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Psoriatic ArthritisPhase 4NCT03623867

PsA Secukinumab XCT Structural Progression Study

A Phase 4 study testing Secukinumab in people with Psoriatic Arthritis, run by Chinese University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Psoriatic arthritis is related with chronic inflammation and progressive radiographic damages, and it in turn lead to disability and loss in function-ability. Recent advance in treatment pathway through anti IL-17 gives promising clinical improvement. Yet, its effect on radiographic progression remains uncertain. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Psoriatic Arthritis
What is being tested?
Secukinumab
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
40 participants
Where
1 siteHong Kong
Study dates
18 May 2020to 30 Sep 2022
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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

  • ≥18 years old;
  • without severe deformity in MCP joints which would influence the longitudinal assessment of HR-pQCT;
  • with active disease, which is defined as three or more than tender joints and three or more than swollen joints, despite previous treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.

Who cannot join

  • limited in ability to perform usual self-care, vocational, and avocational activities;
  • pregnancy;
  • previous therapy with biologic;
  • the presence of active inflammatory diseases other than PsA;
  • active infection in 2 weeks before randomization or a history of ongoing, chronic, or recurrent infections including tuberculosis;
  • history of hepatitis B \& C;
  • history of malignant disease within the past 5 years (excluding basal cell carcinoma or actinic keratosis, in-situ cervical cancer, or non-invasive malignant colon polyps);
  • contraindications to secukinumab.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Hong Kong1 site
  • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics

    Hong Kong

Other trials in Hong Kong

About this study

Official title: Prevention of Metacarpophalangeal Joints Structure Damage in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Using Secukinumab

Psoriatic arthritis is related with chronic inflammation and progressive radiographic damages, and it in turn lead to disability and loss in function-ability. Recent advance in treatment pathway through anti IL-17 gives promising clinical improvement. Yet, its effect on radiographic progression remains uncertain. This study aimed to ascertain the effect of secukinumab on structural progression in PsA by evaluation through high resolution peripheral quantative computed tomography (HRpqCT).

Read the detailed description

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease associated with psoriasis. PsA is associated with distinctive clinical features including changes in skin and nails, peripheral arthritis, axial disease, dactylitis and enthesitis. Synovial inflammation in peripheral joints is the most prevalent feature of the disease ranging in severity from mild joint inflammation to disabling peripheral arthritis [1]. Within 2 years of diagnosis, radiological erosions were developed in 47% of the patients [2]. Without proper monitoring and treatment, it will lead to significant structure damage and loss of physical function, and even arthritis mutilans, which is the most severe destructive form of PsA [3]. Prevention of structural damage is one of the primary goals of treating PsA patients to maximise health-related quality of life [4].

Detection of bone erosions in PsA patients is usually achieved by conventional radiographs although the sensitivity is low [5]. High-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) is a novel technique for detailed bone microstructure analysis with high reproducibility in assessing bony erosions [6]. With its high spatial resolution of 130 μm, HR-pQCT exhibited a higher sensitivity in detecting erosion compared with radiograph and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [7]. Recently, Finzel et al. described an indirect method to assess volume based on measurements of the width and depth of the erosions using HR-pQCT [8]. Quantitative measurement of erosion volume can also be achieved [6]. Using this method, erosion repair under biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) treatment has been demonstrated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [8, 9]. Bone apposition at the margin of erosions (osteosclerosis) with the formation of a new cortical lining was associated with a decrease in erosion depth or width, which may indicate either periosteal or endosteal repair processes [8, 9]. Valid measurement of erosion volume using HR-pQCT will facilitate the testing of treatments that may help to heal erosion. Decrease in erosion volume and the presence of osteosclerosis on HR-pQCT could be promising markers for erosion healing.

Interleukin 17 (IL-17) is a proinflammatory cytokine which produced by type 17 helper T cells (Th17). It is now considered to be a key cytokine in the pathogenesis of a number of autoimmune disorders in humans including PsA [10]. IL-17 was also reported to be associated with the presence of joint erosion [11]. Recently, secukinumab, an anti-interleukin-17A monoclonal antibody, was reported to be effective in reducing disease activity and decreased the rate of radiographic joint damage compared with placebo [12]. However, whether healing of erosion could occur in PsA has never been evaluated.

