Efficacy, Safety and Immunogenicity of BI 695501 Versus Humira® in Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis

Summary

To evaluate the efficacy and to compare efficacy and safety of BI 695501 versus Humira in patients with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

Timeline

Start

2016-08-17

Primary completion

2018-01-17

Completion

2018-01-17

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper PASI 75 response rates (full analysis set, n = 158; n = 157) were 68.2% (BI 695501) and 70.4% (adalimumab RP) at week 16 (95% CI: -14.4%, 8.7%), PMID 33317345 ↗

Publications

• Strand V. Summary of Research: Immunogenicity of Adalimumab Reference Product and Adalimumab-adbm in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn's Disease, and Chronic Plaque Psoriasis: A Pooled Analysis of the VOLTAIRE trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2025 Aug;12(4):613-616. doi: 10.1007/s40744-025-00766-6. Epub 2025 Jun 11.
• Strand V, McCabe D, Bender S. Immunogenicity of adalimumab reference product and adalimumab-adbm in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and chronic plaque psoriasis: a pooled analysis of the VOLTAIRE trials. BMJ Open. 2024 Nov 17;14(11):e081687. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081687.
• Menter A, Arenberger P, Balser S, Beissert S, Cauthen A, Czeloth N, Soung J, Jazayeri S, Weisenseel P, Jayadeva G. Similar efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of the biosimilar BI 695501 and adalimumab reference product in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis: results from the randomized Phase III VOLTAIRE-PSO study. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2021 Jan;21(1):87-96. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2021.1851362. Epub 2020 Dec 29.

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