E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Oligo and polyarticular psoriatic arthritis. |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Moderate to severe form of joint inflammation affecting individuals with the skin disorder, psoriasis. |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Immune System Diseases [C20] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 21.0 |
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 compare the effectiveness of the administration of secukinumab to standard care in newly diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) patients on the ACR50 response at 6 months. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
To compare effectiveness at 6 and 12 months between two treatment arms, mimicking standard care (arm 1) and early secukinumab arm (arm 2) using: - Patients achieving ACR 20 and 70 at 6 months - Patients achieving ACR 20, 50, 70 at 12 months - Patients achieving MDA and VLDA at 6 and 12 months - DAPSA and PASDAS scores at 6 and 12 months
To compare Quality of life at 12 months between arm 1 and arm 2 using: - SF36 - PSAID - BRAF
To compare work performance (presenteeism and absenteeism) at 12 months between between arm 1 and arm 2.
To compare progression of radiological damage at 12 months between arm 1 and arm 2 using: - PsA modified Sharp vd Heijde (SHS) at 12 months
To assess the cost-effectiveness between arm 1 and arm 2. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1. A new diagnosis of PsA as per CASPAR criteria <3 months. 2. A minimum of two swollen joints. 3. Patients must be able to understand and communicate with the Investigator and comply with the requirements of the study and must give a written, signed and dated informed consent before any study assessment is performed. 4. Male or female patients between 18 and 80 years of age. 5. In the Investigator’s opinion, the patient is able and willing to comply to all trial requirements. 6. Female participants of child bearing potential and male participants whose partner is of child bearing potential must be willing to ensure that they or their partner use effective contraception during the trial and for 3 months thereafter as in standard practice.
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Evidence of ongoing infectious or malignant process obtained within 3 months prior to screening and evaluated by a qualified health care professional. 2. Current or previous treatment of arthritis with DMARDs (including methotrexate, leflunomide or sulfasalazine) or biologics (including TNF, IL12/23 or IL17 inhibitor therapies) 3. Use of any investigational drug and/or devices within 4 weeks prior to randomization or a period of five half-lives of the investigational drug, whichever is longer in duration. 4. Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women, in which pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) laboratory test. 5. Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, unless they are using effective methods of contraception during dosing of study drug. 6. Underlying metabolic, hematologic, renal, hepatic, pulmonary, neurologic, endocrine, cardiac, infectious or gastrointestinal conditions which in the opinion of the Investigator immunocompromises the patient and/or places the patient at unacceptable risk for participation in an immunomodulatory therapy. 7. Significant medical problems or diseases, including but not limited to the following: uncontrolled hypertension (≥ 160/95 mmHg), congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association status of class III or IV), and uncontrolled diabetes. 8. History of clinically significant liver disease or liver injury as indicated by abnormal liver function tests (LFT) such as aspartate aminotransferase/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (AST/SGOT), alanine aminotransferase/ serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (ALT/SGPT), alkaline phosphatase, or serum bilirubin. The Investigator should be guided by the following criteria: Any single parameter may not exceed 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN). A single parameter elevated up to and including 2 x ULN should be re-checked once more as soon as possible, and in all cases, at least prior to enrollment/randomization, to rule out laboratory error. 9. History of renal trauma, glomerulonephritis, or subjects with one kidney only, or a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 30 ml/min. 10. Active systemic infections during the last two weeks (exception: common cold) prior to randomization. 11. History of ongoing, chronic or recurrent infectious disease or evidence of tuberculosis infection as defined by either a positive PPD skin test or a positive QuantiFERON TB-Gold test untreated or insufficiently treated according to the national guideline. 12. Known infection with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B or hepatitis C at screening or randomization. 13. History of lymphoproliferative disease or any known malignancy or history of malignancy of any organ system within the past 5 years (except for basal cell carcinoma or actinic keratoses that have been treated with no evidence of recurrence in the past 3 months, carcinoma in situ of the cervix or non-invasive malignant colon polyps that have been removed
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The ACR50 response will be used to determine efficacy. A subject is defined as an ACR50 responder if, and only if, the following three conditions are met: 1. they have a ≥ 50% improvement in the number of tender joints (based on 68 joints) 2. they have a ≥ 50% improvement in the number of swollen joints (based on 66 joints) 3. they have a ≥ 50% improvement in three of the following five domains: - Patient’s global assessment of disease activity (measured on a VAS scale, 0-100) - Physician’s global assessment of disease activity (measured on a VAS scale, 0-100) - Patient’s assessment of PsA pain (measured on a VAS scale, 0-100) - Health Assessment Questionnaire – Disability Index (HAQ-DI©) score - Acute phase reactant (hsCRP or ESR)
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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) |
- ACR20 and ACR70 at 6 months; - ACR20/50/70 at 12 months; - MDA (The proportion of subjects achieving minimal disease activity, which is defined as 5 of the following 7 domains: ≤ 1 tender joint count, ≤ 1 swollen joint count, PASI ≤ 1 or BSA≤3%, patient pain VAS ≤ 15, patient global assessment of disease activity VAS ≤ 20, HAQ-DI ≤ 0.5, tender entheseal points ≤ 1) at 12 months - VLDA (Very Low Disease Activity), DAPSA (Disease Activity in PSoriatic Arthritis) and PASDAS (Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score) at 6 and 12 months; - SF-36 (36-item, patient-reported survey of patient health), BRAF (Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Multi-Dimensional Questionnaire) and PSAID (Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease Questionnaire) at 12 moths; - PCQ (Psychological Capital Questionnaire) at 12 months; - The PsA-modified Sharp/van der Heijde score (SHS) at 12 months.
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
- ACR20 and ACR70 at 6 months; - ACR20/50/70 at 12 months; - MDA, VLDA, DAPSA and PASDAS at 6 and 12 months; - SF-36, BRAF and PSAID at 12 moths; - PCQ at 12 months; - The PsA-modified Sharp/van der Heijde score (SHS) at 12 months. |
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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 | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | Yes |
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) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
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) | Yes |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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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 | 13 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
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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The date of the last visit of the last subject to complete the posttreatment follow-up, or the date of receipt of the last data point from the last subject that is required for primary, secondary and/or exploratory analysis, as prespecified in the protocol, whichever is the later date. |
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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 | 0 |
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 | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 0 |