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Efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin M receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study

BACKGROUND: Prurigo nodularis is a chronic skin disease characterised by intensely pruritic, hyperkeratotic nodules. Vixarelimab, a human monoclonal antibody, binds to the beta subunit of the oncostatin M receptor, inhibiting signalling of both interleukin 31 and oncostatin M, two cytokine pathways...

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Autores principales: Sofen, Howard, Bissonnette, Robert, Yosipovitch, Gil, Silverberg, Jonathan I., Tyring, Stephen, Loo, Wei Jing, Zook, Matthew, Lee, Mark, Zou, Liangxing, Jiang, Guang-Liang, Paolini, John F.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9932343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36816342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101826
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author Sofen, Howard
Bissonnette, Robert
Yosipovitch, Gil
Silverberg, Jonathan I.
Tyring, Stephen
Loo, Wei Jing
Zook, Matthew
Lee, Mark
Zou, Liangxing
Jiang, Guang-Liang
Paolini, John F.
author_facet Sofen, Howard
Bissonnette, Robert
Yosipovitch, Gil
Silverberg, Jonathan I.
Tyring, Stephen
Loo, Wei Jing
Zook, Matthew
Lee, Mark
Zou, Liangxing
Jiang, Guang-Liang
Paolini, John F.
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description BACKGROUND: Prurigo nodularis is a chronic skin disease characterised by intensely pruritic, hyperkeratotic nodules. Vixarelimab, a human monoclonal antibody, binds to the beta subunit of the oncostatin M receptor, inhibiting signalling of both interleukin 31 and oncostatin M, two cytokine pathways that contribute to pruritus and nodule formation in prurigo nodularis. METHODS: This double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a trial was done at both private and academic dermatology outpatient research clinics across the United States and Canada (n = 40). Patient eligibility criteria included age 18–75 years, physician-documented diagnosis of prurigo nodularis minimum 6 months duration of prurigo nodularis, presence of at least 10 pruritic nodules approximately 0.5–2 cm in size on at least two different anatomical locations (excluding face and scalp) and involving the extremities, and presence of normal-appearing skin between nodules; atopic dermatitis as a comorbidity was exclusionary. Patients were required to have moderate-to-severe pruritus, defined as Worst Itch–Numeric Rating Scale (WI-NRS) score ≥7 at screening and LS-mean weekly WI-NRS score ≥5 for each of the 2 consecutive weeks immediately before randomisation. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive weekly subcutaneous vixarelimab 360 mg (720 mg loading dose) or placebo using stratification factors (sex and presence of atopy) and block size 4 through the IWRS system. Stratification by atopy status was based on the reported high prevalence of atopy in this population and the potential impact of atopy in the immunopathologic process in prurigo nodularis. Patients, investigators, study sponsor, and site staff were masked to study treatment. The primary efficacy endpoint was least squares (LS)-mean percent change from baseline (PCFB) at Week 8 in weekly average Worst Itch–Numeric Rating Scale (WI-NRS) score. The primary efficacy endpoint was analysed with ANCOVA including treatment as fixed effect, with baseline WI-NRS, and randomisation stratification factor as covariates. All randomised patients who had at least 1 dose of study drug or placebo were included in the Safety Analysis Set. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03816891. FINDINGS: Of 50 patients randomised between March 11, 2019 and January 31, 2020, 23 vixarelimab recipients and 26 placebo recipients comprised the modified intent-to-treat analysis population (baseline LS-mean [SD] WI-NRS score, 8.3 [1.05]). Outcomes at Week 8 for vixarelimab versus placebo included LS-mean PCFB in WI-NRS score, −50.6% versus −29.4% (LS-mean difference [95% CI], −21.2% [−40.82, −1.60]; p = 0.03); ≥4-point reduction in WI-NRS score, 52.2% (12/23) versus 30.8% (8/26) (p = 0.11); PN-IGA score of 0 or 1, 30.4% (7/23) versus 7.7% (2/26) (p = 0.03); LS-mean PCFB in pruritus VAS score, −54.4% versus −32.6% (p = 0.03); and LS-mean PCFB sleep loss reduction (improvement), −56.3% versus −30.0% (p = 0.02). No deaths, serious TEAEs, or TEAEs leading to dose interruption were reported. The percentage of vixarelimab recipients reporting any TEAE was 91.3% (21/23) versus 76.9% (20/26) of placebo recipients; drug-related TEAEs generally were similar between the two groups (vixarelimab, 43.5% [10/23]; placebo, 38.5% [10/26]). INTERPRETATION: Vixarelimab demonstrated rapid reduction of pruritus and achievement of clear/almost clear skin in one-third of the patients by Week 8. Relief of itch and clearing of skin nodules represent two important potential therapeutic advances in the management of patients suffering from the debilitating disease Prurigo Nodularis. FUNDING: 10.13039/100016492Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.
