Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib in the Treatment of Small Bowel Crohn's Disease (SBCD) (DIVERGENCE 1)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03046056 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 8, 2017
Results First Posted : August 9, 2021
Last Update Posted : August 23, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Small Bowel Crohn's Disease | Drug: Filgotinib Drug: Placebo to match filgotinib | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 78 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 2, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib in the Treatment of Small Bowel Crohn's Disease (SBCD) |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 11, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 20, 2020 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 20, 2020 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Filgotinib 200 mg
Filgotinib 200 mg tablet + placebo to match (PTM) filgotinib 100 mg tablet for up to 27 weeks.
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Drug: Filgotinib
Tablet(s) administered orally once daily
Other Names:
Drug: Placebo to match filgotinib Tablet(s) administered orally once daily |
Experimental: Filgotinib 100 mg
Filgotinib 100 mg tablet + PTM filgotinib 200 mg tablet for up to 26.3 weeks.
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Drug: Filgotinib
Tablet(s) administered orally once daily
Other Names:
Drug: Placebo to match filgotinib Tablet(s) administered orally once daily |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
PTM filgotinib 200 mg tablet + PTM filgotinib 100 mg tablet for up to 28.7 weeks.
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Drug: Placebo to match filgotinib
Tablet(s) administered orally once daily |
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Clinical Remission at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The CDAI score is used to quantify the symptoms of participants with Crohn's Disease (CD). The score ranges from 0 to 600. Clinical remission by CDAI was defined as a score of < 150. A higher score indicates more severe disease.
- Change From Baseline in Terminal Ileum Segmental Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity (MaRIA) Score at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Baseline; Week 24 ]Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) is an imaging technique to evaluate disease activity in CD. MaRIA is an MRE-based scoring system. The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and relative contrast enhancement (RCE). A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these components for the terminal ileum segment of the small bowel. A segmental score of ≥ 7 indicates active inflammation and a score of ≥ 11 indicates the presence of an ulcer. Segmental scores less than 7 indicate remission. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. Difference in least squared means (Diff in LSM) were from analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) model. A negative change from baseline indicates improvement and a positive change from baseline indicates disease worsening.
- Change From Baseline in Distal Ileum Segmental MaRIA Score at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Baseline; Week 24 ]MRE is an imaging technique to evaluate disease activity in CD. MaRIA is an MRE-based scoring system. The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at Screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for the distal ileum segment of the small bowel. A segmental score of ≥ 7 indicates active inflammation and a score of ≥ 11 indicates the presence of an ulcer. Segmental scores less than 7 indicate remission in that segment. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. Diff in LSM were from ANCOVA model. A negative change from baseline indicates improvement and a positive change from baseline indicates disease worsening.
- Change From Baseline in Jejunum Segmental MaRIA Score at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Baseline; Week 24 ]MRE is an imaging technique to evaluate disease activity in CD. MaRIA is an MRE-based scoring system.The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at Screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for the jejunum segment of the small bowel. A segmental score of ≥ 7 indicates active inflammation and a score of ≥ 11 indicates the presence of an ulcer. Segmental scores less than 7 indicate remission in that segment. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. Diff in LSM were from ANCOVA model. A positive change from baseline indicates disease worsening.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved MaRIA Remission in Terminal Ileum Segment at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for the terminal ileum segment of the small bowel. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. MaRIA remission was defined as a segmental MaRIA score < 7 in terminal ileum segment at Week 24 among participants with MaRIA score ≥ 7 in the same segment at baseline. A segmental score of ≥ 7 indicates active inflammation and a score of ≥ 11 indicates the presence of an ulcer.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved MaRIA Remission in Distal Ileum Segment at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for the distal ileum segment of the small bowel. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. MaRIA remission was defined as a segmental MaRIA score < 7 in distal ileum segment at Week 24 among participants with MaRIA score ≥ 7 in the same segment at baseline. A segmental score of ≥ 7 indicates active inflammation and a score of ≥ 11 indicates the presence of an ulcer.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved MaRIA Remission in Jejunum Segment at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for the jejunum segment of the small bowel. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. MaRIA remission was defined as a segmental MaRIA score < 7 in jejunum segment at Week 24 among participants with MaRIA score ≥ 7 in the same segment at baseline. A segmental score of ≥ 7 indicates active inflammation and a score of ≥ 11 indicates the presence of an ulcer.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved MaRIA Response in Terminal Ileum Segment at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for the terminal ileum segment of the small bowel. