Immediate Response With Adalimumab and Its Impact on Quality of Life and Other Comorbidity Factors in Patients With Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis

AbbVie

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 4

Conditions

Psoriasis

Treatments

Biological: Adalimumab

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT01265823

W11-050

Details and patient eligibility

About

W11-050 is a Mexican open label multicenter study that has been designed to further assess the safety and efficacy of adalimumab in the treatment of patients with active plaque psoriasis who have failed prior conventional systemic psoriasis treatment or who are candidates for systemic therapy.

Full description

Up to 150 subjects having a diagnosis of active plaque psoriasis and fulfilling the study eligibility criteria were enrolled in Mexico. Adalimumab was administered as follows: 80 mg at baseline, followed by 40 mg every other week (eow; starting at week 1 until week 15). The study drug was self administered via subcutaneous (sc) injection. Safety and efficacy measures were performed throughout the study.

Enrollment

150 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Able and willing to give written informed consent prior to any study related procedures and to comply with the requirements of the study protocol
Male and female subjects between 18 and 75 years old
Diagnosis of moderate to severe types I and II plaque psoriasis (Type I : symptoms onset before 40 years old; Type II: symptoms onset after 40 years old), with at least 6 months of duration
Documented moderate to severe plaque psoriasis based on Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score >10
Subjects naïve to adalimumab therapy
Subject must be evaluated for active and latent tuberculosis (TB) infection by using a Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) skin test, chest x-ray (posterior to anterior (PA) and lateral views) and a detailed review of the subject's medical history. This screening must be negative
A negative pregnancy test (serum human chorionic gonadotrophin) for women of childbearing potential prior to start of study treatment. (Non-childbearing potential is defined as postmenopausal for at least 1 year or surgically sterile [bilateral tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy])
Able and willing to self-administer subcutaneous injections or have available a suitable person to administer subcutaneous injections
Subject is judged to be in generally good health as determined by the investigator

Exclusion criteria

Prior treatment with any investigational agent within 30 days, or five half-lives of the product, which ever is longer. Subject has been treated with any investigational drug of chemical or biologic nature within a minimum of 30 days or five half lives (whichever is longer) of the drug prior to study entry (Baseline Visit)
Subject has other active skin diseases or skin infections (bacterial, fungal, or viral) that may interfere with the evaluation of psoriasis or compromise the subject's safety
Subject has a history of dysplasia, malignancy (including lymphoma and leukemia), or lymphoproliferative disease other than: a. Successfully and completely treated non-metastatic squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin with no recurrence within the last five years. b. Localized carcinoma in situ of the cervix or cervical dysplasia, with no recurrence within the last five years
Persistent or recurrent infections or severe infections requiring hospitalization or treatment with intravenous (IV) antibiotics, IV antivirals, or IV antifungals within 30 days, or oral antibiotics, oral antivirals or oral antifungals within 14 days prior to Baseline Visit
Other medical conditions: uncontrolled diabetes, unstable ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) III-IV, recent stroke (within three months), chronic leg ulcer and any other condition (e.g., indwelling urinary catheter) which, in the opinion of the investigator, may place the subject at risk
Previous diagnosis or signs highly indicative of central nervous system demyelinating diseases (e.g., optic neuritis, ataxia, apraxia)
History of listeriosis, histoplasmosis, chronic or active Hepatitis B infection, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, immunodeficiency syndrome, chronic recurring infections or active TB
Female subjects who are pregnant or breast-feeding
History of clinically significant drug or alcohol abuse in the last year
Subject started receiving a new topical therapy within the last four weeks prior to the Baseline visit for areas other than the palms, soles of feet, axilla and groin
Subject started being treated with ultraviolet B (UVB) phototherapy, within the last four weeks prior to the Baseline visit
Subject was treated with psoralen ultraviolet A (PUVA) phototherapy within the last four weeks prior to the Baseline visit
Subject has been initiated on a new systemic agent within the last four weeks prior to the Baseline visit
Patients with history of atopy
Patients with any other autoimmune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) , Sdx Sjögren, vasculitis etc
Known hypersensitivity to the excipients of adalimumab as stated in the label
Female subjects who are pregnant or breast-feeding or considering becoming pregnant during the study
Subject is considered by the investigator, for any reason, to be an unsuitable candidate for the study
Subject with any prior exposure to Tysabri (natalizumab), or Orencia (abatacept)
Subjects with positive immunologic test for hepatitis A, B or C (Positive test of any of the following: hepatitis A viral antibody immunoglobulin M (HAV-IgM), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab)
Subjects with a positive immunologic test for HIV determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method