Psoriatic arthritis, an inflammatory arthritis that, depending on the method of ascertainment, occurs in 6 to 39% of patients with psoriasis MedDRA version: 19.0 Level: LLT Classification code 10037160 Term: Psoriatic arthritis System Organ Class: 100000004859
Conditions
Sponsors
Celgene Corporation
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Male or female, aged = 18 years at time of consent. 2. Must understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent document prior to any study related assessments/procedures being conducted. 3. Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements. 4. Have a documented diagnosis of PsA (by any criteria) of = 6 months’ duration. 5. Meet the CASPAR criteria for PsA at time of screening. 6. Have = 3 swollen AND = 3 tender joints despite past or current use of DMARDs (inadequate control by DMARDs applies to therapeutic failure, loss of insurance, intolerance, adverse effects, or other reasons for discontinuation). 7. Have at least one =2 cm plaque psoriasis lesion. 8. Be receiving treatment on an outpatient basis. 9. If taking methotrexate, leflunomide, or sulfasalazine, must have been treated for at least 16 weeks and on a stable dose (oral or parenteral methotrexate = 25 mg/week; leflunomide = 20 mg/day; sulfasalazine = 2 g/day) for at least 4 weeks prior to screening and through Week 24 of the study. One reduction in DMARD dose will be permitted after Week 24. 10. If taking oral corticosteroids, must be on a stable dose of prednisone = 10 mg/day or equivalent for at least 1 month prior to screening. 11. If taking NSAIDs or narcotic analgesics, must be on stable dose for at least 2 weeks prior to screening and until they have completed the Week 24 study visit. 12. Low potency topical corticosteroids (Appendix M or locally available equivalent) will be allowed as background therapy for treatment of psoriasis on the face, axillae and groin in accordance with the manufacturers’ suggested usage during the course of the study. Subjects with scalp psoriasis will be permitted to use coal tar shampoo and/or salicylic acid scalp preparations on scalp lesions. A non-medicated skin emollient (eg, Eucerin cream) will also be permitted for body lesions only. Subjects must not use these treatments within 24 hours prior to the clinic visit. 13. Meet the following laboratory criteria: - White blood cell count = 3000/mm3 (= 3.0 x 109/L) and < 14,000/mm3 (< 14 x 109/L) - Platelet count = 100,000/mm3 (= 100 x 109/L) - Serum creatinine = 1.5 mg/dL (= 132.6 µmol/L) - AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) = 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN) - Total bilirubin = 2 mg/dL (= 34 µmol/L) - Hemoglobin = 9 g/dL (= 5.6 mmol/L) - Hemoglobin A1c = 9.0% 14. Male subjects (including those who have had a vasectomy) who engage in activity in which conception is possible must use barrier contraception (male latex condom or nonlatex condom NOT made out of natural [animal] membrane [for example, polyurethane]) while on IP and for at least 28 days after the last dose of IP. 15. Females of childbearing potential (FCBP) must have a negative pregnancy test at Screening and Baseline. FCBP who engage in activity in which conception is possible must use contraception† while on IP and for at least 28 days after taking the last dose of IP with either: 1) one highly effective form (non-oral hormonal, intrauterine device [IUD], tubal ligation, vasectomized partner); or 2) an oral hormonal contraceptive PLUS one additional form of barrier contraception (male or female latex condom or nonlatex condom NOT made out of natural [animal] membrane [for example, polyurethane], diaphragm with spermicide, cervical cap with spermicide, contraceptive sponge with spermicide); or 3) two forms of barrier contraception (male or female latex
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. History of clinically significant (as determined by the Investigator) cardiac, endocrinologic, pulmonary, neurologic, psychiatric, hepatic, renal, hematologic, immunologic disease, or other major uncontrolled disease. 2. Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities that places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study. 3. Clinically significant abnormality on 12-lead ECG at Screening. 4. Pregnant or breast feeding. 5. History of allergy to any component of the IP. 6. Hepatitis B surface antigen positive at screening. 7. Hepatitis C antibody positive at screening. 8. AST (SGOT) and/or ALT (SGPT) > 1.5 x ULN and total bilirubin > ULN or albumin < lower limit of normal (LLN). 9. History of positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), or congenital or acquired immunodeficiency (eg, Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease). 10. Active tuberculosis or a history of incompletely treated tuberculosis. 11. Clinically significant abnormality based upon chest radiograph with at least PA view (radiograph must be taken within 12 weeks prior to Screening or during the Screening visit). An additional lateral view is strongly recommended but not required. 12. Active substance abuse or a history of substance abuse within 6 months prior to Screening. 13. Bacterial infections requiring treatment with oral or injectable antibiotics, or significant viral or fungal infections, within 4 weeks of Screening. Any treatment for such infections must have been completed at least 4 weeks prior to Screening. 