Clinical trial • Phase III • Immunology
bimekizumab for Hidradenitis suppurativa | Axial spondyloarthritis | Plaque psoriasis | Psoriatic arthritis
Phase III trial of bimekizumab for Hidradenitis suppurativa | Axial spondyloarthritis | Plaque psoriasis | Psoriatic arthritis.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Immunology
- Trial Disease
- Hidradenitis suppurativa | Axial spondyloarthritis | Plaque psoriasis | Psoriatic arthritis
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 21-03-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 03-07-2025
Trial design
open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase III trial across 5 sites in Spain, Germany.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- None/Not specified
- Target Sample Size
- 12
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 57
Eligibility
Recruits 12 The trial selects a vulnerable population flag (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: true). Participants must be adults ("Study participant must be at least 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent"). The study involves breastfeeding mothers and their infants (infants are assessed; infants cannot provide consent). Consent is provided by the mother via informed consent forms (ICFs) — ICF documents are provided in country-specific languages (Spanish and German versions present in the dossier). No child assent process is described..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- A female study participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant and does not plan to become pregnant during the study.
- Vulnerable Population
- The trial selects a vulnerable population flag (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: true). Participants must be adults ("Study participant must be at least 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent"). The study involves breastfeeding mothers and their infants (infants are assessed; infants cannot provide consent). Consent is provided by the mother via informed consent forms (ICFs) — ICF documents are provided in country-specific languages (Spanish and German versions present in the dossier). No child assent process is described.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant must be at least 18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant is being treated with commercial bimekizumab per locally approved prescribing information and in accordance with her treating physician."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant is breastfeeding and intends to breastfeed throughout the Sampling Period."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The decision to treat with bimekizumab and to breastfeed is made independently from and prior to the study participant consenting to participate in the study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant must be on bimekizumab treatment for at least 12 weeks after delivery and since starting/restarting/continuing bimekizumab prior to sampling (prior to start of the Sampling Period)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- A female study participant is eligible to participate if she is not pregnant and does not plan to become pregnant during the study."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant has any medical, obstetrical, or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could jeopardize or would compromise the study participant’s ability to participate in this study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- The infant has any abnormality noted on physical examination or medical history that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may jeopardize or compromise study participation."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant has a history of chronic alcohol or drug abuse within the previous last year."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant has history of breast implants, breast augmentation, or breast reduction surgery."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant plans a surgical intervention during the Screening Period and Sampling Period or anticipates having surgery while participating in the Sampling Period (does not apply to tubal ligation)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant or her infant has participated in another study of an investigational medicinal product (IMP) (and/or an investigational device) within the previous 6 months or is currently participating in another study of an IMP (and/or an investigational device), unless the study is UCB PS0036 or a bimekizumab registry study."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Study participant or her infant has previously participated (ie, entered the sampling period) in this study."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Concentration of bimekizumab in the breast milk predose on Day 1 and on Days 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 (predose for mothers on Q2W dosing regimen), and in addition, predose on Day 29 or Day 57 for mothers on Q4W or Q8W dosing regimen, respectively","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measurement of bimekizumab concentration in mature human breast milk at specified predose timepoints according to mother dosing regimen (Q2W, Q4W, Q8W)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Estimated Infant Dosage of bimekizumab from breast milk","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Calculated estimated infant dose of bimekizumab ingested via breast milk (method described in protocol documents)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Relative Infant Dose of bimekizumab from breast milk","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Calculated relative infant dose (ratio of estimated infant dose to maternal dose) derived from measured breast milk concentrations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) of the mother from time of informed consent through Safety Follow-Up (SFU) contact","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Collection and reporting of TEAEs for the mother from informed consent through the designated safety follow-up contact per study safety procedures."}
Recruitment
- Registry Or Advocacy Recruitment
- True, Center For Information And Study On Clinical Research Participation Inc.
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- True, digital methods include country-specific recruitment web materials in German and Spanish and an outreach campaign by Splash Clinical LLC; recruitment documents for web/social channels and translated materials are included in the dossier.
- Planned Sample Size
- 12
- Recruitment Window Months
- 15
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent is obtained from the mother (participant) prior to any study procedures; participants must be at least 18 years old at time of signing the informed consent. Subject information and informed consent forms (ICFs) are provided in country-specific languages (documents present include Spanish and German ICFs). No assent process is described for infants (infants cannot provide consent).
Methods
- Site-based recruitment via treating physicians at participating hospitals/clinics in Germany and Spain (site contact details provided for each participating site).
- Participant outreach/recruitment campaign managed by Splash Clinical LLC (outsourced recruitment/outreach vendor).
- Country-specific digital/web recruitment materials (documents present: K2_up0122-de-recr-web-de-DE-public, K2_up0122-es-recr-web-es-ES-public).
