Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of LY2439821 to Etanercept and Placebo in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis
Brief Summary: This study will assess the safety and efficacy of ixekizumab (LY2439821) compared to etanercept and placebo in participants with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Plaque psoriasis ≥ 6 months prior to screening.
* Diagnosis of stable, plaque psoriasis; i.e. psoriasis must not be spontaneously improving or worsening in the 4 weeks prior to the screening visit.
* Plaque psoriasis involving ≥10% of the body surface area (BSA) at screening and prior to randomization at the day 0 visit.
* PASI score ≥10 at screening and prior to randomization at the day 0 visit.
* Not pregnant or nursing or planning to become pregnant during the course of the study.
* Sexually active women of childbearing potential or less than 1 year post-menopausal and sexually active men who are not surgically sterile must use a reliable form of birth control during study treatment and for at least 3 months after the last dose of study drug. Surgically sterile females are not considered to be of childbearing potential. Reliable forms of birth control include oral or depot contraceptives, and double-barrier methods.
* Written informed consent prior to washout and screening procedures.
* Able to keep study appointments and cooperate with all study requirements, in the opinion of the investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Has generalized erythrodermic, guttate, or pustular psoriasis.
* Have other dermatoses that would interfere with the evaluation of psoriasis, at the discretion of the investigator.
* A current malignancy or history of malignancy within 5 years or a history of lymphoma at any time. Subjects can be enrolled with a history of squamous or basal cell carcinoma that has been surgically excised or removed with curettage and electrodesiccation.
* Has current, uncontrolled bacterial, viral, or fungal infections that require intravenous antibiotics or antifungals or had had such infections within 60 days prior to screening.
* A history of streptococcal infection that required oral antibiotics within 30 days prior to screening.
* A known history of tuberculosis.
* Serologic evidence or known latent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
* Uncontrolled hypertension as defined by systolic blood pressure ≥150 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg.
* MDRD GFR ≤ 60 ml/min.
* Variation between the screening and Visit 1 GFR ≥30%.
* Alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, or gamma-glutamyl transferase ≥ 3x upper limit of normal (ULN).
* White blood cell count ≤ 2.8 x 109/L.
* Triglycerides ≥ 3x ULN.
* Requires the following prohibited medications or treatments during the washout or treatment period: drugs potentiating the nephrotoxicity of voclosporin such as NSAID's or ACE inhibitors, drugs interfering with its pharmacokinetics; drugs considered to contribute to psoriasis flare; or, systemic and topical psoriasis medication (including psoralen/ultraviolet A light treatment) that may interfere with assessment of study drug efficacy.
* Has used any investigational drug or device within 28 days or 5 half lives (whichever is longer) prior to the screening visit.
* Has taken biological agent(s), except flu shots, tetanus shots, or boosters, within 3 months of the start of treatment. Biological agents include any virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, or analogous product applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of diseases or injuries of man.
* Previous exposure to voclosporin.
* A history of clinically defined allergy to cyclosporine or any of the constituents of the voclosporin formulation (vitamin E, medium chain triglyceride oil, Tween 40, ethanol).
* A history of alcoholism or drug addiction within 1 year prior to study entry.
* Weighs \<45 kg (99 lbs) or \> 140 kg (308 lbs).
* A history of disease, including mental/emotional disorder that would interfere with the subject's participation in the study, or that might cause the administration of ISA247 to pose a significant risk to the subject, in the opinion of the investigator.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* patients with psoriasis
* Age and sex matched patients with CAD, with untreated hypertension and healthy subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

* for psoriasis patients were presence of wall motion abnormalities and ejection fraction ≤ 50%, psoriatic arthritis, history of acute coronary syndrome, familial hyperlipidemia, insulin dependent-diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma, moderate or severe valvular heart disease, primary cardiomyopathies and malignant tumors. CAD was excluded in psoriasis patients by absence of clinical history, angina and reversible myocardial ischemia, as assessed by dobutamine stress echocardiography or thallium scintigraphy
* regarding the group of CAD patients, we only included patients without history of ST elevation myocardial infarction in order to exclude the presence of transmural scar compromising myocardial function indices. Thus, CAD patients with wall motion abnormalities and ejection fraction of ≤ 50% were excluded. In addition, exclusion criteria, were history of acute coronary syndrome without ST-segment elevation within the last year, familial hyperlipidemia, insulin dependent-diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma, moderate or severe valvular heart disease, primary cardiomyopathies and malignant tumor
* in normal controls, CAD was excluded by the presence of normal ECG, absence of clinical history and absence of reversible ischemia by means of treadmill test or dobutamine stress echocardiography
C: Inclusion criteria:

* Male or female patients with age ≥18 years at screening.
* Have a diagnosis of chronic plaque psoriasis (with or without psoriatic arthritis) for at least 6 months before the first administration of study drug.
* Have stable moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis with or without psoriatic arthritis at both Screening and Baseline (Randomisation):

  1. Have an involved body surface area (BSA) ≥10% and
  2. Have a Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score ≥12 and
  3. Have a static Physician Global Assessment (sPGA) score of ≥3.
* Must be candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy for psoriasis treatment, as assessed by the investigator.
* Must be a candidate for treatment with Stelara® (ustekinumab) according to local label.

Exclusion criteria:

* Patients with:

  1. non-plaque forms of psoriasis (including guttate, erythrodermic, or pustular)
  2. current drug-induced psoriasis (including an exacerbation of psoriasis from beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, or lithium)
  3. active ongoing inflammatory diseases other than psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis that might confound trial evaluations according to investigator's judgment
* Previous exposure to BI 655066.
* Previous exposure to ustekinumab (Stelara®).
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Present with chronic plaque psoriasis based on a confirmed diagnosis of chronic plaque psoriasis for at least 6 months prior to first dose of study drug
* At least 10% Body Surface Area (BSA) of psoriasis at screening and at first dose of study drug
* Static Physician Global Assessment (sPGA) score of at least 3 and Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score of at least 12 at screening and at first dose of study drug
* Candidate for phototherapy and/or systemic therapy
* Men must agree to use a reliable method of birth control or remain abstinent during the study
* Women must agree to use reliable birth control or remain abstinent during the study and for at least 12 weeks after stopping treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pustular, erythrodermic, and/or guttate forms of psoriasis
* History of drug-induced psoriasis
* Prior use of etanercept
* Clinically significant flare of psoriasis during the 12 weeks prior to randomization
* Concurrent or recent use of any biologic agent
* Received non-biologic systemic psoriasis therapy or phototherapy (including psoralens and ultraviolet A \[PUVA\], ultraviolet B \[UVB\]) within the previous 4 weeks; or had topical psoriasis treatment within the previous 2 weeks prior to randomization
* Cannot avoid excessive sun exposure or use of tanning booths for at least 4 weeks prior to randomization and during the study
* Have participated in any study with interleukin 17 (IL-17) antagonists, including ixekizumab
* Serious disorder or illness other than plaque psoriasis
* Serious infection within the last 3 months
* Breastfeeding or nursing (lactating) women

Answer: D