Improvement in itch and other psoriasis symptoms with brodalumab in phase 3 randomized controlled trials

Autor: Radhakrishnan Pillai, Robert J. Israel, Sylvia Hsu, Kenneth B. Gordon, Leon H Kircik, Boni E. Elewski, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, Shipra Rastogi, Alice B. Gottlieb
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 32:1305-1313
ISSN: 0926-9959
Popis: BACKGROUND Patients with psoriasis have lesional symptoms, including itch, which can reduce quality of life. The efficacy and safety of brodalumab, an interleukin-17 receptor A antagonist, in treating moderate-to-severe psoriasis have been reported in three randomized, controlled, phase 3 trials (AMAGINE-1/-2/-3). OBJECTIVE The effect of brodalumab on lesional symptoms was assessed using the psoriasis symptom inventory (PSI), a validated patient-reported instrument. METHODS Patients were randomized to receive brodalumab (140 or 210 mg every 2 weeks [Q2W]), placebo (AMAGINE-1/-2/-3), or ustekinumab (AMAGINE-2/-3) during a 12-week induction phase, followed by a maintenance phase through week 52. Patients electronically rated the severity of PSI items (itch, burning, stinging, pain, redness, scaling, cracking and flaking) during the previous 24 h on a scale of 0 (not at all severe) to 4 (very severe). At each visit, the PSI total score responder status was assessed, with responders defined as having an average weekly total inventory score ≤8 with no item score >1 at week 12. RESULTS Across AMAGINE-1/-2/-3, brodalumab was associated with improvements in PSI total scores and itch scores vs. placebo from week 2 through week 12 (P
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