A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous MK-3222, Followed by an Optional Long-Term Safety Extension Study, in Participants With Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis (MK-3222-010)

NCT ID: NCT01722331

Last Updated: 2022-03-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

772 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-12-06

Study Completion Date

2021-11-10

Brief Summary

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This study is being conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety/tolerability of subcutaneous tildrakizumab (MK-3222), followed by an optional long-term safety extension study, in participants with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

Detailed Description

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Participants are initially randomized to receive tildrakizumab 200 or 100 mg once weekly at Weeks 0, 4, and every 12 weeks thereafter; or placebo at Weeks 0 and 4.

At Week 12, participants initially randomized to placebo will be re-randomized to receive either tildrakizumab 200 or 100 mg at Weeks 12 and 16.

At Week 28, all participants enrolled will be assessed for their improvement in PASI score from baseline.

RESPONDERS: Participants initially randomized to tildrakizumab who achieve at least a 75% improvement from baseline PASI will be re-randomized to either continue on their initial treatment or to receive placebo at Week 28.

* Participants who are re-randomized to continue on their initial treatment will continue tildrakizumab 200 or 100 mg every 12 weeks through Week 64.
* Participants who are re-randomized to placebo will receive placebo every 4 weeks until relapse (reduction in maximum PASI response by 50%). If relapse occurs, the tildrakizumab dose that the participants was originally randomized to at baseline will be re-initiated (tildrakizumab 200 or 100 mg). Participants will be dosed tildrakizumab at the visit when the relapse occurs, and subsequent dosing of tildrakizumab will be given 4 weeks after treatment re-initiation, and every 12 weeks thereafter through Week 64.

PARTIAL RESPONDERS: Participants initially randomized to tildrakizumab who achieved a PASI response of ≥50% but \<75% improvement from baseline will be assigned a treatment regimen as described below, with their first dose started at Week 28.

* Participants initially randomized to tildrakizumab 200 mg will remain on tildrakizumab 200 mg every 12 weeks.
* Participants initially randomized to tildrakizumab 100 mg will be re-randomized to either remain on tildrakizumab 100 mg every 12 weeks or to receive tildrakizumab 200 mg every 12 weeks.
* Participants initially randomized to placebo who achieved ≥50% improvement from baseline in PASI will receive tildrakizumab (200 or 100 mg) according to their re-randomized treatment assignment at Week 12 and continue on this treatment every 12 weeks through Week 64.

NON-RESPONDERS: Participants who did not achieve at least 50% improvement from baseline PASI at Week 28 will be discontinued from the study.

EXTENSION: Participants will receive tildrakizumab 200 mg or 100 mg every 12 weeks through Extension Week 192, depending on the treatment received at the time of completion of the base study.

Conditions

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Plaque Psoriasis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Tildrakizumab 200 mg

Tildrakizumab 200 mg administered subcutaneously (SC) once a week at Weeks 0 and 4 and then every 12 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tildrakizumab 200 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

Two tildrakizumab 100 mg/mL pre-filled syringes (PFS)

Matching Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching placebo to tildrakizumab PFS

Tildrakizumab 100 mg

Tildrakizumab 100 mg administered SC once a week at Weeks 0 and 4 and then every 12 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tildrakizumab 100 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

Tildrakizumab 100 mg/mL PFS

Matching Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching placebo to tildrakizumab PFS

Placebo

Matching placebo administered SC once a week at Weeks 0 and 4.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Tildrakizumab 200 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

Two tildrakizumab 100 mg/mL pre-filled syringes (PFS)

Tildrakizumab 100 mg

Intervention Type DRUG

Tildrakizumab 100 mg/mL PFS

Matching Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching placebo to tildrakizumab PFS

Interventions

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Tildrakizumab 200 mg

Two tildrakizumab 100 mg/mL pre-filled syringes (PFS)

Intervention Type DRUG

Tildrakizumab 100 mg

Tildrakizumab 100 mg/mL PFS

Intervention Type DRUG

Matching Placebo

Matching placebo to tildrakizumab PFS

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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MK-3222, SCH 900222 MK-3222, SCH 900222

