A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Guselkumab Administered Subcutaneously in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis Including Those Previously Treated With Biologic Anti -Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Alpha Agent(s)
Discover-1
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Guselkumab Administered Subcutaneously in Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis Including Those Previously Treated With Biologic Anti-TNF Alpha Agents
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interventional
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13 countries
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Brief 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.
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_3
Started Aug 2017
95 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 19, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 22, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
August 24, 2017
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 14, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 18, 2019
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
October 14, 2020
CompletedFebruary 3, 2021
January 1, 2021
1.6 years
May 19, 2017
August 12, 2020
January 15, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20 Response at Week 24
ACR 20 response: \>=20% improvement from baseline in both swollen joint count (66 joints) and tender joint count (68 joints), and \>=20% improvement from baseline in 3 of 5 assessments: patient's assessment of pain using visual analog scale (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no pain and 100=worst possible pain), patient's global assessment of disease activity (arthritis, VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=excellent and 100= poor), physician's global assessment of disease activity (VAS; 0-100 mm, 0=no arthritis activity and 100=extremely active arthritis), patient's assessment of physical function measured by Disability Index of Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ-DI; 20-question instrument assessing 8 functional areas; range: 0-3, 0= no difficulty, 3= inability to perform task in that area), and CRP. Treatment Failure (TF) criteria- discontinued study drug, initiated/increased dose of non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or oral corticosteroids, initiated prohibited psoriatic arthritis treatment.
Week 24
Secondary Outcomes (99)
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Score at Week 24
Baseline and Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 50 Response at Week 24
Week 24
Percentage of Participants With Psoriasis Response of IGA (Score: 0[Cleared] or 1[Minimal] and >=2 Grade Reduction From Baseline) at Week 24 Among Participants With >=3% Body Surface Area (BSA) Psoriatic Involvement and IGA Score of >=2 (Mild) at Baseline
Week 24
Percentage of Participants Who Achieved an American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20 Response at Week 16
Week 16
Change From Baseline in Disease Activity Score (DAS28) (C-reactive Protein [CRP]) Score at Week 24
Baseline and Week 24
- +94 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (3)
Group 1: Guselkumab
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will receive subcutaneous (SC) guselkumab 100 milligram (mg) once every 4 weeks (q4w) from Week 0 through Week 48.
Group 2: Guselkumab and Placebo
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will receive SC guselkumab 100 mg at Weeks 0 and 4, then once every 8 weeks (q8w) (Weeks 12, 20, 28, 36, and 44) and placebo injections at other visits (Weeks 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48) to maintain the blind.
Group 3: Placebo Followed by Guselkumab
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will receive SC placebo q4w from Week 0 to Week 20, and will crossover at Week 24 to receive guselkumab 100 mg q4w from Week 24 through Week 48.
Interventions
Participants will receive 100mg of guselkumab as a sterile liquid for SC injection.
Participants will receive matching placebo as SC injection.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Have a diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) for at least 6 months before the first administration of study agent and meet Classification criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) at screening
- Have active PsA as defined by: at least 3 swollen joints and at least 3 tender joints at screening and at baseline; and C-reactive protein (CRP) greater than or equal to (\>=) 0.3 milligram per deciLitre (mg/dL) at screening from the central laboratory
- Have at least 1 of the PsA subsets: distal interphalangeal joint involvement, polyarticular arthritis with absence of rheumatoid nodules, arthritis mutilans, asymmetric peripheral arthritis, or spondylitis with peripheral arthritis
- Have active plaque psoriasis, with at least one psoriatic plaque of \>= 2 centimeter (cm) diameter or nail changes consistent with psoriasis or documented history of plaque psoriasis
