Efficacy and safety of vunakizumab in moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial.
J Am Acad Dermatol
; 2024 Sep 25.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Vunakizumab, a novel anti-IL-17A antibody, has showed promising efficacy for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in a phase 2 trial.OBJECTIVE:
We conducted a double-blind, randomized phase 3 trial (NCT04839016) to further evaluate vunakizumab in this population.METHODS:
690 subjects were randomized (21) to receive vunakizumab 240 mg or placebo at weeks 0, 2, 4 and 8. At week 12, subjects on placebo were switched to vunakizumab 240 mg (weeks 12, 14, 16 and q4w thereafter). The co-primary endpoints were ≥90% improvement from baseline in the psoriasis area-and-severity index score (PASI 90) and a static Physicians Global Assessment score of 0/1 (sPGA 0/1) at week 12.RESULTS:
At week 12, the vunakizumab group showed higher PASI 90 (76.8% vs 0.9%) and sPGA 0/1 (71.8% vs 0.4%) response rates, as well as higher PASI 75 (93.6% vs 4.0%), PASI 100 (36.6% vs 0.0%) and sPGA 0 (38.2% vs 0.0%) response rates (all two-sided P<0.0001 vs placebo). Efficacy was maintained through week 52 with continuous vunakizumab. Possible treatment-related serious adverse events occurred in 0.9% of vunakizumab-treated subjects.LIMITATIONS:
Chinese subjects only; no active comparator.CONCLUSION:
Vunakizumab demonstrated robust clinical response at week 12 and through week 52, with good tolerability in moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.
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J Am Acad Dermatol
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J. Am. Acad. Dermatol
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Journal of the American Academy of dermatology
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
China
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos