Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Phase 2 Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo- and Active-Comparator-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Trial to Evaluate CNTO 1959 for the Treatment of Subjects With Moderate to Severe Plaque-type Psoriasis (X-PLORE)
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CNTO 1959 in the treatment of patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of chronic moderate to severe plaque psoriasis for at least 12 months; in generally good health; on stable dose of non-prohibited medications; able to stop current psoriasis therapy (systemic or topical) for several weeks prior to and during study participation.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Serious underlying disease including viral disorders such as hepatitis or HIV or skin condition that would interfere with skin biopsies or evaluation of psoriasis; conditions that could interfere with drug absorption after oral administration; history of malignancy or auto-immune disease.
* Use of oral or injected corticosteroids (steroids).
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Presents with chronic plaque psoriasis based on a confirmed diagnosis of chronic psoriasis for at least 6 months prior to randomization
* At least 10% Body Surface Area (BSA) of Psoriasis at screening and at randomization
* 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 randomization
* 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
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of plaque-type psoriasis with or without psoriatic arthritis for at least 6 months prior to first administration of any study agent
* Must be a candidate for phototherapy or systemic treatment for psoriasis (either new to treatment or having had previous treatment)
* Must be considered, in the opinion of the investigator, suitable candidates for adalimumab therapy
* If a woman, she must be postmenopausal, or if premenopausal, she must be either surgically sterile, practicing a highly effective method of birth control, or not heterosexually active during the study and for 5 months after receiving the last dose of study drug
* If a man, he must agree to use a double-barrier method of birth control (or must have been surgically sterilized) and to not donate sperm during the study and for 5 months after receiving the last dose of study drug.

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of or current signs or symptoms of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, cerebral, or psychiatric disease
* Has a contra-indication to anti-TNF therapy
* Has a history of chronic or recurrent infectious disease
* Has a nonplaque form of psoriasis or has drug-induced psoriasis
* Has been previously treated with adalimumab
* Has received any therapeutic agent directly targeted to IL-12, IL-17, or IL-23, (including but not limited to ustekinumab, briakinumab \[ABT-874\], AIN457, and SCH900222) within 6 months of the first administration of study agent.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Have had a diagnosis of plaque-type psoriasis at least 6 months
* Plaque-type psoriasis covering at least 10% of total body surface areas
* Psoriasis area-and-severity index score of 12 or greater
* Considered by treating dermatologist to be a candidate for phototherapy or systemic treatment of psoriasis
* Women of childbearing potential and all men must agree to use adequate birth control measures
* Have no history of latent or active tuberculosis

Exclusion Criteria:

* Currently have nonplaque forms of psoriasis or drug-induced psoriasis
* Women who are pregnant or nursing, or men and women planning pregnancy while enrolled in the study
* Patients who have a history of chronic or recurrent infectious disease or who have or have had a serious infection requiring hospitalization or intravenous antibiotics within the previous 2 months
* Patients who have or ever have had a nontuberculous mycobacterial infection or opportunistic infection
* Patients known to be infected with human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, or hepatitis C
* Patients who have current signs or symptoms of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, cerebral, or psychiatric disease
* Have any known malignancy or have a history of malignancy within the previous 5 years (with the exception of basal cell carcinoma of the skin that has been treated with no evidence of recurrence)

Answer: C