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CompletedNCT04967508Updated May 25, 2025Results posted

A Study to Compare SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar) to Stelara® in Subject With Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis

A Phase 3 interventional study of Stelara® (Ustekinumab) and SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar) in Psoriasis and Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis, sponsored by Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd.. Completed at 33 sites in 8 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-25.

Sponsored by Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
503
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 166 studies in Psoriasis with a site in Poland — 7 open to participants now, 20 under way, 18 of them phase 3. Psoriasis · Poland.

Enrollment
69th of 162
503 · median 376
Started
2021
with 10 others
Phase 3
106 of 166
5 open now
Registered
124th of 166
by date

Among the 166 studies in Psoriasis with a site in Poland, this one is the 69th largest by enrollment of the 162 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 11 that started in 2021, is one of 106 in phase 3, and was the 124th registered.

Psoriasis

2,030 studies on the registry are indexed under Psoriasis; 277 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

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Who these studies take

Of the 174 Psoriasis studies recruiting now, 91 (52%) set no upper age limit and 67 (39%) stop at 75 or younger; 25 take children under 18; 40 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is a randomised, double-blind, multicentre clinical study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, PK, and immunogenicity of SB17 compared to Stelara® in subjects with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

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Subjects will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio to receive either SB17 or Stelara® via subcutaneous injection. At Week 28, subjects receiving Stelara® will be randomised again in a 1:1 ratio to either continue on Stelara® or be transitioned to SB17. Investigational products (IPs) (SB17 or Stelara®) will be administered at Week 0, 4, and then every 12 weeks up to Week 40, and the last assessment will be done at Week 52.

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Conditions studied

  • Psoriasis
  • Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis

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Keywords

  • Psoriasis
  • Plaque Psoriasis
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 18 years or older at Screening.
  • Have plaque psoriasis diagnosed at least 6 months, with or without psoriatic arthritis.
  • Have plaque psoriasis with the involvement and severity of total affected BSA ≥ 10%, PASI score of ≥ 12 and PGA score of ≥ 3 (moderate).
  • Considered to be a candidate for phototherapy or systemic therapy for psoriasis
  • Less than 95 kg of body weight.
  • Adequate hematological, renal and hepatic function by central lab.
  • Non- female, or childbearing potential female subjects or male subjects with their partners who agree to use at least two forms of appropriate method from Screening until 15 weeks after the last dose of IP.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have nonplaque forms of psoriasis, including erythrodermic, pustular, guttate, or drug-induced psoriasis.
  • Have other skin disease than psoriasis that requires topical or systemic .
  • Prior biologic use as any TNF inhibitors within the previous 6 months; any IL-12 or IL-23 inhibitor biologics, IL-17 inhibitor, rituximab, or integrin inhibitor biologics at any time; or other biologics within the longer of either 5 half-lives or 3 months prior to randomisation.
  • Known allergic reactions or to ustekinumab or to any ingredients of Stelara® or SB17
  • History of exfoliative dermatitis, reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome, facial palsy, allergic alveolitis, or non-infectious pneumonia.
  • Have received phototherapy or conventional systemic therapy for psoriasis within 4 weeks prior to Randomisation.
  • Have received topical therapy for psoriasis within 2 weeks prior to Randomisation.
  • Women who are pregnant or nursing at Screening, or men and women planning pregnancy during the study period and until 15 weeks after the last dose of IP.
  • Have received a live or live attenuated viral vaccine or a live bacterial vaccine within 4 weeks (for BCG, 12 months) prior to Randomisation.
  • Have active or latent tuberculosis.
  • History of ongoing infection or a positive test of , , or infection
  • History of sepsis, chronic or recurrent infection
  • History of within the last 5 years
  • History of lymphoproliferative disease or leukemia
  • History of myocardial infarction, III/IV congestive heart failure, or stroke within 12 months
  • Have uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes
  • History of uncontrolled psychiatric disorders or risk of suicide
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
503 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)

    Drug: SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)

  • Active comparator
    Stelara® (Ustekinumab)

    Drug: Stelara® (Ustekinumab) · Drug: SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)

Interventions

  • Subjects randomised into Stelara® group will receive Stelara® (45 mg) via subcutaneous injection at Week 0, 4, and then every 12 weeks up to Week 40.

  • DrugSB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)

    Subjects randomised into SB17 group will receive SB17 (45 mg) via subcutaneous injection at Week 0, 4, and then every 12 weeks up to Week 40. Starting at Week 28, subjects transited from Stelara® to SB17 will receive SB17 via subcutaneous injection.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Percent Change From Baseline in PASI at Week 12

    Psoriasis area severity index (PASI) measures the activity of psoriasis through erythema, induration and scaling and can range from 0 to 72. The degree of PASI improvement in terms of percent change from baseline at Week 12 is measured.

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

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Results

Posted May 25, 2025

Participant flow

Main Period
Participant flow — Main Period
MilestoneSB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Stelara to SB17Stelara to Stelara
Started24925400
Completed23724400
Not completed121000
Transition Period
Participant flow — Transition Period
MilestoneSB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Stelara to SB17Stelara to Stelara
Started2370122122
Completed2330117116
Not completed4056

Outcome measures

PrimaryPercent Change From Baseline in PASI at Week 12

Psoriasis area severity index (PASI) measures the activity of psoriasis through erythema, induration and scaling and can range from 0 to 72. The degree of PASI improvement in terms of percent change from baseline at Week 12 is measured.

