BE COMPLETE: A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Bimekizumab in the Treatment of Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis

Sponsor
UCB Biopharma SRL (Industry)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT03896581
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This is a study to demonstrate the clinical efficacy, safety and tolerability of bimekizumab administered subcutaneously (sc) compared with placebo in the treatment of tumor necrosis factor alpha-inadequate responders (TNFα-IR) subjects with active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA).

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
Phase 3

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
400 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Multicenter, Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Bimekizumab in the Treatment of Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis
Actual Study Start Date :
Mar 28, 2019
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Dec 8, 2021
Actual Study Completion Date :
Feb 14, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Bimekzumab dosage regimen

Subjects randomized to this arm will receive assigned bimekizumab dosage regimen.

Drug: Bimekizumab
Subjects will receive bimekizumab at pre-specified time-points.
Other Names:
  • BKZ
  • UCB4940
  • Placebo Comparator: Placebo

    Subjects randomized to this arm will receive placebo.

    Other: Placebo
    Subjects will receive placebo at pre-specified time-points.
    Other Names:
  • PBO
  • Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 50 response at Week 16 [Week 16]

      The ACR50 response rate is based on a 50% or greater improvement of arthritis relative to Baseline.

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    1. Change from Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 16 [Baseline, Week 16]

      HAQ-DI is derived based on the mean of individual scores in 8 categories of daily living actives (using 20 questions). Each question is scored 0-3 (0 = without any difficulty, 1 = with some difficulty, 2 = with much difficulty, and 3 = unable to do). Thus, the mean also has a range from 0-3. Change from baseline is computed as the value at Week 16 minus the baseline value. A negative value in change from baseline indicates an improvement.

    2. Psoriasis Area Severity Index 90 (PASI90) response at Week 4 in the subgroup of subjects with psoriasis (PSO) involving at least 3% body surface area (BSA) at Baseline [Baseline, Week 4]

      The Psoriasis Area Severity Index 90 (PASI90) response is based on at least 90% improvement in the PASI score compared to Baseline. The PASI is a scoring system that averages the redness, thickness, and scaliness of the psoriatic lesions (on a 0-4 scale), and weights the resulting score by the area of skin involved. Body divided into 4 areas: head, arms, trunk to groin, and legs to top of buttocks. Assignment of an average score for the redness, thickness, and scaling for each of the 4 body areas with a score of 0 (clear) to 4 (very marked). Determining the percentage of skin covered with PSO for each of the body areas and converting to a 0 to 6 scale. Final PASI=average redness, thickness, and scaliness of the psoriatic skin lesions, multiplied by the involved psoriasis area score of the respective section, and weighted by the percentage of the person's affected skin for the respective section. The minimum possible PASI score is 0=no disease, the maximum score is 72=maximal disease.

    3. Psoriasis Area Severity Index 90 (PASI90) response at Week 16 in the subgroup of subjects with psoriasis (PSO) involving at least 3% body surface area (BSA) at Baseline [Baseline, Week 16]

      The Psoriasis Area Severity Index 90 (PASI90) response is based on at least 90% improvement in the PASI score compared to Baseline. The PASI is a scoring system that averages the redness, thickness, and scaliness of the psoriatic lesions (on a 0-4 scale), and weights the resulting score by the area of skin involved. Body divided into 4 areas: head, arms, trunk to groin, and legs to top of buttocks. Assignment of an average score for the redness, thickness, and scaling for each of the 4 body areas with a score of 0 (clear) to 4 (very marked). Determining the percentage of skin covered with PSO for each of the body areas and converting to a 0 to 6 scale. Final PASI=average redness, thickness, and scaliness of the psoriatic skin lesions, multiplied by the involved psoriasis area score of the respective section, and weighted by the percentage of the person's affected skin for the respective section. The minimum possible PASI score is 0=no disease, the maximum score is 72=maximal disease.