14. Malignancy or history of malignancy (except for treated [ie, cured] basal-cell or squamous cell in situ skin carcinomas and treated [ie, cured] cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] or carcinoma in situ of the cervix. 15. Major surgery (including joint surgery) within 8 weeks prior to screening or planned major surgery within 6 months following randomization. 16. Erythrodermic, guttate, or generalized pustular psoriasis at randomization. 17. Topical therapy for psoriasis, except as noted in the Inclusion Criteria, within 2 weeks of randomization (including but not limited to topical corticosteroids, topical retinoids or vitamin D analog preparations, tacrolimus, pimecrolimus, or anthralin). 18. Rheumatic autoimmune disease other than PsA, including systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), scleroderma, polymyositis, or fibromyalgia. 19. Functional Class IV as defined by the ACR Classification of Functional Status in Rheumatoid Arthritis (Appendix Q). 20. Prior history of or current inflammatory joint disease other than PsA (eg, gout, reactive arthritis, RA, ankylosing spondylitis, Lyme disease). 21. Use of the following systemic therapy(ies) within 4 weeks of randomization, including but not limited to cyclosporine or other calcineurin inhibitors, corticosteroids and small molecule DMARDs (except as noted in inclusion criteria), oral retinoids, mycophenolate, thioguanine, hydroxyurea, sirolimus, tacrolimus, azathioprine, fumaric acid esters. 22. Use of phototherapy within 4 weeks of randomization (ie, UVB, PUVA). 23. Use of adalimumab, etanercept, golimumab, infliximab, certolizumab pegol, or tocilizumab within 12 weeks of randomization. 24. Use of alefacept or ustekinumab within 24 weeks of randomization. 25. Previous treatment with
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
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| Main Objective: The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy of 2 doses of apremilast (20 mg or 30 mg orally BID), compared with placebo, on the signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) after 16 weeks’ administration.;Secondary Objective: To evaluate the following in subjects with active PsA who are treated with 2 doses of apremilast or placebo for up to 24 weeks: - Safety and tolerability - Efficacy - Physical function - Psoriatic skin lesions - Fatigue - Clinical disease activity To evaluate the following in subjects with active PsA who are treated with 2 doses of apremilast for up to 52 weeks: - Safety and tolerability - Efficacy - Physical function - Psoriatic skin lesions - Fatigue - Clinical disease activity To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of 2 doses of apremilast during up to 5 years’ administration to subjects with active PsA;Primary end point(s): Proportion of subjects in each treatment group who achieve the American College of Rheumatology criteria for a 20% improvement (ACR 20), compared with baseline;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: 16 weeks’ treatment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary end point(s): Safety of up to 5 years’ administration as defined by: - Type, frequency, severity, and relationship of adverse events to apremilast - Number of subjects who prematurely discontinue study medication due to any adverse event - Frequency of clinically significant changes in physical examination, vital signs, electrocardiogram, and/or laboratory findings Efficacy at Week 16 (after 16 weeks of treatment): - Change from baseline in physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index [HAQ-DI]) - Change from baseline in the physical function domain score of the Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, Version 2 (SF-36) - Proportion of subjects who achieve the modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) - Proportion of subjects in each treatment group, whose psoriasis body surface area (BSA) at baseline was = 3%, that achieves PASI-75 - Change from baseline in subject’s assessment of pain (VAS) - Change from baseline in the Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) in subjects with pre-existing enthesopathy - Change from baseline in the dactylitis severity score in subjects with pre-existing dactylitis - Change from baseline in the Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) - Change from baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) - Change from baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy –Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) score - Proportion of subjects with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improves by = 20% - Proportion of subjects with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improves by = 1 - Proportion of subjects with a good or moderate European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) response - Proportion of subjects who achieve an ACR 50, compared with baseline - Proportion of subjects who achieve an ACR 70, compared with baseline - Proportion of subjects with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improves to 0 - Proportion | — |
Countries
Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Republic of, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Contacts
Public ContactClinical Trial Disclosure
Celgene Corporation
Outcome results
None listed