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WithdrawnNCT02980263Updated Feb 17, 2017

Study of Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Pediatric Patients With Kawasaki Disease

A Phase 2 interventional study of Canakinumab in Kawasaki Disease, sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Withdrawn. Open to participants aged 28 Days to 10 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-02-17.

Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
28 Days to 10 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate whether, in Intravenous Immunoglobulin-naïve or refractory patients diagnosed with active Kawasaki disease, administration of canakinumab controls fever and acute phase reactants.

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Conditions studied

  • Kawasaki Disease

Keywords

  • Kawasaki disease
  • Coronary artery aneurysm
  • mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
  • lymph node syndrome
  • canakinumab
  • intravenous immunoglobulin naïve (IVIG-naïve)
  • intravenous immunoglobulin refractory (IVIG-refractory)
  • pediatric
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In context

Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome

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Lead sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 2,673 studies on the registry; 228 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
28 Days to 10 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

-Active Kawasaki disease defined as:

  • fever ≥38.5°C for ≥5 days
  • four out of five of the following criteria: (i) conjunctival injection, (ii) oral mucous membrane changes, (e.g., injected pharynx, or strawberry tongue), (iii) erythema of hands or feet, (iv) polymorphous rash, (v) cervical lymphadenopathy

Key Exclusion Criteria:

Patients fulfilling any of the following criteria are not eligible for inclusion in this study:

  • Previous Kawasaki Disease diagnosis, refractory and/or incomplete Kawasaki disease (for IVIG-naïve patients, Cohort 1)
  • Patients who had fever for longer than a week (for Intravenous Immunoglobulin-naïve patients, Cohort 1), or longer than 14 days (for Intravenous Immunoglobulin-refractory patients, Cohort 2)
  • History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or to drugs or similar chemical classes or excipients (e.g. citric acid and anhydrous sodium chloride disodium edetate dehydrate polysorbate 80; sodium hydroxide; water for injections)

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion may apply.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Kawasaki patients

    Drug: Canakinumab

Interventions

  • DrugCanakinumab

    Also known as: ACZ885

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. resolution of fever

    Time frame: Day 3/4

Secondary outcomes

  1. proportion of patients with C-reactive Protein reduction

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  2. proportion of patients developing coronary artery aneurysms

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  3. time to resolution of fever

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  4. proportion of patients with remittent fever

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  5. size of coronary artery aneurysm

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  6. Coronary artery aneurysm evolution over time

    Time frame: 12 weeks

  7. proportion of patients with coronary artery aneurysm

    Time frame: 12 weeks

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 17, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02980263
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 2, 2016
Start date
Nov 15, 2016 (estimated)
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 30, 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 17, 2017

Study contacts

Novartis Pharmaceuticals
study director · Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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