A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Guselkumab for the Treatment of Participants With Moderate to Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)

NCT ID: NCT03628924

Last Updated: 2025-02-04

Study Results

Results available

Outcome measurements, participant flow, baseline characteristics, and adverse events have been published for this study.

View full results

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

184 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-09-04

Study Completion Date

2020-05-22

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of guselkumab in adult participants with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Group 1: Guselkumab Regimen 1

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 1 administered Intravenously (IV) followed by guselkumab dose 2 administered subcutaneously.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Guselkumab dose 1

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 1 IV.

Guselkumab dose 2

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 2 SC in Group 1, 2 and Group 3.

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive matched placebo SC and IV in group 1, 2 and 3 with an additional placebo SC dose in Group 3.

Group 2: Guselkumab Regimen 2

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 2 subcutaneously.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Guselkumab dose 2

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 2 SC in Group 1, 2 and Group 3.

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive matched placebo SC and IV in group 1, 2 and 3 with an additional placebo SC dose in Group 3.

Group 3: Placebo then Guselkumab

Participants will receive placebo IV and SC and an additional SC placebo dose at Week 12 then cross over at Week 16 to receive guselkumab dose 2 and dose 3 SC and placebo SC.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Guselkumab dose 2

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 2 SC in Group 1, 2 and Group 3.

Guselkumab dose 3

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 3 SC in Group 3.

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Participants will receive matched placebo SC and IV in group 1, 2 and 3 with an additional placebo SC dose in Group 3.

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Guselkumab dose 1

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 1 IV.

Intervention Type DRUG

Guselkumab dose 2

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 2 SC in Group 1, 2 and Group 3.

Intervention Type DRUG

Guselkumab dose 3

Participants will receive guselkumab dose 3 SC in Group 3.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Participants will receive matched placebo SC and IV in group 1, 2 and 3 with an additional placebo SC dose in Group 3.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Discover alternative or legacy names that may be used to describe the listed interventions across different sources.

CNTO 1959 CNTO 1959 CNTO 1959

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Have moderate to severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) for at least 1 year (365 days) prior to the baseline visit as determined by the investigator through participant interview and/or review of the medical history
* Have HS lesions present in at least 2 distinct anatomic areas (examples include but are not limited to left and right axilla; or left axilla and left inguinocrural fold)
* Had an inadequate response to an adequate course of appropriate oral antibiotics for treatment of HS (or demonstrated intolerance to, or had a contraindication to oral antibiotics for treatment of their HS) in the investigator's opinion
* Have a total abscess and inflammatory nodule (AN) count of greater than or equal to (\>=) 3 at the screening and baseline visit
* Must agree to daily use (throughout the entirety of the study) of one of the following over-the-counter treatments to the body areas affected with HS lesions: either soap and water, or a topical antiseptic wash containing chlorhexidine gluconate, triclosan, or benzoyl peroxide, or a dilute bleach bath

Exclusion Criteria

* Any other active skin disease or condition (example, bacterial, fungal or viral infection) that could have interfered with assessment of HS
* Has a draining fistula count of greater than (\>) 20 at the baseline visit
* Receipt of prescription topical therapies for the treatment of HS within 14 days prior to the baseline visit
* Receipt of systemic non-biologic therapies for the treatment of HS less than (\<) 4 Weeks prior to the baseline visit
* Receipt of any oral antibiotic treatment for HS or inflammatory disorders within 4 Weeks prior to the baseline visit
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

University of Alabama Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

Olympian Clinical Research

Largo, Florida, United States

Site Status

Renstar Medical Research

Ocala, Florida, United States

Site Status

Park Avenue Dermatology

Orange Park, Florida, United States

Site Status

Olympian Clinical Research

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status

Forcare Clinical Research Inc

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status

Great Lakes Clinical Trials

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Indiana Clinical Trial Center

Plainfield, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Hamzavi Dermatology

Fort Gratiot, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Central Dermatology

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Clinical Studies Group

Henderson, Nevada, United States

Site Status

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Oregon Medical Research Center

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

University of Pittsburgh Department of Dermatology

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Clinical Partners, LLC

Johnston, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

Progressive Clinical Research

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status

Dermatology Associates of Seattle

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Dr Wei Jing Loo Medicine Professional Corporation

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Skin Centre for Dermatology

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

York Dermatology Clinic and Research Centre

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Alliance Clinical Trials

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Bispebjerg Hospital

København NV, , Denmark

Site Status

Sjaellands University Hospital

Roskilde, , Denmark

Site Status

Hopital Prive d'Antony

Antony, , France

Site Status

Groupe Hospitalier La Rochelle - Re - Aunis

La Rochelle, , France

Site Status

CHU de Nice

Nice, , France

Site Status

Polyclinique de Courlancy

Reims, , France

Site Status

Hopital Charles Nicolle

Rouen, , France

Site Status

CHU Saint Etienne

Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, , France

Site Status

Hopital Larrey CHU de Toulouse

Toulouse, , France

Site Status

Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin (CCM)

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status

Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH

Bochum, , Germany

Site Status

Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH - Hautklinik

Darmstadt, , Germany

Site Status

Stadtisches Klinikum Dresden

Dresden, , Germany

Site Status

Universitaetsklinik Erlangen

Erlangen, , Germany

Site Status

Universitatsklinikum Frankfurt

Frankfurt, , Germany

Site Status

Haut- und Laserzentrum Freising

Freising, , Germany

Site Status

Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg

Heidelberg, , Germany

Site Status

Universitaetsmedizin Mainz

Mainz, , Germany

Site Status

University Medical Center Groningen

Groningen, , Netherlands

Site Status

Radboudumc

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

Site Status

Erasmus Medisch Centrum

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

United States Canada Denmark France Germany Netherlands

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Kimball AB, Podda M, Alavi A, Miller M, Shen YK, Li S, Xu Y, Han C, Fakharzadeh S, Yang YW, DePrimo S, Munoz E, Chen Y, Passeron T, Papp K. Guselkumab for the treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa: A phase 2 randomized study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2023 Oct;37(10):2098-2108. doi: 10.1111/jdv.19252. Epub 2023 Jun 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37317022 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

Download supplemental materials such as informed consent forms, study protocols, or participant manuals.

Document Type: Study Protocol

View Document

Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

View Document

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

2018-001176-38

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CNTO1959HDS2001

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CR108500

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.

Etanercept in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
NCT00329823 COMPLETED PHASE2