Efficacy and safety of continuous every-2-week dosing of ixekizumab over 52 weeks in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in a randomized phase III trial (IXORA-P) - PubMed (original) (raw)

Clinical Trial

. 2018 Jun;178(6):1315-1323.

doi: 10.1111/bjd.16426. Epub 2018 May 15.

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Efficacy and safety of continuous every-2-week dosing of ixekizumab over 52 weeks in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in a randomized phase III trial (IXORA-P)

R G Langley et al. Br J Dermatol. 2018 Jun.

Abstract

Background: Ixekizumab is an interleukin-17A antagonist approved for treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis with a recommended 160-mg starting dose, then 80 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W) to week 12, and every 4 weeks (Q4W) thereafter.

Objective: To evaluate continuous Q2W dosing over 52 weeks.

Methods: In this phase III, multicentre, double-blinded, parallel-group trial, three ixekizumab dosing regimens were assessed for efficacy and safety at week 52 in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis randomized at a 2 : 1 : 1 ratio to continuous Q2W (n = 611), continuous Q4W (n = 310) or dose adjustment per protocol (Q4W/Q2W, n = 306), each with a 160-mg starting dose. Dose adjustment was determined by predefined criteria to which investigators were blinded; 72 (23?5%) patients in the Q4W/Q2W group adjusted dose. Efficacy outcomes were evaluated using logistic regression.

Results: Co-primary end points were met at week 52: Psoriasis Area and Severity Index 75 responses for Q2W and Q4W dose groups were 85·9% and 79·0%, respectively (P = 0·006), and static patient global assessment 0/1 responses for Q2W and Q4W dose groups were 78·6% and 70·6%, respectively (P = 0·005). Treatment-emergent and serious adverse events were comparable across dose groups.

Conclusions: Ixekizumab Q2W had higher efficacy at week 52 than ixekizumab Q4W, with no increase in safety events.

© 2018 The Authors. British Journal of Dermatology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists.

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