The purpose of this study is to determine whether the addition of infliximab to standard primary therapy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and high dose aspirin will reduce resistance to therapy in acute Kawasaki disease (KD).
KD, an orphan disease of low prevalence in U.S. children, causes significant long term cardiac sequelae in a subset of patients. KD patients that are resistant to therapy are more likely to develop coronary artery abnormalities. This phase III placebo-controlled, multicenter, randomized clinical trial of infliximab plus standard therapy vs. placebo plus standard therapy in acute KD will determine if the addition of infliximab to primary therapy can reduce the percentage of children resistant to therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
196
5 mg/kg IV over 2 hours once
Placebo (same volume as active drug)
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, California, United States
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
The Number of Subjects in Each Arm That Have Persistent or Recrudescent Fever 24 Hours After Completion of the Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Infusion
Time frame: 10 weeks
Number of Days of Fever Following Therapy During Study Period (up to 6 Weeks)
Time frame: up to 6 weeks
Change in C-reactive Protein (CRP) From Baseline at 24 Hours After Completion of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) by Study Arm.
Time frame: 24 hours
Change From Baseline in Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Outcomes at Week 2 by Treatment Arm
left anterior descending coronary artery Z-score; a Z score is the coronary artery adjusted for body surface area
Time frame: 2 weeks
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