drugset / Trial / NCT03765788
A Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Trial to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Secukinumab in Giant Cell Arteritis
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment
Summary
This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of secukinumab compared to placebo to maintain disease remission up to 28 weeks including corticosteroid tapering, as well as up to 1 year (52 weeks) in patients with newly diagnosed or relapsing giant cell arteritis (GCA) who were naïve to biological therapy.
Timeline
- Start
- 2019-01-30
- Primary completion
- 2021-06-08
- Completion
- 2021-06-08
Outcome
Met primary endpoint
registry analysis (superiority test); Secukinumab vs Placebo; Odds Ratio (OR) 9.31 (95% CI 3.54 to 26.29) NCT03765788 ↗
paper the median proportion of patients in sustained remission until week 28 was 70% (95% credibility interval 52-85) in the secukinumab group versus 20% (12-30) in the placebo group. PMID 38251601 ↗
Publications
- Venhoff N, Schmidt WA, Bergner R, Rech J, Unger L, Tony HP, Finzel S, Andreica I, Kofler DM, Weiner SM, Lamprecht P, Schulze-Koops H, App C, Pournara E, Mendelson MH, Sieder C, Maricos M, Thiel J. Safety and efficacy of secukinumab in patients with giant cell arteritis (TitAIN): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Rheumatol. 2023 Jun;5(6):e341-e350. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00101-7.
- Venhoff N, Schmidt WA, Lamprecht P, Tony HP, App C, Sieder C, Legeler C, Jentzsch C, Thiel J. Efficacy and safety of secukinumab in patients with giant cell arteritis: study protocol for a randomized, parallel group, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II trial. Trials. 2021 Aug 17;22(1):543. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05520-1.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Secukinumab | Monoclonal antibody | 300 mg | Subcutaneous |
| Background | Prednisolone | Other / unclassified | 1 mg | Oral |