Active Plaque Psoriasis
Conditions
Keywords
Psoriasis
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy, safety and tolerability of VB-201 as compared with placebo on measures of disease activity in patients with psoriasis.
Interventions
Single daily dose of oral VB-201 20 mg
Single daily dose of oral placebo
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Male or female Patients, ≥18 to ≤75 years of age, who have a diagnosis of chronic plaque psoriasis for at least 6 months * Non-anorexic subjects with a BMI ≥20 * Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score of ≥12 * Plaque psoriasis covering ≥10% of body surface area (BSA) * Psoriasis severity at least moderate, scoring at least 3 on the 0 to 5 point Physician Global Assessment (PGA) scale
Exclusion criteria
* The subject presents with the predominant type of psoriasis as guttate, erythrodermic, inverse, pustular or palmo-plantar or an unstable form of psoriasis * The subject has not undergone wash-out periods of sufficient duration for the following treatments at Baseline: Topical psoriasis treatments; Systemic, oral or injected, psoriasis treatments; Phototherapy * The subject anticipates getting enough ultra-violet light during the study to cause psoriasis to improve * The subject has a known allergy or sensitivity to the study treatment(s) or to any of the excipients contained in the study drug formulation * History of cancer, the exception is skin cancer * Has a clinically significant systemic infection within 30 days of Day 0, or a history or presence of recurrent or chronic infection * Evidence of tuberculosis as indicated by a positive tuberculin skin test or a quantiferon test in subjects known to have a + PPD and a negative chest x-ray at screening * History of clinically significant hypoglycemia * Subjects with currently active peptic ulcer / gastroesophageal reflux disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index(PASI 75)from baseline at Week 12 | 20 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in PGA (Physician Global Assessment) scores from baseline to Week 12 | 20 weeks |
| Change in Patient Psoriasis Global Assessment scores from baseline to Week 12 | 20 weeks |
| Change in affected Body Surface Area (BSA) from baseline to Week 12 | 20 weeks |
| Measurement of improvement in the PASI (50) from baseline at Week 12 | 20 weeks |
Countries
Germany, Israel, United States