On the other hand, osteophytes formation at the entheseal regions of the joints in PsA is distinctive feature compared with RA [13]. The formation of osteophytes is tightly regulated by anabolic pathways, which resembles the pathogenesis of new bone formation in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibition was unable to halt the structural progression in AS patients [14-16], it also lacked efficacy in stopping the progression of osteophytes in PsA patients [17]. Inhibition of IL-17 by secukinumab was effective in the treatment of both AS [18] and PsA [12]. Secukinumab also decreased the rate of radiographic joint damage regarding to erosion and joint space narrowing [12]. However, it is unknown if it has any effect in the progression of osteophytes. In an animal model, although over-expression of IL-17 alone failed to induce entheseal and periosteal bone formation, inhibition of IL-17 leaded to significant reduction of such bone formation in an IL-23 overexpression model [19]. Moreover, IL-17A accelerates bone formation by stimulating the proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation of mesenchymal progenitor cells after injury [20]. It is worth exploring if secukinumab could prevent the progression of osteophytes in PsA patients.

Being tested
Secukinumab, 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.

  • SecukinumabDrug

    Also called Cosentyx

    Subject will take secukinumab once weekly in week 0-4, and once monthly till week 48

  • PlaceboDrug

    Subject will take placebo once weekly in week 0-4, and once monthly till week 48

Study groups in NCT03623867
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SecukinumabExperimentalSubject will received secukinumab 150mg at week 0-4, and once monthly till week 48
Receives: Drug: Secukinumab
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorSubject will received placebo 150mg at week 0-4, and once monthly till week 48
Receives: Drug: Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Difference in changes in the volume of erosions on metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) 2-4 measured by HR-pQCT at 24 weeks between secukinumab and placebo group

    The erosion volume will be calculated from HR-pQCT images

    Measured: 24 weeks

  2. Difference in changes in the volume of erosions on metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) 2-4 measured by HR-pQCT at 48 weeks between secukinumab and placebo group

    The erosion volume will be calculated from HR-pQCT images

    Measured: 48 weeks

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. The percentage of erosions with healing determined using HR-pQCT on MCP 2-4

    Erosion healing is defined as a decrease in erosion volume of ≥0.4 mm3 from baseline, and the presence of grade 2 osteosclerosis at the margin of erosion

    Measured: 24 weeks

  2. The percentage of erosions with healing determined using HR-pQCT on MCP 2-4

    Erosion healing is defined as a decrease in erosion volume of ≥0.4 mm3 from baseline, and the presence of grade 2 osteosclerosis at the margin of erosion

    Measured: 48 weeks

  3. Changes in depth and width of erosion using HR-pQCT

    The erosion volume will be calculated from HR-pQCT images

    Measured: 24 weeks

  4. Changes in depth and width of erosion using HR-pQCT

    The erosion volume will be calculated from HR-pQCT images

    Measured: 48 weeks

  5. Marginal osteosclerosis using HR-pQCT

    The marginal osteosclerosis will be calculated from HR-pQCT images

    Measured: 24 weeks

  6. Marginal osteosclerosis using HR-pQCT

    The marginal osteosclerosis will be calculated from HR-pQCT images

    Measured: 48 weeks

  7. Changes in the height of osteophytes using HR-pQCT

    The height of osteophytes will be analysed from HR-pQCT images

    Measured: 24 weeks

  8. Changes in the height of osteophytes using HR-pQCT

    The height of osteophytes will be analysed from HR-pQCT images

    Measured: 48 weeks

  9. Changes in joint space volume using HR-pQCT

    HR-pQCT measures the joint space volume

    Measured: Week 24

  10. Changes in joint space volume using HR-pQCT

    HR-pQCT measures the joint space volume

    Measured: Week 48

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted9 Aug 2018
  2. Study start18 May 2020
  3. Primary completion30 Sep 2022
  4. Study completion30 Sep 2022

Resources

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 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Subject will be randomised into secukinumab or placebo group in 1:1 ratio
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
40 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03623867
Sponsor's protocol ID
PsA secukinumab XCT study 2018
Status last verified
Sep 2023
First submitted
2 Aug 2018
Last updated
6 Sep 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Mortezavi M, Thiele R, Ritchlin C. The joint in psoriatic arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Sep-Oct;33(5 Suppl 93):S20-5. Epub 2015 Oct 15.

    PubMed 26472472
  • Kane D, Stafford L, Bresnihan B, FitzGerald O. A prospective, clinical and radiological study of early psoriatic arthritis: an early synovitis clinic experience. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2003 Dec;42(12):1460-8. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg384. Epub 2003 Oct 1.

    PubMed 14523223
  • Acosta Felquer ML, FitzGerald O. Peripheral joint involvement in psoriatic arthritis patients. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Sep-Oct;33(5 Suppl 93):S26-30. Epub 2015 Oct 15.

