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Secukinumab sustains early patient-reported outcome benefits through 1 year
Results from 2 phase III randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials comparing secukinumab with etanercept
Strober, B. E., Gottlieb, A. B., Sherif, B., Mollon, P., Gilloteau, I., McLeod, L., Fox, T., Mordin, M., Gnanasakthy, A., Papavassilis, C., & Lebwohl, M. G. (2017). Secukinumab sustains early patient-reported outcome benefits through 1 year: Results from 2 phase III randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials comparing secukinumab with etanercept. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 76(4), 655-661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2016.11.043
BACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a chronic condition with negative impact on patients' quality of life that most often requires lifelong effective and safe treatment.
OBJECTIVE: This analysis focused on the effect of secukinumab treatment on patient-reported health-related quality of life as assessed by the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis.
METHODS: The proportion of subjects achieving DLQI score 0/1 response at week 24, time to DLQI score 0/1 response, and sustained DLQI score 0/1 response up to week 52 were compared between secukinumab and etanercept.
RESULTS: Of 1470 subjects, 1144 received secukinumab and 326 received etanercept. DLQI score 0/1 response rates were significantly higher for secukinumab than for etanercept at week 24. The median time to DLQI score 0/1 response was significantly shorter for secukinumab versus etanercept (12 vs 24 weeks; P < .01). The majority of secukinumab-treated subjects achieved DLQI score 0/1 response at week 24 and sustained it through week 52 along with a 90% to 100% reduction in the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index total score response.
LIMITATIONS: Placebo comparisons are limited during the maintenance period because of rerandomization at week 12.
CONCLUSION: Secukinumab treatment provided faster and greater sustained improvements in quality of life than etanercept over 52 weeks, consistent with greater clinical response.