- Country-specific recruitment materials such as posters, study information materials and leaflets (multiple K2 documents for DE and ES: posters, SMI, SIB, SMAM, WRS).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 5
- Total Number Of Participants
- 8
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 13-06-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 07-07-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 24
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 4
Sites
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
- Department Name
- #501: Reumatología
- Principal Investigator Name
- Andrea Pluma Sanjurjo
- Principal Investigator Email
- andrea.pluma@vallhebron.cat
- Contact Person Name
- Andrea Pluma Sanjurjo
- Contact Person Email
- andrea.pluma@vallhebron.cat
- Site Name
- Hospital De La Santa Creu I Sant Pau
- Department Name
- #502: Dermatología
- Principal Investigator Name
- Anna López Ferrer
- Principal Investigator Email
- ALopezFe@santpau.cat
- Contact Person Name
- Anna López Ferrer
- Contact Person Email
- ALopezFe@santpau.cat
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 26-06-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 01-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 279
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 4
Sites
- Site Name
- St. Elisabeth Gruppe GmbH Katholische Kliniken Rhein-Ruhr
- Department Name
- #303:
- Principal Investigator Name
- Ioana Andreica
- Principal Investigator Email
- ioana.andreica@elisabethgruppe.de
- Contact Person Name
- Ioana Andreica
- Contact Person Email
- ioana.andreica@elisabethgruppe.de
- Site Name
- Goethe University Frankfurt
- Department Name
- #302: Dermatology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Andreas Pinter
- Principal Investigator Email
- andreas.pinter@unimedizin-ffm.de
- Contact Person Name
- Andreas Pinter
- Contact Person Email
- andreas.pinter@unimedizin-ffm.de
- Site Name
- Medical Center - University Of Freiburg
- Department Name
- #301: Klinik für Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie
- Principal Investigator Name
- Cornelia Glaser
- Principal Investigator Email
- cornelia.glaser@uniklinik-freiburg.de
- Contact Person Name
- Cornelia Glaser
- Contact Person Email
- cornelia.glaser@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- UCB Biopharma
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Belgium
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Parexel International (IRL) Limited
- Responsibilities
- Duties codes: 1,12,13,5,6,9
- Name
- Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC
- Responsibilities
- Duties codes: 4
- Name
- PPD International Holdings LLC
- Responsibilities
- Distribuition of visit test kits and Sample Storage (EU)
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Veeva Systems Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Duties codes: 7","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"JMAC","duties_or_roles":"Participant Reimbursement/Stipend and travel bookings","organisation_type":"Health care"}
- {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Parexel International (IRL) Limited","duties_or_roles":"Duties codes: 1,12,13,5,6,9","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC","duties_or_roles":"Duties codes: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Transperfect Translations International Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Study document Translations (as needed)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"BioAgilytix Europe GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Duties codes: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"RWS Life Sciences Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Scales & Linguistic validation services","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Center For Information And Study On Clinical Research Participation Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Patient engagement / outreach (duty code 11)","organisation_type":"Patient organisation/association"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Professional Case Management Clinical Trials LLC","duties_or_roles":"Home Health Nurse Service provider","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"PPD International Holdings LLC","duties_or_roles":"Distribuition of visit test kits and Sample Storage (EU)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Splash Clinical LLC","duties_or_roles":"Participant Recruitment / Outreach Campaign","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Azenta Germany GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Long Term Laboratroy Sample Storage","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Scout Clinical","duties_or_roles":"Participant Reimbursement/Stipend and travel bookings","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Bimzelx 160 mg solution for injection in pre-filled pen
- Active Substance
- bimekizumab
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- Subcutaneous
- Route
- Subcutaneous
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (EU marketing authorisation numbers provided)
- Starting Dose
- 160 mg
- Dose Levels
- 160 mg
- Maximum Dose
- 320 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- Bimzelx 160 mg solution for injection in pre-filled syringe
- Active Substance
- bimekizumab
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- Subcutaneous
- Route
- Subcutaneous
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (EU marketing authorisation numbers provided)
- Starting Dose
- 160 mg
- Dose Levels
- 160 mg
- Maximum Dose
- 320 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- Bimzelx 320 mg solution for injection in pre-filled pen
- Active Substance
- bimekizumab
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- Subcutaneous
- Route
- Subcutaneous
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (EU marketing authorisation numbers provided)
- Starting Dose
- 320 mg
- Dose Levels
- 320 mg
- Maximum Dose
- 320 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- Bimzelx 320 mg solution for injection in pre-filled syringe
- Active Substance
- bimekizumab
- Modality
- Monoclonal antibody
- Routes Of Administration
- Subcutaneous
- Route
- Subcutaneous
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (EU marketing authorisation numbers provided)
- Starting Dose
- 320 mg
- Dose Levels
- 320 mg
- Maximum Dose
- 320 mg
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