A Phase 3 interventional study of Secukinumab in Polymyalgia Rheumatica, sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Active, not recruiting at 85 sites in 22 countries. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-14.
Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals (part of Novartis) · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this extension study is to assess the safety and tolerability of secukinumab when administered long-term in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.
The study will consist of an up to 4-week screening period, an up to 2-year Treatment Period which includes two Treatment Periods, and a 16-week treatment-free follow-up period (20 weeks post last dose of secukinumab).
Treatment period:
There will be two Treatment Periods (TPs): TP1 will be from the first dose administration of secukinumab (Baseline) to Week 24, where visits will occur every 4 weeks, and TP2 will be from post Week 24 visit (post-dose) to up to 2 years. Participants will return to the study site every 4 weeks from Baseline until Week 24 (Weeks 16 and 20 visits are optional on-site visits and needed when participants are unwilling/uncomfortable to self-administer study treatment at home/offsite), then every 12 weeks afterwards in TP2 for resupply of study medication but may return earlier if needed (i.e., those participants who are unwilling/uncomfortable to self-administer study treatment can continue to visit site every 4 weeks for drug administration if they wish to do so).
Follow-up period: An EoS visit (20 weeks after last administration of secukinumab) will be done for all participants, regardless of whether they complete the entire study as planned, or they discontinue prematurely.
68 studies on the registry are indexed under Polymyalgia Rheumatica; 22 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 162 is above the median of 66 across 39 interventional studies indexed under Polymyalgia Rheumatica.
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Participants who have completed 52-week Treatment Period as per protocol in a Novartis study of secukinumab in PMR patients (the "core study" - Study CAIN457C22301), AND
Exclusion Criteria:
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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.
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 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.
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.
Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Live vaccines
Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
All eligible participants will receive secukinumab 300 mg s.c. (2 x 150mg/1mL PFS secukinumab) from baseline and every 4 weeks up to 2 years. The study medication may be modified/adjusted after the initial doses of 300mg s.c. (decreased to 150mg s.c. q4w or increased again from 150mg s.c. q4w to 300mg s.c. q4w) if deemed appropriate by the investigator. Dose modification/adjustment may only occur from Week 24 visit onwards. The modification/adjustment of the study medication will be determined at a site visit.
Biological: Secukinumab
2 x 150mg/1mL PFS secukinumab
Incidences of treatment emergent adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs)
The number and percentage of participants with treatment emergent AEs/SAEs will be summarized. No hypothesis testing will be performed.
Time frame: After the first dose of study treatment and within 84 days after the last dose
Plan to share: Yes — Novartis is committed to sharing with qualified external researchers, access to patient-level data and supporting clinical documents from eligible studies. These requests are reviewed and approved by an independent review panel on the basis of scientific merit. All data provided is anonymized to respect the privacy of patients who have participated in the trial in line with applicable laws and regulations. This trial data availability is according to the criteria and process described on www.clinicalstudydatarequest.com
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Studies of the drug tested here: Secukinumab