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PALACE 2: Efficacy and Safety Study of Apremilast to Treat Active Psoriatic Arthritis

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Efficacy and Safety Study of Two Doses of Apremilast (CC-10004) in Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01212757
Acronym
PALACE2
Enrollment
488
Registered
2010-10-01
Start date
2010-09-27
Completion date
2017-01-25
Last updated
2020-05-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Psoriatic Arthritis

Keywords

Psoriasis, Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, inflammation, skin condition, inflammatory cells, apremilast, CC-10004, phosphodiesterase type 4

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether apremilast is safe and effective in the treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis. Apremilast is proposed to improve signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (tender and swollen joints, pain, physical function) in treated patients.

Detailed description

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis that occurs in 6-39% of psoriasis patients. The immunopathogenesis of PsA, which mirrors but is not identical to that seen in psoriatic plaques, reflects a complex interaction among resident dendritic, fibroblastic and endothelial cells, and inflammatory cells attracted to the synovium by cytokines and chemokines. Apremilast (CC-10004) is a novel oral agent that modulates multiple inflammatory pathways through targeted phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4) enzyme inhibition. Therefore, apremilast has the potential to be effective in the treatment of PsA.

Interventions

Apremilast 20 mg twice daily, orally

Apremilast 30 mg twice daily, orally

Placebo + 20 mg Apremilast

Placebo + 30 mg Apremilast

Sponsors

Amgen
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Males or females, aged ≥ 18 years at time of consent. * Have a diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA, by any criteria) of ≥ 6 months duration. * Meet the Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) PsA at time of screening. * Must have been inadequately treated by disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) * May not have axial involvement alone * Concurrent Treatment allowed with methotrexate, leflunomide, or sulfasalazine * Have ≥ 3 swollen AND ≥ 3 tender joints. * Males & Females must use contraception * Stable dose of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), narcotics and low dose oral corticosteroids allowed.

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant or breast feeding. * History of allergy to any component of the investigational product. * Hepatitis B surface antigen and/or Hepatitis C antibody positive at screening. * Therapeutic failure on \> 3 agents for PsA or \> 1 biologic tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocker

