The effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase III clinical trials: SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2

Background: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory condition predominantly affecting the peripheral joints. However, some patients with PsA can experience axial involvement which is manifested with back pain and associated with increased burden of illness. Objectives: The aim of this po...

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Main Authors: Atul Deodhar, Dafna Gladman, Rebecca Bolce, David Sandoval, So Young Park, Soyi Liu Leage, Peter Nash, Denis Poddubnyy
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Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-08-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X231189005
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author Atul Deodhar
Dafna Gladman
Rebecca Bolce
David Sandoval
So Young Park
Soyi Liu Leage
Peter Nash
Denis Poddubnyy
author_facet Atul Deodhar
Dafna Gladman
Rebecca Bolce
David Sandoval
So Young Park
Soyi Liu Leage
Peter Nash
Denis Poddubnyy
author_sort Atul Deodhar
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description Background: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory condition predominantly affecting the peripheral joints. However, some patients with PsA can experience axial involvement which is manifested with back pain and associated with increased burden of illness. Objectives: The aim of this post hoc analysis was to determine the efficacy of ixekizumab (IXE) up to 52 weeks in reducing axial symptoms in PsA patients, presenting with axial manifestations. Design: This was a post hoc analysis of two pooled phase III clinical trials. Methods: Patients with axial manifestations, from two placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, phase III trials (SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2), were defined as Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) Question 2 (Q2; back pain)] total score ⩾4 and average of BASDAI Q5 + Q6 (morning stiffness) ⩾4 at baseline. For this post hoc analysis, the efficacy of IXE was evaluated at weeks 16, 24, and 52 using separate BASDAI questions (including back pain and morning stiffness), total BASDAI and modified BASDAI (mBASDAI; without Q3), Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), and 50% improvement in BASDAI (BASDAI50) response. Treatment comparisons were performed using logistic regression and analysis of covariance model for categorical and continuous end points, respectively. Results: In the post hoc analysis among PsA patients with axial manifestations at baseline ( N  = 313), improvements in back pain and morning stiffness at weeks 16 and 24 were significantly greater in patients receiving IXE versus placebo (both p  < 0.001). Improvements in BASDAI individual scores and total scores, mBASDAI, and ASDAS were significantly greater in patients receiving IXE compared with placebo. Similarly, significantly more IXE-treated patients achieved BASDAI50 at weeks 16 and 24 versus placebo. The effect of IXE was sustained at week 52. Similar effects were observed in sensitivity analyses subgroups. Conclusion: IXE is effective in improving axial symptoms in patients with active PsA presenting with axial manifestations.
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spelling doaj.art-7c381d02ff4a470b8baab0d7279d1bfb2023-11-10T10:33:19ZengSAGE PublishingTherapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease1759-72182023-08-011510.1177/1759720X231189005The effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase III clinical trials: SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2Atul DeodharDafna GladmanRebecca BolceDavid SandovalSo Young ParkSoyi Liu LeagePeter NashDenis PoddubnyyBackground: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory condition predominantly affecting the peripheral joints. However, some patients with PsA can experience axial involvement which is manifested with back pain and associated with increased burden of illness. Objectives: The aim of this post hoc analysis was to determine the efficacy of ixekizumab (IXE) up to 52 weeks in reducing axial symptoms in PsA patients, presenting with axial manifestations. Design: This was a post hoc analysis of two pooled phase III clinical trials. Methods: Patients with axial manifestations, from two placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, phase III trials (SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2), were defined as Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) Question 2 (Q2; back pain)] total score ⩾4 and average of BASDAI Q5 + Q6 (morning stiffness) ⩾4 at baseline. For this post hoc analysis, the efficacy of IXE was evaluated at weeks 16, 24, and 52 using separate BASDAI questions (including back pain and morning stiffness), total BASDAI and modified BASDAI (mBASDAI; without Q3), Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), and 50% improvement in BASDAI (BASDAI50) response. Treatment comparisons were performed using logistic regression and analysis of covariance model for categorical and continuous end points, respectively. Results: In the post hoc analysis among PsA patients with axial manifestations at baseline ( N  = 313), improvements in back pain and morning stiffness at weeks 16 and 24 were significantly greater in patients receiving IXE versus placebo (both p  < 0.001). Improvements in BASDAI individual scores and total scores, mBASDAI, and ASDAS were significantly greater in patients receiving IXE compared with placebo. Similarly, significantly more IXE-treated patients achieved BASDAI50 at weeks 16 and 24 versus placebo. The effect of IXE was sustained at week 52. Similar effects were observed in sensitivity analyses subgroups. Conclusion: IXE is effective in improving axial symptoms in patients with active PsA presenting with axial manifestations.https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X231189005
spellingShingle Atul Deodhar
Dafna Gladman
Rebecca Bolce
David Sandoval
So Young Park
Soyi Liu Leage
Peter Nash
Denis Poddubnyy
The effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase III clinical trials: SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2
Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
title The effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase III clinical trials: SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2
title_full The effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase III clinical trials: SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2
title_fullStr The effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase III clinical trials: SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2
title_full_unstemmed The effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase III clinical trials: SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2
title_short The effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase III clinical trials: SPIRIT-P1 and SPIRIT-P2
title_sort effect of ixekizumab on axial manifestations in patients with psoriatic arthritis from two phase iii clinical trials spirit p1 and spirit p2
url https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X231189005
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