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spelling pubmed-99323432023-02-17 Efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin M receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study Sofen, Howard Bissonnette, Robert Yosipovitch, Gil Silverberg, Jonathan I. Tyring, Stephen Loo, Wei Jing Zook, Matthew Lee, Mark Zou, Liangxing Jiang, Guang-Liang Paolini, John F. eClinicalMedicine Articles BACKGROUND: Prurigo nodularis is a chronic skin disease characterised by intensely pruritic, hyperkeratotic nodules. Vixarelimab, a human monoclonal antibody, binds to the beta subunit of the oncostatin M receptor, inhibiting signalling of both interleukin 31 and oncostatin M, two cytokine pathways that contribute to pruritus and nodule formation in prurigo nodularis. METHODS: This double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a trial was done at both private and academic dermatology outpatient research clinics across the United States and Canada (n = 40). Patient eligibility criteria included age 18–75 years, physician-documented diagnosis of prurigo nodularis minimum 6 months duration of prurigo nodularis, presence of at least 10 pruritic nodules approximately 0.5–2 cm in size on at least two different anatomical locations (excluding face and scalp) and involving the extremities, and presence of normal-appearing skin between nodules; atopic dermatitis as a comorbidity was exclusionary. Patients were required to have moderate-to-severe pruritus, defined as Worst Itch–Numeric Rating Scale (WI-NRS) score ≥7 at screening and LS-mean weekly WI-NRS score ≥5 for each of the 2 consecutive weeks immediately before randomisation. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive weekly subcutaneous vixarelimab 360 mg (720 mg loading dose) or placebo using stratification factors (sex and presence of atopy) and block size 4 through the IWRS system. Stratification by atopy status was based on the reported high prevalence of atopy in this population and the potential impact of atopy in the immunopathologic process in prurigo nodularis. Patients, investigators, study sponsor, and site staff were masked to study treatment. The primary efficacy endpoint was least squares (LS)-mean percent change from baseline (PCFB) at Week 8 in weekly average Worst Itch–Numeric Rating Scale (WI-NRS) score. The primary efficacy endpoint was analysed with ANCOVA including treatment as fixed effect, with baseline WI-NRS, and randomisation stratification factor as covariates. All randomised patients who had at least 1 dose of study drug or placebo were included in the Safety Analysis Set. This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03816891. FINDINGS: Of 50 patients randomised between March 11, 2019 and January 31, 2020, 23 vixarelimab recipients and 26 placebo recipients comprised the modified intent-to-treat analysis population (baseline LS-mean [SD] WI-NRS score, 8.3 [1.05]). Outcomes at Week 8 for vixarelimab versus placebo included LS-mean PCFB in WI-NRS score, −50.6% versus −29.4% (LS-mean difference [95% CI], −21.2% [−40.82, −1.60]; p = 0.03); ≥4-point reduction in WI-NRS score, 52.2% (12/23) versus 30.8% (8/26) (p = 0.11); PN-IGA score of 0 or 1, 30.4% (7/23) versus 7.7% (2/26) (p = 0.03); LS-mean PCFB in pruritus VAS score, −54.4% versus −32.6% (p = 0.03); and LS-mean PCFB sleep loss reduction (improvement), −56.3% versus −30.0% (p = 0.02). No deaths, serious TEAEs, or TEAEs leading to dose interruption were reported. The percentage of vixarelimab recipients reporting any TEAE was 91.3% (21/23) versus 76.9% (20/26) of placebo recipients; drug-related TEAEs generally were similar between the two groups (vixarelimab, 43.5% [10/23]; placebo, 38.5% [10/26]). INTERPRETATION: Vixarelimab demonstrated rapid reduction of pruritus and achievement of clear/almost clear skin in one-third of the patients by Week 8. Relief of itch and clearing of skin nodules represent two important potential therapeutic advances in the management of patients suffering from the debilitating disease Prurigo Nodularis. FUNDING: 10.13039/100016492Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Elsevier 2023-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9932343/ /pubmed/36816342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101826 Text en © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Sofen, Howard
Bissonnette, Robert
Yosipovitch, Gil
Silverberg, Jonathan I.
Tyring, Stephen
Loo, Wei Jing
Zook, Matthew
Lee, Mark
Zou, Liangxing
Jiang, Guang-Liang
Paolini, John F.
Efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin M receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study
title Efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin M receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study
title_full Efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin M receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study
title_fullStr Efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin M receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study
title_full_unstemmed Efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin M receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study
title_short Efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin M receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study
title_sort efficacy and safety of vixarelimab, a human monoclonal oncostatin m receptor β antibody, in moderate-to-severe prurigo nodularis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9932343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36816342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101826
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