E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 19.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10037160 |
E.1.2 | Term | Psoriatic arthritis |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004859 |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To demonstrate that the efficacy of secukinumab 150 mg s.c. (with or without loading regimen) or 300 mg s.c. with loading regimen, at Week 16 is superior to placebo based on proportion of subjects with active PsA achieving American College of Rheumatology 20 (ACR20) response. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
AIN=secukinumab
-Change from BSL Wk24 with AIN150mg (w/ or w/o loading) or 300mg (w/ loading) compared w/pbo for joint/bone structural damage (using
mTSS)
-Efficacy of AIN150 mg (w/ or w/o loading), or 300 mg (w/ loading) at Wk16 compared w/pbo based on the proportion of subjects achieving:
•PASI75 response
•PASI90 response
-Efficacy of AIN150mg (w/ or w/o loading) or 300mg (w/ loading) at Wk16 compared w/pbo based on proportion of subjects achieving ACR50
-Improvement on AIN150mg (w/ or w/o loading)or 300mg(w/ loading) at Wk16 compared w/pbo for
•changes in HAQ-DI relative to BSL
•for the disease activity assessed by the changes in DAS28-CRP (utilizing hsCRP) relative to BSL
-Efficacy of AIN pooled regimen (150 mg w/ or w/o loading, 300mg w/ loading) at Wk16 compared w/pbo based on proportion of subjects w/ enthesitis or dactylitis in the subset of subjects who have enthesitis or dactylitis at BSL
-Safety/tolerability |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
-Diagnosis of PsA classified by CASPAR criteria and with symptoms for at least 6 months with moderate to severe PsA who must have at BSL ≥3 tender joints out of 78 and ≥3 swollen joints out of 76 (dactylitis of a digit counts as one joint each).
-Rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies negative at screening.
-Diagnosis of active plaque psoriasis or nail changes consistent with psoriasis or a documented history of plaque psoriasis.
-Subjects with PsA should have taken NSAIDs for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization with inadequate control of symptoms or at least one dose if stopped due to intolerance to NSAIDs.
-Subjects who are regularly taking NSAIDs as part of their PsA therapy are required to be on a stable dose for at least 2 weeks before study randomization and should remain on a stable dose up to Week 24.
-Subjects taking corticosteroids must be on a stable dose of ≤10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent for at least 2 weeks before randomization and should remain on a stable dose up to Week 24.
-Subjects taking MTX (≤ 25 mg/week) are allowed to continue their medication if the dose is stable for at least 4 weeks before randomization and should remain on a stable dose up to Week 52.
-Subjects on MTX must be on folic acid supplementation at randomization.
-Subjects who are on a DMARD other than MTX must discontinue the DMARD 4 weeks prior to randomization visit except for leflunomide, which has to be discontinued for 8 weeks prior to randomization unless a cholestyramine wash-out has been performed.
-Subjects who have been on a TNFα inhibitor must have experienced an inadequate response to previous or current treatment with a TNFα inhibitor given at an approved dose for at least 3 months or have stopped treatment due to safety/tolerability problems after at least one administration of a TNFα inhibitor.
-Subjects who have previously been treated with TNFα inhibitors (investigational or approved) will be allowed entry into study after appropriate wash-out period prior to randomization.
-Other protocol-defined inclusion criteria may apply. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
-Chest X-ray or chest MRI with evidence of ongoing infectious or malignant process.
-Subjects taking high potency opioid analgesics.
-Previous exposure to secukinumab or other biologic drug directly targeting IL-17 or IL-17 receptor.
-Ongoing use of prohibited psoriasis treatments / medications (e.g., topical corticosteroids, UV therapy) at randomization.
-Any intramuscular or intravenous or intra-articular corticosteroid treatment within 4 weeks before randomization.
-Subjects who have ever received biologic immunomodulating agents except for those targeting TNFα (investigational or approved).
-Previous treatment with any cell-depleting therapies including but not limited to anti- CD20, investigational agents
-Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria may apply. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
American College of Rheumatology 20 (ACR20) response |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
-Van der Heijde modified total Sharp score (a)
-Psoriasis Area and Severity Index 75 (PASI75) response (b)
-Psoriasis Area and Severity Index 90 (PASI90) response (b)
-American College of Rheumatology 50 (ACR50) response (b)
-Health assessment questionnaire disability index© (HAQ-DI©) score (b)
-Disease Activity Score for 28 joints (DAS28-CRP) (b)
-Enthesitis (b)
-Dactylitis (b) |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | Yes |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Yes |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 5 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| No |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 7 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 116 |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | Yes |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.6.3 | If E.8.6.1 or E.8.6.2 are Yes, specify the regions in which trial sites are planned |
Argentina |
Austria |
Canada |
Chile |
Czech Republic |
Denmark |
Estonia |
Finland |
Germany |
Greece |
Guatemala |
Hungary |
India |
Ireland |
Israel |
Italy |
Latvia |
Lithuania |
Mexico |
Netherlands |
Philippines |
Russian Federation |
Spain |
Sweden |
Thailand |
United Kingdom |
United States |
Vietnam |
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E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 3 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 10 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 3 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 10 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |