Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A 52-week, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind Study of Subcutaneous Secukinumab to Demonstrate Efficacy as Assessed by Psoriasis Area and Severity Index at 16 Weeks of Treatment Compared to Ustekinumab and to Assess Long-term Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy in Subjects With Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis (CLEAR)
Brief Summary: This study assessed efficacy of secukinumab, compared to ustekinumab, in patients that have plaque-type psoriasis


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with plaque-type psoriasis diagnosed at least 6 months prior and covering at least 10% of total body surface areas
* Have psoriasis area-and-severity index score of \>=12
* Patients who are considered by treating dermatologist to be a candidate for phototherapy or systemic treatment of psoriasis
* Have no history of latent or active TB

Exclusion Criteria:

* Currently have nonplaque forms of psoriasis or drug-induced psoriasis
* Have any therapeutic agent targeted at reducing IL-12 or IL-23
* Have had a BCG vaccination within the previous 12 months
* 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
* 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
* Have current signs or symptoms of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, cerebral, or psychiatric disease
* Patients with a malignancy or who have a history of malignancy (with the exception of certain skin cancers and pre-invasive cervical cancer)
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 or older;
* Patient with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis for whom a decision to use etanercept has been made;
* At the investigator discretion, patient who would benefit from systemic therapy;
* PASI (psoriasis area and severity index) ≥ 10 and BSA (body surface area affected by psoriasis) ≥ 10 at day 0;
* Unless surgically sterile (or at least 1 year post-menopausal for women), abstinent or homosexual, patient (men and women) willing to use adequate contraceptive method for at least 30 days before Day 0 and until one month after the last drug administration;
* Patient capable of giving informed consent;
* Patient with normal or non clinically significant chest X ray within six months of screening;
* Patient with negative purified protein derivative (PPD) within 3 months of Day 0;
* Negative urine pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient used topical steroid, topical tar preparations, or other anti-psoriatic preparations except tar or salicylic acid shampoo or hydrocortisone for the face, scalp, genital and inframammary areas within two weeks of Day 0;
* Patient with presence of erythrodermic, pustular or a predominantly guttate psoriasis;
* At the investigator's discretion, patient with any significant infection within 30 days of screening or a patient at risk of septicemia;
* Patient with evidence of any skin condition that would interfere with the evaluation of psoriasis;
* Patient used investigational drugs within 12 weeks or three half-life of Day 0 whichever is longer;
* Patient used systemic anti-psoriatic drugs such as steroids, retinoids, methotrexate, cyclosporine within four weeks of Day 0;
* Patient used any biologic such as alefacept, etanercept, efalizumab, infliximab and adalimumab within 12 weeks of Day 0;
* Patient used ultraviolet light therapy (UVB or nbUVB) within four weeks of Day 0 or PUVA (psoralen ultra violet A) within eight weeks of Day 0;
* Patient with prior or concurrent use of cyclophosphamide;
* Patient with concurrent sulfasalazine therapy or concurrent use of anakinra;
* Patient with an unstable or serious medical condition as defined by the investigator or presence of any significant medical condition that might cause this study to be detrimental to the patient.
* Uncontrolled or severe comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus requiring insulin; congestive heart failure (NYHA (New York Heart Association) class III or IV) or history of myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack within three months of screening visit; unstable angina pectoris; uncontrolled hypertension, oxygen-dependent severe pulmonary disease;
* Patient with a known sero-positivity for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) or history of any other immunosuppressing disease;
* Patient with active or chronic hepatitis B or C;
* Patient with any active or chronic infection within four weeks before screening or between the screening and baseline visits;
* Patient with any mycobacterial disease, patient with a positive PPD, a chest X-Ray suggestive of tuberculosis or patient taking anti-tuberculosis medication;
* Patient with a known hypersensitivity to etanercept or one of its components or known to have antibodies to etanercept;
* Patient who received a live attenuated vaccines within 12 weeks of Day 0 or plan to receive one during the study;
* Current pregnancy or lactation;
* At the investigator's discretion, patient with current or history of alcohol or drug abuse that would interfere with the ability of the patient to comply with the study protocol;
* Patient with systemic lupus erythematosus or demyelinating disorder (optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis or other);
* Patient with a history of cancer within five years of Day 0 or presence of cancer except for treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma and in situ cervix carcinoma;
* Patient who failed to respond to nbUVB in the past;
* Patient who have a contra-indication to nbUVB;
* Patient with latex sensitivity (applicable only if they are using prefilled syringe or prefilled SureClickTM autoinjector presentations);
* Patient with a history of non-compliance with other therapies.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form
* ≥18 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form
* Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
* Diagnosis of chronic, stable plaque psoriasis at least 6 months prior to screening as defined by:

  1. PASI (Psoriasis Area and Severity Index) score ≥ 12
  2. Body Surface Area (BSA) ≥ 10%
* Candidate for photo/systemic therapy
* In good health as judged by the investigator, based on medical history, physical examination, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), serum chemistry, hematology, immunology, and urinalysis
* Meet all laboratory criteria as defined per protocol
* Females of childbearing potential (FCBP) must have a negative urine pregnancy test at screening (Visit 1). In addition, sexually active FCBP must agree to use TWO of the following adequate forms of contraception methods. A FCBP must agree to have pregnancy tests every 4 weeks while on study medication
* Males (including those who have had a vasectomy) must agree to use barrier contraception (latex condoms) when engaging in reproductive sexual activity with FCBP while on study medication and for 84 days after taking the last dose of study medication

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of clinically significant disease (as determined by the investigator)
* Pregnant or breastfeeding
* History of active mycobacterial infection within 3 years
* History of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection
* Congenital and acquired immunodeficiencies
* Hepatitis B surface antigen positive or Hepatitis B core antibody positive at screening
* Antibodies to Hepatitis C at screening
* Malignancy or history of malignancy except for treated \[i.e., cured\] basal-cell skin carcinomas
* Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, that places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study
* Psoriasis flare within 4 weeks of screening
* Topical therapy within 2 weeks of randomization
* Systemic therapy for psoriasis within 4 weeks of randomization
* Use of phototherapy within 4 weeks of randomization \[(i.e., Ultraviolet (UVB), Psoralens and long-wave ultraviolet radiation (PUVA)\]
* Adalimumab, etanercept, efalizumab or infliximab within 12 weeks of randomization
* Alefacept within 24 weeks of randomization
* Investigational drug within 4 weeks of randomization, or 5 pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic half lives, if known (whichever is longer)
* Prolonged sun exposure or use of tanning booths or other ultraviolet light sources
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* patients with moderate to severe plaque type psoriasis for at least 6 months before randomization
* patients eligible for systemic therapy with inadequately controlled psoriasis

Exclusion Criteria:

* forms of sporiasis other than plaque type psoriasis
* previous exposure to secukinumab, ustekinumab, or other biologic drugs targeting (IL)-17A or IL-17RA

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Answer: D