A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Guselkumab Administered Subcutaneously in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis

Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of guselkumab treatment in participants with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) by assessing the reduction in signs and symptoms of PsA.

Timeline

Start

2017-07-12

Primary completion

2019-02-25

Completion

2020-11-10

Publications

• Gladman DD, Eder L, Selmi C, Mease PJ, Ogdie A, Lozenski K, Adamson E, Sharaf M, Rampakakis E, Pina Vegas L, Coates LC. Influence of Biological Sex on Participant Characteristics, Guselkumab Efficacy and Radiographic Progression in Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Post Hoc Analysis of Three Randomized Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2026 Feb;13(1):213-229. doi: 10.1007/s40744-025-00812-3. Epub 2025 Dec 15.
• Crauwels H, Ringold S, Howard S, Van Hartingsveldt B, Smith V, Jett M, Baguet T, Adamson E, Chakravarty SD, Leu JH. Extrapolating Guselkumab Efficacy to Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis from Adult Psoriatic Arthritis and Adult and Pediatric Psoriasis Data. Paediatr Drugs. 2026 Jan;28(1):69-81. doi: 10.1007/s40272-025-00725-2. Epub 2025 Oct 28.
• Ritchlin CT, Lubrano E, Chimenti MS, Leibowitz E, Sharaf M, Rampakakis E, Nantel F, Lavie F, Deodhar A. Guselkumab Efficacy in Biologic-Naive Participants with Psoriatic Arthritis and Severe Disease Activity: Post Hoc Analysis of a Phase 3 Study. Rheumatol Ther. 2025 Oct;12(5):925-940. doi: 10.1007/s40744-025-00777-3. Epub 2025 Jul 21.
• Siebert S, Schett G, Raychaudhuri SP, Guma M, Chen W, Gao S, Chakravarty SD, Lavie F, Rahman P. Correlation of changes in inflammatory and collagen biomarkers with durable guselkumab efficacy through 2 years in participants with active psoriatic arthritis: results from a phase III randomized controlled trial. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2024 Oct 27;16:1759720X241283536. doi: 10.1177/1759720X241283536. eCollection 2024.
• Mease P, Korotaeva T, Shesternya P, Kokhan M, Rukavitsyn A, Vasilchenkov D, Sharaf M, Lavie F, Deodhar A. Guselkumab in Biologic-Naive Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis in Russia: A Post Hoc Analysis of the DISCOVER-1 and -2 Randomized Clinical Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2024 Dec;11(6):1551-1567. doi: 10.1007/s40744-024-00713-x. Epub 2024 Sep 25.
• Curtis JR, Deodhar A, Soriano ER, Rampakakis E, Shawi M, Shiff NJ, Han C, Tillett W, Gladman DD. Early Improvements with Guselkumab Associate with Sustained Control of Psoriatic Arthritis: Post hoc Analyses of Two Phase 3 Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2024 Dec;11(6):1501-1517. doi: 10.1007/s40744-024-00702-0. Epub 2024 Sep 11.
• Ritchlin CT, Mease PJ, Boehncke WH, Tesser J, Chakravarty SD, Rampakakis E, Shawi M, Schiopu E, Merola JF, McInnes IB, Deodhar A. Durable control of psoriatic arthritis with guselkumab across domains and patient characteristics: post hoc analysis of a phase 3 study. Clin Rheumatol. 2024 Aug;43(8):2551-2563. doi: 10.1007/s10067-024-06991-8. Epub 2024 Jun 7.
• Baraliakos X, Gladman DD, Chakravarty SD, Gong C, Shawi M, Rampakakis E, Kishimoto M, Soriano ER, Mease PJ. BASDAI versus ASDAS in evaluating axial involvement in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a pooled analysis of two phase 3 studies. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2024 Apr 23;8(2):rkae058. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkae058. eCollection 2024.
• Warren RB, McInnes IB, Nash P, Grouin JM, Lyris N, Willems D, Taieb V, Eells J, Mease PJ. Comparative Effectiveness of Bimekizumab and Guselkumab in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis at 52 Weeks Assessed Using a Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison. Rheumatol Ther. 2024 Jun;11(3):829-839. doi: 10.1007/s40744-024-00659-0. Epub 2024 Mar 15.
