Arthritis, PsoriaticPhase 3Discover-1NCT03162796
A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Guselkumab Administered Subcutaneously in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis Including Those Previously Treated With Biologic Anti -Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Alpha Agent(s)
A Phase 3 study testing Guselkumab in people with Arthritis, Psoriatic, run by Janssen Research & Development, LLC at 95 sites in 13 countries.
Trial summary
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of guselkumab treatment in participants with active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) by assessing the reduction in signs and symptoms of PsA. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
- What is being tested?
- Guselkumab
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 383 participants
- Where
- 95 sitesin 13 countries
- Study dates
- 24 Aug 2017to 18 Nov 2019
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Have a diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) for at least 6 months before the first administration of study agent and meet Classification criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) at screening
- Have active PsA as defined by: at least 3 swollen joints and at least 3 tender joints at screening and at baseline; and C-reactive protein (CRP) greater than or equal to (>=) 0.3 milligram per deciLitre (mg/dL) at screening from the central laboratory
- Have at least 1 of the PsA subsets: distal interphalangeal joint involvement, polyarticular arthritis with absence of rheumatoid nodules, arthritis mutilans, asymmetric peripheral arthritis, or spondylitis with peripheral arthritis
- Have active plaque psoriasis, with at least one psoriatic plaque of >= 2 centimeter (cm) diameter or nail changes consistent with psoriasis or documented history of plaque psoriasis
- Have active PsA despite previous non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD), apremilast, and/or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy : Non-biologic DMARD therapy is defined as taking a non-biologic DMARD for at least 3 months or evidence of intolerance; Apremilast therapy is defined as taking apremilast at the marketed dose approved in the country where the study is being conducted for at least 4 months or evidence of intolerance; NSAID therapy is defined as taking an NSAID for at least 4 weeks or evidence of intolerance
- Participants may have been previously treated with up to 2 anti-TNF (tumor necrosis factor) alpha agents (approximately 30 percent [%] of the overall study population), and must document the reason for discontinuation
Who cannot join
- Has other inflammatory diseases that might confound the evaluations of benefit of guselkumab therapy, including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), axial spondyloarthritis (this does not include a primary diagnosis of PsA with spondylitis), systemic lupus erythematosus, or Lyme disease
- Has ever received more than 2 anti-TNFalpha agents
- Has previously received any biologic treatment (other than anti-TNF alpha agents), including, but not limited to ustekinumab, abatacept, secukinumab, tildrakizumab, ixekizumab, brodalumab, risankizumab, or other investigative biologic treatment
- Has previously received any systemic immunosuppressants (for example, azathioprine, cyclosporine, 6 thioguanine, mercaptopurine, mycophenolate mofetil, hydroxyurea, tacrolimus) within 4 weeks of the first administration of study agent
- Has received apremilast within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of study agent
- Has previously received tofacitinib, baricitinib, filgotinib, peficitinib (ASP015K), decernotinib (VX-509), or any other Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor
Trial locations and contacts
95 sites in 13 countries.
95 sites in 13 countries
Poland11 sites
Nzoz Osteo-Medic
Bialystok, 15-351
Szpital Uniwersytecki Nr 2 w Bydgoszczy
Bydgoszcz, 85-168
NSZOZ Unica CR
Dąbrówka, 62-069
Centrum Kliniczno Badawcze J. Brzezicki, B. Gornikiewicz-Brzezicka Lekarze Spolka Partnerska
Elblag, 82-300
Etyka Osrodek Badan Klinicznych
Olsztyn, 10-117
Centrum Medyczne Hetmańska
Poznan, 60-218
Nasz Lekarz Przychodnie Medyczne
Torun, 87-100
Medycyna Kliniczna
Warsaw, 00-874
Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji im. prof. dr hab. med. Eleonory Reicher
Warsaw, 02-637
Centrum Medyczne WroMedica
Wroclaw, 51-685
Nzoz Biogenes Sp. Z O. O.
Wroclaw, 53-224
Russia10 sites
Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Dermatovenerological Dispensary
Chelyabinsk, 454092
Medical and Sanitary Unit ''Severstal''
Cherepovets, 162600
Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Krasnoyarsk, 660022
Lipetsk Regional Dermatovenerological Dispensary
Lipetsk, 398005
Rostov Regional Clinical Dermatovenerological Dispensary
Rostov-on-Don, 344007
Ryazan Regional Clinical Dermatovenerological Dispensary
Ryazan, 390046
Republican Clinical Hospital - G.G. Kuvatov
Ufa, 450005
Clinical Emergency Hospital n.a. N.V. Solovyev
Yaroslavl, 150003
Clinical Hospital #10
Yaroslavl, 150023
Research Institute of Dermatovenerology, Immunology
Yekaterinburg, 620076
Ukraine10 sites
Municipal health care institution Chernihiv Regional Hospital
Chernihiv
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk City Clinical Hospital
Ivano-Frankivsk
Communal Institution of Health Kharkiv City multifield hospital №18
Kharkiv, 61029
Municipal Institution Regional hospital-center of emergency care and disasters medicine
Kharkiv
Khmelnitckiy regional hospital
Khmelnytsky
Clinic of SI 'NSC 'The M.D.Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology' of NAMS of Ukraine'
Kyiv
Kyiv Railway Station Clinical Hospital #2
Kyiv
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
Lviv
Municipal Non-profit Enterprise 'Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital' Odesa Regional Council
Odesa, 65025
Municipal institution of Tepnopil Regional Council 'Ternopil University Hospital'
Ternopil
United States9 sites
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
Austin Regional Clinic
Austin, Texas, 78731-3146
Rheumatology Associates
Birmingham, Alabama, 35205
Clinical Research Center of Connecticut
Danbury, Connecticut, 06810
Arthritis and Osteoporosis Associates
Freehold, New Jersey, 07728
Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates PC
Glendale, Arizona, 85306
Dawes Fretzin Clinical Research Group, LLC
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46256-4697
Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Research, PLLC
Mesa, Arizona, 85210
Arthritis Consultants
St Louis, Missouri, 63141
Spain9 sites
Hosp. Univ. A Coruña
A Coruña, 15006
Hosp. Del Mar
Barcelona, 08003
Hosp. Gral. Univ. Gregorio Marañon
Madrid, 28007
Hosp. Univ. Ramon Y Cajal
Madrid, 28034
Hospital Regional Carlos Haya
Málaga, 29009
Hosp. Clinico Univ. de Santiago
Santiago de Compostela, 15706
Hosp. Infanta Luisa
Seville, 41010
Hosp. Unv. de Valme
Seville, 414014
Hosp. de Manises
Valencia, 46940
Taiwan8 sites
Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital
Hualien City, 970
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
Kaohsiung City, 81362
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Branch
Kaohsiung City, 833
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
Taichung, 402
National Cheng Kung University Medical Center
Tainan, 704
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 10002
Chang Kung Memorial Hospital
Taipei, 105
Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, LinKou Branch
Taoyuan, 333
Australia6 sites
Barwon Rheumatology Services
Geelong, 3220
Southern Clinical Research
Hobart, 7000
Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool, 2170
Rheumatology Research Unit
Maroochydore, 4558
Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital
Melbourne, 3128
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Woodville South, 5011
Canada6 sites
The Waterside Clinic
Barrie, Ontario, L4M 6L2
Dermatrials Research
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1Y2
Skin Centre for Dermatology
Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 5K2
G.R.M.O. (Groupe de recherche en maladies osseuses) Inc.
Québec, G1V 3M7
Eastern Regional Health Authority, St. Clare's Mercy Hospital
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 5B8
K. Papp Clinical Research
Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1C4
Czechia6 sites
Revmaclinic
Brno, 61141
MUDr. Rosypalova, s.r.o
Ostrava, 70800
Revmatologicky ustav
Prague, 12850
Revmatologicka ambulance
Prague, 14000
Medical Plus S.R.O.
Uherské Hradiště, 68601
PV-Medical S.R.O
Zlín, 76001
Germany5 sites
ISA GmbH
Berlin, 10789
Universitatsklinikum Frankfurt
Frankfurt, 60590
MVZ Rheuma
Hamburg, 20095
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet
Herne, 44649
Krankenhaus St. Josef
Wuppertal, 42105
Hungary5 sites
Orszagos Reumatologia es Fizioterapias Intezet
Budapest, 1023
Magyar Honvedseg Egeszsegugyi Kozpont
Budapest, 1062
Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont
Debrecen, 4032
Pest Megyei Flor Ferenc Korhaz
Kistarcsa, 2143
Martinus Medicus Health Center
Szombathely, 9700
Malaysia5 sites
Hospital Selayang
Batu Caves, 68100
Hospital Pulau Pinang
George Town, 10990
Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun
Ipoh, 30990
Hospital Melaka
Malacca, 75400
Hospital Tuanku Jaafar
Seremban, 70300
South Korea5 sites
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Bundang, 13620
Hanyang University Hospital for rheumatic Diseases
Seoul, 04763
The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
Seoul, 06591
SMG - SNU Boramae Medical Center
Seoul, 7061
Ajou University Hospital
Suwon, 16499
About this study
Official title: A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Guselkumab Administered Subcutaneously in Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis Including Those Previously Treated With Biologic Anti-TNF Alpha Agents
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of guselkumab treatment in participants with active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) by assessing the reduction in signs and symptoms of PsA.
Read the detailed description
This is a study of guselkumab in participants with active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) who had inadequate response to standard therapies. It will evaluate the clinical efficacy of guselkumab in the reduction of signs and symptoms and the safety profile of guselkumab in the treatment of PsA. The study will consists of 4 phases: a screening phase of up to 6 weeks, a blinded treatment phase of approximately 1 year (that is, 52 weeks), including a placebo controlled period from Week 0 to Week 24 and double-blind active treatment period from Week 24 to Week 52, and a safety follow-up phase of 8 weeks after Week 52 (Week 52 to 60) and will be 12 weeks from the last administration of study agent (at Week 48) to the final safety follow-up visit. Efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity, and biomarker evaluations will be performed in the study at defined schedule.
