16-week Efficacy and 2-year Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Secukinumab in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis

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• Arthritis 3,554
• Arthritis, Psoriatic 579

Keywords

• AIN457
• psoriatic arthritis
• chronic inflammatory disease
• loading regimen
• secukinumab
• self-injection

Arthritis

3,554 studies on the registry are indexed under Arthritis; 317 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 341 is above the median of 90 across 2,377 interventional studies indexed under Arthritis.

Lead sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 2,673 studies on the registry; 228 are open to participants now.

Of its 576 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 431 (75%) have results posted.

Study arms

• Experimental
  Secukinumab 150 mg

  Secukinumab 150 mg s.c. with loading: Secukinumab 150 mg at Baseline, Weeks 1, 2 and 3, followed by dosing every four weeks starting at Week 4. After primary outcome evaluation, approval and implementation of Amendment 2 Secukinumab dose may have been escalated to 300 mg as judged appropriate by the investigator

  Biological: Secukinumab

• Experimental
  Secukinumab 150 mg No load

  Secukinumab 150 mg s.c. without loading: Secukinumab 150 mg at baseline, followed by dosing every four weeks starting at Week 4, with Placebo at Weeks 1, 2 and 3. After primary outcome evaluation, approval and implementation of Amendment 2 Secukinumab dose may have been escalated to 300 mg as judged appropriate by the investigator

  Biological: Secukinumab

• Placebo comparator
  Placebo

  Placebo to Secukinumab at Baseline, Weeks 1, 2 and 3, followed by dosing every four weeks starting at Week 4 until Week 16/24, depending on patients responder status. From Week 16/24, patients were switched to Secukinumab 150 mg every four weeks. After primary outcome evaluation, approval and implementation of Amendment 2 Secukinumab dose may have been escalated to 300 mg as judged appropriate by the investigator

  Other: Placebo

Interventions

• BiologicalSecukinumab

  Secukinumab 150 mg (1 mL liquid formulation) in pre-filled syringes were supplied by Novartis. Each secukinumab 300 mg dose was given as two sc injections of secukinumab 150 mg.

• OtherPlacebo

  Placebo to secukinumab was also available in 1.0 mL liquid formulation in prefilled syringe to match the active drug.

Primary outcomes

1. Number of Participants With American College of Rheumatology 20 (ACR20) Response

   The ACR20 response is defined by at least 20% decrease in the swollen and tender joint count, and at least 20% improvement in 3 of the following 5 criteria: Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index, pain score on a visual analog scale, patient global assessment of disease activity, physician global assessment of disease activity and acute phase reactant \[either erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) or high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)\]. ACR20 is used to assess the efficacy of secukinumab, with or without loading, versus placebo.

   Time frame: 16 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1. Disease Activity Score (DAS-C28-CRP) Score Change From Baseline Using MMRM at Week 16

   DAS28-CRP score change from baseline using MMRM up to Week 16. DAS-CRP values range between 2.0 and 10. The higher the score, the higher the disease severity. n: Number of subjects with measures at both baseline and the corresponding post baseline visit.

   Time frame: week 16

2. Psoriatic Area and Severity Index 75 (PASI75)

   PASI is a measure of disease activity based on extent of the disease, severity of erythema, scaling and thickness in different body areas affected by psoriasis. PASI75 is an improvement in the PASI score of at least 75% compared to baseline. PASI75 is used to assess the efficacy of secukinumab, with or without loading, versus placebo. PASI75 response using non-responder imputation and rescue penalty up to Week 16

   Time frame: 16 weeks

3. Short Form Health Survey Physical Component Score (SF-36-PCS)

   SF-36 is a 36 item questionnaire which measures Quality of Life across eight domains, which are both physically and emotionally based. Two overall summary scores, the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) can be computed. In this study, SF-36 PCS is used to assess improvement from baseline of at least one dose of secukinumab versus placebo. The SF-36 is a validated instrument measuring health-related quality of life across multiple disease states. It has 36 questions with 8 subscale scores and 2 summary scores (1) physical component summary=physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, and general health. There is no total overall score; scoring is done for both subscores and summary scores. For subscores and summary scores, 0 =worst score (or quality of life) and 100=best score. Change from Baseline= post-Baseline - Baseline value.

   Time frame: 16 weeks

4. Number of Participants With American College of Rheumatology 50 (ACR50)

   The ACR50 response is defined by at least 50% decrease in the swollen and tender joint count, and at least 50% improvement in 3 of the following 5 criteria: Health Assessment Questionnaire, pain score on a visual analog scale, patient global assessment of disease activity, physician global assessment of disease activity and acute phase reactant \[either erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) or high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)\]. ACR50 is used to assess the efficacy of secukinumab, with or without loading, versus placebo. This table is the ACR50 response using non-responder imputation and rescue penalty up to Week 16

   Time frame: 16 weeks

5. Number of Participants With American College of Rheumatology 20 (ACR20) Response

   The ACR20 response is defined by at least 20% decrease in the swollen and tender joint count, and at least 20% improvement in 3 of the following 5 criteria: Health Assessment Questionnaire - Diability Index, pain score on a visual analog scale, patient global assessment of disease activity, physician global assessment of disease activity and acute phase reactant \[either erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) or high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)\]. ACR20 is used to assess the efficacy of secukinumab, with or without loading, versus placebo

   Time frame: 4 weeks

Baseline characteristics

Publications

• Pournara E, Kormaksson M, Nash P, Ritchlin CT, Kirkham BW, Ligozio G, Pricop L, Ogdie A, Coates LC, Schett G, McInnes IB. Clinically relevant patient clusters identified by machine learning from the clinical development programme of secukinumab in psoriatic arthritis. RMD Open. 2021 Nov;7(3):e001845. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001845. PubMed 34795065 ↗
• Kivitz AJ, Nash P, Tahir H, Everding A, Mann H, Kaszuba A, Pellet P, Widmer A, Pricop L, Abrams K. Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Secukinumab 150 mg with or Without Loading Regimen in Psoriatic Arthritis: Results from the FUTURE 4 Study. Rheumatol Ther. 2019 Sep;6(3):393-407. doi: 10.1007/s40744-019-0163-5. Epub 2019 Jun 21. PubMed 31228101 ↗

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