.
Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.
From the trial registry
- trial_locations
About This Trial
The purpose of this study is to evaluate long-term safety and tolerability of ianalumab in participants with systemic lupus erythematosus who have previously completed the treatment period in one of the two SIRIUS-SLE core studies (CVAY736F12301 or CVAY736F12302).
Other Sites (2)
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Ahmed Arif Medical Research Center
Grand Blanc, Michigan, United States
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