- Conditions
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
- Being tested
- Guselkumab, Placebo
- Medical subject headings
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
GuselkumabDrug
Also called CNTO 1959
Participants will receive 100mg of guselkumab as a sterile liquid for SC injection.
PlaceboDrug
Participants will receive matching placebo as SC injection.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1: Guselkumab | Experimental | Participants will receive subcutaneous (SC) guselkumab 100 milligram (mg) once every 4 weeks (q4w) from Week 0 through Week 48. Receives: Drug: Guselkumab |
| Group 2: Guselkumab and Placebo | Experimental | Participants will receive SC guselkumab 100 mg at Weeks 0 and 4, then once every 8 weeks (q8w) (Weeks 12, 20, 28, 36, and 44) and placebo injections at other visits (Weeks 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48) to maintain the blind. Receives: Drug: Guselkumab; Drug: Placebo |
| Group 3: Placebo Followed by Guselkumab | Experimental | Participants will receive SC placebo q4w from Week 0 to Week 20, and will crossover at Week 24 to receive guselkumab 100 mg q4w from Week 24 through Week 48. Receives: Drug: Guselkumab; Drug: Placebo |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20 Response at Week 24
ACR 20 response: >=20% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=20% improvement from baseline in 3 of 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0= no difficulty, 3= inability to perform task in that area), and CRP. Treatment Failure (TF) criteria- discontinued study drug, initiated/increased dose of non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or oral corticosteroids, initiated prohibited psoriatic arthritis treatment.
Measured: Week 24
Secondary outcomes (99)
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Score at Week 24
HAQ-DI score assess functional status of participant. It is 20 question instrument that assess degree of difficulty a person has in accomplishing tasks in 8 functional areas (dressing, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching, gripping, and activities of daily living). Responses in each functional area were scored from 0=indicating no difficulty, to 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area. Total HAQ score is average of the computed categories scores ranging from 0-3 where 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty. Lower scores are indicative of better functioning. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of physical function.
Measured: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 50 Response at Week 24
ACR 50 response was defined as greater than or equal to (>=)50 percent (%) improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=50% improvement from baseline in 3 of 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=no difficulty, 3=inability to perform a task in that area), and C-Reactive Protein (CRP).
Measured: Week 24
Percentage of Participants With Psoriasis Response of IGA (Score: 0[Cleared] or 1[Minimal] and >=2 Grade Reduction From Baseline) at Week 24 Among Participants With >=3% Body Surface Area (BSA) Psoriatic Involvement and IGA Score of >=2 (Mild) at Baseline
A psoriasis Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) response was defined as an IGA score of 0 (cleared) or 1 (minimal) and >=2 grade reduction from baseline in the IGA psoriasis score. The IGA documents the investigator's assessment of the patient's psoriasis and lesions are graded for induration, erythema and scaling, each using a 5 point scale: 0 (no evidence), 1 (minimal), 2 (mild), 3 (moderate), and 4 (severe). The IGA score of psoriasis was based upon the average of induration, erythema and scaling scores. The participant's psoriasis was assessed as cleared (0), minimal (1), mild (2), moderate (3), or severe (4).
Measured: Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20 Response at Week 16
ACR 20 response: >=20% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=20% improvement from baseline in 3 of 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform task in that area), and C-reactive protein (CRP).
Measured: Week 16
Change From Baseline in Disease Activity Score (DAS28) (C-reactive Protein [CRP]) Score at Week 24
The Disease Activity Index Score (DAS28) based on C-Reactive Protein (CRP) is an index combining tender joints (28 joints), swollen joints (28 joints), CRP and patient's global assessment of disease activity. The set of 28 joint count is based on evaluation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) MCP1 to MCP5, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) PIP1 to PIP5 joints of both the upper right extremity and the upper left extremity as well as the knee joints of lower right and lower left extremities. The values are 0=best to 10=worst. Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of arthritis.
Measured: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieve an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 70 Response at Week 24
ACR 70 response was defined as >= 70% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=70% improvement from baseline in 3 of 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=no difficulty, 3=inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 50 Response at Week 16
ACR 50 response was defined as >=50% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=50% improvement from baseline in 3 of 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=no difficulty, 3=inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Week 16
Change From Baseline in 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Component Summary (PCS) Score at Week 24
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The PCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. A positive change indicates improvement while a negative change indicates worsening of health status and quality of life.
Measured: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants With Resolution of Enthesitis at Week 24 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Enthesitis was assessed using the Leeds Enthesitis Index (LEI), a tool developed to assess enthesitis in participants with PsA and evaluates the presence (score of 1) or absence (score of 0) of pain by applying local pressure to the following entheses: left and right lateral epicondyle humerus, left and right medial femoral condyle, and left and right achilles tendon insertion. The enthesitis index score is a total score of the 6 evaluated sites from 0 (0 sites with tenderness) to 6 (worst possible score; 6 sites with tenderness). A LEI score of 0 at a post baseline visit indicates resolution of enthesitis when baseline LEI greater than (>) 0.
Measured: Week 24
Change From Baseline in Enthesitis Score (Based on LEI) at Week 24 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Enthesitis was assessed using the LEI, a tool developed to assess enthesitis in participants with PsA and evaluates the presence (score of 1) or absence (score of 0) of pain by applying local pressure to the following entheses: left and right lateral epicondyle humerus, left and right medial femoral condyle, and left and right achilles tendon insertion. The enthesitis index score is a total score of the 6 evaluated sites from 0 (0 sites with tenderness) to 6 (worst possible score; 6 sites with tenderness). Negative changes from baseline indicates improvement of enthesitis.
Measured: Baseline and Week 24
Change From Baseline in 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Mental Component Summary (MCS) Score at Week 24
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The MCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. A positive change indicates improvement while a negative change indicates worsening of health status and quality of life.
Measured: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants With Resolution of Dactylitis at Week 24 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
The presence and severity of dactylitis was assessed in both hands and feet using a scoring system from 0 to 3 (0-no dactylitis, 1-mild dactylitis, 2-moderate dactylitis, and 3-severe dactylitis) for each digit. The results were summed to produce a final score ranging from 0 to 60. Higher score indicates more severe dactylitis. Resolution of dactylitis was defined as a dactylitis score of 0 with the baseline dactylitis score >0.
Measured: Week 24
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Scores at Week 24 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
The presence and severity of dactylitis was assessed in both hands and feet using a scoring system from 0 to 3 (0-no dactylitis, 1-mild dactylitis, 2-moderate dactylitis, and 3-severe dactylitis) for each digit. The results were summed to produce a final score ranging from 0 to 60. A higher score indicates more severe dactylitis. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement in dactylitis.
Measured: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 20 Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
ACR 20 response was defined as >=20% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=20% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 50 Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
ACR 50 response was defined as >=50% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=50% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 70 Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
ACR 70 response was defined as >=70% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=70% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 millimeters [mm], 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR Components- Swollen Joint Count and Tender Joint Count Through Week 24
ACR components including swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints) were measured.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR Components- Patient's Assessment of Pain, Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity, Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity Through Week 24
ACR components included patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment (PtGA) of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment (PGA) of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis).
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR Component- C-reactive Protein (CRP) Through Week 24
ACR component including CRP was measured.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR Component- Patient's Assessment of Physical Function as Assessed by HAQ-DI Scale Score at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Patient's assessment of physical function was measured by Disability Index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI). HAQ-DI score assess functional status of participant. It is 20 question instrument that assess degree of difficulty a person has in accomplishing tasks in 8 functional areas (dressing, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching, gripping, and activities of daily living). Responses in each functional area were scored from 0=indicating no difficulty, to 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area. Total HAQ score is average of the computed categories scores ranging from 0-3 where 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty. Lower scores are indicative of better functioning. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of physical function.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percent Change From Baseline in ACR Components at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR components include swollen joint count (66 joints), tender joint count (68 joints), patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=no difficulty, 3=inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Change From Baseline in HAQ-DI Score at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
HAQ-DI score assess functional status of participant. It is 20 question instrument that assess degree of difficulty a person has in accomplishing tasks in 8 functional areas (dressing, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching, gripping, and activities of daily living). Responses in each functional area were scored from 0=indicating no difficulty, to 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area. Total HAQ score is average of the computed categories scores ranging from 0-3 where 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty. Lower scores are indicative of better functioning. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of physical function.
Measured: Baseline, Week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a Clinically Meaningful Improvement (>=0.35 Improvement From Baseline) in HAQ-DI Score by Visit Over Time Through Week 24 Among Participants With HAQ-DI Score >=0.35 at Baseline
HAQ-DI score assess functional status of participant. It is 20 question instrument that assess degree of difficulty a person has in accomplishing tasks in 8 functional areas (dressing, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching, gripping, and activities of daily living). Responses in each functional area were scored from 0=indicating no difficulty, to 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area. Total HAQ score is average of the computed categories scores ranging from 0-3, where 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty. Lower scores are indicative of better functioning. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of physical function and a decrease of 0.35 from baseline in HAQ-DI score indicates a meaningful improvement.
Measured: Week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a DAS28 (CRP) Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
DAS28 based on CRP is an index combining tender joints (28 joints), swollen joints (28 joints), CRP and patient's global assessment of disease activity. The set of 28 joint count is based on evaluation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) MCP1 to MCP5, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) PIP1 to PIP5 joints of both the upper right extremity and the upper left extremity as well as the knee joints of lower right and lower left extremities. DAS28 (CRP) response criteria was defined as follows: Good response: less than or equal to (<=) 3.2 at visit and >1.2 improvement; Moderate response: >3.2 at visit and >1.2 improvement or <=5.1 at visit and >0.6-1.2 improvement; No response: <=0.6 improvement, or >5.1 at visit and <=1.2 improvement. The values are 0=best to 10=worst. A DAS28 (CRP) responder was defined as achieving a good or moderate DAS28 response at a specific visit.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a DAS28 (CRP) Remission by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
DAS28 based on CRP is an index combining tender joints (28 joints), swollen joints (28 joints), CRP and patient's global assessment of disease activity. The set of 28 joint count is based on evaluation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) MCP1 to MCP5, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) PIP1 to PIP5 joints of both the upper right extremity and the upper left extremity as well as the knee joints of lower right and lower left extremities. The values are 0=best to 10=worst. DAS 28 (CRP) remission was defined as DAS 28 (CRP) value <2.6 at the analysis visit.
