Efficacy and Safety of Obefazimod in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease
A Phase 2b, Multicenter, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Obefazimod in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 18 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study tests how well obefazimod works and how safe it is compared with a placebo, a treatment with no active drug. It is for adults ages 18 to 75 with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease whose past treatments did not work well or caused side effects they could not tolerate. The study has three treatment phases lasting 12, 40, and 48 weeks.
This study has 3 treatment phases, a 12-Week Induction Phase, a 40-Week Maintenance Phase, and a 48-Week Extension Phase. The objective is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of obefazimod compared to placebo as induction and maintenance therapy in subjects with moderately to severely active CD after inadequate response (no response, loss of response, or intolerance) to conventional therapies and/or advanced therapies. The primary objective for the 48-Week Extension Phase is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of obefazimod compared with placebo in subjects who are enrolled in the Extension Phase.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- Be 18 to 75 years old and able to understand and sign the study consent form.
- Be willing and able to follow study visits and procedures.
- Have Crohn’s disease confirmed by a scope exam of the bowel and tissue samples.
- Have moderate to severe active Crohn’s disease that meets the study’s symptom and bowel exam scores.
- Have tried at least one steroid, immune-suppressing drug, biologic drug, or JAK inhibitor that did not work well or could not be tolerated. Trying only 5-ASA does not qualify.
- Follow the study’s birth control rules if you or your female partner can become pregnant.
- Have health insurance if your country or state requires it.
- Be willing and able to follow usual sun protection advice.
Who can't join
- Be pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy during the study, or have a female partner planning pregnancy.
- Have ulcerative colitis, an unclear type of bowel inflammation, or Crohn’s disease that does not affect the last part of the small bowel or the colon.
- Have certain untreated bowel tunnels or pockets of infection, bowel narrowing, or bowel surgery problems. Recent bowel surgery, major bowel removal, a bowel opening through the belly, or a surgically made bowel pouch may rule you out.
- Use Crohn’s drugs the study does not allow, have used natalizumab, or have failed more than three advanced treatments or two different ways these treatments work. Not waiting long enough after stopping certain drugs also rules you out.
- Have certain cancers, colon polyps with abnormal cells, liver diseases, heart or heart rhythm problems, pancreas inflammation, other serious health problems, or blood tests outside the study’s limits. Some people cancer-free for 5 years may qualify.
- Have certain active, recent, severe, or repeated infections, including HIV, hepatitis B or C, or active or untreated inactive TB. Some people successfully treated for hepatitis C may qualify. Recent hospital care for a serious illness not caused by Crohn’s also rules you out.
- Have had a live vaccine within 3 months before screening or plan one during the study; have recently used an experimental or unregistered drug; or have used obefazimod before or are allergic to its ingredients.
- Have illegal drug or alcohol abuse or dependence, be placed in an institution by a court or government order, or have a condition the study doctor believes could make participation unsafe or prevent following study rules.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female (at birth) 18 to 75 years old and able to understand, sign, and date the written voluntary informed consent at the visit prior to any protocol-specified procedures 2. Able and willing to comply with study visits and procedures as per protocol. 3. Confirmed and documented diagnosis of CD based on endoscopy and histology reports. 4. Moderately to severely active CD as defined by 220 ≤ CDAI ≤ 450 and SES-CD ≥ 6 for ileo-colonic or colonic disease or SES-CD ≥ 4 for isolated ileal disease (per central reading). 5. Documented inadequate response (defined as lack of response or loss of response or intolerance) to at least one of the following treatments: corticosteroids (CS), immunosuppressants (IS), biologic or biosimilar therapies, or janus kinase (JAK) (note: failure to only 5-aminosalicylic acid \[5-ASA\] is not accepted) 6. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and male subjects with WOCBP partner must agree to comply with contraception requirements as stated in section 4.5 (contraception) of this protocol. 7. Subject should be affiliated to a health insurance policy whenever required by a participating country or state. 8. Subject is able and willing to comply with usual public recommendations for sun protection. Exclusion Criteria: Subjects who meet any of the following exclusion criteria will be excluded from the study: 1. WOCBP subject who is pregnant or breast-feeding at screening, or intends to become pregnant during the study; or male subject with WOCBP partner who intends to be pregnant during the study. 