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. MaRIA response was defined as a segmental MaRIA score < 11 with baseline score ≥ 11, or a segmental MaRIA score < 7 with baseline score < 11, or ≥ minimum detectable difference (MDD) units decrease from baseline score for segments with baseline MaRIA score ≥ 7 in the terminal ileum. For segments with baseline MaRIA score ≥ 15, the MDD is 6.5 units and for baseline MaRIA score < 15, the MDD is 4.0 units.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved MaRIA Response in Distal Ileum Segment at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for the distal ileum segment of the small bowel. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. MaRIA response was defined as a segmental MaRIA score < 11 with baseline score ≥ 11, or a segmental MaRIA score < 7 with baseline score < 11, or ≥ MDD units decrease from baseline score for segments with baseline MaRIA score≥ 7 in the distal ileum. For segments with baseline MaRIA score ≥ 15, the minimum detectable difference (MDD) is 6.5 units and for baseline MaRIA score < 15, the MDD is 4.0 units.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved MaRIA Response in Jejunum Segment at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for the jejunum segment of the small bowel. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. MaRIA response was defined as a segmental MaRIA score < 11 with baseline score ≥ 11, or a segmental MaRIA score < 7 with baseline score < 11, or ≥ MDD units decrease from baseline score for segments with baseline MaRIA score ≥ 7 in the jejunum. For segments with baseline MaRIA score ≥ 15, the MDD is 6.5 units and for baseline MaRIA score < 15, the MDD is 4.0 units.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Participant Level Small Bowel MaRIA Remission at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for each of the 3 small bowel segments. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. Small bowel MaRIA remission was defined as MaRIA score < 7 at Week 24 in each of the 3 small bowel segments, among participants with MaRIA score ≥ 7 in at least 1 small bowel segment at baseline.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Participant Level Small Bowel MaRIA Response at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Week 24 ]The MaRIA scoring system is a composite index of 4 components. These components are edema, ulcers, gut wall thickness, and RCE. A segmental MaRIA score can be calculated at screening (used as the baseline) and Week 24 as a weighted sum of these 4 components for each of the 3 small bowel segments. The MaRIA score ranges from approximately 0 to 31, for any given segment. A higher score indicates more severe disease. Participant level small bowel MaRIA response was defined as all small bowel segments with baseline MaRIA score ≥7 achieve segment level MaRIA response, with no segment level disease worsening in any other segment(s) at Week 24, among participants with MaRIA score ≥ 7 in at least 1 small bowel segment at baseline.
- Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Early Clinical Remission by Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 10 [ Time Frame: Week 10 ]The CDAI score is used to quantify the symptoms of participants with CD. The score ranges from 0 to 600. Clinical remission by CDAI was defined as a score of < 150. A higher score indicates more severe disease.
- Change From Baseline in CDAI Scores at Week 10 [ Time Frame: Baseline; Week 10 ]The CDAI score is used to quantify the symptoms of participants with CD. The score ranges from 0 to 600. A score of < 150 indicates remission. A higher score indicates more severe disease. Difference in least squared means (Diff in LSM) were from analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) model. A negative change from baseline indicates improvement.
- Change From Baseline in CDAI Scores at Week 24 [ Time Frame: Baseline; Week 24 ]The CDAI score is used to quantify the symptoms of participants with Crohn's Disease. The score ranges from 0 to 600. A score of < 150 indicates remission. A higher score indicates more severe disease. Diff in LSM were from ANCOVA model. A negative change from baseline indicates improvement.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Key Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or non-pregnant, nonlactating females, ages 18 to 75 years, inclusive based on the date of screening visit
- Moderately or severely active CD
- Minimum duration of CD of at least 6 months
- Presence of diseased small bowel (SB) segments in at least 1 of the following segments: terminal ileum, distal ileum, or jejunum
- Patients with additional colonic involvement of CD are permitted in study as long as SBCD is present
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Previously demonstrated an inadequate clinical response, loss of response to, or intolerance to at least 1 of the following agents (depending on current country treatment recommendations/guidelines):
- Corticosteroids
- Immunomodulators
- Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) antagonists
- Vedolizumab
- Ustekinumab
- Willing and able to undergo magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) per protocol requirements
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of symptomatic or clinically significant (eg, obstructive or symptomatic) strictures or stenosis.
- Presence of fistulae
- Evidence of short bowel syndrome
- Presence of ulcerative colitis, indeterminate colitis, ischemic colitis, fulminant colitis, or toxic mega-colon
- History of total colectomy, subtotal-colectomy, presence of ileostomy or colostomy, or likely requirement for surgery during the study
- Use of any prohibited concomitant medications as described in the study protocol
- Active tuberculosis (TB) or history of latent TB that has not been treated
Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03046056

Study Director: | Gilead Study Director | Gilead Sciences |
Documents provided by Gilead Sciences:
Responsible Party: | Gilead Sciences |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03046056 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GS-US-419-4015 2016-003179-23 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | February 8, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | August 9, 2021 |
Last Update Posted: | August 23, 2021 |
Last Verified: | August 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Crohn Disease Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Gastroenteritis |
Gastrointestinal Diseases Digestive System Diseases Intestinal Diseases |