Measured: Week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Change From Baseline in DAS28 (CRP) Score at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
DAS28 based on CRP is an index combining tender joints (28 joints), swollen joints (28 joints), CRP and patient's global assessment of disease activity. The set of 28 joint count is based on evaluation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) MCP1 to MCP5, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) PIP1 to PIP5 joints of both the upper right extremity and the upper left extremity as well as the knee joints of lower right and lower left extremities. The values are 0=best to 10=worst. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of arthritis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a Response Based on Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Responder Criteria (PsARC) by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
The modified PsARC response was defined as improvement in at least 2 of the four criteria: >=30% decrease in swollen joint count, >=30% decrease in tender joint count, >=20% improvement in patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (arthritis) using VAS (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), >=20% improvement in physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity using VAS (VAS: 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), and at least one of the 2 joint criteria with no deterioration in the other criteria.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Resolution of Enthesitis at Weeks 4, 8, 16, and 24 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Enthesitis was assessed using the LEI, a tool developed to assess enthesitis in participants with PsA and evaluates the presence (score of 1) or absence (score of 0) of pain by applying local pressure to the following entheses: left and right lateral epicondyle humerus, left and right medial femoral condyle, and left and right achilles tendon insertion. The enthesitis index score is a total score of the 6 evaluated sites from 0 (0 sites with tenderness) to 6 (worst possible score; 6 sites with tenderness). A LEI score of 0 at a post baseline visit indicates resolution of enthesitis when baseline LEI>0.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 16, and 24
Change From Baseline in Enthesitis Score at Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Enthesitis was assessed using the LEI, a tool developed to assess enthesitis in participants with PsA and evaluates the presence (score of 1) or absence (score of 0) of pain by applying local pressure to the following entheses: left and right lateral epicondyle humerus, left and right medial femoral condyle, and left and right achilles tendon insertion. The enthesitis index score is a total score of the 6 evaluated sites from 0 (0 sites with tenderness) to 6 (worst possible score; 6 sites with tenderness). Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of enthesitis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants With Resolution of Dactylitis by Visit Over Time Through Week 24 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
The presence and severity of dactylitis was assessed in both hands and feet using a scoring system from 0 to 3 (0-no dactylitis, 1-mild dactylitis, 2-moderate dactylitis, and 3-severe dactylitis) for each digit. The results were summed to produce a final score ranging from 0 to 60. Higher score indicates more severe dactylitis. Resolution of dactylitis was defined as a dactylitis score of 0 with the baseline dactylitis score >0.
Measured: Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Score at Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
The presence and severity of dactylitis was assessed in both hands and feet using a scoring system from 0 to 3 (0-no dactylitis, 1-mild dactylitis, 2-moderate dactylitis, and 3-severe dactylitis) for each digit. The results were summed to produce a final score ranging from 0 to 60. A higher score indicates more severe dactylitis. Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement in dactylitis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in the Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity (PASDAS) Score at Weeks 8, 16 and 24
PASDAS (score range of 0 to 10, where higher score indicated more severe disease) is a compositive score of overall disease activity combining Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (arthritis and psoriasis, using VAS [0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (using VAS [0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis]), swollen joint count (0-66 joints), tender joint count (0-68 joints), CRP (mg/L), enthesitis based on LEI (0-6), tender dactylitis count (scoring each digit from 0-3 and recoding to 0-1, where any score > 0 equaled 1), and the PCS score of the SF-36 health survey. The cutoffs for disease activity were 3.2 (low) to 5.4 (high). Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of overall disease activity.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in Group of Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Composite (GRACE) Score at Weeks 16 and 24
GRACE index is a composite PsA disease activity score converted from Arithmetic Mean of Desirability Function (AMDF), derived from TJC (0-68) and SJC (0-66), HAQ-DI (0-3), patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis and psoriasis (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), patient's assessment of skin disease activity (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), PASI (0-72), and PsA Quality of Life Index (derived as PsAQOL=25.355 + [2.367*HAQ-DI]-[0.234*SF-PCS]-[0.244*SF-MCS]), where HAQ-DI: HAQ-DI score (0-3, 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty), SF-PCS (Score ranges from 0-100, higher scores= better quality of life) and SF-MCS (score ranges from 0-100, higher scores= better quality of life). Total score is from 0-10, lower score=better response. Higher score indicates more active disease activity. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of PsA disease activity.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) Score at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
DAPSA assessed the joint domain of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and was derived from the sum of the following components: tender joint count (0-68), swollen joint count (0-66), CRP level (mg/dL, value <lower limit of quantification [LLOQ] is considered equal to half of the value of LLOQ for numerical calculations), patient assessment of pain (0-10 centimeter [cm] VAS, 0=no pain, 10=worst possible pain), and patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis (0 to 10 cm VAS, 0=excellent and 10=poor). A higher score indicates more active disease activity. Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of PsA disease activity. The assessment does not have a score range with an upper or lower bound.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) at Weeks 16 and 24
MDA was considered achieved if at least 5 of the following 7 criteria were met at the analysis visit: tender joint count <=1; swollen joint count <=1; psoriasis activity and severity index <=1; patient's assessment of pain VAS score of <=15; patient's global assessment of disease activity VAS (arthritis and psoriasis) score of <=20; HAQ-DI <=0.5; and tender entheseal points <=1.
Measured: Weeks 16 and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >= 20%, >=50%, >=70%, and >=90% Improvement From Baseline in BASDAI Score Through Week 24 Among the Participants With Spondylitis and Peripheral Arthritis and BASDAI Score >0 at Baseline
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is a self-assessment tool that consists of 6 questions relating to the 5 major symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis: fatigue, spinal pain, joint pain, enthesitis, qualitative morning stiffness and quantitative morning stiffness. The first 5 items were scored on a 10 centimeter (cm) VAS ranging from 0=none to 10=very severe. Quantitative morning stiffness was scored on a 10cm VAS ranging from 0=0 hours to 10=2 or more hours. The 2 scores for qualitative and quantitative morning stiffness were averaged, and the total BASDAI score was the average of the 5 scores of each symptom, ranging from 0 (none) to 10 (very severe). Higher scores indicate greater disease severity and an improvement of 50% from baseline is considered clinically meaningful. Only participants with spondylitis with peripheral arthritis as their primary arthritic presentation of PsA completed the BASDAI indicate the degree of their symptoms over the past week.
Measured: Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in BASDAI Score at Week 8, 16, and Week 24 Among Participants With Spondylitis and Peripheral Arthritis at Baseline
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is a self-assessment tool that consists of 6 questions relating to the 5 major symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis: fatigue, spinal pain, joint pain, enthesitis, qualitative morning stiffness and quantitative morning stiffness. The first 5 items were scored on a 10 centimeter (cm) VAS ranging from 0=none to 10=very severe. Quantitative morning stiffness was scored on a 10cm VAS ranging from 0=0 hours to 10=2 or more hours. The 2 scores for qualitative and quantitative morning stiffness were averaged, and the total BASDAI score was the average of the 5 scores of each symptom, ranging from 0 (none) to 10 (very severe). Higher scores indicate greater disease severity and an improvement of 50% from baseline is considered clinically meaningful. Only participants with spondylitis with peripheral arthritis as their primary arthritic presentation of PsA completed the BASDAI indicate the degree of their symptoms over the past week.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 8, 16, and 24
Percentage of Participants With Low or Very Low Disease Activity Based on Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score (PASDAS) by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
PASDAS (score range of 0 to 10, where higher score indicated more severe disease) is a compositive score of overall disease activity combining Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (arthritis and psoriasis, using VAS [0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (using VAS [0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis]), swollen joint count (0-66 joints), tender joint count (0-68 joints), CRP (mg/L), enthesitis based on LEI (0-6), tender dactylitis count (scoring each digit from 0-3 and recoding to 0-1, where any score > 0 equaled 1), and the PCS score of the SF-36 health survey. The cutoffs for disease activity were 3.2 (low) to 5.4 (high).
Measured: Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants With Low Disease Activity Based on Group of Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Composite (GRACE) Score Index by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
GRACE index is a composite PsA disease activity score converted from Arithmetic Mean of the Desirability Function (AMDF), which was derived from TJC (0-68) and SJC (0-66), HAQ-DI (0-3), patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis and psoriasis (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), patient's assessment of skin disease activity (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), PASI (0-72), and PsA Quality of Life Index (derived as PsAQOL =25.355 + [2.367*HAQ-DI] - [0.234*SF-PCS] - [0.244*SF-MCS]), where HAQ-DI: HAQ-DI score (0-3, 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty), SF-PCS (Score ranges from 0 to 100, higher scores= better quality of life) and SF-MCS (score ranges from 0 to 100, higher scores= better quality of life). The total score is from 0-10, where lower score indicates better response. Higher score indicates more active disease activity.
Measured: Weeks 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants With Low Disease Activity or Remission Based on Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
DAPSA assessed the joint domain of PsA and was derived from the sum of the following components: tender joint count (0-68), swollen joint count (0-66), CRP level (mg/dL), patient assessment of pain (0-10 cm VAS, 0=no pain, 10=worst possible pain), and patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis (0 to 10 cm VAS, 0=excellent and 10=poor). A higher score indicates more active disease activity. The assessment does not have a score range with an upper or lower bound.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants With Very Low Disease Activity (VLDA) by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
A measurement that defines a satisfactory state of disease activity that includes the 5 domains of PsA (joint symptoms, skin psoriasis, patient's perspective of pain and disease activity, physical function, and enthesitis). A participant was considered as having achieved VLDA at a visit if the participant fulfilled all 7 criteria (tender joint count <=1; swollen joint count <=1; PASI <=1; patient pain VAS score of <=15; patient global disease activity VAS [arthritis and psoriasis] score of <=20; Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) score <=0.5; and tender entheseal points <=1) at that visit.
