Clinical trial Recruiting at 34 sites Phase 3 Interventional Ages 5 to 17

Assessing the safety and effectiveness of risankizumab and adalimumab in children with juvenile psoriatic arthritis

Official title: Open-label, Randomized, Assessor-blinded, Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics Study of Subcutaneous Risankizumab With an Adalimumab Reference Arm in Children With Active Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis

Run by AbbVie · NCT06100744 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing a new medication called risankizumab to see if it works better and is safer than the standard treatment adalimumab for children with juvenile psoriatic arthritis.

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Quick facts

PhasePhase 3
Study typeInterventional
Ages5 Years to 17 Years
SexAll
Enrollment40 (estimated)
SponsorAbbVie
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionsmethotrexate, risankizumab, adalimumab
Locations34 sites (Little Rock, Arkansas and 33 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedJuly 8, 2024
Main results expectedSeptember 2026
Study endsOctober 2028
Registry record updatedSeptember 1, 2026
Trial IDNCT06100744 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates for this study are children diagnosed with juvenile psoriatic arthritis who have had an inadequate response to previous treatments.

Probably not a fit

Patients with other autoimmune or rheumatic diseases may not benefit from this study.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This clinical trial evaluates the safety and efficacy of risankizumab, a new treatment, compared to the established treatment adalimumab in children diagnosed with juvenile psoriatic arthritis (jPsA). Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either medication through subcutaneous injections based on their body weight. The study aims to assess adverse events, changes in disease activity, and how the drug is processed in the body. Approximately 40 juvenile participants will be enrolled across 30 sites worldwide, focusing on those with active disease in multiple joints.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this study could provide a new effective treatment option for children suffering from juvenile psoriatic arthritis.

How similar studies have gone: Other studies have shown success with similar biologic treatments for juvenile psoriatic arthritis, indicating a promising approach.

Who can join: the full rules

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of juvenile psoriatic arthritis (jPsA) according to International League of Associations for Rheumatology criteria for at least 3 months prior to screening.
* Active Disease in \>= 3 joints at screening and at Baseline (swelling not due to deformity, or limitation of motion with pain, tenderness, or both) are eligible for inclusion in the study.
* Have had an inadequate response (lack of efficacy after minimum 2-month duration of therapy at maximally tolerated dose), or intolerance to previous or current treatment with at least 1 of the following conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (csDMARDs): methotrexate (MTX), sulfasalazine, leflunomide, or hydroxychloroquine.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have any other autoimmune disease, rheumatic disease (including systemic Juvenile idiopathic arthritis \[JIA\], rheumatoid factor-positive or rheumatoid factor-negative polyarticular JIA, extended oligoarticular JIA, persistent oligoarticular JIA, enthesitis-related arthritis, and undifferentiated JIA), or overlap syndrome.
* Prior inadequate response to treatments in the anti-TNF or IL-23 inhibitor classes.

Where it's running

  • Arkansas Children's Hospital /ID# 258776
    Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Childrens National Medical Center /ID# 259284
    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
    Recruiting
  • Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital Hollywood /ID# 260634
    Hollywood, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • All X Ray Diagnostic Services Corp /ID# 278523
    Miami, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Indiana University Health Riley Hospital for Children /ID# 259067
    Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
    Recruiting
  • M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center - West Bank /ID# 260111
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
Show 28 more locations
  • Columbia University Medical Center /ID# 262587
    New York, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • Boston Childrens Health Physicians /ID# 258061
    Valhalla, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of North Carolina - Children's Hospital /ID# 259286
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • MetroHealth Medical Center /ID# 262377
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland /ID# 276655
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • Child Neurology Consultants of Austin /ID# 260562
    Austin, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Monash Health - Monash Medical Centre - Clayton /ID# 260255
    Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Alberta Children's Hospital /ID# 257880
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Recruiting
  • British Columbia Children and Women's Hospital and Health Centre /ID# 257884
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Hospital for Sick Children /ID# 257879
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Chu Bordeaux - Hopital Pellegrin /ID# 258729
    Bordeaux, New Aquitaine, France
    Recruiting
  • AP-HP - Hopital Bicetre /ID# 258728
    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France
    Recruiting
  • Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin /ID# 259106
    Sankt Augustin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Helios Klinikum Berlin - Buch /ID# 268803
    Berlin, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Hamburger Zentrum fuer Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie /ID# 259104
    Hamburg, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Meyer /ID# 258587
    Florence, Firenze, Italy
    Recruiting
  • ASST Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini-CTO /ID# 276753
    Milan, Milano, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu /ID# 258869
    Rome, Roma, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Malopolskie Badania Kliniczne /ID# 258777
    Cracow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Dzieciecy w Lublinie /ID# 258781
    Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji im. prof. dr hab. med. /ID# 277050
    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka i Rodziny im Jana Pawla II w Sosnowcu /ID# 277058
    Sosnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
    Recruiting
  • SPZOZ Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi /ID# 258785
    Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Sant Joan de Deu /ID# 257568
    Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe /ID# 257567
    Valencia, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust /ID# 258848
    Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust /ID# 258847
    Bristol, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust /ID# 262770
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
    Recruiting

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