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Comparing JNJ-78934804 with Guselkumab for crohn disease

Official title: A Study of JNJ-78934804 in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, and Active-controlled Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of JNJ-78934804 in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Condition: Crohn DiseaseSponsor: Janssen Research & Development, LLCTarget enrollment: 460

Interventions

DRUG

JNJ-78934804

JNJ-78934804 will be administered subcutaneously.

DRUG

Guselkumab

Guselkumab will be administered subcutaneously.

Canadian Sites (9)

South Edmonton Gastroenterology Research Clinic

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

RECRUITING

Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Research Institute (GIRI)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

RECRUITING

GI Research Institute (G.I.R.I.)

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

RECRUITING

Viable Clinical Research

Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

RECRUITING

London Digestive Disease Institute

London, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

West GTA Research Inc

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

Toronto Immune and Digestive Health Institute Inc

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RECRUITING

CHUM - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montreal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Clinique IMD

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

RECRUITING

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for9 criteria

The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.

Inclusion

  • +Have a diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD) or fistulizing CD established greater than or equal to (\>=) 12 weeks before screeningScreeningThe checks done before joining, to see whether a study fits.Read more → including both endoscopic evidence and a histopathology report consistent with a diagnosis of CD
  • +Have moderately to severely active CD based on crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) criteria defined as a baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → CDAI score \>= 220 but less than or equal to (\<=) 450 and either: a. Mean daily stool frequency (SF) count \>= 4.0, based on the unweighted CDAI component of the number of liquid or very soft stools or b. Mean daily AP score \>= 2.0, based on the unweighted CDAI component of abdominal pain (AP)
  • +Have moderately to severely active ileal and/or colonic CD as assessed by central review of the screening video ileocolonoscopy based on simple endoscopic score for crohn's disease (SES-CD) criteria
  • +Have had an inadequate initial response, loss of response, or intolerance to previously approved systemic therapies

Exclusion

  • Diagnosis of indeterminate colitis, microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, ulcerative colitis (UC) or clinical findings highly suggestive of UC
  • Presence of draining (that is, functioning) stoma or ostomy
  • Has a history of short bowel syndrome, is missing greater than (\>) 2 of the 5 ileocolonic segments, or has any other medical condition that could preclude or confound the ability to use efficacy assessment tools (such as CDAI) to assess response to study intervention
  • Currently has or is suspected of having an abscess
  • Complications of CD such as symptomatic bowel strictures or stenoses, or any other manifestation that may require intestinal surgery while enrolledEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more → in the study
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In plain language

Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.

Learning 
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: JNJ-78934804, Guselkumab.

From the trial registry

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  • 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.

Neither you nor the study team would know which group you are in until the study ends.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

One group receives an existing treatment, so the two can be compared.

There are 2 groups in this study.

From the trial registry

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  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Who the study is looking for

The study lists a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

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.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long

The study aims to enrol about 460 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around July 2030.

The main measurement is taken over: At Week 48.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures

Co-Primary: Percentage of Participants with Clinical Remission at Week 48 — measured over At Week 48.

Co-Primary: Percentage of Participants with Endoscopic Remission at Week 48 — measured over At Week 48.

From the trial registry

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  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].measure
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame

Source: NCT07577843 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 JNJ-78934804Drug

JNJ-78934804 will be administered subcutaneously.

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 GuselkumabDrug

Guselkumab will be administered subcutaneously.

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: a minimum age of 18 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.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?

This study does not list a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group.

One group receives an existing treatment so the two can be compared.

From the trial registry
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?

Neither you nor the study team would know 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 a minimum age of 18 years, with no upper limit given.

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.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?

The study's main measurement is taken over: At Week 48.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2030-07-12.

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 460 people.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?

This study lists 10 locations, including: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada; London, Ontario, Canada; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and 4 more.

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 assess how well JNJ-78934804 works (efficacy) and how safe it is (safety) as compared to guselkumab at Week 48 in participants with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease (a long-term, progressive \[worsens with time\] and life-threatening disease of the intestine).

Other Sites (3)

Michigan Center of Medical Research

Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States

New York Gastroenterology Associates

New York, New York, United States

GI Alliance Tacoma

Tacoma, Washington, United States

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