VESPUCCI: A Double-blind Study to Compare the Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of the Proposed Biosimilar Ustekinumab FYB202 to Stelara® in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis

Sponsor
Bioeq GmbH (Industry)
Overall Status
Active, not recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT04595409
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of FYB202 compared to Stelara® in patients with Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Drug: FYB202 (Proposed ustekinumab biosimilar)
  • Drug: Stelara® (Ustekinumab)
Phase 3

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
392 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Randomised, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Phase 3 Study to Compare the Efficacy, Safety, and Immunogenicity of the Proposed Biosimilar Ustekinumab FYB202 to Stelara® in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis
Actual Study Start Date :
Nov 9, 2020
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Jun 7, 2021
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Mar 1, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: FYB202 (Proposed ustekinumab biosimilar)

Patients will receive subcutaneous injections of FYB202 as detailed in the protocol.

Drug: FYB202 (Proposed ustekinumab biosimilar)
Patients will receive 1 subcutaneous (SC) injection of FYB202 at week 0 and week 4, followed by 1 SC injection every 12 weeks thereafter for the next 3 consecutive doses.

Active Comparator: Stelara® (Ustekinumab)

Patients will receive subcutaneous injections of Stelara® as detailed in the protocol.

Drug: Stelara® (Ustekinumab)
Patients will receive 1 subcutaneous (SC) injection of Stelara® at week 0 and week 4, followed by 1 SC injection every 12 weeks thereafter for the next 3 consecutive doses.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Percent improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score [Week 12]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Percent improvement in PASI score [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

  2. Raw PASI score [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

  3. Proportion of patients with PASI 75 and PASI 90 [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

  4. Change per Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

  5. Improvement of Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) total score [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

  6. Itching Visual Analogue Scale [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

  7. Relative frequency, nature, and severity of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

  8. Serum trough levels of ustekinumab [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

  9. Number of patients with antibodies to ustekinumab [Through study completion, approximately 1 year]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. Patients who provided written informed consent and who are able to complete study procedures.

  2. Patients who are at least 18 years of age at time of screening.

  3. Patients with PASI score of at least 12 at screening and at baseline.

  4. Patients with involved body surface area of at least 10% at screening and at baseline.

  5. Patients with a Physician's Global Assessment (PGA) score of at least 3 at screening and at baseline by means of a 5-point scoring scale.

  6. Patients who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy.

  7. Previous failure, inadequate response in the opinion of the investigator, intolerance, or contraindication to at least 1 conventional antipsoriatic systemic therapy.

  8. For female patients (except those at least 2 years postmenopausal or surgically sterilised): a negative serum pregnancy test at screening and at baseline.

  9. Female patients of childbearing potential with a fertile male sexual partner must use adequate contraception from screening until 4 months after the last dose of study intervention. Adequate contraception is defined as using hormonal contraceptives or an intrauterine device (IUD), combined with at least one of the following forms of contraception: a diaphragm, cervical cap, or a condom. Total abstinence from heterosexual activity, in accordance with the lifestyle of the patient, is acceptable. Female patients must not donate ova starting at screening and throughout the clinical study period and for 4 months after study intervention administration.

  10. Male patients who are sexually active with women of childbearing potential must agree they will use adequate contraception if not surgically sterilised and will not donate sperm from the time of screening until 6 months after the last dose of study intervention. Adequate contraception for the male patient and his female partner of childbearing potential is defined as using hormonal contraceptives or an IUD combined with at least one of the following forms of contraception: a diaphragm, cervical cap, or a condom. Total abstinence from heterosexual activity, in accordance with the lifestyle of the patient, is acceptable.

Exclusion Criteria:
  1. Patients diagnosed with erythrodermic psoriasis, pustular psoriasis, guttate psoriasis, medication-induced psoriasis, any other skin disease, or other systemic inflammatory autoimmune disorder at the time of the screening and baseline visits that would interfere with evaluations of the effect of study intervention on psoriasis.

  2. Patients who have received any topical psoriasis treatment including corticosteroids.

  3. Patients who have received the following treatments for psoriasis:

  4. PUVA phototherapy and/or ultraviolet B phototherapy and/or laser therapy

  5. Non-biologic psoriasis systemic therapies, tofacitinib, or apremilast

  6. Adalimumab

  7. Etanercept or secukinumab

  8. Infliximab, brodalumab, certolizumab pegol, ixekizumab, golimumab, or alefacept

  9. Patients taking drugs that may cause new onset or exacerbation of psoriasis

  10. Patients who have received ustekinumab or any biologics directly targeting interleukin (IL) 12 or IL 23.

  11. Patients with active infection or history of infections as follows:

  12. Any active infection for which systemic anti-infectives were used within 4 weeks prior to randomisation

  13. A serious infection, defined as requiring hospitalisation or intravenous anti-infectives, within 8 weeks prior to randomisation

  14. Evidence of any clinically relevant bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infection

  15. Recurrent or chronic infections or other active infection that, in the opinion of the investigator, might cause this study to be detrimental to the patient

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Research Site Tallinn Estonia
2 Research Site Tartu Estonia
3 Research Site Tbilisi Georgia
4 Research Site Białystok Poland
5 Research Site Gdańsk Poland
6 Research Site Kraków Poland
7 Research Site Olsztyn Poland
8 Research Site Toruń Poland
9 Research Site Warsaw Poland
10 Research Site Wrocław Poland
11 Research Site Łódź Poland
12 Research Site Dnipro Ukraine
13 Research Site Kharkiv Ukraine
14 Research Site Kyiv Ukraine
15 Research Site Rivne Ukraine
16 Research Site Zaporizhzhya Ukraine

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Bioeq GmbH

Investigators

  • Study Director: Study Official, Bioeq GmbH

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Bioeq GmbH
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT04595409
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • FYB202-03-01
First Posted:
Oct 20, 2020
Last Update Posted:
Aug 6, 2021
Last Verified:
Aug 1, 2021
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 6, 2021