2. Current diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) or indeterminate colitis 3. CD without ileal and/or colonic involvement 4. Untreated active external or perianal fistula or abscess. Stable fistula without abscess and with minimal or low drainage may be enrolled. Recent cutaneous and perianal abscesses are not exclusionary if drained and adequately treated at least 3 weeks before screening colonoscopy or 8 weeks before screening colonoscopy for intra-abdominal abscesses, if no additional surgery is anticipated. 5. Symptomatic bowel stricture and/or stenosis not passable in endoscopy 6. Related to CD surgery: 1. Current stoma or ileoanal pouch 2. More than 2 missing complete segments of the following 5 segments: terminal ileum, right colon, transverse colon, left colon, and sigmoid and rectum 3. Combined previous small bowel resections \> 100 cm 4. Surgical bowel resection within the past 3 months prior to baseline 5. Any other manifestation that might require surgery while enrolled in the study 7. Related to CD treatments: 1. Subject who is currently treated with prohibited concomitant therapies for CD as described in the study protocol 2. Subject who has previously received natalizumab (or any other α4β1 integrin agonist) 3. Subject who has failed more than three advanced therapies for the treatment of CD, or two different mechanisms of action for advanced therapies of CD 8. History of, or active, malignancy including nonmelanoma skin cancer (subjects with a 5-year disease-free survival are eligible) 9. History of colonic cancer or colonic low grade or high grade dysplasia adenomatous polyps, and/or at the screening endoscopy, evidence of low grade or high grade dysplasia adenomatous polyps (fully removed or not) 10. Subject with history of, or diagnosed with, the following during screening: primary sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune hepatitis, or primary biliary cirrhosis 11. Serious illness requiring hospitalization (not related to CD) within 4 weeks prior to screening 12. Subject with the following infectious conditions: 1. Chronic or recurrent Grade 3 or Grade 4 infection within the last 2 months prior to screening or history of opportunistic infection while not on immunosuppressive therapy 2. Herpes zoster reactivation within the last 2 months prior to screening 3. Active infection at screening or any major episode of infection that required hospitalization or treatment with IV antibiotics within 1 month of screening or during screening (fungal infection of nail beds is allowed) 4. Positive assay or stool culture for pathogens (ova and parasite examination, bacteria) that required treatment per local medical practice or positive test for Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) toxin at screening. 5. Subject with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection 6. Acute or chronic hepatitis B infection at screening (positive for hepatitis B surface antigen \[HbsAg\] or negative for HbsAg and positive for anti-hepatitis B core antibody in conjunction with detectable hepatitis B virus \[HBV\] deoxyribonucleic acid \[DNA\], or detectable HBV DNA). 7. Acute or chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection as defined by positive for hepatitis C antibody (subjects successfully treated and without recurrence ≥ 1 year with no detectable HCV RNA \[assessed centrally\] are eligible) 8. Active tuberculosis (TB) or untreated latent TB (For subjects with positive or intermediate QuantiFERON test) 13. Subject with uncontrolled ischemic heart disease and/or a history of congestive heart failure 14. Subject with a known family or personal history of congenital or acquired long QT syndrome, or subjects with a marked baseline prolongation of QT/ heart rate-corrected QT (QTc) interval 15. Subject with a history of torsade de pointe (TdP) 16. Acute or chronic clinically relevant pulmonary, hepatic, or renal functional abnormality, encephalopathy, neuropathy or unstable central nervous system pathology such as seizure disorder, or any other clinically significant medical problems. 17. Subjects who received live vaccine within 3 months prior to screening and/or subject who is planning to receive such a vaccine during the study duration 18. Acute or chronic pancreatitis 19. Subject with the following hematological and biochemical laboratory parameters obtained during the screening period: 1. Hemoglobin ≤ 8.0 g/dL1 2. Absolute neutrophil count \< 750/mm3 3. Platelets \< 100,000 /mm3 4. eGFR \< 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 5. Total serum bilirubin \> 1.5 x ULN (except if related to pre-existing and documented Gilbert syndrome) 6. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \> 2 x ULN 20. Subject who does not meet the washout period requirements prior to the screening endoscopy as described in the prohibited medication section of the study protocol 21. Use of any investigational or nonregistered product within 3 months or within 5 halflives preceding baseline, whichever is longer, and during the study. 22. Subjects previously treated with obefazimod or with a known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients 23. Illicit drug or alcohol abuse or dependence 24. Subject who is committed to an institution by virtue of an order issued either by the judicial or the administrative authorities 25. Any condition, which in the opinion of the investigator, could compromise the subject's safety or adherence to the study protocol