    4. Change from Baseline in the Short Form 36-item Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Component Summary (PCS) score at Week 16 [Baseline, Week 16]

      There are 8 SF-36 domain scores. In addition to domain scores, 2 component summary (PCS and MCS) scores are calculated from the 8 domains. These are norm-based T-scores standardized with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation (SD) of 10, with higher scores indicating better health status. A larger positive value in change from Baseline indicates an improvement.

    5. Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) at Week 16 [Week 16]

      Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) is a state of disease activity deemed a useful target of treatment by both the patient and physician, given current treatment possibilities and limitations. Criteria covering all domains of the disease have been developed to determine whether or not a patient has reached MDA based on key outcome measures in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). A subject is considered as having MDA if 5 or more of the following 7 criteria are fulfilled: 1) Tender joint count <=1, 2) Swollen joint count <=1, 3) PASI <=1 or BSA <=3; 4) Patient pain Visual Analog Scale (VAS) <=15, 5) Patient global activity VAS <=20, 6) Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) <=0.5 and 7) Tender enthesial points <=1.

    6. American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20 response at Week 16 [Week 16]

      The ACR20 response rate is based on a 20% or greater improvement of arthritis relative to Baseline.

    7. American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 70 response at Week 16 [Week 16]

      The ACR70 response rate is based on a 70% or greater improvement of arthritis relative to Baseline.

    8. Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) response defined as score of 0 (clear) or 1 (almost clear) AND at least a 2-grade reduction from Baseline at Week 4 in the subset of subjects with psoriatic skin lesions at Baseline [Baseline, Week 4]

      Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) response is defined as Clear or Almost Clear with at least a 2-category improvement relative to Baseline.

    9. Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) response defined as score of 0 (clear) or 1 (almost clear) AND at least a 2-grade reduction from Baseline at Week 16 in the subset of subjects with psoriatic skin lesions at Baseline [Baseline, Week 16]

      Investigator Global Assessment (IGA) response is defined as Clear or Almost Clear with at least a 2-category improvement relative to Baseline.

    10. Change from Baseline in the Patient's Assessment of Arthritis Pain (PtAAP) at Week 16 [Baseline, Week 16]

      The PtAAP Visual Analog Scale (VAS) or 'Pain VAS' is part of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) core set of measures in arthritis. Subjects will assess their arthritis pain using a VAS where 0 is "no pain" and 100 is "most severe pain."

    11. Change from Baseline in Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease-12 (PsAID-12) total score at Week 16 [Baseline, Week 16]

      The PsAID-12 total score is a patient-reported outcome measure for assessing the impact of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) in 12 physical and psychological domains, including pain, fatigue, skin problems, work and/or leisure activities, functional capacity, discomfort, sleep disturbance, coping, anxiety/fear/uncertainty, embarrassment and/or shame, social participation, and depression. Each domain is assessed with a single question using a 0 to 10 numerical rating scale. Each domain score is multiplied by a weighting factor and the results are then summed to provide the total score. The total score ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating a worse status. A score below 4 out of 10 is considered a patient-acceptable status. A change of 3 or more points is considered relevant absolute change.

    12. Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) during the study [From Baseline until Safety Follow-Up (up to Week 36)]

      An Adverse Event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product, which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE could therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational) product, whether or not related to the medicinal (investigational) product.

    13. Incidence of treatment-emergent serious adverse events (SAEs) during the study [From Baseline until Safety Follow-Up (up to Week 36)]

      A serious adverse event (SAE) is any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose: Results in death Is life-threatening Requires in patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization Is a congenital anomaly or birth defect Is an infection that requires treatment parenteral antibiotics Other important medical events which based on medical or scientific judgement may jeopardize the patients, or may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent any of the above

    14. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) leading to withdrawal from investigational medicinal product (IMP) during the study [From Baseline until Safety Follow-Up (up to Week 36)]

      An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product, which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE could therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational) product, whether or not related to the medicinal (investigational) product.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    No
    Inclusion Criteria:
    • Subject is male or female at least 18 years of age

    • Female subjects must be postmenopausal, permanently sterilized or willing to use a highly effective method of contraception