    PubMed 26471860
  • Gossec L, Smolen JS, Ramiro S, de Wit M, Cutolo M, Dougados M, Emery P, Landewe R, Oliver S, Aletaha D, Betteridge N, Braun J, Burmester G, Canete JD, Damjanov N, FitzGerald O, Haglund E, Helliwell P, Kvien TK, Lories R, Luger T, Maccarone M, Marzo-Ortega H, McGonagle D, McInnes IB, Olivieri I, Pavelka K, Schett G, Sieper J, van den Bosch F, Veale DJ, Wollenhaupt J, Zink A, van der Heijde D. European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of psoriatic arthritis with pharmacological therapies: 2015 update. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Mar;75(3):499-510. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208337. Epub 2015 Dec 7.

    PubMed 26644232
  • Poggenborg RP, Bird P, Boonen A, Wiell C, Pedersen SJ, Sorensen IJ, Madsen OR, Slot O, Moller JM, Boyesen P, Hasselquist M, Ostergaard M. Pattern of bone erosion and bone proliferation in psoriatic arthritis hands: a high-resolution computed tomography and radiography follow-up study during adalimumab therapy. Scand J Rheumatol. 2014;43(3):202-8. doi: 10.3109/03009742.2013.835865. Epub 2013 Dec 19.

    PubMed 24354412
  • Fouque-Aubert A, Boutroy S, Marotte H, Vilayphiou N, Bacchetta J, Miossec P, Delmas PD, Chapurlat RD. Assessment of hand bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis by high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Sep;69(9):1671-6. doi: 10.1136/ard.2009.114512. Epub 2010 Jun 4.

    PubMed 20525847
  • Srikhum W, Virayavanich W, Burghardt AJ, Yu A, Link TM, Imboden JB, Li X. Quantitative and semiquantitative bone erosion assessment on high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2013 Apr;40(4):408-16. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.120780. Epub 2013 Feb 15.

    PubMed 23418386
  • Finzel S, Rech J, Schmidt S, Engelke K, Englbrecht M, Schett G. Interleukin-6 receptor blockade induces limited repair of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis: a micro CT study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Mar;72(3):396-400. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201075. Epub 2012 May 14.

    PubMed 22586162
  • Finzel S, Rech J, Schmidt S, Engelke K, Englbrecht M, Stach C, Schett G. Repair of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors is based on bone apposition at the base of the erosion. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Sep;70(9):1587-93. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.148395. Epub 2011 May 27.

    PubMed 21622765
  • Miossec P, Korn T, Kuchroo VK. Interleukin-17 and type 17 helper T cells. N Engl J Med. 2009 Aug 27;361(9):888-98. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0707449. No abstract available.

    PubMed 19710487
  • Menon B, Gullick NJ, Walter GJ, Rajasekhar M, Garrood T, Evans HG, Taams LS, Kirkham BW. Interleukin-17+CD8+ T cells are enriched in the joints of patients with psoriatic arthritis and correlate with disease activity and joint damage progression. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 May;66(5):1272-81. doi: 10.1002/art.38376.

    PubMed 24470327
  • Mease PJ, McInnes IB, Kirkham B, Kavanaugh A, Rahman P, van der Heijde D, Landewe R, Nash P, Pricop L, Yuan J, Richards HB, Mpofu S; FUTURE 1 Study Group. Secukinumab Inhibition of Interleukin-17A in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis. N Engl J Med. 2015 Oct;373(14):1329-39. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1412679.

    PubMed 26422723
  • Finzel S, Englbrecht M, Engelke K, Stach C, Schett G. A comparative study of periarticular bone lesions in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Jan;70(1):122-7. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.132423. Epub 2010 Oct 11.

    PubMed 20937672
  • van der Heijde D, Salonen D, Weissman BN, Landewe R, Maksymowych WP, Kupper H, Ballal S, Gibson E, Wong R; Canadian (M03-606) study group; ATLAS study group. Assessment of radiographic progression in the spines of patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with adalimumab for up to 2 years. Arthritis Res Ther. 2009;11(4):R127. doi: 10.1186/ar2794. Epub 2009 Aug 24.

    PubMed 19703304
  • van der Heijde D, Landewe R, Baraliakos X, Houben H, van Tubergen A, Williamson P, Xu W, Baker D, Goldstein N, Braun J; Ankylosing Spondylitis Study for the Evaluation of Recombinant Infliximab Therapy Study Group. Radiographic findings following two years of infliximab therapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Oct;58(10):3063-70. doi: 10.1002/art.23901.

    PubMed 18821688

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Secukinumab in people with Psoriatic Arthritis, run by Chinese University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.

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 3 inclusion and 8 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 6 Sep 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Hong Kong. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Difference in changes in the volume of erosions on metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP) 2-4 measured by HR-pQCT at 24 weeks between secukinumab and placebo group (time frame: 24 weeks). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT03623867, which also lists 20 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 6 Sep 2023.

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