Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: We randomly assigned a total of 166 patients to receive subcutaneous injections of risankizumab (a single 18-mg dose at week 0 or 90-mg or 180-mg doses at weeks 0, 4, and 16) or ustekinumab (45 or 90 mg, according to body weight, at weeks 0, 4, and 16). The primary end point was a 90% or greater reduction from baseline in the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score at week 12. RESULTS: At week 12, the percentage of patients with a 90% or greater reduction in the PASI score was 77% (64 of 83 patients) for risankizumab (90-mg and 180-mg groups, pooled), as compared with 40% (16 of 40 patients) for ustekinumab (P<0.001); the percentage of patients with a 100% reduction in the PASI score was 45% in the pooled 90-mg and 180-mg risankizumab groups, as compared with 18% in the ustekinumab group. Efficacy was generally maintained up to 20 weeks after the final dose of 90 or 180 mg of risankizumab. In the 18-mg and 90-mg risankizumab groups and the ustekinumab group, 5 patients (12%), 6 patients (15%), and 3 patients (8%), respectively, had serious adverse events, including two basal-cell carcinomas and one major cardiovascular adverse event; there were no serious adverse events in the 180-mg risankizumab group. CONCLUSIONS: In this phase 2 trial, selective blockade of interleukin-23 with risankizumab was associated with clinical responses superior to those associated with ustekinumab. This trial was not large enough or of long enough duration to draw conclusions about safety. (Funded by Boehringer Ingelheim; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02054481 ).
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Authors | Kim A Papp, Andrew Blauvelt, Michael Bukhalo, Melinda Gooderham, James G Krueger, Jean-Philippe Lacour, Alan Menter, Sandra Philipp, Howard Sofen, Stephen Tyring, Beate R Berner, Sudha Visvanathan, Chandrasena Pamulapati, Nathan Bennett, Mary Flack, Paul Scholl, Steven J Padula |
Journal | The New England journal of medicine
(N Engl J Med)
Vol. 376
Issue 16
Pg. 1551-1560
(04 20 2017)
ISSN: 1533-4406 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 28423301
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase II, Comparative Study, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Dermatologic Agents
- Interleukin-23
- Interleukin-12
- risankizumab
- Ustekinumab
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Dermatologic Agents
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Double-Blind Method
- Female
- Humans
- Interleukin-12
(antagonists & inhibitors)
- Interleukin-23
(antagonists & inhibitors)
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Psoriasis
(classification, drug therapy)
- Scalp
(pathology)
- Severity of Illness Index
- Ustekinumab
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
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