• Rahman P, McInnes IB, Deodhar A, Schett G, Mease PJ, Shawi M, Cua DJ, Sherlock JP, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Sheng S, Ritchlin CT, McGonagle D. Association between enthesitis/dactylitis resolution and patient-reported outcomes in guselkumab-treated patients with psoriatic arthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2024 May;43(5):1591-1604. doi: 10.1007/s10067-024-06921-8. Epub 2024 Mar 12.
• Curtis JR, McInnes IB, Rahman P, Gladman DD, Peterson S, Yang F, Adejoro O, Kollmeier AP, Shiff NJ, Han C, Shawi M, Tillett W, Mease PJ. Work Productivity and General Health Through 2 Years of Guselkumab Treatment in a Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Patients With Active Psoriatic Arthritis. Rheumatol Ther. 2024 Apr;11(2):425-441. doi: 10.1007/s40744-024-00642-9. Epub 2024 Feb 22.
• Coates LC, Rahman P, Mease PJ, Shawi M, Rampakakis E, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Chakravarty SD, McInnes IB, Tam LS. Continuous improvement through differential trajectories of individual minimal disease activity criteria with guselkumab in active psoriatic arthritis: post hoc analysis of a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. BMC Rheumatol. 2024 Feb 4;8(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s41927-024-00375-w.
• Strober B, Coates LC, Lebwohl MG, Deodhar A, Leibowitz E, Rowland K, Kollmeier AP, Miller M, Wang Y, Li S, Chakravarty SD, Chan D, Shawi M, Yang YW, Thaҫi D, Rahman P. Long-Term Safety of Guselkumab in Patients with Psoriatic Disease: An Integrated Analysis of Eleven Phase II/III Clinical Studies in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Drug Saf. 2024 Jan;47(1):39-57. doi: 10.1007/s40264-023-01361-w. Epub 2023 Oct 31.
• Mease PJ, Gladman DD, Poddubnyy D, Chakravarty SD, Shawi M, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Xu S, Deodhar A, Baraliakos X. Efficacy of Guselkumab on Axial-Related Symptoms Through up to 2 Years in Adults with Active Psoriatic Arthritis in the Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled DISCOVER-2 Study. Rheumatol Ther. 2023 Dec;10(6):1637-1653. doi: 10.1007/s40744-023-00592-8. Epub 2023 Oct 11.
• Gottlieb AB, McInnes IB, Rahman P, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Jiang Y, Sheng S, Shawi M, Chakravarty SD, Lavie F, Mease PJ. Low rates of radiographic progression associated with clinical efficacy following up to 2 years of treatment with guselkumab: results from a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis. RMD Open. 2023 Feb;9(1):e002789. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002789.
• Rahman P, Boehncke WH, Mease PJ, Gottlieb AB, McInnes IB, Shawi M, Wang Y, Sheng S, Kollmeier AP, Theander E, Yu J, Leibowitz E, Marrache AM, Coates LC. Safety of Guselkumab With and Without Prior Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Treatment: Pooled Results Across 4 Studies in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2023 Jun;50(6):769-780. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220928. Epub 2023 Jan 15.
• Curtis JR, McInnes IB, Rahman P, Gladman DD, Peterson S, Agarwal P, Yang F, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Shiff NJ, Zhou B, Han C, Shawi M, Tillett W, Mease PJ. The Effect of Guselkumab on Work Productivity in Biologic-Naive Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis Through Week 52 of the Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled DISCOVER-2 Trial. Adv Ther. 2022 Oct;39(10):4613-4631. doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02270-7. Epub 2022 Aug 10.
• Curtis JR, McInnes IB, Rahman P, Gladman DD, Yang F, Peterson S, Agarwal P, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Han C, Shiff NJ, Shawi M, Tillett W, Mease PJ. The Effect of Guselkumab on General Health State in Biologic-Naive Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis Through Week 52 of the Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled DISCOVER-2 Trial. Adv Ther. 2022 Oct;39(10):4632-4644. doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02269-0. Epub 2022 Aug 10.
