Ixekizumab provides superior efficacy compared with ustekinumab over 52 weeks of treatment: Results from IXORA-S, a phase 3 study - PubMed (original) (raw)

Clinical Trial

. 2019 Jan;80(1):70-79.e3.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.06.039. Epub 2018 Jun 30.

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Ixekizumab provides superior efficacy compared with ustekinumab over 52 weeks of treatment: Results from IXORA-S, a phase 3 study

Carle Paul et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Background: Biologics targeting interleukin 17A (IL-17A) allow for rapid clearance of psoriatic plaques, with a clinically favorable safety profile.

Objectives: To compare the safety and efficacy of ixekizumab, an IL-17A antagonist, with the safety and efficacy of the IL-12/23 inhibitor ustekinumab through 52 weeks of treatment in the head-to-head trial IXORA-S.

Methods: Patients were randomized to ixekizumab (n = 136) or ustekinumab (n = 166) and dosed per the approved labels. After 1 year, efficacy was assessed via improvements in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score (with PASI 90 indicating a 90% or greater improvement from baseline PASI score) and a static Physician's Global Assessment (sPGA) response of either 0 or 0 or 1, with dropouts counted as nonresponders. Safety analyses included treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs).

Results: At week 52, significantly more ixekizumab-treated patients (P < .01) reported PASI 90 (104 [76.5%]), an sPGA response of 0 (72 [52.9%]), or an sPGA response of 0 or 1 (110 [82.1%]) responses than did ustekinumab-treated patients (PASI 90, 98 [59.0%]; sPGA response of 0, 60 [36.1%]; and sPGA response of 0 or 1, 108 [65.1%]). Treatment-emergent AEs, serious AEs, and discontinuation rates were not different between the treatment groups. Injection site reactions occurred more frequently in the ixekizumab-treated group (ixekizumab, 22 [16.3%]; ustekinumab, 2 [1.2%]) (P < .001).

Limitations: This study was not designed to compare safety end points related to rare events.

Conclusions: Compared with ustekinumab, ixekizumab showed superior efficacy and comparable safety outcomes through 52 weeks of treatment.

Keywords: IXORA-S; biologic; clinical trial; efficacy; ixekizumab; psoriasis; safety; ustekinumab.

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