Clinical trial • Phase II • Musculoskeletal
RESOMELAGON for Polymyalgia rheumatica
Phase II trial of RESOMELAGON for Polymyalgia rheumatica.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Musculoskeletal
- Trial Disease
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 02-02-2026
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 19-03-2026
Trial design
Randomised, placebo tablet described as: "apart from the ap1189 granulate, the placebo tablet and ap1189 tablet are identical." comparator is placebo tablet matching ap1189; ap1189 active dose 100 mg/day for 12 weeks; placebo administered matching schedule.-controlled Phase II trial across 5 sites in Denmark.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Placebo tablet described as: "Apart from the AP1189 granulate, the placebo tablet and AP1189 tablet are identical." Comparator is placebo tablet matching AP1189; AP1189 active dose 100 mg/day for 12 weeks; placebo administered matching schedule.
- Target Sample Size
- 60
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 84
Eligibility
Recruits 60 No vulnerable populations selected; trial enrols adults (≥50 years). Informed consent is required: "Signed and dated informed consent obtained before undergoing any trial-specific procedure." No paediatric assent or special consent procedures described. Subject information and informed consent form documents for adults are provided (documents include Danish versions)..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Females who are pregnant or lactating.
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable populations selected; trial enrols adults (≥50 years). Informed consent is required: "Signed and dated informed consent obtained before undergoing any trial-specific procedure." No paediatric assent or special consent procedures described. Subject information and informed consent form documents for adults are provided (documents include Danish versions).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1.\tSigned and dated informed consent obtained before undergoing any trial-specific procedure."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 2.\tMale or female aged ≥50 years."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 3.\tPatients diagnosed with PMR fulfilling the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) classification criteria."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 4.\tTreatment with glucocorticoid for PMR initiated at diagnosis 4 weeks beforefore baseline."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 5.\tPatients in clinical remission at baseline, defined as absence of PMR activity evaluated by the investigator based on symptoms and clinical examination combined with a CRP level be-low 8.0 mg/l."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 6.\tNo Giant cell arteritis (GCA) on vascular ultrasound at diagnosis or screening."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 7.\tPatients with C-Reactive Protein (CRP) ≥8 mg/L at the time of diagnosis."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 8.\tWilling and able to comply with the scheduled study visits, the treatment plan, and all study procedures."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 9.\tFemales of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at screening and again at baseline."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 10.\tSexually active female patients of childbearing potential and male patients must use a highly effective method of birth control (hormonal contraceptives, intrauterine device, vasectomy, bilateral tubal occlusion, sexual abstinence) with their partner during the study and for 90 days after the last dose of study drug or who will remain abstinent during the study and for 90 days after the last dose."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- 1.\tPrevious treatment with glucocorticoids for GCA."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 2.\tOngoing treatment with oral/intravenous/intramuscular glucocorticoids for other diseases than PMR."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 3.\tOther inflammatory rheumatic diseases (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, polymyositis, spondyloar-thritis, psoriatic arthritis, gout)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 4.\tSymptoms or findings of GCA (newly onset-headache, tenderness of the temporal artery, jaw claudication, vision disturbances, limb claudication)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 5.\tNon-inflammatory type of musculoskeletal condition (e.g., osteoarthritis or fibromyalgia) that in the Investigator's opinion is symptomatic and severe enough to interfere with the subject's primary diagnosis of PMR or the evaluation of the effect of the study drug."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 6.\tGastrointestinal diseases that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may interfere with the absorption or excretion of medications."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 7.\tSevere, progressive, or uncontrolled renal (including CKD stage 4 or higher), hepatic, hematologic, gastrointestinal, metabolic, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac or neurologic disease."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 8.\tMalignancy (with the exception of adequately treated or excised non-metastatic basal cell or squamous cell cancer of the skin or cervical carcinoma in situ) active during the 5 years preceding the Screening Visit."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 9.\tAny other clinically relevant disease and condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may jeopardize efficacy or safety assessments or may compromise the subject’s safety during trial participation."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 10.\tFemales who are pregnant or lactating."}
