Phase 3b Safety and Efficacy Study of Apremilast to Treat Moderate to Severe Plaque-plaque Psoriasis

NCT ID: NCT01690299

Last Updated: 2022-03-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-10-01

Study Completion Date

2016-04-04

Brief Summary

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This study will test the clinical effectiveness and safety of apremilast compared with placebo as well as etanercept compared with placebo in the same group of patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Detailed Description

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This is a phase 3b, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, double-dummy, study of the efficacy and safety of apremilast, etanercept, and placebo, in adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

250 participants will be randomized 1:1:1 to the three treatment groups. All subjects will receive both tablets and injections through Week 16.

The study will consist of four phases:

* Screening Phase - up to 35 days
* Double-blind Placebo-controlled Phase - Weeks 0-16
* Apremilast Extension Phase - Weeks 16-104
* Post-treatment Observational Follow-up Phase

During the double-blind, placebo-controlled phase, subjects will receive treatment with one of the following:

* apremilast (APR) 30 mg tablets orally twice a day (BID) plus once weekly (QW) evaluator/subject-blinded subcutaneous (SC) saline (placebo) injections (1 mL x 2 injections SC), or
* etanercept (ETN) 50 mg evaluator/subject-blinded subcutaneous (SC) once weekly (QW) injections (2 x 25 mg) plus placebo tablets orally twice a day (BID), or
* placebo tablets and evaluator/subject-blinded subcutaneous (SC) saline (placebo) injections.

All subjects will be asked to participate in a 4-week Post-treatment Observational Follow-up Phase either upon completion of the study or upon discontinuation of investigational product for those subjects who terminate the study early.

Conditions

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Psoriasis Psoriatic Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Apremilast 30 mg plus placebo injection

Apremilast 30 mg tablets orally twice a day (BID) plus once weekly (QW) evaluator/subject-blinded subcutaneous (SC) saline (placebo) injections

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Apremilast

Intervention Type DRUG

Apremilast 30 mg tablet orally BID

Placebo injection

Intervention Type DRUG

Once weekly evaluator/subject-blinded SC placebo (1 mL x 2 injections SC)

Etanercept 50 mg plus placebo tablet

Etanercept 50 mg evaluator/subject-blinded SC QW injections plus placebo tablets orally BID

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Etanercept

Intervention Type DRUG

Etanercept 50 mg evaluator/subject-blinded SC QW injection

Placebo tablet

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo tablets BID

Oral placebo tablets plus SC placebo injections

Identically matching placebo tablets and evaluator/subject-blinded SC injections

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo tablet

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo tablets BID

Placebo injection

Intervention Type DRUG

Once weekly evaluator/subject-blinded SC placebo (1 mL x 2 injections SC)

Interventions

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Apremilast

Apremilast 30 mg tablet orally BID

Intervention Type DRUG

Etanercept

Etanercept 50 mg evaluator/subject-blinded SC QW injection

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo tablet

Placebo tablets BID

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo injection

Once weekly evaluator/subject-blinded SC placebo (1 mL x 2 injections SC)

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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CC-10004 Otezla Enbrel

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Males or females, ≥ 18 years of age
* Diagnosis of chronic, moderate to severe plaque psoriasis for at least 12 months prior to Screening, and a candidate for phototherapy and/or systemic (including etanercept) therapy
* Had an inadequate response, intolerance, or contraindication to at least 1 conventional systemic agent for the treatment of psoriasis.
* No prior exposure to biologics for treatment of psoriatic arthritis or psoriasis

Exclusion Criteria

* Other than psoriasis, history of any clinically significant and uncontrolled systemic diseases; any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which would place the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study.
* Pregnant or breast feeding.
* Have failed more than 3 systemic agents for treatment of psoriasis.
* History of allergy to any component of the investigational product (IP), including human immunoglobulin (Ig) proteins or allergy to etanercept.
* Hepatitis B surface antigen or anti-hepatitis C antibody positive at Screening.
* Latent, active tuberculosis (TB) or inadequately treated TB; nontuberculous mycobacterial infection or opportunistic infection (eg, cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis carinii, aspergillosis, Clostridium difficile).
* Have a history of, or ongoing, chronic or recurrent infectious disease
* Have received, or are expected to receive, any live virus or bacterial vaccination within 3 months before first administration of IP, or through Week 20 during the study.
* Had a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination within 1 year prior to screening.
* History of positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or have congenital or acquired immunodeficiency (eg, common variable immunodeficiency disease).
* Active substance abuse or a history of substance abuse within 6 months prior to Screening.
* Malignancy or history of malignancy, except for treated \[ie, cured\] basal cell or squamous cell in situ skin carcinomas and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia \[CIN\] or carcinoma in situ of the cervix with no evidence of recurrence within the previous 5 years.
* Psoriasis flare or rebound within 4 weeks prior to Screening.
* Topical therapy within 2 weeks of randomization or systemic therapy for psoriasis within 4 weeks prior to randomization
* Use of phototherapy within 4 weeks prior to randomization or prolonged sun exposure or use of tanning booths or other ultraviolet (UV) light sources.
* Any investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to randomization, or 5 pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic half lives, if known (whichever is longer).
* Prior treatment with apremilast or etanercept.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Amgen

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Amgen

Locations

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Arizona Research Center

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status

Bakersfield Dermatology and Skin Cancer Medical Group

Bakersfield, California, United States

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University of California Irvine-Department of Dermatology

Irvine, California, United States

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University of California San Diego Medical Center