Measured: Weeks 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved PASI 75 Response at Weeks 16 and 24 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
PASI is a tool to assess and grade severity of psoriasis and response to therapy. In PASI, body is divided into 4 areas: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities. Each area was assessed separately for percentage of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90 to 100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severtiy. PASI numeric score range from 0 (no psoriasis) to 72. Higher scores indicate more severe disease. A PASI 75 response: >=75% improvement in PASI score from baseline.
Measured: Weeks 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved PASI 90 Response at Weeks 16 and 24 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
PASI is a tool to assess and grade severity of psoriasis and response to therapy. In PASI, body is divided into 4 areas: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities. Each area was assessed separately for percentage of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90 to 100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severtiy. PASI numeric score range from 0 (no psoriasis) to 72. Higher scores indicate more severe disease. A PASI 90 response: >=90% improvement in PASI score from baseline.
Measured: Weeks 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved PASI 100 Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
PASI is a tool to assess and grade severity of psoriasis and response to therapy. In PASI, body is divided into 4 areas: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities. Each area was assessed separately for percentage of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90 to 100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severtiy. PASI numeric score range from 0 (no psoriasis) to 72. Higher scores indicate more severe disease. A PASI 100 response: 100% improvement in PASI score from baseline.
Measured: Weeks 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Both PASI 75 and ACR 20 Responses at Weeks 16 and 24 Among the Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 (Mild) at Baseline
In PASI, each area (head, trunk, upper and lower extremities) was assessed for % of area involved and translated to numeric score from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90-100% involvement) and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severtiy. PASI produces numeric score from 0 to 72. Higher scores=more severe disease. PASI 75: >=75% improvement in PASI score from baseline. ACR 20: >=20% improvement in swollen joint count (SJC) (66 joints) + tender joint count (TJC) (68 joints) and >=20% improvement in 3 of 5: patient's assessment of pain (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain to 100=worst possible pain), PtGA of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent to 100=poor), PGA of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis to 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function (HAQ-DI -20-question instrument; range- 0=no difficulty to 3=inability to perform task) and CRP.
Measured: Weeks 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Both PASI 75 and Modified PsARC Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 (Mild) at Baseline
In PASI, each area (head, trunk, upper and lower extremities) was assessed separately for % of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90-100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severtiy. PASI produces numeric score range from 0 to 72. Higher scores=more severe disease. PASI 75 response: >=75% improvement in PASI score from baseline. Modified PsARC response: improvement in at least 2 of 4 criteria: >=30% decrease in SJC and TJC, >=20% improvement in PtGA of Disease Activity (arthritis) on VAS (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), >=20% improvement in PGA of Disease Activity on VAS (VAS: 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis and 100=extremely active arthritis), and at least 1 of 2 joint criteria with no deterioration in other criteria.
Measured: Weeks 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants With an IGA Score of 0 (Cleared) at Weeks 16 and 24 Among the Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 (Mild) at Baseline
The IGA documents the investigator's assessment of the patient's psoriasis and lesions are graded for induration, erythema and scaling, each using a 5 point scale: 0 (no evidence), 1 (minimal), 2 (mild), 3 (moderate), and 4 (severe). The IGA score of psoriasis was based upon the average of induration, erythema and scaling scores. The participant's psoriasis was assessed as cleared (0), minimal (1), mild (2), moderate (3), or severe (4). Participants who achieved IGA Score of 0 (cleared) at a specific timepoint and did not meet any TF criteria before, were considered as responders at that time point. Participants who met 1 or more TF criteria before or with missing data at that time point were considered as non-responders.
Measured: Weeks 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in PASI Score at Weeks 16 and 24 Among the Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 (Mild) at Baseline
PASI is a tool to assess and grade severity of psoriasis and response to therapy. In PASI, body is divided into 4 areas: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities. Each area was assessed separately for percentage of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90 to 100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severtiy. PASI numeric score range from 0 (no psoriasis) to 72. Higher scores indicate more severe disease. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of psoriasis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Component Summary (PCS) at Weeks 8, 16 and 24
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The PCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. A positive change indicates improvement while a negative change indicates worsening of health status and quality of life.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Mental Component Summary (MCS) at Weeks 8, 16 and 24
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The MCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. A positive change indicates improvement while a negative change indicates worsening of health status and quality of life.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in Norm Based Scores of SF-36 Scales at Weeks 8, 16 and 24
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales: physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health. The scores 0-100 (where higher scores indicated a better quality of life) from each subscale of SF-36 were normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. Higher score indicates better health status. A positive change indicates improvement while a negative change indicates worsening of health status and quality of life.
Measured: Baseline, Week 8, 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >=5-point Improvement From Baseline in SF-36 MCS Score by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The MCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. Higher score indicates better outcome, with an increase of 5 points considered to be clinically meaningful.
Measured: Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >=5 Point Improvement From Baseline in SF-36 PCS Score Through Week 24
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The PCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. Higher score indicates better outcome, with an increase of 5 points considered to be clinically meaningful.
Measured: Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Fatigue Score at Weeks 8, 16, and 24
The FACIT-Fatigue is a questionnaire that assesses self-reported tiredness, weakness, and difficulty conducting usual activities due to fatigue. The subscale consists 13-item instrument to measure fatigue. Each of the 13 items has a set of five response categories: Not at all (=0), A little bit (=1), Somewhat (=2), Quite a bit (=3) and Very much (=4). A total FACIT-Fatigue subscale score was calculated as the sum of the 13 item scores (reserved scores [4 - score]) and ranges from 0 to 52, with a higher score indicating less fatigue. Positive changes from baseline indicate improvement of fatigue. Items were reverse scored when appropriate to provide a scale in which higher scores represent better functioning or less fatigue.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >=4-point Improvement From Baseline in FACIT-Fatigue Score at Weeks 8, 16, and 24
The FACIT-Fatigue is a questionnaire that assesses self-reported tiredness, weakness, and difficulty conducting usual activities due to fatigue. The subscale consists 13-item instrument to measure fatigue. Each of the 13 items has a set of five response categories: Not at all (=0), A little bit (=1), Somewhat (=2), Quite a bit (=3) and Very much (=4). A total FACIT-Fatigue subscale score was calculated as the sum of the 13 item scores (reserved scores [4 - score]) and ranges from 0 to 52, with a higher score indicating less fatigue. Items were reverse scored when appropriate to provide a scale in which higher scores represent better functioning or less fatigue.
Measured: Weeks 8, 16, and 24
Change From Baseline in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 Scores at Weeks 8, 16 and 24
PROMIS-29 contains 4 items for each of seven PROMIS domains (Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, Pain Interference, Physical Function, Sleep Disturbance, and Satisfaction-Social Role and Activity. PROMIS-29 also includes an additional pain intensity 0-10 numeric rating scale (NRS). The raw score of each domain is converted into a standardized score with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation (SD) of 10 for the general population in the US (T-Score).
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in FACIT-Fatigue Score at Week 24 by ACR 20 Response at Week 24
The FACIT-Fatigue is a questionnaire that assesses self-reported tiredness, weakness, and difficulty conducting usual activities due to fatigue. The subscale consists 13-item instrument to measure fatigue. Each of the 13 items has a set of five response categories: Not at all (=0), A little bit (=1), Somewhat (=2), Quite a bit (=3) and Very much (=4). A total FACIT-Fatigue subscale score was calculated as the sum of the 13 item scores (reserved scores [4 - score]) and ranges from 0 to 52, with a higher score indicating less fatigue. Positive changes from baseline indicate improvement of fatigue. Items were reverse scored when appropriate to provide a scale in which higher scores represent better functioning or less fatigue.
Measured: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >=4-point Improvement From Baseline in FACIT-Fatigue Score at Week 24 by ACR 20 Response at Week 24
The FACIT-Fatigue is a questionnaire that assesses self-reported tiredness, weakness, and difficulty conducting usual activities due to fatigue. The subscale consists 13-item instrument to measure fatigue. Each of the 13 items has a set of five response categories: Not at all (=0), A little bit (=1), Somewhat (=2), Quite a bit (=3) and Very much (=4). A total FACIT-Fatigue subscale score was calculated as the sum of the 13 item scores (reserved scores [4 - score]) and ranges from 0 to 52, with a higher score indicating less fatigue. Items were reverse scored when appropriate to provide a scale in which higher scores represent better functioning or less fatigue.
Measured: Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an Improvement of >=3 Points From Baseline in PROMIS-29 Domain Scores at Weeks 8, 16, and 24
PROMIS-29 contains 4 items for each of seven PROMIS domains (Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, Pain Interference, Physical Function, Sleep Disturbance, and Satisfaction-Social Role and Activity. PROMIS-29 also includes an additional pain intensity 0-10 NRS. The raw score of each domain is converted into a standardized score with a mean of 50 and a SD of 10 for the general population in the US (T-Score).
Measured: Weeks 8, 16, and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an Improvement of >=5 Points From Baseline in PROMIS-29 Domain Scores at Weeks 8, 16, and 24
PROMIS-29 contains 4 items for each of seven PROMIS domains (Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, Pain Interference, Physical Function, Sleep Disturbance, and Satisfaction-Social Role and Activity. PROMIS-29 also includes an additional pain intensity 0-10 NRS. The raw score of each domain is converted into a standardized score with a mean of 50 and a SD of 10 for the general population in the US (T-Score).
