🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-07-21

A Study of Ixekizumab (LY2439821) in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Categories of Enthesitis-related Arthritis (Including Juvenile Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis) and Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis (NCT04527380)

Multicenter, Open-label, Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetic Study of Subcutaneous Ixekizumab With Adalimumab Reference Arm, in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Subtypes of Enthesitis-related Arthritis (Including Juvenile-Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis) and Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase3 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

The reason for this study is to see if the study drug ixekizumab is safe and effective in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) categories of enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) (including juvenile onset ankylosing spondylitis \[JoAS\]) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA).

Who can join: Review the eligibility criteria below.

Location: Instituto CAICI SRL Loc. 15 — Rosario, Santa Fe Province

Age range: 2 Years to 17 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

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Full eligibility criteria are available on the official NIH protocol. View the criteria ↗

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (43 Sites)

Showing the first 25 of 43 sites.

  • Instituto CAICI SRL Loc. 15 — Rosario, Santa Fe Province
  • Centro Medico Privado de Reumatologia Loc. 20 — San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province
  • Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc — Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de
  • UZ Gent — Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen
  • UZ Leuven — Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant
  • Oddeleni revmatologie deti a dospelych Loc. 1 — Prague, Praha 5
  • Dětská klinika Loc. 11 — Olomouc,
  • Klinika detskeho a dorostoveho lekarstvi Loc. 1 — Prague,
  • Aarhus Universitetshospital, Skejby — Aarhus, Central Jutland
  • Service rhumatologie Loc. — Bron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
  • Service de consultation pédiatrique Loc. 1 — Montpellier, Hérault
  • Rhumatologie pediatrique et CEREMAIA Loc. 1 — Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris
  • RHUMATOLOGIE Loc. 1 — Poitiers, Vienne
  • Centre d'Investigation Clinique Loc. 1 — Paris,
  • Universitaetsklinikum Freiburg — Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg
  • Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin — Sankt Augustin, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst — Sendenhorst, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch — Berlin,
  • Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum — Berlin,
  • Klinikum Bremen-Mitte — Bremen,
  • Praxis Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie Dr. Ivan Foeldvari — Hamburg,
  • University of Naples Federico II — Naples, Campania
  • IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini — Genoa, Liguria
  • Centro Specialistico Ortopedico Traumatologico Gaetano Pini - CTO — Milan, Lombardy
  • Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico — Milan, Lombardy

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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