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) Response at Week 16Baseline and Week 16Percentage of participants with an ACR20 response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 20% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 20% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 20% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 20 Response at Week 24Baseline and Week 24Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 20% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 20% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 20% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein.
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 24Baseline and Week 24The Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index is a patient-reported questionnaire consisting of 20 questions referring to eight domains: dressing/grooming, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reach, grip, and usual activities. Participants assessed their ability to do each task over the past week using the following response categories: without any difficulty (0); with some difficulty (1); with much difficulty (2); and unable to do (3). Scores on each task are summed and averaged to provide an overall score ranging from 0 to 3, where zero represents no disability and three very severe, high-dependency disability. Negative mean changes from Baseline in the overall score indicate improvement in functional ability.
Change From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 16Baseline and Week 16The Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, Version 2 (SF-36) is a self-administered instrument that measures the impact of disease on overall quality of life and consists of 36 questions in eight domains (physical function, pain, general and mental health, vitality, social function, physical and emotional health). Norm-based scores were used in analyses, calibrated so that 50 is the average score and the standard deviation equals 10. Higher scores indicate a higher level of functioning. The physical functioning domain assesses limitations in physical activities because of health problems. A positive change from Baseline score indicates an improvement.
Percentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 16Baseline and Week 16Modified PsARC response is defined as improvement in at least 2 of the 4 measures, at least one of which must be tender joint count or swollen joint count, and no worsening in any of the 4 measures: - 78 tender joint count, - 76 swollen joint count, - Patient global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm visual Analog scale (VAS), where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest; - Physician global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm VAS, where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest. Improvement or worsening in joint counts is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 30%, and improvement or worsening in global assessments is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 20 mm VAS.
Change From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 16Baseline and Week 16The participant was asked to place a vertical line on a 100-mm visual analog scale on which the left-hand boundary (score = 0 mm) represents no pain, and the right-hand boundary (score = 100 mm) represents pain as severe as can be imagined. The distance from the mark to the left-hand boundary was recorded in millimeters.
Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 16Baseline and Week 16The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 16Baseline and Week 16Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet will be rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.
Change From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 16Baseline and Week 16The Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) is a composite index that is calculated as the sum of the: - 28 tender joint count (TJC), - 28 swollen joint count (SJC), - Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity measured on a 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS), where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest; - Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity -measured on a 10 cm VAS, where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest. The CDAI score ranges from 0-76 where lower scores indicate less disease activity. The following thresholds of disease activity have been defined for the CDAI: Remission: ≤ 2.8 Low Disease Activity: \> 2.8 and ≤ 10 Moderate Disease Activity: \> 10 and ≤ 22 High Disease Activity: \> 22.
Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 16Baseline and Week 16The DAS28 measures the severity of disease at a specific time and is derived from the following variables: - 28 tender joint count - 28 swollen joint count, which do not include the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints, the hip joint, or the joints below the knee; - C-reactive protein (CRP) - Patient's global assessment of disease activity. DAS28(CRP) scores range from 0 to approximately 10, with the upper bound dependent on the highest possible level of CRP. A DAS28 score higher than 5.1 indicates high disease activity, a DAS28 score less than 3.2 indicates low disease activity, and a DAS28 score less than 2.6 indicates clinical remission.
Change From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 16Baseline and Week 16The FACIT-Fatigue scale is a 13-item self-administered questionnaire that assesses both the physical and functional consequences of fatigue. Each question is answered on a 5-point scale, where 0 means not at all, and 4 means very much. The FACIT-Fatigue scale score ranges from 0 to 52, with higher scores denoting lower levels of fatigue. A positive change from baseline score indicates an improvement.
Change From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 24Baseline and Week 24The Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, Version 2 (SF-36) is a self-administered instrument that measures the impact of disease on overall quality of life and consists of 36 questions in eight domains (physical function, pain, general and mental health, vitality, social function, physical and emotional health). Norm-based scores were used in analyses, calibrated so that 50 is the average score and the standard deviation equals 10. Higher scores indicate a higher level of functioning. The physical functioning domain assesses limitations in physical activities because of health problems. A positive change from Baseline score indicates an improvement.
Percentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 24Baseline and Week 24Modified PsARC response is defined as improvement in at least 2 of the 4 measures, at least one of which must be tender joint count or swollen joint count, and no worsening in any of the 4 measures: • 78 tender joint count, • 76 swollen joint count, • Patient global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm visual Analog scale (VAS), where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest; • Physician global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm VAS, where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest. Improvement or worsening in joint counts is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 30%, and improvement or worsening in global assessments is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 20 mm VAS.
Change From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 24Baseline and Week 24The participant was asked to place a vertical line on a 100-mm visual analog scale on which the left-hand boundary (score = 0 mm) represents no pain, and the right-hand boundary (score = 100 mm) represents pain as severe as can be imagined. The distance from the mark to the left-hand boundary was recorded in millimeters.
Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 24Baseline and Week 24The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 24Baseline and Week 24Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet will be rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.
Change From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 24Baseline and Week 24The Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) is a composite index that is calculated as the sum of the: • 28 tender joint count (TJC), • 28 swollen joint count (SJC), • Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity measured on a 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS), where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest; • Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity -measured on a 10 cm VAS, where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest. The CDAI score ranges from 0-76 where lower scores indicate less disease activity. The following thresholds of disease activity have been defined for the CDAI: Remission: ≤ 2.8; Low Disease Activity: \> 2.8 and ≤ 10; Moderate Disease Activity: \> 10 and ≤ 22; High Disease Activity: \> 22.
Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 24Baseline and Week 24The DAS28 measures the severity of disease at a specific time and is derived from the following variables: • 28 tender joint count • 28 swollen joint count, which do not include the DIP joints, the hip joint, or the joints below the knee; • C-reactive protein (CRP) • Patient's global assessment of disease activity. DAS28(CRP) scores range from 0 to approximately 10, with the upper bound dependent on the highest possible level of CRP. A DAS28 score higher than 5.1 indicates high disease activity, a DAS28 score less than 3.2 indicates low disease activity, and a DAS28 score less than 2.6 indicates clinical remission.
Change From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 24Baseline and Week 24The FACIT-Fatigue scale is a 13-item self-administered questionnaire that assesses both the physical and functional consequences of fatigue. Each question is answered on a 5-point scale, where 0 means not at all, and 4 means very much. The FACIT-Fatigue scale score ranges from 0 to 52, with higher scores denoting lower levels of fatigue. A positive change from baseline score indicates an improvement.
Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 16Baseline and Week 16Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improved by ≥ 20% from Baseline after 16 weeks of treatment. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.
Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 16Baseline and Week 16Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improved by ≥ 1 after 16 weeks of treatment. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.
Percentage of Participants With Good or Moderate European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Response at Week 16Baseline and Week 16A EULAR response reflects an improvement in disease activity and an attainment of a lower degree of disease activity based on the DAS-28 score. A Good Response is defined as an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 compared with Baseline and attainment of a DAS28 score less than or equal to 3.2. A Moderate Response is defined as either: • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of greater than 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of less than or equal to 5.1 or, • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of greater than 3.2.
Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 24Baseline and Week 24Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improved by ≥ 20% from Baseline after 24 weeks of treatment. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.
Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 24Baseline and Week 24Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improved by ≥ 1 after 24 weeks of treatment. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.
Percentage of Participants With Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 24Baseline and Week 24EULAR response reflects an improvement in disease activity and an attainment of a lower degree of disease activity based on the DAS-28 score. A Good Response is defined as an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 compared with Baseline and attainment of a DAS28 score less than or equal to 3.2. A Moderate Response is defined as either: • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of greater than 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of less than or equal to 5.1 or, • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of greater than 3.2.
Percentage of Participants With a ACR 50 Response at Week 16Baseline and Week 16Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 50% (ACR50) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 50% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 50% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: o Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); o Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); o C-Reactive Protein.
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 16Baseline and Week 16Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 70% (ACR70) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 70% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 70% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: o Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); o Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); o C-Reactive Protein.
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 24Baseline and Week 24Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 50% (ACR50) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 50% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 50% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: o Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); o Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); o C-Reactive Protein.
Percentage of Participants With a ACR 70 Response at Week 24Baseline and Week 24Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 70% (ACR70) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 70% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 70% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦ Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦ Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein.
Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 16Week 16Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improves to 0 after 16 weeks of treatment. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.
Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 16Week 16Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improves to zero after 16 weeks of treatment. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.
Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 24Week 24Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improves to 0 after 24 weeks of treatment. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.
Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 24Week 24Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improves to zero after 24 weeks of treatment. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.
Percentage of Participants With a ACR 20 Response at Week 52Baseline and Week 52Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 20% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 20% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 20% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 52Baseline and Week 52The Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index is a patient-reported questionnaire consisting of 20 questions referring to eight domains: dressing/grooming, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reach, grip, and usual activities. Participants assessed their ability to do each task over the past week using the following response categories: without any difficulty (0); with some difficulty (1); with much difficulty (2); and unable to do (3). Scores on each task are summed and averaged to provide an overall score ranging from 0 to 3, where zero represents no disability and three very severe, high-dependency disability. Negative mean changes from Baseline in the overall score indicate improvement in functional ability.
Change From Baseline in the SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale Score at Week 52Baseline and Week 52The Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, Version 2 (SF-36) is a self-administered instrument that measures the impact of disease on overall quality of life and consists of 36 questions in eight domains (physical function, pain, general and mental health, vitality, social function, physical and emotional health). Norm-based scores were used in analyses, calibrated so that 50 is the average score and the standard deviation equals 10. Higher scores indicate a higher level of functioning. The physical functioning domain assesses limitations in physical activities because of health problems. A positive change from Baseline score indicates an improvement.
Percentage of Participants With a Modified PsARC Response at Week 52Baseline and Week 52Modified PsARC response is defined as improvement in at least 2 of the 4 measures, at least one of which must be tender joint count or swollen joint count, and no worsening in any of the 4 measures: • 78 tender joint count, • 76 swollen joint count, • Patient global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm visual Analog scale (VAS), where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest; • Physician global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm VAS, where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest. Improvement or worsening in joint counts is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 30%, and improvement or worsening in global assessments is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 20 mm VAS. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.
Change From Baseline in the Patient Assessment of Pain at Week 52Baseline and Week 52The participant was asked to place a vertical line on a 100-mm visual analog scale on which the left-hand boundary (score = 0 mm) represents no pain, and the right-hand boundary (score = 100 mm) represents pain as severe as can be imagined. The distance from the mark to the left-hand boundary was recorded in millimeters.
Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 52Baseline and Week 52The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.
Change From Baseline in the Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 52Baseline and Week 52Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet will be rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.
Change From Baseline in the CDAI Score at Week 52Baseline and Week 52The Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) is a composite index that is calculated as the sum of the: • 28 tender joint count (TJC), • 28 swollen joint count (SJC), • Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity measured on a 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS), where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest; • Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity -measured on a 10 cm VAS, where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest. The CDAI score ranges from 0-76 where lower scores indicate less disease activity. The following thresholds of disease activity have been defined for the CDAI: Remission: ≤ 2.8 Low Disease Activity: \> 2.8 and ≤ 10 Moderate Disease Activity: \> 10 and ≤ 22 High Disease Activity: \> 22.
Change From Baseline in the DAS28 at Week 52Baseline and Week 52The DAS28 measures the severity of disease at a specific time and is derived from the following variables: • 28 tender joint count • 28 swollen joint count, which do not include the DIP joints, the hip joint, or the joints below the knee; • C-reactive protein (CRP) • Patient's global assessment of disease activity. DAS28(CRP) scores range from 0 to approximately 10, with the upper bound dependent on the highest possible level of CRP. A DAS28 score higher than 5.1 indicates high disease activity, a DAS28 score less than 3.2 indicates low disease activity, and a DAS28 score less than 2.6 indicates clinical remission.
Change From Baseline in the FACIT-Fatigue Scale Score at Week 52Baseline and Week 52The FACIT-Fatigue scale is a 13-item self-administered questionnaire that assesses both the physical and functional consequences of fatigue. Each question is answered on a 5-point scale, where 0 means not at all, and 4 means very much. The FACIT-Fatigue scale score ranges from 0 to 52, with higher scores denoting lower levels of fatigue. A positive change from baseline score indicates an improvement.
Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 52Baseline and Week 52Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improved by ≥ 20% from Baseline after 52 weeks. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.
Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 52Baseline and Week 52Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improved by ≥ 1 after 52 weeks. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.
Percentage of Participants Achieving Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 52Baseline and Week 52A EULAR response reflects an improvement in disease activity and an attainment of a lower degree of disease activity based on the DAS-28 score. A Good Response is defined as an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 compared with Baseline and attainment of a DAS28 score less than or equal to 3.2. A Moderate Response is defined as either: • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of greater than 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of less than or equal to 5.1 or, • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of greater than 3.2.
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 16Baseline and Week 16The Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index is a patient-reported questionnaire consisting of 20 questions referring to eight domains: dressing/grooming, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reach, grip, and usual activities. Participants assessed their ability to do each task over the past week using the following response categories: without any difficulty (0); with some difficulty (1); with much difficulty (2); and unable to do (3). Scores on each task are summed and averaged to provide an overall score ranging from 0 to 3, where zero represents no disability and three very severe, high-dependency disability. Negative mean changes from Baseline in the overall score indicate improvement in functional ability.
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 52Baseline and Week 52Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 70% (ACR70) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 70% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 70% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦ Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦ Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦ C-Reactive Protein. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.
Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 52Week 52Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improves to 0 after 24 weeks. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.
Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 52Week 52Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improves to zero after 52 weeks. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.
Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseWeek 0 to Week 16 for placebo participants who entered EE at Week 16 and up to Week 24 for all other participants (placebo participants who remained on placebo through week 24 and participants randomized to the APR 20 mg BID or APR 30 mg BID)A treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE) is an AE with a start date on or after the date of the first dose of Investigational Product (IP). The severity of each adverse event (AE) and serious AE (SAE) was assessed by the investigator and graded based on a scale from Mild - mild symptoms to Severe AEs (non-serious or serious). A serious adverse event (SAE) is any AE which: * Resulted in death * Was life-threatening * Required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization * Resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity * Was a congenital anomaly/birth defect * Constituted an important medical event
Number of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodWeek 0 to week 260; overall median duration of exposure to apremilast 20 mg and 30 mg BID was 198 weeksA treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE) is an AE with a start date on or after the date of the first dose of Investigational Product (IP). The severity of each adverse event (AE) and serious AE (SAE) was assessed by the investigator and graded based on a scale from Mild - mild symptoms to Severe AEs (non-serious or serious). A serious adverse event (SAE) is any AE which: * Resulted in death * Was life-threatening * Required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization * Resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity * Was a congenital anomaly/birth defect * Constituted an important medical event
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 52Baseline and Week 52Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 50% (ACR50) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 50% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 50% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦ Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦ Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Countries

Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

This study was a multicenter study with 84 sites from the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia, Australia, South Africa and Taiwan.

Pre-assignment details

This study consisted of a 24-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase, a 28-week randomized, double-blind active treatment phase and a 4-year open-label safety phase, for an overall study duration of 5 years.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Placebo
Participants initially randomized to placebo tablets twice daily in the 24-week placebo-controlled phase. Participants who did not have at least 20% improvement in swollen and tender joint counts at Week 16 were re-randomized to either 20 mg or 30 mg apremilast twice daily (early escape).
159
Apremilast 20 mg
Participants initially randomized to 20 mg apremilast tablets BID in the 24-week placebo-controlled phase, continued receiving 20 mg apremilast tablets twice daily in the active treatment/long-term safety phase. (After 30 mg apremilast BID was identified as the optimal dose, all participants receiving 20 mg apremilast BID were switched to 30 mg apremilast BID dose).
163
Apremilast 30 mg
Participants initially randomized to 30 mg apremilast tablets twice daily in the 24-week placebo-controlled phase, continued receiving 30 mg apremilast tablets twice daily in the active treatment / long-term safety phase.
162
Total484

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003FG004FG005FG006FG007FG008
Active Treatment Phase (Weeks 24 - 52)Adverse Event023102000
Active Treatment Phase (Weeks 24 - 52)Lack of Efficacy057402000
Active Treatment Phase (Weeks 24 - 52)Lost to Follow-up010010000
Active Treatment Phase (Weeks 24 - 52)Non-compliance with Study Drug002000000
Active Treatment Phase (Weeks 24 - 52)Other011000000
Active Treatment Phase (Weeks 24 - 52)Withdrawal by Subject037313000
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 2)Adverse Event011000022
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 2)Lack of Efficacy042000040
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 2)Lost to Follow-up002000000
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 2)Miscellaneous000000001
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 2)Withdrawal by Subject079000046
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 3)Adverse Event041000020
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 3)Lack of Efficacy085000031
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 3)Lost to Follow-up000000001
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 3)Miscellaneous003000002
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 3)Non-compliance with study drug001000000
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 3)Protocol Violation010000000
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 3)Withdrawal by Subject051000011
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 4)Adverse Event012000011
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 4)Death001000001
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 4)Lack of Efficacy022000011
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 4)Lost to Follow-up000000010
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 4)Miscellaneous020000001
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 4)Withdrawal by Subject042000013
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 5)Adverse Event022000020
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 5)Lack of Efficacy012000021
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 5)Miscellaneous011000000
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 5)Non-compliance with study drug010000000
Long-Term Safety Phase (Year 5)Withdrawal by Subject033000011
Placebo-controlled Phase (Week 0 - 24)Adverse Event4512000000
Placebo-controlled Phase (Week 0 - 24)Lack of Efficacy322000000
Placebo-controlled Phase (Week 0 - 24)Lost to Follow-up112000000
Placebo-controlled Phase (Week 0 - 24)Other120000000
Placebo-controlled Phase (Week 0 - 24)Protocol Violation011000000
Placebo-controlled Phase (Week 0 - 24)Randomization Error301000000
Placebo-controlled Phase (Week 0 - 24)Withdrawal by Subject793000000

