Safety and Efficacy Study of Etanercept (Qiangke®) to Treat Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, multicentral clinical trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of Recombinant Human TNF Receptor-Ig Fusion Protein for Injection (Qiangke®) in the treatment of Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis. The primary purpose is to assess the different maintaining treatment programme in Moderate to Severe plaque psoriasis by Qiangke®. And the second purpose is to assess the efficacy and safety of Qiangke® in Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis. The trial will include 216 Moderate to Severe plaque psoriasis patients,and at the first stage they will be randomized divided into three group: full-dose of Qiangke® group, half-dose of Qiangke® group and placebo group.And the blind stage will last for 12 weeks. Then at the second stage, all patients will receive 50mg qw of Qiangke® for additional 12 weeks.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shanghai Celgen Bio-Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd
• Treatments: Etanercept

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or Female, age 18-65,Asian.

2. Freely provides both verbal and written informed consent.

3. Consent to use effective contraception during the trial period.

4. Participant had a clinical diagnosis of psoriasis for at least 6 months, and had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis

5. Participant must have a Psoriasis Area Severity Index score greater than or equal to 12 at the baseline visit and Body Surface Area involvement greater than or equal to 10% at the baseline visit.

6. Participant has previous exposure to systemic psoriasis therapy or phototherapy, but not ideal.

7. Meet the following criteria for Tuberculosis screening: A. has no prior history of occult or active tuberculosis. B. No signs or symptoms of active tuberculosis in history and / or physical examination. C. in the first 6 weeks of the trial, tuberculosis screening test meet the requirements of the trial.

8. Laboratory screening results:Hemoglobin≥110g/L.White blood cell≥4 * 109 /L. Neutrophil≥1.5 * 109/L.Platelet≥100 * 109/L.Serum alanine aminotransferase and / or aspartate aminotransferase not more than 1.5 times of the upper limit of normal.Serum creatinine does not exceed 1.5 mg/dL (International units: ≤133 mol/L).

9. During the first 2 weeks of the study, Participant must stop adjuvant therapy including traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.

10. Hepatitis B (HBV) screening in compliance with the requirements of this test.

11. Weight≥60Kg.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pustular, erythrodermic, and/or guttate forms of psoriasis.

2. Participant had treated with TNF antagonists within 6 weeks prior to the Baseline visit.

3. Participant had treated with Other biological agents within 6 weeks prior to the Baseline visit.

4. Participant had treated with Phototherapy or systemic antipsoriatic treatment (such as:Methotrexate（MTX）， acitretin, cyclosporine, Total Glucosides of Paeony（TGP）, treatment of psoriasis related Chinese medicines, etc.) and systemic corticosteroid treatment within 4 weeks prior to the Baseline visit.

5. Participant had treated with Topical corticosteroid therapy, vitamin A or D analogue or Anthralin within 2 weeks prior to the Baseline visit.

6. Participant received any drug that the drug's metabolism was less than 7 half lives before the Baseline visit.

7. Participant plans to pregnant or breast feeding or father during the study.

8. The history of occult or active granuloma infections, including histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis.

9. Participant has suffered from Non Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection or opportunistic infections (such as cytomegalovirus sense of dyeing, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, aspergillosis) within 6 weeks prior to the Baseline visit.

10. The close contact history of active tuberculosis patients or Tuberculosis screening results do not meet the requirements.

11. Participant has suffered from severe infection (for example hepatitis, pneumonia, acute pyelonephritis or sepsis), or participant use intravenous antibiotics now because of infection within 6 weeks prior to the Baseline visit.

12. Participant has suffered from chronic or recurrent infections before or at present, including (but not limited to) chronic kidney infection disease and chronic chest infectious diseases (such as bronchial dilation), sinusitis, recurrent urinary tract infections (such as recurrent pyelonephritis and chronic non remission cystitis), open, overflow liquid or infection of skin wound or ulcer.

13. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody positive.

14. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening results do not meet the requirements.

15. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive.

16. Participant has demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis or optic neuritis.

17. A history of congestive heart failure, including asymptomatic congestive heart failure.

18. A history or sign of a lymph node hyperplasia, including lymphoma or suggestive of a possible sign such as the size and location of an enlarged lymph node or a history of clinically significant enlargement of the spleen.

19. Participant has symptoms or signs of severe, progressive or uncontrolled kidney, liver, blood, gastrointestinal, endocrine, lung, heart, nerve, mental or brain diseases.

20. There is a history of malignancy or previous history.

21. Joint prosthesis has not yet been removed or replaced.