A Phase 3 interventional study of Tulisokibart and Placebo to tulisokibart in Crohn Disease and Colitis, Ulcerative, sponsored by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. Recruiting at 37 sites in 7 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-10.
Sponsored by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (part of Merck & Co., Inc) · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
Researchers want to learn more about tulisokibart (also known as MK-7240) in an extension study. Tulisokibart is a medicine designed to treat active, moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). An extension study is a type of study where people who received tulisokibart in certain other studies for CD or UC (called a parent study) may be able to join this study. The goals of this study are to learn about the safety of tulisokibart over time in people with CD or UC, and if people tolerate it.
1,992 studies on the registry are indexed under Crohn Disease; 478 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 1,380 is above the median of 67 across 1,260 interventional studies indexed under Crohn Disease.
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
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Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
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Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
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Excipients
The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.
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Participants receive a low dose subcutaneous (SC) tulisokibart regimen.
Drug: Tulisokibart
Participants receive a high dose SC tulisokibart regimen.
Drug: Tulisokibart
Participants receive a blinded high dose SC tulisokibart regimen.
Drug: Tulisokibart
Participants receive a blinded low dose SC tulisokibart regimen.
Drug: Tulisokibart · Drug: Placebo to tulisokibart
Humanized monoclonal antibody that binds human tumor necrosis factor-like cytokine 1A (TL1A), administered subcutaneously
Also known as: MK-7240
Placebo matching SC tulisokibart
Number of Participants Who Experience an Adverse Event (AE)
An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment. The number of participants who experience an AE will be reported.
Time frame: Up to approximately 378 weeks
Number of Participants Who Discontinue Study Treatment Due to an AE
An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment. The number of participants who discontinue study treatment due to an AE will be reported.
Time frame: Up to approximately 364 weeks
Percentage of Participants with Crohn's Disease Achieving Clinical Remission per Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) Score
The percentage of participants who enrolled in their parent study with Crohn's disease who achieve clinical remission, as defined by CDAI score \<150, at Week 364 will be presented.
Time frame: Up to Week 364
Percentage of Participants with Crohn's Disease Achieving Clinical Remission per Stool Frequency and Abdominal Pain Score
The percentage of participants who enrolled in their parent study with Crohn's disease achieving clinical remission at Week 364 per stool frequency/abdominal pain score (SF/APS), as defined by average daily SF ≤2.8 and average daily APS ≤1.0 and both not greater than baseline will be presented.
Time frame: Up to Week 364
Percentage of Participants with Crohn's Disease With Endoscopic Remission Per Simplified Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease (SES-CD)
The Simplified Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease (SES-CD) measures ileocolonoscopic findings in Crohn's Disease. Each segment of the ileo-colon (terminal ileum; ascending, transverse, and descending colon; rectum) is scored from 0 (normal or inactive disease) to 12 (severe disease; no more than one segment can have a score of 12, in which case the other 4 segments must each be ≤11), and the scores summed to produce an SES-CD ranging from 0 (overall least severe disease) to 56 (overall most severe disease). Endoscopic remission is defined as an SES-CD ≤4 and at least 2-point reduction from baseline and no subscore \>1 in any individual variable, as scored by central reader.
Time frame: Up to Week 364
Percentage of Participants with Ulcerative Colitis Achieving Clinical Remission Per Modified Mayo Score (MMS)
The Modified Mayo Score (MMS) is a composite score of ulcerative colitis (UC) disease activity on a scale of increasing severity from 0-9, calculated by summing three subscores: Endoscopic subscore (ES), scored on a scale of increasing severity from 0 (normal or inactive disease) to 3 (severe disease, such as spontaneous bleeding or ulceration); Stool frequency subscore (SFS), scored on a scale of increasing frequency from 0 (normal number of stools) to 3 (≥5 stools more than normal per day for the participant); and rectal bleeding subscore (RBS), scored on a scale of increasing severity from 0 (no blood seen) to 3 (blood alone passed). Clinical Remission is defined as an ES of 0 or 1, RBS of 0, and SFS of 0 or 1 and not greater than the baseline SFS.
Time frame: Up to Week 364
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