Time frame:
Baseline and Week 12
Reported as:
Least squares mean · Percent change
Percent Change From Baseline in PASI at Week 12
Percent changeSB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)
Percent Change From Baseline in PASI at Week 1285.7 ± 2.5386.3 ± 2.41

Adverse events

Collected over Overall Period (up to 52 weeks). Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)0/249 (0%)7/249 (2.8%)50/249 (20.1%)
Stelara (Ustekinumab)0/254 (0%)6/254 (2.4%)62/254 (24.4%)
Stelara to SB170/122 (0%)2/122 (1.6%)28/122 (23%)
Stelara to Stelara0/122 (0%)3/122 (2.5%)31/122 (25.4%)
Most frequent serious events
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Most frequent serious events
EventSB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Stelara to SB17Stelara to Stelara
Atrial fibrillationCardiac disorders0/2491/2540/1221/122
Salivary gland calculusGastrointestinal disorders0/2491/2541/1220/122
Tibia fractureInjury, poisoning and procedural complications0/2491/2541/1220/122
Prostate cancerNeoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)0/2491/2540/1221/122
Ovarian cyst torsionReproductive system and breast disorders0/2491/2540/1221/122
Pelvic adhesionsReproductive system and breast disorders0/2491/2540/1221/122
Acute myocardial infarctionCardiac disorders1/2490/2540/1220/122
Fibula fractureInjury, poisoning and procedural complications1/2490/2540/1220/122
Joint dislocationInjury, poisoning and procedural complications1/2490/2540/1220/122
Meniscus injuryInjury, poisoning and procedural complications1/2490/2540/1220/122
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventSB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Stelara to SB17Stelara to Stelara
COVID-19Infections and infestations18/24929/25412/12215/122
NasopharyngitisInfections and infestations23/24923/25412/12210/122
Upper respiratory tract infectionInfections and infestations12/24916/2548/1228/122

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Total
<=18 years011
Between 18 and 65 years234234468
>=65 years151934
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Total
Mean44.0 ± 13.2144.3 ± 12.4244.2 ± 12.81
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Total
Female9992191
Male150162312
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity, Customized(Participants)SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Total
Ethnicity — Korean246
Ethnicity — Mixed Ethnicity011
Ethnicity — Other247249496
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race/Ethnicity, Customized(Participants)SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Total
Race — Asian246
Race — White247250497
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Body Mass Index (BMI)(kg/m2)SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Total
Mean27.2 ± 3.9426.8 ± 3.6627.0 ± 3.81
Total psoriasis BSA involvement
Total psoriasis BSA involvement(%)SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Total
Mean27.3 ± 13.4926.7 ± 13.7727.0 ± 13.62
Duration of psoriasis
Duration of psoriasis(years)SB17 (Proposed Ustekinumab Biosimilar)Stelara (Ustekinumab)Total
Mean15.0 ± 11.3816.1 ± 11.8815.6 ± 11.64

4 further baseline measures are reported on the registry.

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Study locations

33 sites
  • SB Investigative Site
    Brno, Czechia
  • SB Investigative Site
    Ostrava, Czechia
  • SB Investigative Site
    Pardubice, Czechia
  • SB Investigative Site
    Praha 10, Czechia
  • SB investigative site
    Praha 3, Czechia
  • SB investigative site
    Tallinn, Estonia
  • SB Investigative Site
    Tartu, Estonia
  • SB Investigative Site
    Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
  • SB Investigative Site
    Seongnam, Korea, Republic of
  • SB Investigative Site
    Suwon, Korea, Republic of
  • SB Investigative Site
    Riga, Latvia
  • SB Investigative Site
    Talsi, Latvia
  • SB Investigative Site
    Kaunas, Lithuania
  • SB Investigative Site
    Vilnius, Lithuania
  • SB Investigative Site
    Elbląg, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Kielce, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Krakow, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Lodz, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Lublin, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Rzeszow, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Siedlce, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Skierniewice, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Swidnik, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Warszawa, Poland
  • SB Investigative Site
    Dnipro, Ukraine
  • SB Investigative Site
    Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • SB Investigative Site
    Kherson, Ukraine
  • SB Investigative Site
    Kyiv, Ukraine
  • SB Investigative Site
    Lviv, Ukraine
  • SB Investigative Site
    Odesa, Ukraine
  • SB Investigative Site
    Uzhgorod, Ukraine
  • SB Investigative Site
    Vinnytsia, Ukraine
  • SB Investigative Site
    Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jul 2021 to primary completion in Feb 2022, 7 months.

Results were first posted in May 2025, 3 years 3 months after primary completion.

Of 217 industry-sponsored phase 3 interventional studies under Psoriasis, half reached primary completion within 15 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 26. This study's 7 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 227 studies reached it within 15 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 26.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 8, 2021
First posted
Jul 19, 2021
StartActual
Jul 6, 2021
Primary completionActual
Feb 24, 2022
CompletionActual
Nov 25, 2022
Results first posted
May 25, 2025
Last update
May 25, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 25, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04967508
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 19, 2021
Start date
Jul 6, 2021
Primary completion
Feb 24, 2022
Completion
Nov 25, 2022
Results posted
May 25, 2025
Last update
May 25, 2025

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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