This is a Phase 1/Phase 2 study with: * 5-arms design for Part A; * and a single arm for Part B. The purpose of this study is to measure PK parameters and safety with sarilumab intravenous (IV) with or without concomitant oral conventional synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (csDMARDs) in male and female participants with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis aged 18 years of age or older. Study details include: * The study duration will be up to 64 weeks. * The treatment duration will be up to 6 months for each study phase. * Part A has 10 visits, including a post-treatment end of study (EOS) follow-up visit. * For participants entering the open label extension to receive the approved 200 mg sarilumab every two weeks (Q2W) dose, there will be 3 additional study visits. * For the intra-study sarilumab 200 mg Q2W subcutaneous (SC) arm, participants will be evaluated over the course of 24 weeks plus post-treatment EOS follow-up visit following the schedule of activities (SoA) of Part A from Day -1 to Day 29 (total of 8 visits) and the SoA of Part B from Week 4 to Week 24 (total of 8 visits) and a post-treatment end of study (EOS) follow-up visit at Week 30 (Part B) for a total of 17 visits, including a post-treatment EOS follow-up visit. * Part B has 13 visits, including a post-treatment EOS follow-up visit.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
140
Pharmaceutical form: solution for injection. Route of administration: subcutaneous.
Route of administration: intravenous.
Encore Medical Research - Hollywood- Site Number : 8400010
Hollywood, Florida, United States
RECRUITINGEncore Medical Research - Weston- Site Number : 8400011
Weston, Florida, United States
RECRUITINGAltoona Center for Clinical Research - Duncansville- Site Number : 8400007
Duncansville, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITINGClinRx Research - Plano- Site Number : 8400015
Plano, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGPart A: Assessment of Pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of sarilumab in serum: area under the concentration-time curve [AUClast] for IV doses
Area under the concentration versus time curve from time zero to time corresponding to the last measurable concentration, tlast.
Time frame: from Baseline up to Week 6
Part A: Assessment of PK parameters of sarilumab in serum: maximum concentration [Cmax] for IV doses
Maximum concentration observed.
Time frame: from Baseline up to Week 6
Part B: Assessment of PK parameters of sarilumab in serum: plasma concentration at steady state (Ctrough ss)
Concentration observed before treatment administration during repeated dosing at steady state.
Time frame: from Baseline up to Week 30
Part A: Proportion of participants who experienced adverse events (AEs): treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) up to the post-treatment EOS follow-up visit included
An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) are defined as AEs that developed, worsened or became serious during the treatment-emergent period.
Time frame: From Baseline up to Week 32
Part A: Proportion of participants who experienced potentially clinically significant abnormalities (PCSA) in clinical laboratory evaluations, vital signs, and electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters
For laboratory variables (hematology, clinical biochemistry, urinalysis, serology and coagulation variables), the proportion of participants with at least 1 PCSA during the treatment-emergent period will be summarized. For vital signs (heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and temperature) and ECG variables (heart rate, PR, QRS, QT and QTcF intervals), the proportion of participants with at least 1 PCSA during the treatment-emergent period will be summarized.
Time frame: From Baseline up to Week 32
Part A: Proportion of participants with injection site reactions (local tolerability assessments)
Time frame: From Baseline up to Week 26
Part B: Assessment of PK parameters of sarilumab in serum: maximum peak plasma drug concentration at steady state (Cmax ss)
Maximum concentration observed at steady state.
Time frame: from Baseline up to Week 30
Part B: Area under the curve for the defined interval between doses (TAU) at steady state (AUC0-tau ss)
Area under the concentration versus time curve calculated using the trapezoidal method during a dose interval (τ) at steady state.
Time frame: from Baseline up to Week 30
Part B: Proportion of participants who experienced adverse events (AEs): treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) up to the post-treatment EOS follow-up visit included
An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study intervention, whether or not considered related to the study intervention. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) are defined as AEs that developed, worsened or became serious during the treatment-emergent period.
Time frame: From Baseline up to Week 30
Part B: Proportion of participants who experienced potentially clinically significant abnormalities (PCSA) in clinical laboratory test evaluations, vital signs, and electrocardiogram (ECG) parameters
For laboratory variables (hematology, clinical biochemistry, urinalysis, serology and coagulation variables), the proportion of participants with at least 1 PCSA during the treatment-emergent period will be summarized. For vital signs (heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and temperature) and ECG variables (heart rate, PR, QRS, QT and QTcF intervals), the proportion of participants with at least 1 PCSA during the treatment-emergent period will be summarized.
Time frame: From Baseline up to Week 30
Part B: Proportion of participants with injection site reactions (local tolerability assessments)
Time frame: From Baseline up to Week 24
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