- {"criterion_text":"- 11.\tParticipation in any other study involving investigational drug(s) within 4 weeks prior to study entry."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Safety evaluations include adverse event monitoring, physical examinations, vital sign measurements, and clinical laboratory testing.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety assessments comprised of adverse event monitoring, physical examinations, vital signs and clinical laboratory testing as listed in the endpoint text."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effect of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating the proportion of patients in glucocorticoid free remission at week","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Proportion of patients in glucocorticoid-free remission at specified week (exact week number incomplete in text); comparison between 100 mg/day AP1189 and placebo."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: •\tAccumulated glucocorticoid dosage from baseline to week 12. •\tTime to first relapse from baseline to week 12. •\tGlucocorticoid free remission at week 12 (Remission defined as PMR-AS<10).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Accumulated glucocorticoid dose measured from baseline to week 12; time-to-event analysis for time to first relapse up to week 12; glucocorticoid-free remission at week 12 defined as PMR-AS < 10."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: PMR activity score at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PMR activity score measured at weeks 4, 8, and 12; primary interest is change from baseline to week 12."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: Patient global VAS at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient global visual analogue scale measured at weeks 4, 8, 12; primary interest is change from baseline to week 12."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: SF-36 MCS at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest","definition_or_measurement_approach":"SF-36 Mental Component Score measured at weeks 4, 8, 12; change from baseline to week 12 is primary."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: SF-36 PCS at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest","definition_or_measurement_approach":"SF-36 Physical Component Score measured at weeks 4, 8, 12; change from baseline to week 12 is primary."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: HAQ-DI at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary in-terest.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index measured at weeks 4, 8, 12; change from baseline to week 12 is primary."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: Patient reported PMR VAS at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported PMR visual analogue scale at weeks 4, 8, 12; change from baseline to week 12 is primary."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: Patient reported global VAS at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient global VAS at weeks 4, 8, 12; change from baseline to week 12 is primary."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: Patient reported fatigue VAS at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported fatigue VAS at weeks 4, 8, 12; change from baseline to week 12 is primary."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: Patient reported morning stiffness VAS at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported morning stiffness VAS at weeks 4, 8, 12; change from baseline to week 12 is primary."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- To investigate the effects of 100 mg/day AP1189 tablets against placebo tablets by evaluating: Patient reported duration of morning stiffness at week 4, 8, and 12 with the change from baseline to week 12 being of primary interest","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Patient-reported duration of morning stiffness at weeks 4, 8, 12; change from baseline to week 12 is primary."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 60
- Recruitment Window Months
- 27
- Consent Approach
- Signed and dated informed consent must be obtained from each participant before any trial-specific procedure. Consent forms and subject information are available (documents include adult ICF and Danish language versions). Consent provided by the participant (adults ≥50 years). Females of childbearing potential require negative pregnancy tests at screening and baseline; contraception required during study and for 90 days after last dose.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 5
- Total Number Of Participants
- 60
Denmark
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 04-02-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 19-03-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 43
- Number Of Sites
- 5
- Number Of Participants
- 60
Sites
- Site Name
- Odense University Hospital
- Department Name
- Rheumatology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Søren Andreas Just
- Principal Investigator Email
- soeren.andreas.just@rsyd.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Søren Andreas Just
- Contact Person Email
- soeren.andreas.just@rsyd.dk
- Site Name
- Region Midtjylland (Silkeborg)
- Department Name
- Arthritis and Connective Tissue Diseases
- Principal Investigator Name
- Tue Kruse Rasmussen
- Principal Investigator Email
- tueras@rm.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Tue Kruse Rasmussen
- Contact Person Email
- tueras@rm.dk
- Site Name
- Region Midtjylland (Herning)
- Department Name
- Medicine, Rheumatology
- Principal Investigator Name
- René Drage Østgård
- Principal Investigator Email
- reneoest@rm.dk
- Contact Person Name
- René Drage Østgård
- Contact Person Email
- reneoest@rm.dk
- Site Name
- Region Midtjylland (Horsens)
- Department Name
- Medicine 2, rheumatology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen
- Principal Investigator Email
- bernil@rm.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Berit Dalsgaard Nielsen
- Contact Person Email
- bernil@rm.dk
- Site Name
- Region Midtjylland (Aarhus N)
- Department Name
- Rheumatology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Kresten Krarup Keller
- Principal Investigator Email
- kreskell@rm.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Kresten Krarup Keller
- Contact Person Email
- kreskell@rm.dk
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Synact Pharma ApS
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Denmark
Contract research organisations
- Name
- CroxxMed ApS
- Responsibilities
- sponsorDuties codes: 1,10,11,12,5,6; contact email bte@croxxmed.com
Third parties
- {"country":"Denmark","full_name":"CroxxMed ApS","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 1,10,11,12,5,6","organisation_type":"Industry"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- AP1189 Tablet
- Active Substance
- RESOMELAGON
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- Oral
- Route
- Oral
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus: 1; euMpNumber: PRD11481319
- Starting Dose
- 100 mg/day
- Dose Levels
- 100 mg/day
- Frequency
- Daily
- Maximum Dose
- 100 mg/day
- Investigational Product Name
- Placebo tablet (Apart from the AP1189 granulate, the placebo tablet and AP1189 tablet are identical.)
- Modality
- Other
- Routes Of Administration
- Oral (matching active)
- Route
- Oral (matching active)
- Frequency
- Matching active (daily)
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