    • Documented diagnosis of adult-onset Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) meeting the Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) for at least 6 months prior to Screening with active PsA and must have at Baseline tender joint count (TJC) >=3 out of 68 and swollen joint count (SJC) >=3 out of 66

    • Subject must be negative for rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies

    • Subject must have at least 1 active psoriatic lesion(s) and/or a documented history of psoriasis (PSO)

    • Subject has a history of inadequate response (lack of efficacy after at least 3 months of therapy at an approved dose) or intolerance to treatment with 1 or 2 tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF(α)) inhibitors for either PsA or PSO

    • Subjects currently taking NSAIDs, cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) inhibitors, analgesics (including mild opioids), corticosteroids, methotrexate (MTX), leflunomide (LEF), sulfasalazine (SSZ), hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) AND/OR apremilast can be allowed if they fulfill specific requirements prior to study entry

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Female subjects who are breastfeeding, pregnant, or plan to become pregnant during the study

    • Subjects with current or prior exposure to any biologics except tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for the treatment of PsA or PSO

    • Subject has an active infection or a history of recent serious infections

    • Subject has known tuberculosis (TB) infection, is at high risk of acquiring TB infection, or has current or history of nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTMB) infection

    • Subject has a diagnosis of inflammatory conditions other than PSO or PsA. Subjects with a diagnosis of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or other inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are allowed as long as they have no active symptomatic disease at Screening or Baseline

    • Subject had acute anterior uveitis within 6 weeks of Baseline

    • Subject has any active malignancy or history of malignancy within 5 years prior to the Screening Visit EXCEPT treated and considered cured cutaneous squamous or basal cell carcinoma, or in situ cervical cancer

    • Subject has a form of PSO other than chronic plaque-type (eg, pustular, erythrodermic and guttate PSO, or drug-induced PSO)

    • Presence of active suicidal ideation, or moderately severe major depression or severe major depression

    • Subject has a history of chronic alcohol or drug abuse within 6 months prior to Screening