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Clinical diagnosis of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis for at least 6 months prior to study enrollment
* A candidate for phototherapy or systemic therapy
* For the extension study: must have completed Part 3 of the base study
* For the extension study: must have achieved at least a PASI-50 response by the end of Part 3 of the base study
* For the extension study: must have received active tildrakizumab (MK-3222) treatment within 12 weeks prior to the end of Part 3 of the base study
* Premenopausal female participants must agree to abstain from heterosexual activity or use a medically accepted method of contraception or use appropriate effective contraception as per local regulations or guidelines
* If enrolled at a Japanese site, participants with psoriatic arthritis using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) must be on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug and must not be expected to require an increase in dose over the course of the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Has erythrodermic psoriasis, predominantly pustular psoriasis, medication-induced or medication-exacerbated psoriasis, or new onset guttate psoriasis
* Current or history of severe psoriatic arthritis and is well-controlled on current treatment
* Women of child-bearing potential who are pregnant, intend to become pregnant within 6 months of completing the trial, or who are breast feeding
* Expected to require topical treatment, phototherapy, or systemic treatment during the trial
* Presence of any infection
* History of recurrent infection requiring treatment with systemic antibiotics within 2 weeks of screening
* Previous use of tildrakizumab (MK-3222) or other IL-23/Th-17 pathway inhibitors including P40, p19, and IL-17 antagonists
* Evidence of active or untreated latent tuberculosis (TB)
* Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis C virus (HCV)
* At Japanese sites, positive test for HBs antibody and hepatitis B virus (HBV) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
* At Japanese sites, positive test for the Hepatitis B core (HBc) antibody and HBV DNA
* For the extension study: women of child-bearing potential who are pregnant, intend to become pregnant within 6 months of completing the trial, or who are breast feeding
* For the extension study: active or uncontrolled significant organ dysfunction or clinically significant laboratory abnormalities
* For the extension study: expected to require topical treatment, phototherapy, or systemic treatment during the extension study
* At Japanese sites, abnormal for Beta D Glucan and/or KL-6 test result(s) at the screening visit.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

References

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Reich K, Papp KA, Blauvelt A, Tyring SK, Sinclair R, Thaci D, Nograles K, Mehta A, Cichanowitz N, Li Q, Liu K, La Rosa C, Green S, Kimball AB. Tildrakizumab versus placebo or etanercept for chronic plaque psoriasis (reSURFACE 1 and reSURFACE 2): results from two randomised controlled, phase 3 trials. Lancet. 2017 Jul 15;390(10091):276-288. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31279-5. Epub 2017 Jun 6.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 28596043 (View on PubMed)

Armstrong AW, Blauvelt A, Lebwohl M, Asahina A, Gogineni R, Griffiths CEM. Efficacy and safety of tildrakizumab in patients with early- vs. late-onset psoriasis. Br J Dermatol. 2025 Aug 18;193(3):442-450. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljaf171.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40365708 (View on PubMed)

Thaci D, Gerdes S, Du Jardin KG, Perrot JL, Puig L. Efficacy of Tildrakizumab Across Different Body Weights in Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis Over 5 Years: Pooled Analyses from the reSURFACE Pivotal Studies. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2022 Oct;12(10):2325-2341. doi: 10.1007/s13555-022-00793-z. Epub 2022 Sep 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36098877 (View on PubMed)

Igarashi A, Nakagawa H, Morita A, Okubo Y, Sano S, Imafuku S, Tada Y, Honma M, Mendelsohn AM, Kawamura M, Ohtsuki M. Efficacy and safety of tildrakizumab in Japanese patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis: Results from a 64-week phase 3 study (reSURFACE 1). J Dermatol. 2021 Jun;48(6):853-863. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.15789. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33630387 (View on PubMed)

Kerbusch T, Li H, Wada R, Jauslin PM, Wenning L. Exposure-response characterisation of tildrakizumab in chronic plaque psoriasis: Pooled analysis of 3 randomised controlled trials. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Sep;86(9):1795-1806. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14280. Epub 2020 Mar 25.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32162721 (View on PubMed)

Elewski B, Menter A, Crowley J, Tyring S, Zhao Y, Lowry S, Rozzo S, Mendelsohn AM, Parno J, Gordon K. Sustained and continuously improved efficacy of tildrakizumab in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. J Dermatolog Treat. 2020 Dec;31(8):763-768. doi: 10.1080/09546634.2019.1640348. Epub 2019 Jul 22.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31268369 (View on PubMed)

Reich K, Warren RB, Iversen L, Puig L, Pau-Charles I, Igarashi A, Ohtsuki M, Falques M, Harmut M, Rozzo S, Lebwohl MG, Cantrell W, Blauvelt A, Thaci D. Long-term efficacy and safety of tildrakizumab for moderate-to-severe psoriasis: pooled analyses of two randomized phase III clinical trials (reSURFACE 1 and reSURFACE 2) through 148 weeks. Br J Dermatol. 2020 Mar;182(3):605-617. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18232. Epub 2019 Jul 18.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31218661 (View on PubMed)

Jauslin P, Kulkarni P, Li H, Vatakuti S, Hussain A, Wenning L, Kerbusch T. Population-Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Tildrakizumab (MK-3222), an Anti-Interleukin-23-p19 Monoclonal Antibody, in Healthy Volunteers and Subjects with Psoriasis. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2019 Aug;58(8):1059-1068. doi: 10.1007/s40262-019-00743-7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30915660 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2012-002255-42

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P07770

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

132284

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

3222-010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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