Measured: Weeks 8, 16, and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 20 Response at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
ACR 20 response was defined as >=20% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=20% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 50 Response at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
ACR 50 response was defined as >=50% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=50% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 70 Response at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
ACR 70 response was defined as >=70% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=70% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Percent Change From Baseline in ACR Components at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
ACR components include swollen joint count (66 joints), tender joint count (68 joints), patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=no difficulty, 3=inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Change From Baseline in HAQ-DI Score at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
HAQ-DI score assess functional status of participant. It is 20 question instrument that assess degree of difficulty a person has in accomplishing tasks in 8 functional areas (dressing, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching, gripping, and activities of daily living). Responses in each functional area were scored from 0=indicating no difficulty, to 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area. Total HAQ score is average of the computed categories scores ranging from 0-3 where 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty. Lower scores are indicative of better functioning. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of physical function.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a Clinically Meaningful Improvement (>=0.35 Improvement From Baseline) in HAQ-DI Score at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52 Among Participants With HAQ-DI Score >=0.35 at Baseline
HAQ-DI score assess functional status of participant. It is 20 question instrument that assess degree of difficulty a person has in accomplishing tasks in 8 functional areas (dressing, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching, gripping, and activities of daily living). Responses in each functional area were scored from 0=indicating no difficulty, to 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area. Total HAQ score is average of the computed categories scores ranging from 0-3 where 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty. Lower scores are indicative of better functioning and a decrease of 0.35 from baseline in HAQ-DI score indicates a meaningful improvement.
Measured: Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Change From Baseline in DAS28 (CRP) Score at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
DAS28 based on CRP is an index combining tender joints (28 joints), swollen joints (28 joints), CRP and patient's global assessment of disease activity. The set of 28 joint count is based on evaluation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) MCP1 to MCP5, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) PIP1 to PIP5 joints of both the upper right extremity and the upper left extremity as well as the knee joints of lower right and lower left extremities. The values are 0=best to 10=worst. Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of arthritis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a DAS28 (CRP) Response at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
DAS28 based on CRP is an index combining tender joints (28 joints), swollen joints (28 joints), CRP and patient's global assessment of disease activity. The set of 28 joint count is based on evaluation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) MCP1 to MCP5, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) PIP1 to PIP5 joints of both the upper right extremity and the upper left extremity as well as the knee joints of lower right and lower left extremities. DAS28 (CRP) response criteria was defined as follows: Good response: <=3.2 at visit and >1.2 improvement; Moderate response: >3.2 at visit and >1.2 improvement or <=5.1 at visit and >0.6-1.2 improvement; No response: <=0.6 improvement, or >5.1 at visit and <=1.2 improvement. The values are 0=best to 10=worst. A DAS28 (CRP) responder was defined as achieving a good or moderate DAS28 response at a specific visit.
Measured: Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a DAS28 (CRP) Remission at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
DAS28 based on CRP is an index combining tender joints (28 joints), swollen joints (28 joints), CRP and patient's global assessment of disease activity. The set of 28 joint count is based on evaluation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) MCP1 to MCP5, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) PIP1 to PIP5 joints of both the upper right extremity and the upper left extremity as well as the knee joints of lower right and lower left extremities. The values are 0=best to 10=worst. DAS28 (CRP) remission was defined as DAS28 (CRP) value <2.6 at the analysis visit.
Measured: Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Maintained a HAQ-DI Response (>=0.35 Improvement From Baseline in HAQ-DI Score) at Week 52 Among Participants Who Achieved a HAQ-DI Response at Week 24
HAQ-DI score assess functional status of participant. It is 20 question instrument that assess degree of difficulty a person has in accomplishing tasks in 8 functional areas (dressing, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reaching, gripping, and activities of daily living). Responses in each functional area were scored from 0=indicating no difficulty, to 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area. Total HAQ score is average of the computed categories scores ranging from 0-3 where 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty. Lower scores are indicative of better functioning and a decrease of 0.35 from baseline in HAQ-DI score indicates a meaningful improvement.
Measured: Week 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a Response Based on Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Responder Criteria (PsARC) at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
The modified PsARC response was defined as improvement in at least 2 of the four criteria: >=30% decrease in swollen joint count, >=30% decrease in tender joint count, >=20% improvement in patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (arthritis) on a VAS (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), >=20% improvement in physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity using VAS (VAS: 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), and at least one of the 2 joint criteria with no deterioration in the other criteria.
Measured: Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) Score at Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
DAPSA assessed the joint domain of PsA and was derived from the sum of the following components: tender joint count (0-68), swollen joint count (0-66), CRP level (mg/dL), patient assessment of pain (0-10cm VAS, 0=no pain, 10=worst possible pain), and patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis (0 to 10cm VAS, 0=excellent and 10=poor). A higher score indicates more active disease activity. Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of PsA disease activity. The assessment does not have a score range with an upper or lower bound.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 28, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Both PASI 75 and Modified PsARC Response at Weeks 24 and 52 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
In PASI, each area (head, trunk, upper and lower extremities) was assessed separately for % of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90-100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4. PASI produces numeric score range from 0 to 72. Higher scores=more severe disease. PASI75 response: >=75% improvement in PASI score from baseline. Modified PsARC response: improvement in at least 2 of 4 criteria: >=30% decrease in SJC and TJC, >=20% improvement in PtGA of Disease Activity (arthritis) on VAS (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), >=20% improvement in PGA of Disease Activity on VAS (VAS: 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis and 100=extremely active arthritis), and at least 1 of 2 joint criteria with no deterioration in other criteria.
Measured: Weeks 24 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Both PASI 75 and ACR 20 Responses at Weeks 24 and 52 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
In PASI, each area (head, trunk, upper and lower extremities) was assessed for % of area involved and translated to numeric score from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90-100% involvement) and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4. PASI produces numeric score from 0 to 72. Higher scores=more severe disease. PASI 75: >=75% improvement in PASI score from baseline. ACR 20: >=20% improvement in SJC (66 joints)+TJC (68 joints) and >=20% improvement in 3 of 5: patient's assessment of pain (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain to 100=worst possible pain), PtGA of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent to 100=poor), PGA of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis to 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function (HAQ-DI -20-question instrument; range- 0=no difficulty to 3=inability to perform task) and CRP.
Measured: Weeks 24 and 52
Change From Baseline in PASI Score at Weeks 24 and 52 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
PASI is a tool to assess and grade severity of psoriasis and response to therapy. In PASI, body is divided into 4 areas: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities. Each area was assessed separately for percentage of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90 to 100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severity. PASI numeric score range from 0 (no psoriasis) to 72. Higher scores indicate more severe disease. Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of psoriasis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved PASI 75 Response at Weeks 24 and 52 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
PASI is a tool to assess and grade severity of psoriasis and response to therapy. In PASI, body is divided into 4 areas: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities. Each area was assessed separately for percentage of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90 to 100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severity. PASI numeric score range from 0 (no psoriasis) to 72. Higher scores indicate more severe disease. PASI 75 response: >=75% improvement in PASI score from baseline.
Measured: Weeks 24 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved PASI 90 Response at Weeks 24 and 52 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
PASI is a tool to assess and grade severity of psoriasis and response to therapy. In PASI, body is divided into 4 areas: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities. Each area was assessed separately for percentage of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90 to 100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severity. PASI numeric score range from 0 (no psoriasis) to 72. Higher scores indicate more severe disease. PASI 90 response: >=90% improvement in PASI score from baseline.
Measured: Weeks 24 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved PASI 100 Response at Weeks 24 and 52 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
PASI is a tool to assess and grade severity of psoriasis and response to therapy. In PASI, body is divided into 4 areas: head, trunk, upper extremities, lower extremities. Each area was assessed separately for percentage of area involved and translated to numeric score ranging from 0 (no involvement) to 6 (90 to 100% involvement), and for erythema, induration, and scaling, each rated on scale of 0 to 4 that is none to maximum severity. PASI numeric score range from 0 (no psoriasis) to 72. Higher scores indicate more severe disease. PASI 100 response: 100% improvement in PASI score from baseline.
Measured: Weeks 24 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >=5 Point Improvement From Baseline in SF-36 PCS Score at Weeks 24, 36 and 52
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The PCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. Higher score indicates better outcome, with an increase of 5 points considered to be clinically meaningful.
Measured: Weeks 24, 36 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >=5 Point Improvement From Baseline in SF-36 MCS Score at Weeks 24, 36 and 52
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The MCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. Higher score indicates better outcome, with an increase of 5 points considered to be clinically meaningful.
Measured: Weeks 24, 36 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) at Weeks 24 and 52
MDA is a measure that defines a satisfactory state of disease activity that includes the 5 domains of PsA (joint symptoms, skin psoriasis, patient's perspective of pain and disease activity, physical function, and enthesitis). A participant was considered as having achieved the PsA MDA at a visit if the participant has fulfilled at least 5 of the following 7 criteria at that visit: Tender joint count (68 joints)<=1, Swollen joint count (66 joints) <=1, Psoriasis activity and severity index <=1, Patient's Assessment of Pain <=15 on a 100-unit VAS, Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (arthritis and psoriasis) <=20 on a 100-unit VAS, HAQ-DI score <=0.5, and Tender entheseal points <= 1 (LEI index score <= 1).
Measured: Weeks 24 and 52
Change From Baseline in Group of Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Composite (GRACE) Score Index at Weeks 24 and 52
GRACE index is a composite PsA disease activity score converted from AMDF, which was derived from TJC (0-68) and SJC (0-66), HAQ-DI (0-3), patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis and psoriasis (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), patient's assessment of skin disease activity (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), patient's global assessment of disease activity on arthritis (0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100=poor), PASI (0-72), and PsA Quality of Life Index (derived as PsAQOL =25.355 + [2.367*HAQ-DI] - [0.234*SF-PCS] - [0.244*SF-MCS]), where HAQ-DI: HAQ-DI score (0-3, 0=least difficulty and 3=extreme difficulty), SF-PCS (Score ranges from 0 to 100, higher scores= better quality of life) and SF-MCS (score ranges from 0 to 100, higher scores= better quality of life). The total score is from 0-10, where lower score indicates better response. Higher score indicates more active disease activity. Negative change from baseline indicates improvement of PsA disease activity.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24 and 52
Change From Baseline in Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity (PASDAS) Score at Weeks 24 and 52
PASDAS (score range of 0 to 10, where higher score indicated more severe disease) is a compositive score of overall disease activity combining Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (arthritis and psoriasis, using VAS [0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity (using VAS [0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis]), swollen joint count (0-66 joints), tender joint count (0-68 joints), CRP (mg/L), enthesitis based on LEI (0-6), tender dactylitis count (scoring each digit from 0-3 and recoding to 0-1, where any score > 0 equaled 1), and the PCS score of the SF-36 health survey. The cutoffs for disease activity were 3.2 (low) to 5.4 (high). Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of overall disease activity.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Maintained an ACR 20 Response at Week 52 Among Participants Who Achieved an ACR 20 Response at Week 24
ACR 20 response was defined as >=20% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=20% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Week 52
Percentage of Participants Who Maintained an ACR 50 Response at Week 52 Among Participants Who Achieved an ACR 50 Response at Week 24
ACR 50 response was defined as >=50% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=50% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Week 52
Percentage of Participants Who Maintained an ACR 70 Response at Week 52 Among Participants Who Achieved an ACR 70 Response at Week 24
ACR 70 response was defined as >=70% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=70% improvement from baseline in 3 of the 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using VAS (0-100 millimeters [mm], 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by HAQ-DI (defined as a 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0=indicating no difficulty, 3=indicating inability to perform a task in that area), and CRP.
