Safety and Efficacy Study of Etanercept (Qiangke®) to Treat Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis

Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, multicentral clinical trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of Recombinant Human TNF Receptor-Ig Fusion Protein for Injection (Qiangke®) in the treatment of Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis. The primary purpose is to assess the different maintaining treatment programme in Moderate to Severe plaque psoriasis by Qiangke®. And the second purpose is to assess the efficacy and safety of Qiangke® in Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis. The trial will include 216 Moderate to Severe plaque psoriasis patients,and at the first stage they will be randomized divided into three group: full-dose of Qiangke® group, half-dose of Qiangke® group and placebo group.And the blind stage will last for 12 weeks. Then at the second stage, all patients will receive 50mg qw of Qiangke® for additional 12 weeks.

Timeline

Start

2015-01

Primary completion

2017-01

Completion

2017-12

Publications

• Background Gottlieb AB, Chamian F, Masud S, Cardinale I, Abello MV, Lowes MA, Chen F, Magliocco M, Krueger JG. TNF inhibition rapidly down-regulates multiple proinflammatory pathways in psoriasis plaques. J Immunol. 2005 Aug 15;175(4):2721-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.4.2721.
• Background Gudjonsson JE, Elder JT. Psoriasis: epidemiology. Clin Dermatol. 2007 Nov-Dec;25(6):535-46. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.08.007.
• Background Gupta MA, Gupta AK. Depression and suicidal ideation in dermatology patients with acne, alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. Br J Dermatol. 1998 Nov;139(5):846-50. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02511.x.
• Results Leonardi CL, Powers JL, Matheson RT, Goffe BS, Zitnik R, Wang A, Gottlieb AB; Etanercept Psoriasis Study Group. Etanercept as monotherapy in patients with psoriasis. N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 20;349(21):2014-22. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa030409.
• Results Kivelevitch D, Mansouri B, Menter A. Long term efficacy and safety of etanercept in the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Biologics. 2014 Apr 17;8:169-82. doi: 10.2147/BTT.S41481. eCollection 2014.
• Results Papp KA, Tyring S, Lahfa M, Prinz J, Griffiths CE, Nakanishi AM, Zitnik R, van de Kerkhof PC, Melvin L; Etanercept Psoriasis Study Group. A global phase III randomized controlled trial of etanercept in psoriasis: safety, efficacy, and effect of dose reduction. Br J Dermatol. 2005 Jun;152(6):1304-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06688.x.
• Results Sterry W, Ortonne JP, Kirkham B, Brocq O, Robertson D, Pedersen RD, Estojak J, Molta CT, Freundlich B. Comparison of two etanercept regimens for treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: PRESTA randomised double blind multicentre trial. BMJ. 2010 Feb 2;340:c147. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c147.
• Results Chiu HY, Wang TS, Cho YT, Tsai TF. Etanercept use for psoriasis in Taiwan: a case series study. Int J Dermatol. 2013 Jun;52(6):673-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05273.x. Epub 2012 Feb 20.

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