A Phase Ⅲ Study to Evaluate Tildrakizumab in the Treatment of Chinese Subjects With Moderate to Severe Plaquetype Psoriasis

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-03-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a phase Ⅲ, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel design, multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of subcutaneous Tildrakizumab in subjects with moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

The trial was divided into two parts: the base study (Week 0- Week 12) and the extension study (Week 13- Week 54).

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shenzhen Kangzhe Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects must give a written, signed and dated informed consent.

2. Subject must be 18-70 years of age, of either sex.

3. Diagnosis of predominantly plaque psoriasis for over 6 months (Plaque psoriasis in stable phase, and in non-progressive phase as determined by subject interview and confirmation of diagnosis through physical examination by investigator).

4. Subject is considered to be a candidate for phototherapy or systemic therapy.

5. Psoriasis BSA involvement ≥ 10% at baseline.

6. PASI score ≥ 12 at baseline.

7. PGA of at least moderate disease (≥ 3) at baseline.

8. No history of active TB or symptoms of TB; No recent history of intimate contact with patients with active TB;

9. Subject is a male or a non-sterilized, pre-menopausal female and agrees to abstain from heterosexual activity OR use a medically accepted method of contraception OR use appropriate effective contraception as per local regulations or guidelines. Medically accepted methods of contraception include, but are not limited to, condoms (male or female) with or without a spermicidal agent, diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide, medically prescribed IUD, inert or copper-containing IUD, hormone-releasing IUD, systemic hormonal contraceptive, and surgical sterilization (e.g., hysterectomy or tubal ligation).

10. For a woman of childbearing potential, a negative serum pregnancy test at Screening/baseline.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Presence of predominantly non-plaque forms of psoriasis：guttate psoriasis, erythrodermic psoriasis, pustular psoriasis, medication-induced or medication-exacerbated psoriasis.

2. Subjects who are expected to require additional topical therapy, phototherapy, or systemic therapy other than trial drug for the treatment of psoriasis during the trial.

3. Presence of any infection or history of recurrent infection requiring treatment with systemic antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to Screening, or severe infection (e.g., pneumonia, cellulitis, bone, or joint infections) requiring hospitalization or treatment with IV antibiotics within 8 weeks prior to Screening.

4. Subject is known to be allergic to Tildrakizumab or related excipients.

5. Women of childbearing potential who are pregnant or are lactating, female subject or male subject with partner intend to become pregnant (during the trial OR within 6 months of the last administration of the trial drug).

6. Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody (HIV Ab)test result and/or positive Treponema pallidum-specific antibody test result, and/or positive hepatitis C virus antibody (HCV Ab) test result with positive HCV-RNA reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test result, indicating a past or current infection of hepatitis C virus; and/or positive result of hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg) , or positive result of hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) with positive result of HBV-DNA polymerase chain reaction test, indicating an current infection of HBV; .

7. Subject has the following clinically significant abnormal laboratory tests according to the investigators' evaluation.

8. Prior malignancy or concurrent malignancy (excluding successfully treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin in situ, squamous cell carcinoma with no evidence of recurrence within 5 years or carcinoma in situ of the cervix that has been adequately treated).

9. Subject who has received a live attenuated vaccine within 4 weeks prior to first dose or who intends to receive live attenuated vaccine during the trial.

10. Subject who is currently participating in another interventional clinical trial or has participated in an interventional clinical trial within 4 weeks prior to first dose.

11. The subject is among the personnel of the investigational site or sponsor/designee directly involved with this trial.

12. Within 6 months prior to Screening, subject has any significant organ dysfunction or clinically significant laboratory abnormalities that place the subject at unacceptable risk for participation in a trial of an immunomodulatory therapy in the judgment of the investigator.

13. Within 6 months prior to screening, subject has decompensated cardiac insufficiency (New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV) ; presence of unstable angina, myocardial infarction, history of coronary artery bypass graft, or coronary stent implantation; presence of cardiac arrhythmias (such as long QT syndrome, etc.) that requires medical treatment and is evaluated as ineligible for participation in this clinical trial according to the investigator; hospitalization due to an acute cardiovascular event, cardiovascular illness, or cardiovascular surgery.

14. Subject has sustained uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure of ≥ 160 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure of ≥ 100 mm Hg at screening) and/or uncontrolled diabetes (fasting glucose ≥ 7 mmol/L and HbA1C ≥ 7.0%).

15. Subject who, has history of alcohol abuse (i.e., alcohol abuse > 2 units of alcohol per day (1 unit = 360 mL of beer or 45 mL of alcohol in 40% of Chinese spirits or 150 mL of wine)) or history of drug abuse.

16. Subject was treated with IL-23/Th-17 pathway inhibitors, including p40, p19 and IL-17 antagonists and failed.

17. Subject has current signs or symptoms of severe, progressive, or uncontrollable renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic and cerebral and/or psychiatric illness.

18. Subject is in other conditions deemed unsuitable for the trial by the investigator.