• Coates LC, Ritchlin CT, Gossec L, Helliwell PS, Rahman P, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Shawi M, Karyekar CS, Contre C, Noel W, Sheng S, Wang Y, Xu S, Mease PJ. Guselkumab provides sustained domain-specific and comprehensive efficacy using composite indices in patients with active psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Feb 1;62(2):606-616. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac375.
• Schett G, Loza MJ, Palanichamy A, FitzGerald O, Ritchlin C, Bay-Jensen AC, Nielsen SH, Gao S, Hsia EC, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Baribaud F, Sweet K. Collagen Turnover Biomarkers Associate with Active Psoriatic Arthritis and Decrease with Guselkumab Treatment in a Phase 3 Clinical Trial (DISCOVER-2). Rheumatol Ther. 2022 Aug;9(4):1017-1030. doi: 10.1007/s40744-022-00444-x. Epub 2022 Mar 30.
• Ritchlin CT, Mease PJ, Boehncke WH, Tesser J, Schiopu E, Chakravarty SD, Kollmeier AP, Xu XL, Shawi M, Jiang Y, Sheng S, Wang Y, Xu S, Merola JF, McInnes IB, Deodhar A. Sustained and improved guselkumab response in patients with active psoriatic arthritis regardless of baseline demographic and disease characteristics: pooled results through week 52 of two phase III, randomised, placebo-controlled studies. RMD Open. 2022 Mar;8(1):e002195. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002195.
• Rahman P, Mease PJ, Helliwell PS, Deodhar A, Gossec L, Kavanaugh A, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Zhou B, Lin X, Shawi M, Karyekar CS, Han C. Guselkumab demonstrated an independent treatment effect in reducing fatigue after adjustment for clinical response-results from two phase 3 clinical trials of 1120 patients with active psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Jul 14;23(1):190. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02554-3.
• Sweet K, Song Q, Loza MJ, McInnes IB, Ma K, Leander K, Lakshminarayanan V, Franks C, Cooper P, Siebert S. Guselkumab induces robust reduction in acute phase proteins and type 17 effector cytokines in active psoriatic arthritis: results from phase 3 trials. RMD Open. 2021 May;7(2):e001679. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001679.
• Rahman P, Ritchlin CT, Helliwell PS, Boehncke WH, Mease PJ, Gottlieb AB, Kafka S, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Xu XL, Shawi M, Sheng S, Agarwal P, Zhou B, Ramachandran P, Zhuang Y, McInnes IB. Pooled Safety Results Through 1 Year of 2 Phase III Trials of Guselkumab in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2021 Dec;48(12):1815-1823. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.201532. Epub 2021 May 1.
• McGonagle D, McInnes IB, Deodhar A, Schett G, Shawi M, Kafka S, Karyekar CS, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Xu XL, Sheng S, Agarwal P, Zhou B, Ritchlin CT, Rahman P, Mease PJ. Resolution of enthesitis by guselkumab and relationships to disease burden: 1-year results of two phase 3 psoriatic arthritis studies. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Nov 3;60(11):5337-5350. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab285.
• McInnes IB, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, Hsia EC, Kollmeier AP, Chakravarty SD, Xu XL, Subramanian RA, Agarwal P, Sheng S, Jiang Y, Zhou B, Zhuang Y, van der Heijde D, Mease PJ. Efficacy and Safety of Guselkumab, an Interleukin-23p19-Specific Monoclonal Antibody, Through One Year in Biologic-Naive Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Apr;73(4):604-616. doi: 10.1002/art.41553. Epub 2021 Mar 17.
• Mease PJ, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, Kollmeier AP, Hsia EC, Xu XL, Sheng S, Agarwal P, Zhou B, Zhuang Y, van der Heijde D, McInnes IB; DISCOVER-2 Study Group. Guselkumab in biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis (DISCOVER-2): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2020 Apr 4;395(10230):1126-1136. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30263-4. Epub 2020 Mar 13.

Drugs

Indications