An Active Surveillance, Post-Authorization Study to Characterize the Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis in the Real-World Setting Using Data From the United Registries for Clinical Assessment and Research (UR-CARE) in the European Union (EU)

Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Trial

— PASS TOFA  

Official title:

An Active Surveillance, Post-Authorization Study to Characterize the Safety of Tofacitinib in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis in the Real-World Setting Using Data From the United Registries for Clinical Assessment and Research (UR-CARE) in the European Union (EU)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06469424
• Other study ID #: PASS TOFA
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: January 11, 2024
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: June 2024
• Source: Grupo Espanol de Trabajo en Enfermedad de Crohn y Colitis Ulcerosa
• Contact: Eva María Rodríguez
• Phone: +34 691 08 42 07
• Email: secretariacientifica1[@]geteccu.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to estimate the incidence rates of malignancy, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), venous thromboembolic events VTE (deep venous thrombosis [DVT] and pulmonary embolism [PE]), NMSC, major adverse cardiac events (MACE), progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), infections, hospitalization and specific antibiotic or antiviral treatment, lung cancer, lymphoma, herpes zoster, myocardial infarction (MI), gastrointestinal (GI) perforations, fractures, surgery for UC and death; through 4 sub-groups: adult patients with UC who initiate tofacitinib in the course of routine clinical care compared to other medications approved to treat UC.

Description:

Rationale and background:

Tofacitinib, an inhibitor of the Janus kinase (JAK) family of kinases, was approved in the European Union (EU) in July 2018 at a dose of 5 mg twice daily or 10 mg twice daily for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC), who have had an inadequate response, lost response, or were intolerant to either conventional therapy or a biologic agent. Malignancy excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is an important potential risk and venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an important identified risk associated with the use of tofacitinib, and follow-up of large cohorts of patients over a long period is needed to evaluate the risks of these safety events, as well as other potential safety events of interest, that may be associated with tofacitinib treatment. Pfizer will implement a post approval, active surveillance study of tofacitinib exposed and unexposed patients using actively collected prospective data included in the UR-CARE platform.

Research question:

What are the incidence rates of safety events of interest in adult patients with UC treated with tofacitinib in routine clinical care, as compared to the incidence rates in patients with UC treated with other approved systemic agents, and patients with UC naïve to biologics and immunomodulators/immunosuppressants (hereafter referred to as immunosuppressants)?

Study design:

This is an active cohort study of adult patients with UC aged ≥18 years treated with tofacitinib compared to patient receiving alternative treatment or not treatment. The study will use secondary data collected in the UR-CARE platform, which is an ongoing, prospective, observational, cohort of European Union (EU) patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with the primary aim of facilitating daily patient care and research studies in IBD. This study will focus only on patients with UC enrolled in the UR-CARE platform.

Variables:

The study variables include baseline patient characteristics (i.e., clinical and demographic characteristics, comorbidities, and current and past therapies), the primary outcomes of interest, and other safety events of interest.

Data sources:UR-CARE will be used as the only data source.

Study size:

This study is descriptive, and all eligible patients in UR-CARE registry during the study period who have consented to participate in the study will be included, with no upper limit on the sample size.

Data analysis:

All statistical analysis will be performed by GETECCU using SAS software v9.4, SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC, USA. Detailed methodology for summary and statistical analyses of data collected in this study will be documented in a statistical analysis plan (SAP).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 104
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients aged =18 years,

• With Ulcerative colitis diagnosis per ECCO guidelines,

• Enrolled in UR-CARE registry with 12 months of medical history available in UR-CARE prior to the index date,

• With an informed consent signed. A minimum follow-up duration of 12 months will allow evaluation of safety events of interest.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients not meeting the inclusion criteria

• Patients who have any records of Crohn's Diseases (CD) or IBD unspecified in UR-CARE between the last UC diagnosis and index date [i.e. date of first prescription for tofacitinib].

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colitis
• Colitis, Ulcerative
• Ulcer
• Ulcerative Colitis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Imelda General Hospital	Bonheiden
Belgium	AZ Delta vzw	Roeselare
Bulgaria	Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda University Hospital	Sofia
Greece	General Hospital of Athens "Evangelismos"	Elliniko	Attiki
Lithuania	Lithuanian University of Life Sciences	Kaunas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Grupo Espanol de Trabajo en Enfermedad de Crohn y Colitis Ulcerosa	Pfizer

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Greece,  Lithuania, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Malignancy excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC)	Malignancy excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Primary	venous thromboembolic events (VTE),(deep venous thrombosis [DVT] and pulmonary embolism [PE])	deep venous thrombosis [DVT] and pulmonary embolism [PE]. As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Non melanoma skin cancer (NMSC)	Non melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Lung cancer	Lung cancer. As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Lymphoma	Lymphoma (including 3 main subtypes Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and chronic lymphocytic lymphoma).; As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Serious infections	Serious infections. As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Opportunistic infections (e.g., tuberculosis)	Opportunistic infections (e.g., tuberculosis). As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Herpes zoster(HZ)	Herpes zoster(HZ). As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Major adverse cardiac events (MACE)	Major adverse cardiac events (MACE)	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Myocardial infarction (MI)	Myocardial infarction (MI). As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)	Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Gastrointestinal (GI) perforations	Gastrointestinal (GI) perforations. As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	Fractures	Fractures. As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	All-cause mortality	All-cause mortality	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025
Secondary	surgery for Ulcerative colitis (UC)	surgery for Ulcerative colitis (UC). As this is a post-authorisation safety study requested by the EMA, the physician is simply asked to report whether such an event has occurred in the patient's life and under what treatment. The study does not aim to measure or clinically qualify this event, which is why nothing more is asked to estimate the incidence rates of the event.	from 01 July 2018 through to 31 March 2025