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTotalPlaceboApremilast 20 mgApremilast 30 mg
Age, Continuous50.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.32
51.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.97
50.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.82
50.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.2
Duration of Psoriatic Arthritis7.47 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.163
7.76 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.254
7.83 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.621
6.82 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.592
Sex: Female, Male
Female
275 Participants85 Participants95 Participants95 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
209 Participants74 Participants68 Participants67 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
EG004
affected / at risk
EG005
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
38 / 15973 / 16382 / 162154 / 23419 / 113166 / 234
serious
Total, serious adverse events
3 / 1596 / 1634 / 16241 / 2345 / 11341 / 234

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Participants With an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) Response at Week 16

Percentage of participants with an ACR20 response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 20% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 20% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 20% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set consisting of all participants randomized as specified in the protocol; participants who were randomized in error and did not receive any dose of study drug were excluded. Participants who withdrew early or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) Response at Week 1618.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) Response at Week 1637.4 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) Response at Week 1632.1 percentage of participants
Comparison: In order to maintain the Type 1 error at the 0.05 significance level, the Hochberg procedure was to be used. The results of the endpoint were to be considered statistically significant if both the 30 mg apremilast dose versus placebo comparison and the 20 mg versus placebo comparison were statistically significant at the 0.05 significance level, or one of the comparisons was statistically significant at the 0.025 level.p-value: 0.00695% CI: [4, 22.7]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Comparison: In order to maintain the Type 1 error at the 0.05 significance level, the Hochberg procedure was to be used. The results of the endpoint were to be considered statistically significant if both the 30 mg apremilast dose versus placebo comparison and the 20 mg versus placebo comparison were statistically significant at the 0.05 significance level, or one of the comparisons was statistically significant at the 0.025 level.p-value: 0.000295% CI: [9.1, 28.2]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Change From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 16

The Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, Version 2 (SF-36) is a self-administered instrument that measures the impact of disease on overall quality of life and consists of 36 questions in eight domains (physical function, pain, general and mental health, vitality, social function, physical and emotional health). Norm-based scores were used in analyses, calibrated so that 50 is the average score and the standard deviation equals 10. Higher scores indicate a higher level of functioning. The physical functioning domain assesses limitations in physical activities because of health problems. A positive change from Baseline score indicates an improvement.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 16 are included; LOCF was used.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 160.81 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.678
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 162.17 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.664
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 162.91 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.671
Comparison: Secondary endpoints from the placebo-controlled period (Weeks 16 and 24) were analyzed in a hierarchical fashion to control the Type I error rate as described abovep-value: 0.023795% CI: [0.28, 3.92]ANCOVA
Comparison: Secondary endpoints from the placebo-controlled period (Weeks 16 and 24) were analyzed in a hierarchical fashion to control the Type I error rate as described abovep-value: 0.138895% CI: [-0.44, 3.15]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 24

The Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, Version 2 (SF-36) is a self-administered instrument that measures the impact of disease on overall quality of life and consists of 36 questions in eight domains (physical function, pain, general and mental health, vitality, social function, physical and emotional health). Norm-based scores were used in analyses, calibrated so that 50 is the average score and the standard deviation equals 10. Higher scores indicate a higher level of functioning. The physical functioning domain assesses limitations in physical activities because of health problems. A positive change from Baseline score indicates an improvement.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 24 are included; LOCF imputation was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 241.44 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.688
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 242.97 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.673
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 243.30 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.679
p-value: 0.047395% CI: [0.02, 3.7]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.099795% CI: [-0.29, 3.35]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 16

The Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) is a composite index that is calculated as the sum of the: - 28 tender joint count (TJC), - 28 swollen joint count (SJC), - Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity measured on a 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS), where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest; - Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity -measured on a 10 cm VAS, where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest. The CDAI score ranges from 0-76 where lower scores indicate less disease activity. The following thresholds of disease activity have been defined for the CDAI: Remission: ≤ 2.8 Low Disease Activity: \> 2.8 and ≤ 10 Moderate Disease Activity: \> 10 and ≤ 22 High Disease Activity: \> 22.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 16 are included. LOCF was used.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 16-3.30 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.871
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 16-7.75 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.851
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 16-6.81 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.869
p-value: 0.003595% CI: [-5.86, -1.16]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.000295% CI: [-6.76, -2.14]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 24

The Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) is a composite index that is calculated as the sum of the: • 28 tender joint count (TJC), • 28 swollen joint count (SJC), • Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity measured on a 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS), where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest; • Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity -measured on a 10 cm VAS, where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest. The CDAI score ranges from 0-76 where lower scores indicate less disease activity. The following thresholds of disease activity have been defined for the CDAI: Remission: ≤ 2.8; Low Disease Activity: \> 2.8 and ≤ 10; Moderate Disease Activity: \> 10 and ≤ 22; High Disease Activity: \> 22.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 24 are included; LOCF imputation was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 24-3.21 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.884
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 24-7.71 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.864
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 24-6.35 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.878
p-value: 0.009795% CI: [-5.52, -0.76]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.000295% CI: [-6.85, -2.16]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 16

Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet will be rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set. Participants with a baseline dactylitis severity score \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing dactylitis) and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 16 are included. LOCF was used.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 16-1.1 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.28
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 16-0.8 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.26
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 16-1.3 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.26
p-value: 0.543895% CI: [-1, 0.5]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.375995% CI: [-0.4, 1]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 24

Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet will be rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set. Participants with a baseline dactylitis severity score \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing dactylitis) and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 24 are included. LOCF was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 24-1.1 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.27
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 24-0.9 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.25
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 24-1.4 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.26
p-value: 0.370595% CI: [-1, 0.4]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.677795% CI: [-0.6, 0.8]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 16

The Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index is a patient-reported questionnaire consisting of 20 questions referring to eight domains: dressing/grooming, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reach, grip, and usual activities. Participants assessed their ability to do each task over the past week using the following response categories: without any difficulty (0); with some difficulty (1); with much difficulty (2); and unable to do (3). Scores on each task are summed and averaged to provide an overall score ranging from 0 to 3, where zero represents no disability and three very severe, high-dependency disability. Negative mean changes from Baseline in the overall score indicate improvement in functional ability.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 16 are included; Last observation carried forward (LOCF) imputation was used.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 16-0.053 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.0358
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 16-0.157 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.0351
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 16-0.193 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.0354
Comparison: Pairwise comparisons (30 mg vs placebo and 20 mg vs placebo) were conducted conditional on the primary endpoint results. If the primary endpoint was statistically significant for both apremilast dose groups, pairwise comparisons for the HAQ-DI were to be evaluated at the 0.05 level using the Hochberg procedure. If only one apremilast dose was statistically significant, then only the comparison between that apremilast dose and placebo was conducted for the HAQ-DI score, at the 0.025 level.p-value: 0.004295% CI: [-0.236, -0.045]ANCOVA
Comparison: Pairwise comparisons (30 mg vs placebo and 20 mg vs placebo) were conducted conditional on the primary endpoint results. If the primary endpoint was statistically significant for both apremilast dose groups, pairwise comparisons for the HAQ-DI were to be evaluated at the 0.05 level using the Hochberg procedure. If only one apremilast dose was statistically significant, then only the comparison between that apremilast dose and placebo was conducted for the HAQ-DI score, at the 0.025 level.p-value: 0.03295% CI: [-0.199, -0.009]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 24

The Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index is a patient-reported questionnaire consisting of 20 questions referring to eight domains: dressing/grooming, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reach, grip, and usual activities. Participants assessed their ability to do each task over the past week using the following response categories: without any difficulty (0); with some difficulty (1); with much difficulty (2); and unable to do (3). Scores on each task are summed and averaged to provide an overall score ranging from 0 to 3, where zero represents no disability and three very severe, high-dependency disability. Negative mean changes from Baseline in the overall score indicate improvement in functional ability.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 24 are included; LOCF imputation was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 24-0.085 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.0377
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 24-0.165 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.037
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 24-0.206 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.0372
Comparison: Secondary endpoints from the placebo-controlled period (Weeks 16 and 24) were analyzed in a hierarchical fashion to control the Type I error rate as described above.p-value: 0.019195% CI: [-0.222, -0.02]ANCOVA
Comparison: Secondary endpoints from the placebo-controlled period (Weeks 16 and 24) were analyzed in a hierarchical fashion to control the Type I error rate as described above.p-value: 0.117995% CI: [-0.18, 0.02]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 52

The Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index is a patient-reported questionnaire consisting of 20 questions referring to eight domains: dressing/grooming, arising, eating, walking, hygiene, reach, grip, and usual activities. Participants assessed their ability to do each task over the past week using the following response categories: without any difficulty (0); with some difficulty (1); with much difficulty (2); and unable to do (3). Scores on each task are summed and averaged to provide an overall score ranging from 0 to 3, where zero represents no disability and three very severe, high-dependency disability. Negative mean changes from Baseline in the overall score indicate improvement in functional ability.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; participants with a Baseline value and a Week 52 value are included.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 52-0.208 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 0.4831
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 52-0.310 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 0.599
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 52-0.192 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 0.5729
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 52-0.330 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 0.5089
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 16

The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline MASES \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing enthesopathy) and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 16 are included; LOCF was used.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 16-1.0 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.29
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 16-0.9 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.28
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 16-1.4 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.29
p-value: 0.349695% CI: [-1.2, 0.4]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.887495% CI: [-0.7, 0.8]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 24

The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline MASES \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing enthesopathy) and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 24 are included; LOCF imputation was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 24-0.9 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.29
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 24-0.9 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.28
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 24-1.3 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.29
p-value: 0.271995% CI: [-1.2, 0.3]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.972795% CI: [-0.8, 0.7]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 52

The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; participants with a baseline value \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing enthesopathy) and a Week 52 value are included.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 52-2.5 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 4.41
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 52-2.5 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 2.73
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 52-1.7 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 3.12
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 52-2.1 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 2.82
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 16

The participant was asked to place a vertical line on a 100-mm visual analog scale on which the left-hand boundary (score = 0 mm) represents no pain, and the right-hand boundary (score = 100 mm) represents pain as severe as can be imagined. The distance from the mark to the left-hand boundary was recorded in millimeters.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 16 are included; LOCF was used.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 16-7.0 mmStandard Error 1.93
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 16-12.5 mmStandard Error 1.89
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 16-11.9 mmStandard Error 1.9
p-value: 0.064895% CI: [-10, 0.3]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.034795% CI: [-10.6, -0.4]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 24

The participant was asked to place a vertical line on a 100-mm visual analog scale on which the left-hand boundary (score = 0 mm) represents no pain, and the right-hand boundary (score = 100 mm) represents pain as severe as can be imagined. The distance from the mark to the left-hand boundary was recorded in millimeters.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 24 are included; LOCF imputation was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 24-8.0 mmStandard Error 1.9
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 24-11.5 mmStandard Error 1.86
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 24-9.7 mmStandard Error 1.88
p-value: 0.506795% CI: [-6.8, 3.4]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.176295% CI: [-8.5, 1.6]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the CDAI Score at Week 52

The Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) is a composite index that is calculated as the sum of the: • 28 tender joint count (TJC), • 28 swollen joint count (SJC), • Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity measured on a 10 cm visual analog scale (VAS), where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest; • Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity -measured on a 10 cm VAS, where 0 cm = lowest disease activity and 10 cm = highest. The CDAI score ranges from 0-76 where lower scores indicate less disease activity. The following thresholds of disease activity have been defined for the CDAI: Remission: ≤ 2.8 Low Disease Activity: \> 2.8 and ≤ 10 Moderate Disease Activity: \> 10 and ≤ 22 High Disease Activity: \> 22.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; participants with a Baseline value and a Week 52 value are included.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the CDAI Score at Week 52-13.66 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 9.811
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the CDAI Score at Week 52-13.13 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 13.148
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the CDAI Score at Week 52-12.03 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 10.492
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the CDAI Score at Week 52-14.38 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 11.531
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 52

Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet will be rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; participants with a baseline value \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing dactylitis) and a Week 52 value are included.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 52-1.9 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 1.14
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 52-2.1 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 2.32
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 52-1.8 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 1.98
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 52-1.8 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 2.06
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the DAS28 at Week 52

The DAS28 measures the severity of disease at a specific time and is derived from the following variables: • 28 tender joint count • 28 swollen joint count, which do not include the DIP joints, the hip joint, or the joints below the knee; • C-reactive protein (CRP) • Patient's global assessment of disease activity. DAS28(CRP) scores range from 0 to approximately 10, with the upper bound dependent on the highest possible level of CRP. A DAS28 score higher than 5.1 indicates high disease activity, a DAS28 score less than 3.2 indicates low disease activity, and a DAS28 score less than 2.6 indicates clinical remission.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; participants with a Baseline value and a Week 52 value are included.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the DAS28 at Week 52-1.18 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 1.015
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the DAS28 at Week 52-1.18 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 1.366
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the DAS28 at Week 52-1.11 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 1.059
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the DAS28 at Week 52-1.30 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 1.033
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 16

