A Study in Pregnant Women With Chronic Inflammatory Diseases Treated With Cimzia (Certolizumab Pegol) (CHERISH)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04163016 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 14, 2019
Last Update Posted : May 31, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Psoriatic Arthritis Crohn's Disease Axial Spondyloarthritis Plaque Psoriasis | Drug: Pharmacokinetics of certolizumab pegol | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 22 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Basic Science |
Official Title: | A Postmarketing, Multicenter, Longitudinal, Prospective, Pharmacokinetic, Phase 1B Study in Pregnant Women With Chronic Inflammatory Diseases Treated With Cimzia (Certolizumab Pegol) |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 19, 2020 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 23, 2023 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 23, 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Pharmacokinetics Sampling
This study will include pregnant women who have decided to continue treatment with commercial certolizumab pegol (CZP) in accordance with their treating physician prior to participating in the study. Study participants will be responsible for obtaining and administering commercially available CZP under the care of their physician and according to the locally approved product label. From all study participants blood samples will be drawn for pharmacokinetics during the study. |
Drug: Pharmacokinetics of certolizumab pegol
The collection of blood samples for pharmacokinetics (PK) is considered interventional. Blood samples will be drawn at enrollment, predose every 4 weeks (Q4W), postdose every 8 weeks (Q8W) and postpartum predose and postdose. Study participants will be responsible for obtaining and administering commercially available approved dosing regimens of certolizumab pegol (CZP) as prescribed by each study participant's own physician. Other Name: PK |
- Predose and postdose plasma certolizumab pegol (CZP) concentrations in women during pregnancy, relative to postpartum [ Time Frame: From Enrollment to End of Post-Partum Period (Duration of pregnancy + 13 weeks) ]Mean differences with 95% confidence interval (CI) of CZP plasma concentrations between samples taken during pregnancy and baseline (postpartum samples) will be estimated within a mixed effect model using contrasts.
- Plasma levels of anti-certolizumab pegol (CZP) antibodies throughout the study period [ Time Frame: From Enrollment to Safety Follow-up (Duration of pregnancy + 18 weeks) ]Antibodies to CZP will be evaluated in plasma samples collected from all participants throughout the study.
- Adverse events from time of informed consent through Safety Follow-up (SFU) [ Time Frame: From Screening to Safety Follow-up (Duration of pregnancy + 18 weeks) ]An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of study medication, whether or not considered related to the study medication.
- Pregnancy outcome [ Time Frame: From Enrollment to Delivery (Duration of pregnancy, up to 40 weeks) ]Pregnancy outcomes will be collected via a written notification by the investigator and recorded in the Pregnancy Outcome Form. Pregnancies will be determined to end in delivery-live birth, delivery-still birth, Spontaneous abortion, or Therapeutic abortion.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Gender Based Eligibility: | Yes |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participant is pregnant and ≤10 weeks gestation at the time of enrollment
- Participant must have been on stable, maintenance dose certolizumab pegol (CZP) treatment for at least 12 weeks independent of and prior to being enrolled in this study, for an approved indication in accordance with her treating physician
- Participant expects to continue CZP therapy throughout pregnancy and for at least 12 weeks postpartum
- Participant has a negative interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) or tuberculin skin test (TST) within the prior 6 months, and there has been no change in the study participant's clinical status, or social, family, or travel history. Participants with documented Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine and at low risk for tuberculosis (TB) may enroll without having a TB test performed
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participant has any medical or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, could jeopardize or would compromise the study participant's ability to participate in this study
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Participant is not permitted to enroll into the study if she meets any of the following TB exclusion criteria:
- Known active TB disease
- History of active TB involving any organ system
- Latent TB infection
- High risk of acquiring TB infection
- Current nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection or history of NTM infection (unless proven to be fully recovered)
- Study participant is taking a prohibited medication or has taken a prohibited medication
- Live vaccine(s) within 1 month prior to Screening, or plans to receive such vaccines during the study
- Study participant has any clinically significant pregnancy-related clinical or test abnormality, as judged by the investigator
- Study participant had a positive or indeterminate interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) or tuberculin skin test (TST) at Screening. In case of indeterminate result, a retest is allowed if time permits; 2 results of indeterminate require exclusion of the study participant

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04163016
United States, Minnesota | |
Up0085 104 | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Up0085 103 | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710 | |
United States, Oklahoma | |
Up0085 101 | |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104 | |
France | |
Up0085 500 | |
Paris, France | |
Germany | |
Up0085 202 | |
Freiburg, Germany | |
Up0085 201 | |
Hamburg, Germany | |
Spain | |
Up0085 800 | |
Barcelona, Spain | |
Switzerland | |
Up0085 300 | |
Bern, Switzerland |
Study Director: | UCB Cares | 001 844 599 2273 (UCB) |
Responsible Party: | UCB Biopharma S.P.R.L. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04163016 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
UP0085 |
First Posted: | November 14, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 31, 2023 |
Last Verified: | May 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Plan Description: | Due to the small sample size in this trial, IPD cannot be adequately anonymized i.e., there is a reasonable likelihood that individual participants could be re-identified. For this reason, data from this trial cannot be shared. |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Cimzia Certolizumab Pegol Pregnant Women Crohn's Disease (CD) Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) |
Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Plaque Psoriasis (PSO) Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) Pharmacokinetics CZP |
Spondylitis Arthritis Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Spondylarthritis Axial Spondyloarthritis Crohn Disease Psoriasis Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Rheumatic Diseases Connective Tissue Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous |
Skin Diseases Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Gastroenteritis Gastrointestinal Diseases Digestive System Diseases Intestinal Diseases Spondylarthropathies Spinal Diseases Bone Diseases Bone Diseases, Infectious Infections Ankylosis Certolizumab Pegol Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors Anti-Inflammatory Agents |