Measured: Week 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >= 20%, >=50%, >=70%, and >=90% Improvement From Baseline in BASDAI Score at Weeks 24 and 52 Among Participants With Spondylitis and Peripheral Arthritis as Their Primary Arthritic Presentation of PsA
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) is a self-assessment tool that consists of 6 questions relating to the 5 major symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis: fatigue, spinal pain, joint pain, enthesitis, qualitative morning stiffness and quantitative morning stiffness. The first 5 items were scored on a 10 centimeter (cm) VAS ranging from 0=none to 10=very severe. Quantitative morning stiffness was scored on a 10cm VAS ranging from 0=0 hours to 10=2 or more hours. The 2 scores for qualitative and quantitative morning stiffness were averaged, and the total BASDAI score was the average of the 5 scores of each symptom, ranging from 0 (none) to 10 (very severe). Higher scores indicate greater disease severity and an improvement of 50% from baseline is considered clinically meaningful. Only participants with spondylitis with peripheral arthritis as their primary arthritic presentation of PsA completed the BASDAI indicate the degree of their symptoms over the past week.
Measured: Weeks 24 and 52
Percentage of Participants With Resolution of Enthesitis at Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Enthesitis was assessed using the LEI, a tool developed to assess enthesitis in participants with PsA and evaluates the presence (score of 1) or absence (score of 0) of pain by applying local pressure to the following entheses: left and right lateral epicondyle humerus, left and right medial femoral condyle, and left and right achilles tendon insertion. The enthesitis index score is a total score of the 6 evaluated sites from 0 (0 sites with tenderness) to 6 (worst possible score; 6 sites with tenderness). A LEI score of 0 at a post baseline visit indicates resolution of enthesitis when baseline LEI>0.
Measured: Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants With Resolution of Dactylitis at Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52 Among Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
The presence and severity of dactylitis was assessed in both hands and feet using a scoring system from 0 to 3 (0-no dactylitis, 1-mild dactylitis, 2-moderate dactylitis, and 3-severe dactylitis) for each digit. The results were summed to produce a final score ranging from 0 to 60. Higher score indicates more severe dactylitis. Resolution of dactylitis was defined as a dactylitis score of 0 with the baseline dactylitis score >0.
Measured: Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52
Change From Baseline in Enthesitis Score (Based on SPARCC) at Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Enthesitis was assessed using the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC). The SPARCC developed a measure for enthesitis in general spondyloarthritis which evaluates the presence or absence of pain by applying local pressure to the following entheses: supraspinatus insertion (left and right), medial epicondyle humerus (left and right), lateral epicondyle humerus (left and right), greater trochanter (left and right), quadriceps-to-patella (left and right), patellar-tibia (left and right), achilles tendon insertion (left and right), plantar fascia (left and right). Tenderness on examination was recorded as either present (1) or absent (0) for each of the 16 sites for an overall score range of 0-16. Higher scores indicate more severe enthesitis. Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of enthesitis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52
Change From Baseline in Enthesitis Score (Based on LEI) at Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Enthesitis was assessed using the LEI, a tool developed to assess enthesitis in participants with PsA and evaluates the presence (score of 1) or absence (score of 0) of pain by applying local pressure to the following entheses: left and right lateral epicondyle humerus, left and right medial femoral condyle, and left and right achilles tendon insertion. The enthesitis index score is a total score of the 6 evaluated sites from 0 (0 sites with tenderness) to 6 (worst possible score; 6 sites with tenderness). Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement of enthesitis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Score at Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
The presence and severity of dactylitis was assessed in both hands and feet using a scoring system from 0 to 3 (0-no dactylitis, 1-mild dactylitis, 2-moderate dactylitis, and 3-severe dactylitis) for each digit. The results were summed to produce a final score ranging from 0 to 60. A higher score indicates more severe dactylitis. Negative changes from baseline indicate improvement in dactylitis.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 36, 44 and 52
Percentage of Participants With an IGA Score of 0 (Cleared) or 1 (Cleared) at Weeks 24 and 52 Among Participants With >=3% BSA Psoriatic Involvement and an IGA Score of >=2 at Baseline
A psoriasis IGA response was defined as an IGA score of 0 (cleared) or 1 (minimal) and >= 2 grade reduction from baseline in the IGA psoriasis score. The IGA documents the investigator's assessment of the patient's psoriasis and lesions are graded for induration, erythema and scaling, each using a 5 point scale: 0 (no evidence), 1 (minimal), 2 (mild), 3 (moderate), and 4 (severe). The IGA score of psoriasis was based upon the average of induration, erythema and scaling scores. The participant's psoriasis was assessed as cleared (0), minimal (1), mild (2), moderate (3), or severe (4).
Measured: Weeks 24 and 52
Change From Baseline in SF-36 Physical Component Summary (PCS) Score at Weeks 24, 36 and 52
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The PCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. A positive change indicates improvement while a negative change indicates worsening of health status and quality of life.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 36 and 52
Change From Baseline in SF-36 Mental Component Summary (MCS) Score at Weeks 24, 36 and 52
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales (physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health), which yielded a Physical Component Summary (PCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) and a Mental Component Summary (MCS) with score range 0-100 (higher score-better quality of life) in addition to subscale scores. The MCS scores are normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. A positive change indicates improvement while a negative change indicates worsening of health status and quality of life.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 36 and 52
Change From Baseline in Norm Based Scores of SF-36 Scales at Week 24, 36 and 52
SF-36 is a multi-domain instrument with 36 items to evaluate the health status and quality of life. It included 8 subscales: physical functioning, physical role functioning, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality, social functioning, emotional role functioning, and mental health. The scores 0-100 (where higher scores indicated a better quality of life) from each subscale of SF-36 were normalized to a mean of 50 and standard deviations of 10, based upon general US population norms. Higher score indicates better health status. A positive change indicates improvement while a negative change indicates worsening of health status and quality of life.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 36 and 52
Change From Baseline in Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Fatigue Score at Weeks 24, 36 and 52
The FACIT-Fatigue is a questionnaire that assesses self-reported tiredness, weakness, and difficulty conducting usual activities due to fatigue. The subscale consists 13-item instrument to measure fatigue. Each of the 13 items has a set of five response categories: Not at all (=0), A little bit (=1), Somewhat (=2), Quite a bit (=3) and Very much (=4). A total FACIT-Fatigue subscale score was calculated as the sum of the 13 item scores (reserved scores [4 - score]) and ranges from 0 to 52, with a higher score indicating less fatigue. Positive changes from baseline indicate improvement of fatigue. Items were reverse scored when appropriate to provide a scale in which higher scores represent better functioning or less fatigue.
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 36 and 52
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >=4-point Improvement From Baseline in FACIT-Fatigue Score at Weeks 24, 36 and 52
The FACIT-Fatigue is a questionnaire that assesses self-reported tiredness, weakness, and difficulty conducting usual activities due to fatigue. The subscale consists 13-item instrument to measure fatigue. Each of the 13 items has a set of five response categories: Not at all (=0), A little bit (=1), Somewhat (=2), Quite a bit (=3) and Very much (=4). A total FACIT-Fatigue subscale score was calculated as the sum of the 13 item scores (reserved scores [4 - score]) and ranges from 0 to 52, with a higher score indicating less fatigue. Positive changes from baseline indicate improvement of fatigue. Items were reverse scored when appropriate to provide a scale in which higher scores represent better functioning or less fatigue.
Measured: Weeks 24, 36 and 52
Change From Baseline in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 Scores at Weeks 24, 36 and 52
PROMIS-29 contains 4 items for each of seven PROMIS domains (Anxiety, Depression, Fatigue, Pain Interference, Physical Function, Sleep Disturbance, and Satisfaction-Social Role and Activity. PROMIS-29 also includes an additional pain intensity 0-10 NRS. The raw score of each domain is converted into a standardized score with a mean of 50 and a SD of 10 for the general population in the US (T-Score).
Measured: Baseline, Weeks 24, 36 and 52
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted22 May 2017
- Study start24 Aug 2017
- Primary completion14 Mar 2019
- Study completion18 Nov 2019
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (15)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Arthritis, PsoriaticStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Janssen Research & Development, LLCThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Investigator
- Enrolment
- 383 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial, Study director, Janssen Research & Development, LLC
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03162796
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CR108218
- Other IDs
- 2016-001163-37, CNTO1959PSA3001, 2016
- Acronym
- Discover-1
- Status last verified
- Jan 2021
- First submitted
- 19 May 2017
- Last updated
- 3 Feb 2021
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Gladman DD, Eder L, Selmi C, Mease PJ, Ogdie A, Lozenski K, Adamson E, Sharaf M, Rampakakis E, Pina Vegas L, Coates LC. Influence of Biological Sex on Participant Characteristics, Guselkumab Efficacy and Radiographic Progression in Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Post Hoc Analysis of Three Randomized Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2026 Feb;13(1):213-229. doi: 10.1007/s40744-025-00812-3. Epub 2025 Dec 15.