The DAS28 measures the severity of disease at a specific time and is derived from the following variables: - 28 tender joint count - 28 swollen joint count, which do not include the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints, the hip joint, or the joints below the knee; - C-reactive protein (CRP) - Patient's global assessment of disease activity. DAS28(CRP) scores range from 0 to approximately 10, with the upper bound dependent on the highest possible level of CRP. A DAS28 score higher than 5.1 indicates high disease activity, a DAS28 score less than 3.2 indicates low disease activity, and a DAS28 score less than 2.6 indicates clinical remission.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 16 are included. LOCF was used.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 16-0.27 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.082
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 16-0.74 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.08
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 16-0.67 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.08
p-value: 0.000495% CI: [-0.61, -0.18]ANCOVA
p-value: <0.000195% CI: [-0.68, -0.25]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 24

The DAS28 measures the severity of disease at a specific time and is derived from the following variables: • 28 tender joint count • 28 swollen joint count, which do not include the DIP joints, the hip joint, or the joints below the knee; • C-reactive protein (CRP) • Patient's global assessment of disease activity. DAS28(CRP) scores range from 0 to approximately 10, with the upper bound dependent on the highest possible level of CRP. A DAS28 score higher than 5.1 indicates high disease activity, a DAS28 score less than 3.2 indicates low disease activity, and a DAS28 score less than 2.6 indicates clinical remission.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 24 are included; LOCF imputation was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 24-0.27 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.084
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 24-0.73 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.082
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 24-0.65 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.083
p-value: 0.001195% CI: [-0.6, -0.15]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.000195% CI: [-0.68, -0.23]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the FACIT-Fatigue Scale Score at Week 52

The FACIT-Fatigue scale is a 13-item self-administered questionnaire that assesses both the physical and functional consequences of fatigue. Each question is answered on a 5-point scale, where 0 means not at all, and 4 means very much. The FACIT-Fatigue scale score ranges from 0 to 52, with higher scores denoting lower levels of fatigue. A positive change from baseline score indicates an improvement.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; participants with a Baseline value and a Week 52 value are included.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the FACIT-Fatigue Scale Score at Week 521.97 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 8.544
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the FACIT-Fatigue Scale Score at Week 524.95 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 9.414
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the FACIT-Fatigue Scale Score at Week 522.45 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 9.481
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the FACIT-Fatigue Scale Score at Week 524.38 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 9.847
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 16

The FACIT-Fatigue scale is a 13-item self-administered questionnaire that assesses both the physical and functional consequences of fatigue. Each question is answered on a 5-point scale, where 0 means not at all, and 4 means very much. The FACIT-Fatigue scale score ranges from 0 to 52, with higher scores denoting lower levels of fatigue. A positive change from baseline score indicates an improvement.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 16 are included. LOCF was used.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 160.63 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.724
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 160.91 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.712
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 162.75 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.715
p-value: 0.031895% CI: [0.19, 4.06]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.780395% CI: [-1.65, 2.2]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 24

The FACIT-Fatigue scale is a 13-item self-administered questionnaire that assesses both the physical and functional consequences of fatigue. Each question is answered on a 5-point scale, where 0 means not at all, and 4 means very much. The FACIT-Fatigue scale score ranges from 0 to 52, with higher scores denoting lower levels of fatigue. A positive change from baseline score indicates an improvement.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline value and at least 1 postbaseline value at or prior to Week 24 are included; LOCF imputation was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16.

ArmMeasureValue (LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 240.52 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.721
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 240.68 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.71
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 242.65 units on a scaleStandard Error 0.713
p-value: 0.030395% CI: [0.2, 4.07]ANCOVA
p-value: 0.870495% CI: [-1.76, 2.08]ANCOVA
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the Patient Assessment of Pain at Week 52

The participant was asked to place a vertical line on a 100-mm visual analog scale on which the left-hand boundary (score = 0 mm) represents no pain, and the right-hand boundary (score = 100 mm) represents pain as severe as can be imagined. The distance from the mark to the left-hand boundary was recorded in millimeters.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; participants with a Baseline value and a Week 52 value are included.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the Patient Assessment of Pain at Week 52-15.6 mmStandard Deviation 23.77
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the Patient Assessment of Pain at Week 52-16.0 mmStandard Deviation 24.48
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the Patient Assessment of Pain at Week 52-13.5 mmStandard Deviation 27.78
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the Patient Assessment of Pain at Week 52-12.9 mmStandard Deviation 26.54
Secondary

Change From Baseline in the SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale Score at Week 52

The Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, Version 2 (SF-36) is a self-administered instrument that measures the impact of disease on overall quality of life and consists of 36 questions in eight domains (physical function, pain, general and mental health, vitality, social function, physical and emotional health). Norm-based scores were used in analyses, calibrated so that 50 is the average score and the standard deviation equals 10. Higher scores indicate a higher level of functioning. The physical functioning domain assesses limitations in physical activities because of health problems. A positive change from Baseline score indicates an improvement.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; participants with a Baseline value and a Week 52 value are included.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
PlaceboChange From Baseline in the SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale Score at Week 524.13 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 9.106
Apremilast 20 mgChange From Baseline in the SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale Score at Week 525.97 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 9.612
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale Score at Week 524.05 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 8.752
Apremilast 30 mgChange From Baseline in the SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale Score at Week 524.97 units on a scaleStandard Deviation 9.656
Secondary

Number of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure Period

A treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE) is an AE with a start date on or after the date of the first dose of Investigational Product (IP). The severity of each adverse event (AE) and serious AE (SAE) was assessed by the investigator and graded based on a scale from Mild - mild symptoms to Severe AEs (non-serious or serious). A serious adverse event (SAE) is any AE which: * Resulted in death * Was life-threatening * Required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization * Resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity * Was a congenital anomaly/birth defect * Constituted an important medical event

Time frame: Week 0 to week 260; overall median duration of exposure to apremilast 20 mg and 30 mg BID was 198 weeks

Population: Apremilast subjects as treated who received at least 1 dose of apremilast at any time during the study at week 0, week 16 or week 24.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE202 participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Drug-related TEAE102 participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Severe TEAE35 participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Serious TEAE41 participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Serious Drug-related TEAE6 participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Drug Interruption47 participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Drug Withdrawal24 participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Death0 participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Severe TEAE2 participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Drug Withdrawal3 participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Serious TEAE5 participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Serious Drug-related TEAE1 participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Drug Interruption4 participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE53 participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Drug-related TEAE5 participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Death0 participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Drug Interruption65 participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Drug-related TEAE100 participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Severe TEAE37 participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Serious TEAE41 participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Drug Withdrawal30 participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE207 participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny Serious Drug-related TEAE6 participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With TEAEs During the Apremilast-Exposure PeriodAny TEAE Leading to Death2 participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled Phase

A treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE) is an AE with a start date on or after the date of the first dose of Investigational Product (IP). The severity of each adverse event (AE) and serious AE (SAE) was assessed by the investigator and graded based on a scale from Mild - mild symptoms to Severe AEs (non-serious or serious). A serious adverse event (SAE) is any AE which: * Resulted in death * Was life-threatening * Required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization * Resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity * Was a congenital anomaly/birth defect * Constituted an important medical event

Time frame: Week 0 to Week 16 for placebo participants who entered EE at Week 16 and up to Week 24 for all other participants (placebo participants who remained on placebo through week 24 and participants randomized to the APR 20 mg BID or APR 30 mg BID)

Population: Safety population included all participants who were randomized and received at least one dose of IP.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Drug Withdrawal3 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Drug-Related TEAE28 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Severe TEAE5 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Serious TEAE (SAE)3 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Drug-Related SAE0 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Drug Interruption11 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Death0 Participants
PlaceboNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE72 Participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Severe TEAE3 Participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Serious TEAE (SAE)6 Participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Drug-Related SAE3 Participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Death0 Participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Drug Interruption16 Participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE106 Participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Drug-Related TEAE53 Participants
Apremilast 20 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Drug Withdrawal5 Participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Severe TEAE11 Participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Drug Withdrawal12 Participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Drug-Related TEAE57 Participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Serious TEAE (SAE)4 Participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Death0 Participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE96 Participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny Drug-Related SAE1 Participants
Apremilast 30 mgNumber of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Placebo-Controlled PhaseAny TEAE Leading to Drug Interruption31 Participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 16

Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improves to zero after 16 weeks of treatment. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.

Time frame: Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline dactylitis severity score \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing dactylitis) are included; LOCF was used. Participants who did not have sufficient data (observed or imputed) for a determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 1640.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 1642.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 1641.1 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.969895% CI: [-16, 16.6]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.820595% CI: [-14.3, 18.1]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 24

Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improves to zero after 24 weeks of treatment. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.

Time frame: Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline dactylitis severity score \> 0 are included; LOCF was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16. Participants who did not have sufficient data (observed or imputed) for a determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 2440.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 2444.2 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 2446.6 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.481195% CI: [-10.3, 22.1]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.696595% CI: [-13.3, 19.5]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 52

Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improves to zero after 52 weeks. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Time frame: Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; Participants with a baseline dactylitis severity score \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing dactylitis) and who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 5278.3 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 5277.8 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 5257.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 5265.0 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 16

Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improves to 0 after 16 weeks of treatment. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.

Time frame: Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline MASES \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing enthesopathy) are included; LOCF was used. Participants who did not have sufficient data (observed or imputed) for a determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 1623.1 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 1629.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 1620.8 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.702395% CI: [-13.5, 9.1]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.330595% CI: [-5.9, 17.7]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 24

Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improves to 0 after 24 weeks of treatment. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.

Time frame: Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline MASES \> 0 are included; LOCF was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16. Participants who did not have sufficient data (observed or imputed) for a determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 2424.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 2429.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 2422.8 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.842495% CI: [-12.7, 10.3]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.339595% CI: [-6, 17.8]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 52

Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improves to 0 after 24 weeks. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Time frame: Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; only those participants with a baseline value \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing enthesopathy) and who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 5242.5 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 5241.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 5240.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 5237.2 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants Achieving Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 52

A EULAR response reflects an improvement in disease activity and an attainment of a lower degree of disease activity based on the DAS-28 score. A Good Response is defined as an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 compared with Baseline and attainment of a DAS28 score less than or equal to 3.2. A Moderate Response is defined as either: • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of greater than 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of less than or equal to 5.1 or, • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of greater than 3.2.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; only those participants who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants Achieving Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 5270.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 5264.5 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 5268.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants Achieving Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 5267.5 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With a ACR 20 Response at Week 52

Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 20% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 20% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 20% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population consists of all participants who were randomized or re-randomized to apremilast at any time during the study. Only those participants who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With a ACR 20 Response at Week 5253.3 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With a ACR 20 Response at Week 5247.5 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With a ACR 20 Response at Week 5252.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With a ACR 20 Response at Week 5252.6 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With a ACR 50 Response at Week 16

Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 50% (ACR50) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 50% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 50% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: o Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); o Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); o C-Reactive Protein.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With a ACR 50 Response at Week 165.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With a ACR 50 Response at Week 1614.7 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With a ACR 50 Response at Week 1610.5 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.058995% CI: [-0.2, 11.3]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.003495% CI: [3.4, 16.1]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With a ACR 70 Response at Week 24

Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 70% (ACR70) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 70% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 70% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦ Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦ Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, escaped early at Week 16 or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With a ACR 70 Response at Week 243.1 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With a ACR 70 Response at Week 245.5 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With a ACR 70 Response at Week 242.5 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.727395% CI: [-4.3, 3]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.292995% CI: [-2, 6.8]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With a Modified PsARC Response at Week 52

Modified PsARC response is defined as improvement in at least 2 of the 4 measures, at least one of which must be tender joint count or swollen joint count, and no worsening in any of the 4 measures: • 78 tender joint count, • 76 swollen joint count, • Patient global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm visual Analog scale (VAS), where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest; • Physician global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm VAS, where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest. Improvement or worsening in joint counts is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 30%, and improvement or worsening in global assessments is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 20 mm VAS. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; only those participants who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With a Modified PsARC Response at Week 5278.3 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With a Modified PsARC Response at Week 5273.3 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With a Modified PsARC Response at Week 5272.4 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With a Modified PsARC Response at Week 5274.6 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 16

Modified PsARC response is defined as improvement in at least 2 of the 4 measures, at least one of which must be tender joint count or swollen joint count, and no worsening in any of the 4 measures: - 78 tender joint count, - 76 swollen joint count, - Patient global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm visual Analog scale (VAS), where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest; - Physician global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm VAS, where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest. Improvement or worsening in joint counts is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 30%, and improvement or worsening in global assessments is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 20 mm VAS.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 1633.3 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 1647.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 1648.1 percentage of participants
Comparison: Secondary endpoints from the placebo-controlled period (Weeks 16 and 24) were analyzed in a hierarchical fashion to control the Type I error rate as described above.p-value: 0.006595% CI: [4.3, 25.5]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Comparison: Secondary endpoints from the placebo-controlled period (Weeks 16 and 24) were analyzed in a hierarchical fashion to control the Type I error rate as described above.p-value: 0.007195% CI: [4.1, 25.2]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 24