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Pa0011 50017 Phoenix Arizona United States 85037
    2 Pa0011 50035 San Diego California United States 92025
    3 Pa0011 50004 Tustin California United States 92780
    4 Pa0011 50033 Palm Harbor Florida United States 34684-3176
    5 Pa0011 50037 Tampa Florida United States 33613
    6 Pa0011 50039 Atlanta Georgia United States 30342
    7 Pa0011 50024 Boise Idaho United States 83702
    8 Pa0011 50028 Lexington Kentucky United States 40504
    9 Pa0011 50023 Baton Rouge Louisiana United States 70836
    10 Pa0011 50015 Hagerstown Maryland United States 21742
    11 Pa0011 50026 Wheaton Maryland United States 20902
    12 Pa0011 50047 Boston Massachusetts United States 02115
    13 Pa0011 50019 Lansing Michigan United States 48910
    14 Pa0011 50001 Saint Louis Missouri United States 63141
    15 Pa0011 50016 Saint Louis Missouri United States 63141
    16 Pa0011 50005 Freehold New Jersey United States 07728
    17 Pa0011 50029 Albuquerque New Mexico United States 87102
    18 Pa0011 50010 Brooklyn New York United States 11201
    19 Pa0011 50011 New York New York United States 10029
    20 Pa0011 50034 Rochester New York United States 14642
    21 Pa0011 50125 Charlotte North Carolina United States 28210
    22 Pa0011 50031 Salisbury North Carolina United States 28144
    23 Pa0011 50040 Dayton Ohio United States 45417
    24 Pa0011 50020 Duncansville Pennsylvania United States 16635
    25 Pa0011 50064 Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States 19104
    26 Pa0011 50006 Wyomissing Pennsylvania United States 19610
    27 Pa0011 50008 Johnston Rhode Island United States 02919
    28 Pa0011 50021 Summerville South Carolina United States 29486
    29 Pa0011 50012 Memphis Tennessee United States 38119
    30 Pa0011 50002 Austin Texas United States 78731
    31 Pa0011 50036 Mesquite Texas United States 75150
    32 Pa0011 50009 Waco Texas United States 76710
    33 Pa0011 50050 Beckley West Virginia United States 25801
    34 Pa0011 30005 Camberwell Australia
    35 Pa0011 30007 Victoria Park Australia
    36 Pa0011 30006 Woodville Australia
    37 Pa0011 50042 Rimouski Canada
    38 Pa0011 50043 Sydney Canada
    39 Pa0011 50044 Trois-Rivières Canada
    40 Pa0011 40009 Pardubice Czechia
    41 Pa0011 40066 Praha 2 Czechia
    42 Pa0011 40063 Praha 5 Czechia
    43 Pa0011 40012 Zlín Czechia
    44 Pa0011 40076 Cottbus Germany
    45 Pa0011 40023 Erlangen Germany
    46 Pa0011 40117 Frankfurt Germany
    47 Pa0011 40029 Hamburg Germany
    48 Pa0011 40071 Hamburg Germany
    49 Pa0011 40078 Leipzig Germany
    50 Pa0011 40026 Ratingen Germany
    51 Pa0011 40083 Budapest Hungary
    52 Pa0011 40079 Szentes Hungary
    53 Pa0011 40084 Catania Italy
    54 Pa0011 40087 Milano Italy
    55 Pa0011 40086 Reggio Emilia Italy
    56 Pa0011 20043 Itabashi-Ku Japan
    57 Pa0011 20036 Kawachi-Nagano Japan
    58 Pa0011 20045 Kita-Gun Japan
    59 Pa0011 20049 Kitakyushu Japan
    60 Pa0011 20044 Minato-Ku Japan
    61 Pa0011 20041 Osaka Japan
    62 Pa0011 20046 Osaka Japan
    63 Pa0011 20048 Saitama Japan
    64 Pa0011 20031 Sapporo-City Japan
    65 Pa0011 20042 Sasebo Japan
    66 Pa0011 20032 Suita Japan
    67 Pa0011 20030 Tokyo Japan
    68 Pa0011 40119 Bydgoszcz Poland
    69 Pa0011 40038 Elbląg Poland
    70 Pa0011 40037 Lublin Poland
    71 Pa0011 40091 Nowa Sól Poland
    72 Pa0011 40044 Poznań Poland
    73 Pa0011 40090 Poznań Poland
    74 Pa0011 40118 Toruń Poland
    75 Pa0011 40041 Warszawa Poland
    76 Pa0011 40097 Warszawa Poland
    77 Pa0011 40098 Warszawa Poland
    78 Pa0011 40039 Wrocław Poland
    79 Pa0011 40043 Wrocław Poland
    80 Pa0011 20005 Moscow Russian Federation
    81 Pa0011 20010 Moscow Russian Federation
    82 Pa0011 20013 Petrozavodsk Russian Federation
    83 Pa0011 20001 Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
    84 Pa0011 20004 Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
    85 Pa0011 20009 Saint Petersburg Russian Federation
    86 Pa0011 20007 Saratov Russian Federation
    87 Pa0011 20014 Ulyanovsk Russian Federation
    88 Pa0011 20006 Vladimir Russian Federation
    89 Pa0011 20008 Yaroslavl Russian Federation
    90 Pa0011 20015 Yaroslavl Russian Federation
    91 Pa0011 40111 Bradford United Kingdom
    92 Pa0011 40109 Oxford United Kingdom
    93 Pa0011 40116 Stamford United Kingdom

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • UCB Biopharma SRL

    Investigators

    • Study Director: UCB Cares, 001 844 599 2273 (UCB)

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    UCB Biopharma SRL
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT03896581
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • PA0011
    • 2017-002804-29
    First Posted:
    Apr 1, 2019
    Last Update Posted:
    Mar 15, 2022
    Last Verified:
    Mar 1, 2022
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    Yes
    Plan to Share IPD:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    Yes
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.:
    No
    Keywords provided by UCB Biopharma SRL
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Mar 15, 2022