Efficacy and Safety Study of Apremilast (CC-10004) in Subjects With Moderate-to-Severe Plaque-Type Psoriasis (Core Study)

Summary

The purpose of this study was to test if the drug apremilast was safe, if it helped improve psoriasis, and how well the participants tolerated it.

Timeline

Start

2008-09-01

Primary completion

2009-08-01

Completion

2015-05-20

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry Placebo BID vs Apremilast 20mg BID; p <0.0001; Risk Difference (RD) 23.1 (95% CI 12.4 to 33.7) NCT00773734 ↗

registry Placebo BID vs Apremilast 30 mg BID; p <0.0001; Risk Difference (RD) 35.2 (95% CI 23.9 to 46.6) NCT00773734 ↗

Publications

• Background Papp K, Cather JC, Rosoph L, Sofen H, Langley RG, Matheson RT, Hu C, Day RM. Efficacy of apremilast in the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2012 Aug 25;380(9843):738-46. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60642-4. Epub 2012 Jun 29.
• Background Ohtsuki M, Kubo H, Morishima H, Goto R, Zheng R, Nakagawa H. Guselkumab, an anti-interleukin-23 monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque-type psoriasis in Japanese patients: Efficacy and safety results from a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J Dermatol. 2018 Sep;45(9):1053-1062. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14504. Epub 2018 Jun 15.
• Background Knuckles MLF, Levi E, Soung J. Defining and treating moderate plaque psoriasis: a dermatologist survey. J Dermatolog Treat. 2018 Nov;29(7):658-663. doi: 10.1080/09546634.2018.1443200. Epub 2018 Mar 22.
• Background Knuckles MLF, Levi E, Soung J. Treating moderate plaque psoriasis: prospective 6-month chart review of patients treated with apremilast. J Dermatolog Treat. 2019 Aug;30(5):430-434. doi: 10.1080/09546634.2018.1528326. Epub 2018 Nov 26.
• Background Wu JJ, Pelletier C, Ung B, Tian M. Real-world treatment patterns and healthcare costs among biologic-naive patients initiating apremilast or biologics for the treatment of psoriasis. J Med Econ. 2019 Apr;22(4):365-371. doi: 10.1080/13696998.2019.1571500. Epub 2019 Feb 4.
• Background Wang Y, Coyne K, Sofen H, Santanello N, Currie B, Zhang Z, Nograles K. Qualitative analysis and reproducibility assessment of the Scalp Itch Numeric Rating Scale among patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis of the scalp. J Dermatolog Treat. 2019 Dec;30(8):775-783. doi: 10.1080/09546634.2019.1577546. Epub 2019 Mar 5.
• Results Strand V, Fiorentino D, Hu C, Day RM, Stevens RM, Papp KA. Improvements in patient-reported outcomes with apremilast, an oral phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, in the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis: results from a phase IIb randomized, controlled study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2013 May 10;11:82. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-82.
• Mease PJ, Hatemi G, Paris M, Cheng S, Maes P, Zhang W, Shi R, Flower A, Picard H, Stein Gold L. Apremilast Long-Term Safety Up to 5 Years from 15 Pooled Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Studies of Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Behcet's Syndrome. Am J Clin Dermatol. 2023 Sep;24(5):809-820. doi: 10.1007/s40257-023-00783-7. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Apremilast	Small molecule	10 mg	Oral
Subject	Apremilast	Small molecule	20 mg	Oral
Subject	Apremilast	Small molecule	30 mg	Oral

Indications