- Have active PsA despite previous non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD), apremilast, and/or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy : Non-biologic DMARD therapy is defined as taking a non-biologic DMARD for at least 3 months or evidence of intolerance; Apremilast therapy is defined as taking apremilast at the marketed dose approved in the country where the study is being conducted for at least 4 months or evidence of intolerance; NSAID therapy is defined as taking an NSAID for at least 4 weeks or evidence of intolerance
- Participants may have been previously treated with up to 2 anti-TNF (tumor necrosis factor) alpha agents (approximately 30 percent \[%\] of the overall study population), and must document the reason for discontinuation
You may not qualify if:
- Has other inflammatory diseases that might confound the evaluations of benefit of guselkumab therapy, including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), axial spondyloarthritis (this does not include a primary diagnosis of PsA with spondylitis), systemic lupus erythematosus, or Lyme disease
- Has ever received more than 2 anti-TNFalpha agents
- Has previously received any biologic treatment (other than anti-TNF alpha agents), including, but not limited to ustekinumab, abatacept, secukinumab, tildrakizumab, ixekizumab, brodalumab, risankizumab, or other investigative biologic treatment
- Has previously received any systemic immunosuppressants (for example, azathioprine, cyclosporine, 6 thioguanine, mercaptopurine, mycophenolate mofetil, hydroxyurea, tacrolimus) within 4 weeks of the first administration of study agent
- Has received apremilast within 4 weeks prior to the first administration of study agent
- Has previously received tofacitinib, baricitinib, filgotinib, peficitinib (ASP015K), decernotinib (VX-509), or any other Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (95)
Rheumatology Associates
Birmingham, Alabama, 35205, United States
Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates PC
Glendale, Arizona, 85306, United States
Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Research, PLLC
Mesa, Arizona, 85210, United States
Clinical Research Center of Connecticut
Danbury, Connecticut, 06810, United States
Dawes Fretzin Clinical Research Group, LLC
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46256-4697, United States
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
Arthritis Consultants
St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States
Arthritis and Osteoporosis Associates
Freehold, New Jersey, 07728, United States
Austin Regional Clinic
Austin, Texas, 78731-3146, United States
Barwon Rheumatology Services
Geelong, 3220, Australia
Southern Clinical Research
Hobart, 7000, Australia
Liverpool Hospital
Liverpool, 2170, Australia
Rheumatology Research Unit
Maroochydore, 4558, Australia
Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital
Melbourne, 3128, Australia
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Woodville South, 5011, Australia
Eastern Regional Health Authority, St. Clare's Mercy Hospital
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 5B8, Canada
The Waterside Clinic
Barrie, Ontario, L4M 6L2, Canada
Dermatrials Research
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1Y2, Canada
Skin Centre for Dermatology
Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 5K2, Canada
K. Papp Clinical Research
Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1C4, Canada
G.R.M.O. (Groupe de recherche en maladies osseuses) Inc.
Québec, G1V 3M7, Canada
Revmaclinic
Brno, 61141, Czechia
MUDr. Rosypalova, s.r.o
Ostrava, 70800, Czechia
Revmatologicky ustav
Prague, 12850, Czechia
Revmatologicka ambulance
Prague, 14000, Czechia
Medical Plus S.R.O.
Uherské Hradiště, 68601, Czechia
PV-Medical S.R.O
Zlín, 76001, Czechia
ISA GmbH
Berlin, 10789, Germany
Universitatsklinikum Frankfurt
Frankfurt, 60590, Germany
MVZ Rheuma
Hamburg, 20095, Germany
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet
Herne, 44649, Germany
Krankenhaus St. Josef
Wuppertal, 42105, Germany
Orszagos Reumatologia es Fizioterapias Intezet
Budapest, 1023, Hungary
Magyar Honvedseg Egeszsegugyi Kozpont
Budapest, 1062, Hungary
Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont
Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
Pest Megyei Flor Ferenc Korhaz
Kistarcsa, 2143, Hungary
Martinus Medicus Health Center
Szombathely, 9700, Hungary
Hospital Selayang
Batu Caves, 68100, Malaysia
Hospital Pulau Pinang
George Town, 10990, Malaysia
Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun
Ipoh, 30990, Malaysia
Hospital Melaka
Malacca, 75400, Malaysia
Hospital Tuanku Jaafar
Seremban, 70300, Malaysia
Nzoz Osteo-Medic
Bialystok, 15-351, Poland
Szpital Uniwersytecki Nr 2 w Bydgoszczy
Bydgoszcz, 85-168, Poland
NSZOZ Unica CR
Dąbrówka, 62-069, Poland
Centrum Kliniczno Badawcze J. Brzezicki, B. Gornikiewicz-Brzezicka Lekarze Spolka Partnerska
Elblag, 82-300, Poland
Etyka Osrodek Badan Klinicznych
Olsztyn, 10-117, Poland
Centrum Medyczne Hetmańska
Poznan, 60-218, Poland
Nasz Lekarz Przychodnie Medyczne
Torun, 87-100, Poland
Medycyna Kliniczna
Warsaw, 00-874, Poland
Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji im. prof. dr hab. med. Eleonory Reicher
Warsaw, 02-637, Poland
Centrum Medyczne WroMedica
Wroclaw, 51-685, Poland
Nzoz Biogenes Sp. Z O. O.
