Conditions: Psoriasis
Keywords: Moderate to Severe Plaque-Type Psoriasis interleukin 23 IL-12 interleukin-12 interleukin-23 CNTO1275 biologic Psoriasis CNTO 1275 IL23 interleukin 12 IL-23 IL12 ustekinumab
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 1230
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) in the treatment of patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Detailed description:
Although numerous therapeutic options exist for the treatment of psoriasis, there is still a significant unmet medical need due to the limited effectiveness and/or significant side effect profile of current treatment options. Preclinical studies and early phase clinical studies suggest that interleukins-12 and -23, two molecules that are part of the communication network in the immune system, may play an important role in psoriasis. Ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) is a monoclonal antibody directed against interleukins -12 and -23. This is a randomized (study drug assigned by chance like flipping a coin), double blind (neither physician nor patient knows the name of the assigned drug), parallel-group, multicenter study to determine the effectiveness and safety of two different doses of ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) administered subcutaneously (under the skin) as compared with placebo in patients with moderate to severe plaque-type psoriasis (the most common type of psoriasis). The hypothesis is that ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) will be more effective in treatment of psoriasis than placebo, that the improvement in psoriasis will result in an improved quality of life for treated patients and that ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) will be generally well tolerated. Patients will receive ustekinumab (CNTO 1275), 45 or 90 mg, or placebo administered subcutaneously at weeks 0 and 4 weeks then every 12 weeks thereafter until week 52. For patients who partially respond to the starting regimen, the dosing interval may be adjusted to every 8 weeks. Patients will enter long term extension portion of the study at week 52 during which patients will continue to receive treatment with ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) and will be followed for a total of up to 264 weeks from the initial (week 0) administration of study agent.

The dose of ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) will be 45 or 90 mg or placebo administered subcutaneously at weeks 0 and 4 weeks then every 12 weeks thereafter. For patients who partially respond to the starting regimen, the dosing interval may be adjusted to every 8 weeks.

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None arm 3: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Placebo; Ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) 45 or 90 mg intervention 2: Ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) 45 mg intervention 3: Ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) 90 mg
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Placebo at Weeks 0 and 4 and blinded SC injections of ustekinumab, 45 or 90 mg, at Weeks 12 and 16; followed by a dosing regimen to be determined by patient's response status for Weeks 28 to 52; followed by unblinded dosing that may be adjusted at the investigator's discretion for Weeks 52 to 264 intervention 2: Ustekinumab, 45 mg, at Weeks 0 and 4 and every 12 weeks for Weeks 16 to 28. Followed by a dosing regimen to be determined by patient's response status for Weeks 28 to 52; followed by unblinded dosing that may be adjusted at the investigator's discretion for Weeks 52 to 264 intervention 3: Ustekinumab, 90 mg, at Weeks 0 and 4 and every 12 weeks for Weeks 16 to 28. Followed by a dosing regimen to be determined by patient's response status for Weeks 28 to 52; followed by unblinded dosing that may be adjusted at the investigator's discretion for Weeks 52 to 264

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