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General Information
How did you learn about the YODA Project?:
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Conflict of Interest
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Associated Trial(s):
- NCT00771667 - A Phase 2b, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ustekinumab Therapy in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease Previously Treated With TNF Antagonist Therapy
- NCT01369329 - A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Ustekinumab Induction Therapy in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease Who Have Failed or Are Intolerant to TNF Antagonist Therapy (UNITI-1)
- NCT01369342 - A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Ustekinumab Induction Therapy in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease (UNITI-2)
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Research Proposal
Project Title:
Defining a therapeutic drug window following induction ustekinumab therapy in patients with active fistulizing Crohn?s disease.
Scientific Abstract:
Background: Ustekinumab is an effective therapy for Crohn?s disease (CD). Recent exposure-response relationship studies have revealed a positive correlation between high serum ustekinumab concentration and favorable therapeutic outcomes, although there are no data regarding fistulizing CD.
Objective: To define the therapeutic window for adequate serum ustekinumab concentration associated with fistula healing following induction therapy in patients with active fistulizing CD.
Study Design: Post-hoc analysis of the CERTIFI, UNITI-1 and UNITI-2 randomized controlled trials.
Participants: Patients with active fistulizing CD who were assessed for a fistula response following ustekinumab induction therapy and had a TDM (n=150).
Main outcome measure(s): Association between ustekinumab concentration at week 8 with complete fistula resolution and primary non-response at week 8.
Statistical Analysis: Descriptive statistics will be provided with medians and interquartile range for continuous variables and frequency and percentage for categorical variables. A receiver operating characteristic analysis will be performed for infliximab concentrations to trace thresholds associated with outcomes of interest. Ustekinumab concentrations will be compared between groups with the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test, as appropriate. Univariate and multivariate analyses will be performed to identify variables associated with outcomes of interest.
Brief Project Background and Statement of Project Significance:
Fistulas can develop in up to 50% of patients with Crohn?s disease (CD), with perianal fistulas being the most common.1 The cornerstone of pharmacological treatment for fistulizing CD is anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy2, although ustekinumab, an interleukin 12/23 p40 inhibitor, may also be a valid treatment option.3-5 Recent studies have revealed an exposure-response relationship suggesting a positive correlation between high serum ustekinumab concentration and favorable therapeutic outcomes in CD including clinical, biochemical, and endoscopic remission.6-8 Nevertheless, there are no data on the therapeutic window and role of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of ustekinumab in fistula healing. As pharmacological treatment options in patients with fistulizing CD remain limited, emphasis has to be given to rational decision-making and optimization of therapies utilizing a TDM-based therapeutic approach. This project by defining the adequate drug concentration for better therapeutic outcomes can be the first step for the application of reactive and proactive TDM towards a more personalized ustekinumab therapy in patients with fistulizing CD. This could potentially improve care and reduce the substantial social and economic burden to the community by preventing future CD-related hospitalizations and surgeries.
Specific Aims of the Project:
Specific Aim 1:
To investigate the association between serum ustekinumab concentration at week 8 with complete fistula resolution at week 8.
Specific Aim 2:
To investigate the association between serum ustekinumab concentration at week 8 with primary non-response at week 8.
Study Design:
What is the purpose of the analysis being proposed? Please select all that apply.:
New research question to examine treatment effectiveness on secondary endpoints and/or within subgroup populations
Software Used:
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Data Source and Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria to be used to define the patient sample for your study:
Post-hoc analysis of the randomized controlled trials CERTIFI (A Study of Safety and Effectiveness of Ustekinumab in Patients With Moderate to Severe Active Crohn's Disease Who Have Been Previously Treated With Anti-TNF Therapy) (RCT) and UNITI (A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Ustekinumab Induction Therapy in Patients with Moderately to-Severely Active Crohn?s Disease) composed of two identical induction studies (UNITI-1, including patients with primary nonresponse, secondary loss of response, or unacceptable adverse events to previous anti-TNF therapy, and UNITI-2, including patients who had failure or unacceptable adverse events to conventional therapy with immunomodulators or corticosteroids) regarding only the patients who received induction ustekinumab (active drug) therapy and had active fistulizing CD and both TDM and an evaluation of fistulas at week 8 (n=150).5 These patients had their fistulas assessed by physical exam (including gentle compression).
Primary and Secondary Outcome Measure(s) and how they will be categorized/defined for your study:
? Main outcome measures of interest include:
1. Complete fistula resolution, defined as 100% reduction in draining fistulas at week 8.
2. Primary non-response, defined as lack of at least 50% reduction from baseline in the number of draining fistulas at week 8.
? Secondary outcome measures of interest include:
1. Clinical remission, defined as a CD Activity Index (CDAI) score of ?150, at week 8.
2. C-reactive protein (CRP) normalization at week 8 in patients with an elevated CRP (>5 mg/L) at week 0.
3. Composite remission, defined as both complete fistula resolution and clinical remission at week 8.
Main Predictor/Independent Variable and how it will be categorized/defined for your study:
Main predictor/independent variables associated with outcomes of interest include:
? Serum ustekinumab concentrations at week 8 associated with outcomes of interest.
Other Variables of Interest that will be used in your analysis and how they will be categorized/defined for your study:
Other variables associated with outcomes of interest include:
? gender
? age
? disease duration
? CDAI at baseline
? CRP at baseline
? concomitant immunomodulators (thiopurines / methotrexate) at baseline
? previous anti-TNF therapy
Statistical Analysis Plan:
Descriptive statistics will be provided with medians and interquartile range (IQR) for continuous variables and frequency and percentage for categorical variables. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis will be performed for ustekinumab concentrations to trace thresholds associated with outcomes of interest. Optimal thresholds will be chosen by using the Youden index, which maximizes the sum of the specificity (SP) and sensitivity (SN) of the ROC curve. SN, SP, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value will be also calculated. Ustekinumab concentrations at week 8 will be compared between groups with the Mann-Whitney U test. Serum ustekinumab concentrations will be categorized also into quartiles. Rates of complete fistula resolution and primary non-response and as well as other (secondary) outcome measures of interest at week 8 will be compared across ustekinumab serum concentration quartiles with the chi-square test (linear-by-linear association). The Kruskal-Wallis and the chi-square test will be used to compare continuous or discrete variables, respectively, across quartile groups. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses will be performed to identify variables independently associated with outcomes of interest. The results will be expressed as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals, followed by the corresponding P-value. Results will be considered statistically significant when P
Narrative Summary:
Two pivotal randomized-controlled trials clearly showed superior clinical response/remission rates after induction ustekinumab treatment compared to placebo in patients with Crohn?s disease (CD). Serum ustekinumab concentrations have been related to favorable therapeutic outcomes, such as clinical, biochemical and endoscopic response. Nevertheless, there are limited data on the therapeutic window and role of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in fistula healing. The aim of the study is to investigate the association between serum ustekinumab concentrations and fistula healing in patients with active fistulizing CD.
Project Timeline:
It is estimated that it will take 5-6 months to review the appropriate data. Statistical analyses will take another 2-3 months, while manuscript preparation will take approximately another 2-3 months. Consequently, the whole project will be completed in 9-12 months.
Dissemination Plan:
Presentation of the results to national and international medical congresses including Digestive Disease Week (DDW), Advances in IBD (AIBD), American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), European Crohn?s and Colitis Organization (ECCO) and publication of the data in a high impact medical journal such as the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, or the Journal of Crohn?s and Colitis.
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