A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Different Doses of Bimekizumab in Subjects With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis

Summary

This is a study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of different doses of bimekizumab in subjects with active Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).

Timeline

Start

2016-10

Primary completion

2017-10

Completion

2018-08

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper At week 12, significantly more bimekizumab-treated patients achieved ASAS40 vs placebo (NRI: 29.5%-46.7% vs 13.3%; p<0.05 all comparisons; PMID 32253184 ↗

Publications

• Results van der Heijde D, Gensler LS, Deodhar A, Baraliakos X, Poddubnyy D, Kivitz A, Farmer MK, Baeten D, Goldammer N, Coarse J, Oortgiesen M, Dougados M. Dual neutralisation of interleukin-17A and interleukin-17F with bimekizumab in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis: results from a 48-week phase IIb, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 May;79(5):595-604. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-216980. Epub 2020 Apr 6.
• Results Robinson PC, Machado PM, Haroon N, Gensler LS, Reveille JD, Taieb V, Vaux T, Fleurinck C, Oortgiesen M, de Peyrecave N, Deodhar A. Minimal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Disease Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis Receiving Bimekizumab: Exploratory Analyses From a Phase 2b Open-Label Extension Study. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022 Sep;4(9):819-824. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11486. Epub 2022 Jul 14.
• Mease PJ, Merola JF, Magrey M, Nash P, Poddubnyy D, Lebwohl M, Bajracharya R, Ink B, Marten A, Manente M, Peterson L, White K, Gensler LS. Bimekizumab longer-term safety profile in adult patients with axial spondyloarthritis or psoriatic arthritis: an updated analysis of six phase IIb/III clinical studies. RMD Open. 2026 Mar 10;12(1):e006174. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2025-006174.
• Mease PJ, Gensler LS, Orbai AM, Warren RB, Bajracharya R, Ink B, Marten A, Massow U, Shende V, Manente M, Peterson L, White K, Landewe R, Poddubnyy D. Long-term safety of bimekizumab in adult patients with axial spondyloarthritis or psoriatic arthritis: pooled results from integrated phase IIb/III clinical studies. RMD Open. 2025 Apr 6;11(2):e005026. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2024-005026.
• Deodhar A, Navarro-Compan V, Poddubnyy D, Gensler LS, Ramiro S, Tomita T, Marzo-Ortega H, Fleurinck C, Vaux T, Massow U, de Peyrecave N, van der Heijde D, Baraliakos X. Long-term safety and sustained efficacy of bimekizumab in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (radiographic axial spondyloarthritis): 5-year results from BE AGILE (phase 2b) and its open-label extension. RMD Open. 2025 Jan 31;11(1):e005081. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2024-005081.

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