Modified PsARC response is defined as improvement in at least 2 of the 4 measures, at least one of which must be tender joint count or swollen joint count, and no worsening in any of the 4 measures: • 78 tender joint count, • 76 swollen joint count, • Patient global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm visual Analog scale (VAS), where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest; • Physician global assessment of disease activity, measured on a 100 mm VAS, where 0 mm = lowest disease activity and 100 mm = highest. Improvement or worsening in joint counts is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 30%, and improvement or worsening in global assessments is defined as decrease or increase, respectively, from baseline by ≥ 20 mm VAS.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, escaped early at Week 16 or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 2424.5 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 2439.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 2432.1 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.119595% CI: [-1.9, 17.5]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.002695% CI: [5.6, 25.5]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With an ACR 20 Response at Week 24

Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 20% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 20% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 20% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, escaped early at Week 16 or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With an ACR 20 Response at Week 2415.7 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 20 Response at Week 2431.3 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 20 Response at Week 2424.7 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.039495% CI: [0.5, 17.8]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.000995% CI: [6.7, 24.7]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 24

Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 50% (ACR50) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 50% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 50% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: o Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); o Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); o C-Reactive Protein.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, escaped early at Week 16 or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 248.8 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 2414.1 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 2411.7 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.362995% CI: [-3.5, 9.6]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.132395% CI: [-1.5, 12.3]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 52

Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 50% (ACR50) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 50% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 50% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦ Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦ Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦C-Reactive Protein. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; only those participants who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 5230.5 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 5227.4 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 5226.7 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 5218.6 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 16

Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 70% (ACR70) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 70% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 70% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: o Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); o Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); o Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); o C-Reactive Protein.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 160.6 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 163.7 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 161.2 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.56295% CI: [-1.5, 2.7]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.05795% CI: [0, 6.2]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 52

Percentage of participants with an American College of Rheumatology 70% (ACR70) response. A participant was a responder if the following 3 criteria for improvement from Baseline were met: • ≥ 70% improvement in 78 tender joint count; • ≥ 70% improvement in 76 swollen joint count; and • ≥ 70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 following parameters: ◦ Patient's assessment of pain (measured on a 100 mm visual analog scale \[VAS\]); ◦ Patient's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Physician's global assessment of disease activity (measured on a 100 mm VAS); ◦ Patient's self-assessment of physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI)); ◦ C-Reactive Protein. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; only those participants who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 5216.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 5214.3 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 529.8 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 526.8 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 16

Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improved by ≥ 1 after 16 weeks of treatment. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline dactylitis severity score \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing dactylitis) are included; LOCF was used. Participants who did not have sufficient data (observed or imputed) for a determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 1659.1 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 1662.3 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 1661.6 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.733795% CI: [-13.3, 18.9]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.688195% CI: [-12.7, 19.3]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 24

Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improved by ≥ 1 after 24 weeks of treatment. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline dactylitis severity score \> 0 are included; LOCF was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16. Participants who did not have sufficient data (observed or imputed) for a determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 2462.1 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 2468.8 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 2468.5 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.395995% CI: [-8.7, 22.2]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.394195% CI: [-8.7, 22.4]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 52

Percentage of participants with pre-existing dactylitis whose dactylitis severity score improved by ≥ 1 after 52 weeks. Dactylitis is characterized by swelling of the entire finger or toe. Each digit on the hands and feet was rated as zero for no dactylitis or 1 for dactylitis present. The dactylitis score is the sum of the individual scores for each digit. The dactylitis severity score, ranging from 0 to 20, is the number of digits on the hands and feet with dactylitis present. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; Participants with a baseline dactylitis severity score \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing dactylitis) and who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 5295.7 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 5288.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 5280.7 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement ≥ 1 Point at Week 5285.0 percentage of participants
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 24

EULAR response reflects an improvement in disease activity and an attainment of a lower degree of disease activity based on the DAS-28 score. A Good Response is defined as an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 compared with Baseline and attainment of a DAS28 score less than or equal to 3.2. A Moderate Response is defined as either: • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of greater than 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of less than or equal to 5.1 or, • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of greater than 3.2.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, escaped early at Week 16 or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 2421.4 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 2441.7 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 2433.3 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.014295% CI: [2.6, 21.7]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.000195% CI: [10.8, 30.3]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With Good or Moderate European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Response at Week 16

A EULAR response reflects an improvement in disease activity and an attainment of a lower degree of disease activity based on the DAS-28 score. A Good Response is defined as an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 compared with Baseline and attainment of a DAS28 score less than or equal to 3.2. A Moderate Response is defined as either: • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of greater than 0.6 and less than or equal to 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of less than or equal to 5.1 or, • an improvement (decrease) in the DAS28 of more than 1.2 and attainment of a DAS28 score of greater than 3.2.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; Participants who discontinued early, or who did not have sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With Good or Moderate European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Response at Week 1631.4 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With Good or Moderate European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Response at Week 1653.4 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With Good or Moderate European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Response at Week 1648.8 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.001495% CI: [7, 27.9]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.000195% CI: [11.7, 32.5]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 16

Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improved by ≥ 20% from Baseline after 16 weeks of treatment. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 16

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline MASES \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing enthesopathy) are included; LOCF was used. Participants who did not have sufficient data (observed or imputed) for a determination of response status at Week 16 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 1652.9 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 1654.2 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 1656.4 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.602295% CI: [-9.9, 17.2]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.846295% CI: [-12.1, 14.7]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 24

Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improved by ≥ 20% from Baseline after 24 weeks of treatment. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 24

Population: Full analysis set; participants with a baseline MASES \> 0 are included; LOCF was used. The Week 16 value was carried over to Week 24 for participants who escaped early at Week 16. Participants who did not have sufficient data (observed or imputed) for a determination of response status at Week 24 were counted as non-responders.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 2451.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 2457.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 2457.4 percentage of participants
p-value: 0.337695% CI: [-6.8, 20]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
p-value: 0.375695% CI: [-7.2, 19.4]Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel
Secondary

Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 52

Percentage of participants with pre-existing enthesopathy whose MASES improved by ≥ 20% from Baseline after 52 weeks. The Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score quantitates inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) by assessing pain at the following entheses (sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone): 1st costochondral joints left/right; 7th costochondral joints left/right; posterior superior iliac spine left/right; anterior superior iliac spine left/right; iliac crest left/right; 5th lumbar spinous process; and the proximal insertion of the Archilles tendon left/right. The MASES, ranging from 0 to 13, is the number of painful entheses out of 13 entheses. Two-sided 95% confidence interval is based on the Clopper-Pearson method.

Time frame: Baseline and Week 52

Population: The Apremilast Subjects as Randomized/Re-randomized (AAR) Population; only those participants with a baseline MASES \> 0 (i.e., pre-existing enthesopathy) and who had sufficient data for a definitive determination of response status at Week 52 are included.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
PlaceboPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 5272.5 percentage of participants
Apremilast 20 mgPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 5279.5 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 5270.0 percentage of participants
Apremilast 30 mgPercentage of Participants With MASES Improvement ≥ 20% at Week 5269.2 percentage of participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 11, 2026