Abstract
Background
Data on treatment outcomes in patients with psoriasis who have skin of color are limited. Brodalumab has shown efficacy in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.
Objective
Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and health-related quality of life associated with brodalumab in patients with skin of color participating in two phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active comparator–controlled studies (AMAGINE-2/-3).
Methods
Patients were self-categorized into racial subgroups (black, Asian, or white) or the non-mutually exclusive ethnic subgroup Hispanic/Latino. Patients were randomized to receive brodalumab 210 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W) or ustekinumab (45 mg in patients weighing ≤ 100 kg and 90 mg in patients weighing > 100 kg) for 52 weeks. Skin clearance was monitored using the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) and Static Physician’s Global Assessment (sPGA). Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were summarized by treatment and racial and ethnic subgroup. Health-related quality of life was assessed using the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI).
Results
During the 12-week induction phase, 613 patients received ustekinumab (black, n = 20; Asian, n = 24; white, n = 551; Hispanic/Latino, n = 68) and 1236 patients received brodalumab 210 mg Q2W (black, n = 36; Asian, n = 39; white, n = 1116; Hispanic/Latino, n = 132). At week 52, a total of 590 patients received continuous ustekinumab (black, n = 19; Asian, n = 23; white, n = 532; Hispanic/Latino, n = 64) and 339 patients were re-randomized to continue receiving brodalumab 210 mg Q2W (black, n = 10; Asian, n = 7; white, n = 308; Hispanic/Latino, n = 40). Among patients who received brodalumab 210 mg Q2W, skin clearance response rates were similar across racial and ethnic subgroups at week 12 and week 52; rates of 75%, 90%, and 100% improvement in PASI from baseline were also higher, as was sPGA score ≤ 1, than in patients who received ustekinumab across all racial and ethnic subgroups. Rates of TEAEs and ≥ 5-point improvement in DLQI score were similar across racial and ethnic subgroups.
Conclusions
Brodalumab 210 mg Q2W is well tolerated and efficacious across diverse racial and ethnic subgroups in patients with psoriasis, including black, Asian, white, and Hispanic/Latino patients.
Trial Registry
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01708603 (AMAGINE-2); NCT01708629 (AMAGINE-3).
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The AMAGINE-2/-3 studies were supported by Amgen. This analysis was supported by Ortho Dermatologics.
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Study protocols were consistent with the 2008 Declaration of Helsinki and the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice and were approved by individual institutional review boards at each participating study center. All participants signed and personally dated the informed consent form approved by the independent ethics committees and institutional review boards before any study-specific procedures were performed. Additional informed consent was obtained from all individual participants whose photographs appear in this article.
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Amy McMichael has been an investigator for Allergan, Casseopea, Concert, Incyte, and Samumed and a consultant to Aclaris, Galderma, IntraDerm, Johnson & Johnson, Merz, Pfizer, PharmaDerm, Procter & Gamble, and Samumed. Seemal R. Desai has been a consultant to Bausch Health Companies. Andrew F. Alexis has received grants from Dermira, Novartis, and LEO Pharma; consulting fees or honorarium from Novartis, LEO Pharma, and Bausch Health Companies; and speaking fees from LEO Pharma; and has provided writing assistance, medicines, equipment, or administrative support to Bausch Health Companies. Aamir Qureshi is an employee of Ortho Dermatologics and may hold stocks and/or stock options in Bausch Health Companies Pharmaceuticals. Shipra Rastogi may hold stocks and/or stock options in Bausch Health Companies Pharmaceuticals.
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McMichael, A., Desai, S.R., Qureshi, A. et al. Efficacy and Safety of Brodalumab in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Plaque Psoriasis and Skin of Color: Results from the Pooled AMAGINE-2/-3 Randomized Trials. Am J Clin Dermatol 20, 267–276 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40257-018-0408-z
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