Wroclaw, 53-224, Poland
Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Dermatovenerological Dispensary
Chelyabinsk, 454092, Russia
Medical and Sanitary Unit ''Severstal''
Cherepovets, 162600, Russia
Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Krasnoyarsk, 660022, Russia
Lipetsk Regional Dermatovenerological Dispensary
Lipetsk, 398005, Russia
Rostov Regional Clinical Dermatovenerological Dispensary
Rostov, 344007, Russia
Ryazan Regional Clinical Dermatovenerological Dispensary
Ryazan, 390046, Russia
Republican Clinical Hospital - G.G. Kuvatov
Ufa, 450005, Russia
Clinical Emergency Hospital n.a. N.V. Solovyev
Yaroslavl, 150003, Russia
Clinical Hospital #10
Yaroslavl, 150023, Russia
Research Institute of Dermatovenerology, Immunology
Yekaterinburg, 620076, Russia
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Bundang, 13620, South Korea
Hanyang University Hospital for rheumatic Diseases
Seoul, 04763, South Korea
The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
Seoul, 06591, South Korea
SMG - SNU Boramae Medical Center
Seoul, 7061, South Korea
Ajou University Hospital
Suwon, 16499, South Korea
Hosp. Univ. A Coruña
A Coruña, 15006, Spain
Hosp. Del Mar
Barcelona, 08003, Spain
Hosp. Gral. Univ. Gregorio Marañon
Madrid, 28007, Spain
Hosp. Univ. Ramon Y Cajal
Madrid, 28034, Spain
Hospital Regional Carlos Haya
Málaga, 29009, Spain
Hosp. Clinico Univ. de Santiago
Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Spain
Hosp. Infanta Luisa
Seville, 41010, Spain
Hosp. Unv. de Valme
Seville, 414014, Spain
Hosp. de Manises
Valencia, 46940, Spain
Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital
Hualien City, 970, Taiwan
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
Kaohsiung City, 81362, Taiwan
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Kaohsiung Branch
Kaohsiung City, 833, Taiwan
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
Taichung, 402, Taiwan
National Cheng Kung University Medical Center
Tainan, 704, Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 10002, Taiwan
Chang Kung Memorial Hospital
Taipei, 105, Taiwan
Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, LinKou Branch
Taoyuan District, 333, Taiwan
Municipal health care institution Chernihiv Regional Hospital
Chernihiv, Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk City Clinical Hospital
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Communal Institution of Health Kharkiv City multifield hospital №18
Kharkiv, 61029, Ukraine
Municipal Institution Regional hospital-center of emergency care and disasters medicine
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Khmelnitckiy regional hospital
Khmelnytsky, Ukraine
Clinic of SI 'NSC 'The M.D.Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology' of NAMS of Ukraine'
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kyiv Railway Station Clinical Hospital #2
Kyiv, Ukraine
Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
Lviv, Ukraine
Municipal Non-profit Enterprise 'Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital' Odesa Regional Council
Odesa, 65025, Ukraine
Municipal institution of Tepnopil Regional Council 'Ternopil University Hospital'
Ternopil, Ukraine
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Head Rheumatology Clinical Development
- Organization
- Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restriction Type
- OTHER
- Restrictive Agreement
- Yes
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 19, 2017
First Posted
May 22, 2017
Study Start
August 24, 2017
Primary Completion
March 14, 2019
Study Completion
November 18, 2019
Last Updated
February 3, 2021
Results First Posted
October 14, 2020
Record last verified: 2021-01