PubMed 41396391Mease P, Korotaeva T, Shesternya P, Kokhan M, Rukavitsyn A, Vasilchenkov D, Sharaf M, Lavie F, Deodhar A. Guselkumab in Biologic-Naive Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis in Russia: A Post Hoc Analysis of the DISCOVER-1 and -2 Randomized Clinical Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2024 Dec;11(6):1551-1567. doi: 10.1007/s40744-024-00713-x. Epub 2024 Sep 25.
PubMed 39320583Curtis JR, Deodhar A, Soriano ER, Rampakakis E, Shawi M, Shiff NJ, Han C, Tillett W, Gladman DD. Early Improvements with Guselkumab Associate with Sustained Control of Psoriatic Arthritis: Post hoc Analyses of Two Phase 3 Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2024 Dec;11(6):1501-1517. doi: 10.1007/s40744-024-00702-0. Epub 2024 Sep 11.
PubMed 39261446Baraliakos X, Gladman DD, Chakravarty SD, Gong C, Shawi M, Rampakakis E, Kishimoto M, Soriano ER, Mease PJ. BASDAI versus ASDAS in evaluating axial involvement in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a pooled analysis of two phase 3 studies. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2024 Apr 23;8(2):rkae058. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkae058. eCollection 2024.
PubMed 38765190Strober B, Coates LC, Lebwohl MG, Deodhar A, Leibowitz E, Rowland K, Kollmeier AP, Miller M, Wang Y, Li S, Chakravarty SD, Chan D, Shawi M, Yang YW, Thaҫi D, Rahman P. Long-Term Safety of Guselkumab in Patients with Psoriatic Disease: An Integrated Analysis of Eleven Phase II/III Clinical Studies in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Drug Saf. 2024 Jan;47(1):39-57. doi: 10.1007/s40264-023-01361-w. Epub 2023 Oct 31.
PubMed 37906417Kavanaugh A, Baraliakos X, Gao S, Chen W, Sweet K, Chakravarty SD, Song Q, Shawi M, Rahman P. Genetic and Molecular Distinctions Between Axial Psoriatic Arthritis and Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Post Hoc Analyses from Four Phase 3 Clinical Trials. Adv Ther. 2023 May;40(5):2439-2456. doi: 10.1007/s12325-023-02475-4. Epub 2023 Mar 30.
PubMed 36995469Rahman P, Boehncke WH, Mease PJ, Gottlieb AB, McInnes IB, Shawi M, Wang Y, Sheng S, Kollmeier AP, Theander E, Yu J, Leibowitz E, Marrache AM, Coates LC. Safety of Guselkumab With and Without Prior Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Treatment: Pooled Results Across 4 Studies in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2023 Jun;50(6):769-780. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220928. Epub 2023 Jan 15.
PubMed 36642439Orbai AM, Coates LC, Deodhar A, Helliwell PS, Ritchlin CT, Leibowitz E, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Xu XL, Sheng S, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Han C. Meaningful Improvement in General Health Outcomes with Guselkumab Treatment for Psoriatic Arthritis: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29 Results from a Phase 3 Study. Patient. 2022 Nov;15(6):657-668. doi: 10.1007/s40271-022-00588-6. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
PubMed 35768650Coates LC, Ritchlin CT, Gossec L, Helliwell PS, Rahman P, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Shawi M, Karyekar CS, Contre C, Noel W, Sheng S, Wang Y, Xu S, Mease PJ. Guselkumab provides sustained domain-specific and comprehensive efficacy using composite indices in patients with active psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Feb 1;62(2):606-616. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac375.
PubMed 35766811Ritchlin CT, Mease PJ, Boehncke WH, Tesser J, Schiopu E, Chakravarty SD, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Shawi M, Jiang Y, Sheng S, Wang Y, Xu S, Merola JF, McInnes IB, Deodhar A. Sustained and improved guselkumab response in patients with active psoriatic arthritis regardless of baseline demographic and disease characteristics: pooled results through week 52 of two phase III, randomised, placebo-controlled studies. RMD Open. 2022 Mar;8(1):e002195. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002195.
PubMed 35296534Rahman P, Mease PJ, Helliwell PS, Deodhar A, Gossec L, Kavanaugh A, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Zhou B, Lin X, Shawi M, Karyekar CS, Han C. Guselkumab demonstrated an independent treatment effect in reducing fatigue after adjustment for clinical response-results from two phase 3 clinical trials of 1120 patients with active psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Jul 14;23(1):190. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02554-3.
PubMed 34261541Sweet K, Song Q, Loza MJ, McInnes IB, Ma K, Leander K, Lakshminarayanan V, Franks C, Cooper P, Siebert S. Guselkumab induces robust reduction in acute phase proteins and type 17 effector cytokines in active psoriatic arthritis: results from phase 3 trials. RMD Open. 2021 May;7(2):e001679. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001679.
PubMed 34011674Rahman P, Ritchlin CT, Helliwell PS, Boehncke WH, Mease PJ, Gottlieb AB, Kafka S, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Xu XL, Shawi M, Sheng S, Agarwal P, Zhou B, Ramachandran P, Zhuang Y, McInnes IB. Pooled Safety Results Through 1 Year of 2 Phase III Trials of Guselkumab in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2021 Dec;48(12):1815-1823. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.201532. Epub 2021 May 1.
PubMed 33934076McGonagle D, McInnes IB, Deodhar A, Schett G, Shawi M, Kafka S, Karyekar CS, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Xu XL, Sheng S, Agarwal P, Zhou B, Ritchlin CT, Rahman P, Mease PJ. Resolution of enthesitis by guselkumab and relationships to disease burden: 1-year results of two phase 3 psoriatic arthritis studies. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Nov 3;60(11):5337-5350. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab285.
PubMed 33822898Deodhar A, Helliwell PS, Boehncke WH, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Subramanian RA, Xu XL, Sheng S, Agarwal P, Zhou B, Zhuang Y, Ritchlin CT; DISCOVER-1 Study Group. Guselkumab in patients with active psoriatic arthritis who were biologic-naive or had previously received TNFalpha inhibitor treatment (DISCOVER-1): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2020 Apr 4;395(10230):1115-1125. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30265-8. Epub 2020 Mar 13.
PubMed 32178765
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Feb 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Guselkumab Administered Subcutaneously in Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis Including Those Previously Treated With Biologic Anti-TNF Alpha Agents
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03162796
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Discover-1 / CR108218
- Conditions
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 383 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Janssen Research & Development, LLCIndustry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Study start
- 24 Aug 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 14 Mar 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 18 Nov 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 22 May 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 14 Oct 2020
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of guselkumab treatment in participants with active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) by assessing the reduction in signs and symptoms of PsA.
Detailed description
This is a study of guselkumab in participants with active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) who had inadequate response to standard therapies. It will evaluate the clinical efficacy of guselkumab in the reduction of signs and symptoms and the safety profile of guselkumab in the treatment of PsA. The study will consists of 4 phases: a screening phase of up to 6 weeks, a blinded treatment phase of approximately 1 year (that is, 52 weeks), including a placebo controlled period from Week 0 to Week 24 and double-blind active treatment period from Week 24 to Week 52, and a safety follow-up phase of 8 weeks after Week 52 (Week 52 to 60) and will be 12 weeks from the last administration of study agent (at Week 48) to the final safety follow-up visit. Efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetic, immunogenicity, and biomarker evaluations will be performed in the study at defined schedule.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Double blind (participant, investigator)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1: Guselkumab | Experimental | Drug: GuselkumabParticipants will receive subcutaneous (SC) guselkumab 100 milligram (mg) once every 4 weeks (q4w) from Week 0 through Week 48. |
| Group 2: Guselkumab and Placebo | Experimental | Drug: Guselkumab, Drug: PlaceboParticipants will receive SC guselkumab 100 mg at Weeks 0 and 4, then once every 8 weeks (q8w) (Weeks 12, 20, 28, 36, and 44) and placebo injections at other visits (Weeks 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48) to maintain the blind. |
| Group 3: Placebo Followed by Guselkumab | Experimental | Drug: Guselkumab, Drug: PlaceboParticipants will receive SC placebo q4w from Week 0 to Week 20, and will crossover at Week 24 to receive guselkumab 100 mg q4w from Week 24 through Week 48. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Have a diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) for at least 6 months before the first administration of study agent and meet Classification criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) at screening
- Have active PsA as defined by: at least 3 swollen joints and at least 3 tender joints at screening and at baseline; and C-reactive protein (CRP) greater than or equal to (>=) 0.3 milligram per deciLitre (mg/dL) at screening from the central laboratory
- Have at least 1 of the PsA subsets: distal interphalangeal joint involvement, polyarticular arthritis with absence of rheumatoid nodules, arthritis mutilans, asymmetric peripheral arthritis, or spondylitis with peripheral arthritis
- Have active plaque psoriasis, with at least one psoriatic plaque of >= 2 centimeter (cm) diameter or nail changes consistent with psoriasis or documented history of plaque psoriasis
- Have active PsA despite previous non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD), apremilast, and/or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy : Non-biologic DMARD therapy is defined as taking a non-biologic DMARD for at least 3 months or evidence of intolerance; Apremilast therapy is defined as taking apremilast at the marketed dose approved in the country where the study is being conducted for at least 4 months or evidence of intolerance; NSAID therapy is defined as taking an NSAID for at least 4 weeks or evidence of intolerance
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Has other inflammatory diseases that might confound the evaluations of benefit of guselkumab therapy, including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), axial spondyloarthritis (this does not include a primary diagnosis of PsA with spondylitis), systemic lupus erythematosus, or Lyme disease
- Has ever received more than 2 anti-TNFalpha agents
- Has previously received any biologic treatment (other than anti-TNF alpha agents), including, but not limited to ustekinumab, abatacept, secukinumab, tildrakizumab, ixekizumab, brodalumab, risankizumab, or other investigative biologic treatment
- Has previously received any systemic immunosuppressants (for example, azathioprine, cyclosporine, 6 thioguanine, mercaptopurine, mycophenolate mofetil, hydroxyurea, tacrolimus) within 4 weeks of the first administration of study agent
- Has received apremilast within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of study agent
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| GuselkumabAlso: CNTO 1959Participants will receive 100mg of guselkumab as a sterile liquid for SC injection. | Drug | Group 1: Guselkumab, Group 2: Guselkumab and Placebo, Group 3: Placebo Followed by Guselkumab |
| PlaceboParticipants will receive matching placebo as SC injection. | Drug | Group 2: Guselkumab and Placebo, Group 3: Placebo Followed by Guselkumab |
Primary outcome
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20 Response at Week 24
Time frame: Week 24
ACR 20 response: >=20% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and >=20% improvement from baseline in 3 of 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0= no difficulty, 3= inability to perform task in that area), and CRP. Treatment Failure (TF) criteria- discontinued study drug, initiated/increased dose of non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or oral corticosteroids, initiated prohibited psoriatic arthritis treatment.
