A Phase 1b Open-Label Study to Assess the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Subcutaneously Administered Golimumab, a Human Anti-TNFα Antibody, in Pediatric Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (what the body does to the study medication) and safety of subcutaneously (under the skin) administered golimumab in pediatric participants (aged 2 to 17 years) with moderately to severely active Ulcerative Colitis (UC).
• Moderate to severe Ulcerative Colitis (UC) defined by a Mayo score (a score used to assess the treatment for UC) of 6 to 12 inclusive, including an endoscopic subscore of 2 or more.
• Must either be currently receiving treatment with, or have a history of having failed to respond to, or have a medical contraindication to at least 1 of the following therapies: oral or intravenous corticosteroids, 6-mercaptopurine and azathioprine OR must either have or have had a history of corticosteroid dependency (ie, an inability to successfully taper corticosteroids without a return of the symptoms of UC) OR required more than 3 courses of corticosteroids in the past year
• No history of latent or active tuberculosis prior to screening
• Positive protective antibody titers to varicella and measles prior to the first administration of study agent