Study of Efficacy and Safety of Secukinumab in Patients With Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis

Summary

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the clinical efficacy, safety and tolerability of secukinumab compared to placebo in patients with nr-axSpA at Week 16 as well as Week 52 and long term efficacy and safety up to Week 104 (core phase) followed by an optional extension phase consisting of a 16-week randomized dose escalation treatment period and a continuous treatment period for up to Week 208

Timeline

Start

2016-04-29

Primary completion

2019-07-01

Completion

2021-03-11

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry Secukinumab, Load, Core Phase vs Placebo, Core Phase; p = 0.0197; Odds Ratio (OR) 1.72 NCT02696031 ↗

registry Secukinumab, No Load, Core Phase vs Placebo, Core Phase; p <.0001; Odds Ratio (OR) 2.67 NCT02696031 ↗

release “The PREVENT trial met its primary endpoint” novartis.com ↗

Publications

• Ramiro S, Gaillez C, Kiltz U, Gensler LS, Pisal C, Braun J, Ogdie A. No major effect of age (< 40 vs. >/= 40 years) on response to secukinumab in patients with axSpA: a post hoc analysis of six phase 3 trials. Arthritis Res Ther. 2026 Apr 11;28(1):112. doi: 10.1186/s13075-026-03804-y.
• Jamaludin A, Windsor R, Ather S, Kadir T, Zisserman A, Braun J, Gensler LS, Ostergaard M, Poddubnyy D, Coroller T, Porter B, Ligozio G, Readie A, Machado PM. Automated detection of spinal bone marrow oedema in axial spondyloarthritis: training and validation using two large phase 3 trial datasets. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 Oct 1;64(10):5446-5454. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf323.
• Braun J, Blanco R, Marzo-Ortega H, Gensler LS, Van den Bosch F, Hall S, Kameda H, Poddubnyy D, van de Sande M, van der Heijde D, Zhuang T, Stefanska A, Readie A, Richards HB, Deodhar A. Two-year imaging outcomes from a phase 3 randomized trial of secukinumab in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2023 May 16;25(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s13075-023-03051-5.
• Merola JF, McInnes IB, Deodhar AA, Dey AK, Adamstein NH, Quebe-Fehling E, Aassi M, Peine M, Mehta NN. Effect of Secukinumab on Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Inflammatory Biomarkers: Post Hoc Analyses of Pooled Data Across Three Indications. Rheumatol Ther. 2022 Jun;9(3):935-955. doi: 10.1007/s40744-022-00434-z. Epub 2022 Mar 19.
• Braun J, Blanco R, Marzo-Ortega H, Gensler LS, van den Bosch F, Hall S, Kameda H, Poddubnyy D, van de Sande M, Wiksten AS, Porter BO, Shete A, Richards HB, Haemmerle S, Deodhar A. Secukinumab in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: subgroup analysis based on key baseline characteristics from a randomized phase III study, PREVENT. Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Sep 4;23(1):231. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02613-9.
• Deodhar A, Blanco R, Dokoupilova E, Hall S, Kameda H, Kivitz AJ, Poddubnyy D, van de Sande M, Wiksten AS, Porter BO, Richards HB, Haemmerle S, Braun J. Improvement of Signs and Symptoms of Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis in Patients Treated With Secukinumab: Primary Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase III Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Jan;73(1):110-120. doi: 10.1002/art.41477. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Secukinumab	Monoclonal antibody	150 mg	Subcutaneous
Subject	Secukinumab	Monoclonal antibody	300 mg	Subcutaneous

Indications