99 secondary outcomes
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Score at Week 24
Time frame: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 50 Response at Week 24
Time frame: Week 24
Percentage of Participants With Psoriasis Response of IGA (Score: 0[Cleared] or 1[Minimal] and >=2 Grade Reduction From Baseline) at Week 24 Among Participants With >=3% Body Surface Area (BSA) Psoriatic Involvement and IGA Score of >=2 (Mild) at Baseline
Time frame: Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20 Response at Week 16
Time frame: Week 16
Change From Baseline in Disease Activity Score (DAS28) (C-reactive Protein [CRP]) Score at Week 24
Time frame: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieve an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 70 Response at Week 24
Time frame: Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 50 Response at Week 16
Time frame: Week 16
Change From Baseline in 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Component Summary (PCS) Score at Week 24
Time frame: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants With Resolution of Enthesitis at Week 24 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Time frame: Week 24
Change From Baseline in Enthesitis Score (Based on LEI) at Week 24 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Time frame: Baseline and Week 24
Change From Baseline in 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Mental Component Summary (MCS) Score at Week 24
Time frame: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants With Resolution of Dactylitis at Week 24 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
Time frame: Week 24
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Scores at Week 24 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
Time frame: Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 20 Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 50 Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved ACR 70 Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR Components- Swollen Joint Count and Tender Joint Count Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR Components- Patient's Assessment of Pain, Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity, Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR Component- C-reactive Protein (CRP) Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
ACR Component- Patient's Assessment of Physical Function as Assessed by HAQ-DI Scale Score at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percent Change From Baseline in ACR Components at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Change From Baseline in HAQ-DI Score at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Time frame: Baseline, Week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a Clinically Meaningful Improvement (>=0.35 Improvement From Baseline) in HAQ-DI Score by Visit Over Time Through Week 24 Among Participants With HAQ-DI Score >=0.35 at Baseline
Time frame: Week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a DAS28 (CRP) Response by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a DAS28 (CRP) Remission by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Week 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Change From Baseline in DAS28 (CRP) Score at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved a Response Based on Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Responder Criteria (PsARC) by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Resolution of Enthesitis at Weeks 4, 8, 16, and 24 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 16, and 24
Change From Baseline in Enthesitis Score at Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24 Among the Participants With Enthesitis at Baseline
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants With Resolution of Dactylitis by Visit Over Time Through Week 24 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
Time frame: Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Score at Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24 Among the Participants With Dactylitis at Baseline
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in the Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity (PASDAS) Score at Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in Group of Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Composite (GRACE) Score at Weeks 16 and 24
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) Score at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) at Weeks 16 and 24
Time frame: Weeks 16 and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved >= 20%, >=50%, >=70%, and >=90% Improvement From Baseline in BASDAI Score Through Week 24 Among the Participants With Spondylitis and Peripheral Arthritis and BASDAI Score >0 at Baseline
Time frame: Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Change From Baseline in BASDAI Score at Week 8, 16, and Week 24 Among Participants With Spondylitis and Peripheral Arthritis at Baseline
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 8, 16, and 24
Percentage of Participants With Low or Very Low Disease Activity Based on Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score (PASDAS) by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 8, 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants With Low Disease Activity Based on Group of Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Composite (GRACE) Score Index by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Weeks 16 and 24
Percentage of Participants With Low Disease Activity or Remission Based on Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) by Visit Over Time Through Week 24
Time frame: Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Feb 2021.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 41396391Gladman DD, Eder L, Selmi C, Mease PJ, Ogdie A, Lozenski K, Adamson E, Sharaf M, Rampakakis E, Pina Vegas L, Coates LC. Influence of Biological Sex on Participant Characteristics, Guselkumab Efficacy and Radiographic Progression in Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Post Hoc Analysis of Three Randomized Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2026 Feb;13(1):213-229. doi: 10.1007/s40744-025-00812-3. Epub 2025 Dec 15.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 39320583Mease P, Korotaeva T, Shesternya P, Kokhan M, Rukavitsyn A, Vasilchenkov D, Sharaf M, Lavie F, Deodhar A. Guselkumab in Biologic-Naive Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis in Russia: A Post Hoc Analysis of the DISCOVER-1 and -2 Randomized Clinical Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2024 Dec;11(6):1551-1567. doi: 10.1007/s40744-024-00713-x. Epub 2024 Sep 25.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 39261446Curtis JR, Deodhar A, Soriano ER, Rampakakis E, Shawi M, Shiff NJ, Han C, Tillett W, Gladman DD. Early Improvements with Guselkumab Associate with Sustained Control of Psoriatic Arthritis: Post hoc Analyses of Two Phase 3 Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2024 Dec;11(6):1501-1517. doi: 10.1007/s40744-024-00702-0. Epub 2024 Sep 11.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 38765190Baraliakos X, Gladman DD, Chakravarty SD, Gong C, Shawi M, Rampakakis E, Kishimoto M, Soriano ER, Mease PJ. BASDAI versus ASDAS in evaluating axial involvement in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a pooled analysis of two phase 3 studies. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2024 Apr 23;8(2):rkae058. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkae058. eCollection 2024.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 37906417Strober B, Coates LC, Lebwohl MG, Deodhar A, Leibowitz E, Rowland K, Kollmeier AP, Miller M, Wang Y, Li S, Chakravarty SD, Chan D, Shawi M, Yang YW, Thaҫi D, Rahman P. Long-Term Safety of Guselkumab in Patients with Psoriatic Disease: An Integrated Analysis of Eleven Phase II/III Clinical Studies in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Drug Saf. 2024 Jan;47(1):39-57. doi: 10.1007/s40264-023-01361-w. Epub 2023 Oct 31.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 36995469Kavanaugh A, Baraliakos X, Gao S, Chen W, Sweet K, Chakravarty SD, Song Q, Shawi M, Rahman P. Genetic and Molecular Distinctions Between Axial Psoriatic Arthritis and Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Post Hoc Analyses from Four Phase 3 Clinical Trials. Adv Ther. 2023 May;40(5):2439-2456. doi: 10.1007/s12325-023-02475-4. Epub 2023 Mar 30.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 36642439Rahman P, Boehncke WH, Mease PJ, Gottlieb AB, McInnes IB, Shawi M, Wang Y, Sheng S, Kollmeier AP, Theander E, Yu J, Leibowitz E, Marrache AM, Coates LC. Safety of Guselkumab With and Without Prior Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Treatment: Pooled Results Across 4 Studies in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2023 Jun;50(6):769-780. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220928. Epub 2023 Jan 15.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 35768650Orbai AM, Coates LC, Deodhar A, Helliwell PS, Ritchlin CT, Leibowitz E, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Xu XL, Sheng S, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Han C. Meaningful Improvement in General Health Outcomes with Guselkumab Treatment for Psoriatic Arthritis: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29 Results from a Phase 3 Study. Patient. 2022 Nov;15(6):657-668. doi: 10.1007/s40271-022-00588-6. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 35766811Coates LC, Ritchlin CT, Gossec L, Helliwell PS, Rahman P, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Shawi M, Karyekar CS, Contre C, Noel W, Sheng S, Wang Y, Xu S, Mease PJ. Guselkumab provides sustained domain-specific and comprehensive efficacy using composite indices in patients with active psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Feb 1;62(2):606-616. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac375.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 35296534Ritchlin CT, Mease PJ, Boehncke WH, Tesser J, Schiopu E, Chakravarty SD, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Shawi M, Jiang Y, Sheng S, Wang Y, Xu S, Merola JF, McInnes IB, Deodhar A. Sustained and improved guselkumab response in patients with active psoriatic arthritis regardless of baseline demographic and disease characteristics: pooled results through week 52 of two phase III, randomised, placebo-controlled studies. RMD Open. 2022 Mar;8(1):e002195. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002195.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 34261541Rahman P, Mease PJ, Helliwell PS, Deodhar A, Gossec L, Kavanaugh A, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Zhou B, Lin X, Shawi M, Karyekar CS, Han C. Guselkumab demonstrated an independent treatment effect in reducing fatigue after adjustment for clinical response-results from two phase 3 clinical trials of 1120 patients with active psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Jul 14;23(1):190. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02554-3.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 34011674Sweet K, Song Q, Loza MJ, McInnes IB, Ma K, Leander K, Lakshminarayanan V, Franks C, Cooper P, Siebert S. Guselkumab induces robust reduction in acute phase proteins and type 17 effector cytokines in active psoriatic arthritis: results from phase 3 trials. RMD Open. 2021 May;7(2):e001679. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001679.
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Impact of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Analogs on Disease Outcomes in Psoriatic Arthritis: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
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Guselkumab vs Golimumab in PsA TNF Inadequate Responder Patients
Psoriatic Arthritis
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial study director
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
95 sites in 13 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing Guselkumab in people with Arthritis, Psoriatic, run by Janssen Research & Development, LLC at 95 sites in 13 countries.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Feb 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 95 sites in Poland, Russia, Ukraine, United States, Spain and 8 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 14 Oct 2020). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20 Response at Week 24 (time frame: Week 24). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03162796, which also lists 15 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Feb 2021.