Study sites (43)
AL
- IMC Gulf Coast Gastroenterology, PC · Fairhope, AL 36532Nathaniel Winstead, MD · Study contactMore trials in Fairhope
AZ
- Scottsdale Gastroenterology Specialists · Scottsdale, AZ 85260S. Jaffrey Kazi, MD · Study contactMore trials in Scottsdale
- GI Alliance -Gurnee · Sun City, AZ 85351Chirag Trivedi, MD · Study contactMore trials in Sun City
CA
- Hoag Hospital · Irvine, CA 92618Caroline Hwang, MD · Study contactMore trials in Irvine
- United Medical Doctors · Murrieta, CA 92563John Hong, MD · Study contactMore trials in Murrieta
CO
- Peak Gastroenterology Associates · Colorado Springs, CO 80907Bhaktasharan Patel, MD · Study contactMore trials in Colorado Springs
FL
- Clinical Research Of Brandon, LLC · Brandon, FL 33511German Alvarez, MD · Study contactMore trials in Brandon
- West Central Gastroenterology d/b/a Gastro Florida · Clearwater, FL 33762Tejinder Glamour, MD · Study contactMore trials in Clearwater
- Auzmer Research · Lakeland, FL 33813Niaz Ausaf, MD · Study contactMore trials in Lakeland
- Research Associates of South Florida, LLC · Miami, FL 33134Alexander Veloso, MD · Study contactMore trials in Miami
- Wellness Clinical Research · Miami Lakes, FL 33016Lucky Flores, MD · Study contactMore trials in Miami Lakes
- Advanced Research Institute, Inc. · New Port Richey, FL 34653Curtis Freedland, MD · Study contactMore trials in New Port Richey
- Sarkis Clinical Trials - Parent · Ocala, FL 34474Vishnu Reddy, MD · Study contactMore trials in Ocala
- Orlando Health, Inc. · Orlando, FL 32806Udayakumar Navaneethan, MD · Study contactMore trials in Orlando
- GCP Clinical Research, LLC · Tampa, FL 33609Alan Weintraub, MD · Study contactMore trials in Tampa
- Theia Clinical Research Centers, LLC · Temple Terrace, FL 33617Zubair Farooqui, MD · Study contactMore trials in Temple Terrace
IA
- University of Iowa Health Care · Iowa City, IA 52242Steven Polyak, MD · Study contactMore trials in Iowa City
IL
- Northwestern University · Evanston, IL 60208Emanelle Bellaguarda, MD · Study contactMore trials in Evanston
MA
- Lucida Clinical Trials, LLC · New Bedford, MA 02740Jason Reich, MD · Study contactMore trials in New Bedford
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Worcester, MA 01655Abbas Rupawala, MD · Study contactMore trials in Worcester
MI
- Henry Ford Columbus Center · Detroit, MI 48202Najwa El-Nachef, MD · Study contactMore trials in Detroit
NH
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Lebanon, NH 03756Corey Siegel, MD · Study contactMore trials in Lebanon
OH
- OSU Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center · Hilliard, OH 43026Madalina Butnariu, MD · Study contactMore trials in Hilliard
PA
- Susquehanna Research Group, LLC · Harrisburg, PA 17110Adnan Ahmad, MD · Study contactMore trials in Harrisburg
- UPMC · Pittsburgh, PA 15213Marc Schwartz, MD · Study contactMore trials in Pittsburgh
- Frontier Clinical Research, LLC · Uniontown, PA 15401Marc Happe, MD · Study contactMore trials in Uniontown
SD
- Rapid City Medical Center, LLC · Rapid City, SD 57701Blake Jones, MD · Study contactMore trials in Rapid City
TN
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN 37212Audrey Bennett, MD · Study contactMore trials in Nashville
TX
- Central Texas Clinical Research, LLC · Austin, TX 78705Cynthia Brinson, MD · Study contactMore trials in Austin
- Inquest Clinical Research · Baytown, TX 77521Haider Afzal, MD · Study contactMore trials in Baytown
- Novel Research, LLC · Bellaire, TX 77401Moazzam Sana, MD · Study contactMore trials in Bellaire
- GI Alliance · Cedar Park, TX 78613Ryan Cho, MD · Study contactMore trials in Cedar Park
- Baylor University Hospital · Dallas, TX 75246Themistocles Dassopoulos, MD · Study contactMore trials in Dallas
- GI Alliance - Garland · Garland, TX 75044Harry Sarles, MD · Study contactMore trials in Garland
- Texas Digestive Specialists · Harlingen, TX 78550Nolan Perez, MD · Study contactMore trials in Harlingen
- Houston Methodist Hospital · Houston, TX 77030Bincy Abraham, MD · Study contactMore trials in Houston
- GI Alliance - Gurnee · Mansfield, TX 76063Moustafa Youssef, MD · Study contactMore trials in Mansfield
- Southern Star Research Institute, LLC · San Antonio, TX 78229Jeff Bullock, MD · Study contactMore trials in San Antonio
- Tyler Research Institute, LLC · Tyler, TX 75701George Aaron DuVall, MD · Study contactMore trials in Tyler
UT
- University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT 84108John Valentine, MD · Study contactMore trials in Salt Lake City
VA
- Richmond VA Medical Center · Richmond, VA 23249William Pandak, MD · Study contactMore trials in Richmond
- Gastroenterology Consultants of Southwest Virginia. · Roanoke, VA 24014Nirish Shah, MD · Study contactMore trials in Roanoke
WA
- University of Washington · Seattle, WA 98195Scott Lee, MD · Study contactMore trials in Seattle