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title: "Study To Test Whether PF-00547659 Is Safe And Improves Disease Symptoms In Patients With Crohn's Disease"
nct_id: NCT01276509
overall_status: COMPLETED
phase: PHASE2
sponsor: Shire
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: "Crohn's Disease"
countries: United States, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/agent/trials/NCT01276509.md"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01276509"
ct_last_update_post_date: 2021-06-03
last_seen_at: "2026-05-12T06:36:45.295Z"
source: ClinicalTrials.gov (mirrored, no enrichment)
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# Study To Test Whether PF-00547659 Is Safe And Improves Disease Symptoms In Patients With Crohn's Disease

**Official Title:** A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Dose-ranging Study To Evaluate The Efficacy And Safety Of Pf-00547659 In Subjects With Crohn's Disease (Opera)

**NCT ID:** [NCT01276509](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01276509)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 265
- **Lead Sponsor:** Shire
- **Conditions:** Crohn's Disease
- **Start Date:** 2011-04-06
- **Completion Date:** 2015-10-09
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2021-06-03

## Brief Summary

Adults with Crohn's disease that is clinically active despite conventional treatment will be eligible for this study. Patients may receive one of three doses of PF-00547659 (experimental drug) or placebo (inactive drug). Disease activity will be measured every two weeks.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Maximum age:** 75 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* Subjects must have failed or are intolerant to anti-TNFs and/or immunosuppressants (AZA, 6-MP, and/or MTX).
* hsCRP greater than 3mg/L
* Ulcerations demonstrated by colonoscopy performed during screening or 8 weeks prior to screening

