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A Study of Guselkumab Versus Risankizumab in Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

A Phase 3b, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Active-Controlled Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Guselkumab Versus Risankizumab in the Treatment of Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Crohn's Disease

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07499232
Acronym
CHARGE
Enrollment
530
Registered
2026-03-30
Start date
2026-04-21
Completion date
2030-12-11
Last updated
2026-08-28

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Conditions

Crohn Disease

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess how well guselkumab works when compared to risankizumab in participants with moderately to severely active Crohn's Disease (CD; a long-term condition causing severe inflammation of the intestinal tract).

Interventions

DRUGGuselkumab

Guselkumab will be administered.

DRUGRisankizumab

Risankizumab will be administered.

Sponsors

Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Has CD or fistulizing Crohn's Disease (CD) of at least 12 weeks' duration, with colitis, ileitis, or ileocolitis, confirmed at some time in the past by radiography, histology, and/or endoscopy * Have moderately to severely active CD, defined as baseline Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) score greater than or equal to (\>=) 220 but less than or equal to (\<=) 450 * Baseline endoscopic evidence of active ileal and/or colonic CD as assessed by central endoscopy reading at the screening endoscopy defined as a screening Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease (SES CD) \>= 4 (for participants with isolated ileal disease) or \>= 6 (for participants with colonic or ileocolonic disease), based on the presence of ulceration in any 1 of the 5 ileocolonic segments, resulting in the following specified ulceration component scores: 1. a minimum score of 1 for the component of "size of ulcers" AND 2. a minimum score of 1 for the component of "ulcerated surface" * In the opinion of the investigator, participant's disease is appropriate to treat with the maintenance dosing regimens utilized in the study * Adhere to the requirements for concomitant medications for the treatment of CD as mentioned in the protocol

Exclusion criteria

* Has complications of CD such as symptomatic strictures or stenoses, short gut syndrome, active draining stoma or significant fistulizing disease or any other manifestation anticipated to require surgery within the next year, could preclude the use of the CDAI to assess response to therapy, or would possibly confound the ability to assess the effect of treatment with guselkumab or risankizumab * Currently has or is suspected to have an abscess * Has an active fistula during screening or at Week 0 with an anticipated need for surgery * Has had any kind of bowel resection within 24 weeks, or any other intra-abdominal or other major surgery within 12 weeks, before first dose of study intervention * Currently has a malignancy or has a history of malignancy within 5 years before screening

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants with Deep Remission at Week 52At Week 52Deep remission is a composite endpoint defined as achieving both clinical remission and endoscopic remission at the participant level. Clinical remission is defined as Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) score less than (\<) 150-point. CDAI will be assessed by collecting information on 8 different CD-related variables: extra-intestinal manifestations, abdominal mass, weight, hematocrit, total number of liquid stools, abdominal pain/cramping, use of antidiarrheal drug(s), and/or opiates, and general well-being. In general, CDAI score ranges from 0 to approximately 600. Higher score indicates higher disease activity. Endoscopic remission is defined as Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease (SES-CD) less than or equal to (\<=) 4 with at least a 2-point reduction from baseline and no sub score greater than (\>) 1 in any individual component and score can range from 0 to 56. Higher scores indicating severe disease.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Composite Endpoint of Number of Participants with Clinical Remission and Endoscopic Response at Week 52At Week 52Clinical remission is defined as CDAI score \< 150-point. CDAI will be assessed by collecting information on 8 different CD-related variables: extra-intestinal manifestations, abdominal mass, weight, hematocrit, total number of liquid stools, abdominal pain/cramping, use of antidiarrheal drug(s), and/or opiates, and general well-being. In general, CDAI score ranges from 0 to approximately 600. Higher score indicates higher disease activity. Endoscopic response is defined as \>50 percent (%) improvement from baseline in the SES CD or SES-CD score \<= 2 or a decrease of at least 2 points in participants with a baseline score of 4 and isolated ileal disease. This is a composite endpoint defined to measure achievement of both clinical remission and endoscopic response.
Number of Participants with Endoscopic Remission at Week 52At Week 52Endoscopic remission is defined as SES-CD \<= 4 with at least a 2-point reduction from baseline and no sub score \> 1 in any individual component and score can range from 0 to 56. Higher scores indicating severe disease.
Number of Participants with Clinical Remission at Week 52At Week 52Clinical remission is defined as CDAI score \< 150-point. CDAI will be assessed by collecting information on 8 different CD-related variables: extra-intestinal manifestations, abdominal mass, weight, hematocrit, total number of liquid stools, abdominal pain/cramping, use of antidiarrheal drug(s), and/or opiates, and general well-being. In general, CDAI score ranges from 0 to approximately 600. Higher score indicates higher disease activity.
Number of Participants with Steroid-Free Clinical Remission at Week 52At Week 52Steroid-free clinical remission is defined as clinical remission at Week 52 and not receiving corticosteroids for at least 90 days prior to Week 52. Clinical remission is defined as CDAI score \< 150-point.
Number of Participants with Abnormalities in Laboratory ParametersUp to Week 148Number of participants with abnormalities in laboratory parameters (hematology and chemistry) will be reported.
Number of Participants With Change From Baseline in Laboratory AbnormalitiesUp to week 148Number of participants with change from baseline in laboratory abnormalities (hematology and chemistry) will be reported.
Number of Participants with Adverse Events (AEs), Serious AEs and AEs Leading to Discontinuation of Study InterventionUp to Week 165An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered a pharmaceutical (investigational or non investigational) product. An AE does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the treatment. An SAE is any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose results in death, is life-threatening, requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, is a congenital anomaly/birth defect, is a suspected transmission of any infectious agent via a medicinal product and is medically important.

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Contacts

CONTACTStudy Contact
Participate-In-This-Study1@its.jnj.com844-434-4210
STUDY_DIRECTORJanssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 29, 2026