San Diego, California, United States

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Horizons Clinical Research

Denver, Colorado, United States

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George Washington University

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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Florida Center for Dermatology, PA

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

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Florida Academic Dermatology Center

Miami, Florida, United States

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International Dermatology Research

Miami, Florida, United States

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Renstar Medical Research

Ocala, Florida, United States

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Atlanta Dermatology, Vein and Research Center, PC

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

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NorthShore University HealthSystem

Skokie, Illinois, United States

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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Springfield, Illinois, United States

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Dawes Fretzin Clinical Research Group, LLC

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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Dermatology and Advanced Aesthetics

Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

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Lawrence Green, MD, LLC

Rockville, Maryland, United States

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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Somerset, New Jersey, United States

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Forest Hills Dermatology Group

Forest Hills, New York, United States

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NYU Department of Dermatology

New York, New York, United States

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University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Ohio State University Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States

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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Tennesse Clinical Research Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Teckton Research

Austin, Texas, United States

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The Education and Research Foundation

Lynchburg, Virginia, United States

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Virginia Clinical Research Inc

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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Dermatology Associates of Seattle

Seattle, Washington, United States

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The Skin Centre

Benowa, Queensland, Australia

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Sinclair Dermatology

East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Fremantle Dermatology

Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

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Gairdner Hospital

Victoria Park, , Australia

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Rheumatology unit Ward 5C Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Woodville, , Australia

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Veracity Clinical Research

Woolloongabba, , Australia

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Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc

Brussels, , Belgium

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University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, , Belgium

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University Hospital of Liege CHU Liege

Liège, , Belgium

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Eastern Canada Cutaneous Research Associates Ltd

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Skin Center for Dermatology

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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K. Papp Clinical Research Inc.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Siena Medical Research

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Q & T Research Sherbrooke Inc.

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

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Dorothea, Kožní a korektivne dermatologické pracovište

Chomutov, , Czechia

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Dermamedica

Náchod, , Czechia

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Východoceské dermatologické centrum Homea s.r.o.

Pardubice, , Czechia

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Krajská nemocnice Pardubice, Kožní oddelení

Pardubice, , Czechia

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Dermatovenerologicka ambulance

Svitavy, , Czechia

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Koznia zilni ambulance

Ústí nad Labem, , Czechia

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South Estonian Hospital Ltd

Meegomäe Village, Võru County, , Estonia

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Dermatology Clinic of Tartu University Hospital

Tartu, , Estonia

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Psoriasis Study Center

Berlin, , Germany

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Dermatologische Praxis

Berlin, , Germany

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Klinische Forschung Berlin - Buch GmbH

Berlin, , Germany

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University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus

Dresden, , Germany

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Hautklinik Universitatsklinikum Erlangen

Erlangen, , Germany

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University Hospital Frankfurt

Frankfurt, , Germany

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SCIderm GmbH

Hamburg, , Germany

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Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing - IVDP, University Medical Center

Hamburg, , Germany

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Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg

Heidelberg, , Germany

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UniversitatsKlinikum Leipzig A.o.R.

Leipzig, , Germany

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Comprehensive Center of Inflammatory Medicine (CCIM) University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein

Lübeck, , Germany

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Gemeinschaftspraxis Mahlow

Mahlow, , Germany

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University Hospital Munster

Münster, , Germany

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Praxis fr Dermatologie und Venerologie

Wuppertal, , Germany

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Tolna Megyei Balassa Janos Korhaz

Szekszárd, , Hungary

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Allergo-Derm Bakos Kft.

Szolnok, , Hungary

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LTD M & M centrs

Ādaži, , Latvia

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Arija's Ancane's Family Doctor Private Practice

Baldone, , Latvia

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Riga 1st Hospital Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Centre

Riga, , Latvia

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Adoria Ltd

Riga, , Latvia

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Family Doctor's Indra's Kenina's Practice

Riga, , Latvia

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Health Center of Talsi Ltd

Talsi, , Latvia

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Academic Medical Center

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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Radboud University Medical Centre

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

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University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff, , United Kingdom

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Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

Leeds, , United Kingdom

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Whipps Cross University Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

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St Helier Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

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George Eliot Hospital

Nuneaton, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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United States Australia Belgium Canada Czechia Estonia Germany Hungary Latvia Netherlands United Kingdom

References

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Reich K, Mrowietz U, Menter A, Griffiths CEM, Bagel J, Strober B, Nunez Gomez N, Shi R, Guerette B, Lebwohl M. Effect of baseline disease severity on achievement of treatment target with apremilast: results from a pooled analysis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2021 Dec;35(12):2409-2414. doi: 10.1111/jdv.17520. Epub 2021 Aug 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34255891 (View on PubMed)

Mease PJ, Hatemi G, Paris M, Cheng S, Maes P, Zhang W, Shi R, Flower A, Picard H, Stein Gold L. Apremilast Long-Term Safety Up to 5 Years from 15 Pooled Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Studies of Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Behcet's Syndrome. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2023 Sep;24(5):809-820. doi: 10.1007/s40257-023-00783-7. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37316690 (View on PubMed)

Reich K, Gooderham M, Green L, Bewley A, Zhang Z, Khanskaya I, Day RM, Goncalves J, Shah K, Piguet V, Soung J. The efficacy and safety of apremilast, etanercept and placebo in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: 52-week results from a phase IIIb, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (LIBERATE). J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2017 Mar;31(3):507-517. doi: 10.1111/jdv.14015. Epub 2016 Dec 19.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27768242 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2012-000859-14

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CC-10004-PSOR-010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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