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant or breast feeding
* Short bowel syndrome due to multiple small bowel resections
* Presence of a stoma
```

## Arms

- **Placebo-SC Injection** (PLACEBO_COMPARATOR) — Placebo delivered SC, 3 doses separated by 4 weeks.
- **Drug Dose level 1- SC injection** (EXPERIMENTAL) — Drug dose level 1 delivered SC, 3 doses separated by 4 weeks.
- **Drug Dose level 2-SC injection** (EXPERIMENTAL) — Drug dose level 2 delievered SC, 3 doses separated by 4 weeks.
- **Drug Dose level 3- SC injection** (EXPERIMENTAL) — Drug dose level 3 delivered SC, 3 doses separated by 4 weeks.

## Interventions

- **PF-00547659 SC injection** (DRUG) — Placebo delivered SC, 3 doses separated by 4 weeks
- **PF-00547659 SC injection** (DRUG) — Drug dose level 1 delivered SC, 3 doses separated by 4 weeks
- **PF-00547659 SC injection** (DRUG) — Drug dose level 2 delivered SC, 3 doses separated by 4 weeks
- **PF-00547659 SC injection** (DRUG) — Drug dose level 3 delivered SC, 3 doses separated by 4 weeks

## Primary Outcomes

- **Percentage of Participants With Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) 70 Response Rate** _(time frame: Week 8 and week 12)_ — Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) is a number which consists of information collected from a 7-day diary from the participants regarding symptoms. Remission is considered a score of 150 or less. Active disease is considered 200 or greater. A response to therapy is considered a decline in CDAI score of 70-points from baseline. CDAI response rate at week 8 and week 12 was measured between the investigational product group and the placebo group.

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Safety and Tolerability of PF-00547659 Dose Levels Versus Placebo** _(time frame: Week 0-12)_
- **Number of Adverse Events (AEs) - PF-00547659 Dose Levels Versus Placebo** _(time frame: Week 0-12)_
- **Percentage of Participants With a Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) Remission** _(time frame: Weeks 8 and week 12)_
- **Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI)-70 Response Rates Over Time** _(time frame: Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12)_
- **Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) -100 Response Rates Over Timer** _(time frame: Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12)_
- **Immunogenicity Assessment of Anti-drug Antibodies (ADAs)** _(time frame: Day 1, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 20, Week 28, Week 36)_
- **The Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Total PF-00547659 - Area Under the Concentration Time Profile From Time Zero Extrapolated to Infinite Time (AUCinf)** _(time frame: Day 1, 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, 112, 140, 168, 196, 224 and 252)_
- **The Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Total PF-00547659 - Area Under the Concentration Time Profile From Time Zero to Time Tau (AUCtau)** _(time frame: Day 1, 14, and 28)_
- **The Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Total PF-00547659 - Maximum Observed Concentration (Cmax)** _(time frame: Day 1, 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, 112, 140, 168, 196, 224 and 252)_
- **The Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Total PF-00547659 - Time for Cmax (Tmax)** _(time frame: Day 1, 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, 112, 140, 168, 196, 224 and 252)_
- **The Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Total PF-00547659 - Terminal Half Life (Thalf)** _(time frame: Day 1, 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, 112, 140, 168, 196, 224 and 252)_
- **The Pharmacokinetics (PK) of Total PF-00547659 - Apparent Clearance (CL/F)** _(time frame: Day 1, 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, 112, 140, 168, 196, 224 and 252)_

## Locations (137)

- Clopton Clinic, Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States
- Gastroenterology Specialists of Arkansas, Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States
- Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic, P.A., Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
- UCSD Medical Center-Thornton Hospital, La Jolla, California, United States
- Community Clinical Trials, Orange, California, United States
- Gastro Diagnostics, Orange, California, United States
- Inland Gastroenterology Medical Associates, Inc., Redlands, California, United States
- BioMark Research Inc., Whittier, California, United States
- Clinical Research of the Rockies, Lafayette, Colorado, United States
- Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates, Thornton, Colorado, United States
- Connecticut Clinical Research Foundation, Bristol, Connecticut, United States
- Shands Endoscopy Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Shands Medical Plaza, Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Florida Center for Gastroenterology, Largo, Florida, United States
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States
- University of Miami Hospital and Clinic, Miami, Florida, United States
- University of Miami Hospital, Miami, Florida, United States
- University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
- Cirtus Ambulartory Surgery Center, Orlando, Florida, United States
- Internal Medicine Specialists, Orlando, Florida, United States
- Heartland Medical Research (Administrative Only), Clive, Iowa, United States
- Iowa Digestive Disease Center, Clive, Iowa, United States
- Iowa Endoscopy Center (Colonoscopy Only), Clive, Iowa, United States
- Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group, PC - Chevy Chase Clinical Research, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States
- UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
- University of Massachusetts Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
- Center for Digestive Health, Troy, Michigan, United States
- Surgical Centers of Michigan, Troy, Michigan, United States
- Minneapolis Heart Institute, West Health Campus, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Noran Neurology Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Consulting Radiology (Xray testing only), Plymouth, Minnesota, United States
- Minnesota Gastroenterology, P.A., Plymouth, Minnesota, United States
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- Surgery Center of Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States
- Audrain Medical Center, Mexico, Missouri, United States
- Center for Digestive and Liver Diseases, Inc., Mexico, Missouri, United States
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Investigational Drug Services, St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Center for Advanced Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States
- Life Medi-Research And Management, Brooklyn, New York, United States
- New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, New York, United States
- Long Island Clinical Research Associates, LLP, Great Neck, New York, United States
- Nassau Gastroenterology Associates Office Based Surgery, Great Neck, New York, United States
- Nassau Gastroenterology Associates, P.C., Great Neck, New York, United States
- North Shore Primary Care, P.C., Great Neck, New York, United States
- Beth Israel Medical Center - Phillip Ambulatory Care Center, New York, New York, United States
- East side Endoscopy, LLC (for colonscopy testing only), New York, New York, United States
- Lenox Hill Endoscopy Center, New York, New York, United States
- Premier Medical Group of the Hudson Valley, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
- CTRC Hospital - UNC Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- North Carolina Memorial Hospital Endoscopy Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- UNC Hospitals Department of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- UNC Hospitals Endoscopy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- Hillsborough Campus, Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- The Offices of Dr. Vincent Armenio, M.D., East Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Pharma Resource, East Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Bayside Endoscopy Center, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Nashville Medical Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Pasadena Gastroenterology Associates, P.A. dba Digestive Health Center, Pasadena, Texas, United States
- University of Utah HSC, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Charlottesville Gastroenterology Associates, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Charlottesville Medical Research, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
- Allegiance Research Specialists, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
- GI Associates, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
- AKH Wien Universitaetsklinik fuer Innere Medizin III, Vienna, Austria
- UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege, Liège, Belgium
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - Labo Biologie Clinique, Liège, Belgium
- Centre Hospitalier de Mouscron, Mouscron, Belgium
- 4-MHAT, Sofia, Bulgaria
- MBAL Sofiamed OOD,Otdelenie po gastroenterologia, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Vancouver Coastal Health - Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Vancouver Coastal Health - Vancouver Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Oshawa Clinic, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto Digestive Disease Associates Inc., Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
- CHU Amiens Hopital Nord Service d'Hepato-Gastroenterologie, Amiens, France
- Hopital Saint-Andre, Bordeaux, France
- Hopital Beaujon- Essais cliniques, Clichy, France
- Hopital de l'Archet 2 - CHU de Nice, Nice, France
- Hopital Cochin-Essais Cliniques, Paris, France
- Hopital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
- Hopital Nord, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France
- Hopital Rangueil, Toulouse, France
- Charite - Campus Berlin Mitte Medizinische Klinik, Berlin, Germany
- Krankenhaus Martha-Maria Halle-Doelau gGmbH, Halle, Germany
- Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
- Universitaetsfrauenklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Medizinische Klinik I, Gastroenterologie/Hepatologie, Lübeck, Germany
- Gastroenterologische Gemeinschaftspraxis Minden, Minden, Germany
- Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
- Universitaetklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- National Hospital Organization Hirosaki National Hospital, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
- Jikei University Hospital, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Keio University Hospital, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Aichi Medical University Hospital, Aichi, Japan
- Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan
- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Kanagawa, Japan
- Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, Provincie Groningen, Netherlands
- Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Asker And Baerum Hospital, Gjettum, Norway
- Oslo Universitetssykehus, Oslo, Norway
- Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus, Oslo, Norway
- Szpital Uniwersytecki nr 2 im dr. Jana Bizieta w Bydgoszczy Centrum Endoskopii Zabiegowej, Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Centrum Medyczne-Szpital Swietej Rodziny Sp. z o.o., Lodz, Poland
- Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnetrznych w Warszawie, Warsaw, Poland
- Lexmedica, Wroclaw, Poland
- Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
- Clinical Hospital Centre Bezanijska Kosa, Belgrade, Serbia
- Clinical Center Nis Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Niš, Serbia
- Clinical Hospital Center Zemun, Zemun, Serbia
- Gastroentero-Hepatologicke centrum THALION, LAMA MEDICAL CARE s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakia
- Medak s.r.o., Bratislava, Slovakia
- Gastroenterologicke a hepatologicke centrum Nitra, KM Management spol. s r.o., Nitra, Slovakia
- Synergy group, a.s., Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia
- Wits Clinical Research, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Parklands Medical Centre, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Kingsbury Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, South Korea
- Yeungnam University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea
- Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
- Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
- Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
- Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
- Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
- Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
- Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli de Sabadell, Sabadell, Spain

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