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Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient must be able to understand and communicate with the investigator and comply with the requirements of the study and must give a written, signed and dated informed consent before any study assessment is performed 2. Male or non-pregnant, non-lactating female patients at least 18 years of age 3. Diagnosis of moderate to severe AS with radiologic evidence (centrally read X-ray) fulfilling the Modified New York criteria for AS (Appendix 3) 4. Active AS assessed by total BASDAI ≥ 4 (0-10) at Baseline 5. Spinal pain as measured by BASDAI question #2 ≥ 4 (0-10) at Baseline 6. Total back pain as measured by VAS ≥ 40 mm (0-100 mm) at Baseline
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Pacientes con anquilosis total de la columna vertebral. 2. Radiografia de torax o RM de torax con evidencia de un proceso infeccioso o maligno en curso, que se deben obtener en un plazo de 3 meses antes de la seleccion y deben ser evaluadas por un medico calificado. 3. Exposicion previa al secukinumab, al adalimumab o a cualquier otro agente biologico inmunomodulador, incluidos los dirigidos a la IL-17, al receptor de IL-17 o al TNFα. 4. Pacientes que tomen analgesicos opioides de alta potencia (p. ej., metadona, hidromorfona, morfina y oxicodona). 5. Uso de dispositivos o farmacos en investigacion dentro de las 4 semanas de la aleatorizacion o un periodo de 5 vidas medias del farmaco en investigacion, lo que sea mas prolongado. 6. Antecedentes de hipersensibilidad a cualquiera de los farmacos del estudio o a farmacos de clases quimicas similares.
Countries
Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Korea South, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kindgdom, United States
Contacts
NOVARTIS BIOSCIENCES PERU S.A.