Adalimumab vs placebo as add-on to Standard Therapy for autoimmune Uveitis : Tolerability, Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness-a protocol for a randomised controlled trial (ASTUTE trial)

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INTRODUCTION: Adalimumab is an effective treatment for autoimmune non-infectious uveitis (ANIU), but it is currently only funded for a minority of patients with ANIU in the UK as it is restricted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance. Ophthalmologists believe that adalimumab may be effective in a wider range of patients. The Adalimumab vs placebo as add-on to Standard Therapy for autoimmune Uveitis: Tolerability, Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness (ASTUTE) trial will recruit patients with ANIU who do and do not meet funding criteria and will evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of adalimumab versus placebo as an add-on therapy to standard care.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The ASTUTE trial is a multicentre, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, pragmatic randomised controlled trial with a 16-week treatment run-in (TRI). At the end of the TRI, only responders will be randomised (1:1) to 40 mg adalimumab or placebo (both are the study investigational medicinal product) self-administered fortnightly by subcutaneous injection. The target sample size is 174 randomised participants. The primary outcome is time to treatment failure (TF), a composite of signs indicative of active ANIU. Secondary outcomes include individual TF components, retinal morphology, adverse events, health-related quality of life, patient-reported side effects and visual function, best-corrected visual acuity, employment status and resource use. In the event of TF, open-label drug treatment will be restarted as per TRI for 16 weeks, and if a participant responds again, allocation will be switched without unmasking and treatment with investigational medicinal product restarted.

ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The trial received Research Ethics Committee (REC) approval from South Central - Oxford B REC in June 2020. The findings will be presented at international meetings, by peer-reviewed publications and through patient organisations and newsletters to patients, where available.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN31474800. Registered 14 April 2020.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

BMJ open - 14(2024), 1 vom: 24. Jan., Seite e082246

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hazell, Mae [VerfasserIn]
Reeves, Barnaby [VerfasserIn]
Rogers, Chris A [VerfasserIn]
Pike, Katie [VerfasserIn]
Culliford, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Baos, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Lui, Mandy P Y [VerfasserIn]
Beare, Nicholas A V [VerfasserIn]
Pavesio, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Denniston, Alastair K [VerfasserIn]
Wordsworth, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Keane, Pearse A [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Folkard, Annie [VerfasserIn]
Peto, Tunde [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Srilakshmi M [VerfasserIn]
Dick, Andrew [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adalimumab
Clinical Trial
Clinical Trial Protocol
FYS6T7F842
Journal Article
Medical ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 26.01.2024

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Electronic

ISRCTN: ISRCTN31474800

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082246

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367576686