The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether children and young adults with well-controlled juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)-associated uveitis or chronic anterior uveitis can safely take adalimumab (or biosimilar) injections less often while maintaining control of their disease. The main question it aims to answer is: can adalimumab/biosimilar injections be given less frequently without uveitis (eye inflammation) or arthritis (joint inflammation) returning? Researchers will compare adalimumab/biosimilar injection schedules of every 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks to determine how injection frequency affects disease control. Participants will: * Take adalimumab/biosimilar injections every 2, 4, 8, or 12 weeks. * Attend study visits every 6 weeks over 24 weeks, with an additional follow-up visit at 48 weeks for checkups, tests, and questionnaires. * Keep a diary of how often they take adalimumab/biosimilar and other drugs they take for their uveitis/arthritis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
160
Adalimumab is a fully human monoclonal anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha antibody - a biologic, immunomodulatory drug. Adalimumab (20mg or 40mg) is a clear, colorless solution available as an injectable auto-pen or pre-filled syringe for subcutaneous injection. All FDA-approved adalimumab biosimilars are allowed for this trial and include: Abrilada (adalimumab-afzb), Amjevita (adalimumab-atto), Cyltezo (adalimumab-adbm), Hadlima (adalimumab-bwwd), Hulio (adalimumab-fkjp), Hyrimoz (adalimumab-adaz), Idacio (adalimumab-aacf), Simlandi (adalimumab-ryvk), Yuflyma (adalimumab-aaty), and Yusimry (adalimumab-aqvh).
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California, United States
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
University of Miami
Miami, Florida, United States
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, Texas, United States
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Meyer Children's Hospital
Florence, Italy
...and 8 more locations
Cumulative Incidence of Treatment Failure
Proportion of participants in each treatment arm experiencing treatment failure by Week 24. Treatment failure is defined by recurrence of ocular inflammation (at least one of the following in at least one eye): * \>0.5+ anterior chamber (AC) cell at a single visit as defined by the Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) criteria * \>0.5+ vitreous haze at a single visit * Active retinal/choroidal inflammation and/or macular edema in either eye at a single visit. Macular edema is defined as central subfield thickness on optical coherence tomography (OCT) \>2 standard deviations above normal thickness (\>320µm on Spectralis or \>300µm on Zeiss or Topcon) and having a greater than 20% increase from baseline and/or presence of intraretinal or subretinal fluid. Treatment failure may also be defined as recurrence of joint disease persistent and severe enough to necessitate unmasking to manage the arthritis recurrence.
Time frame: From baseline to 24 weeks post-randomization
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