Safety of guselkumab treatment for up to 5 years in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis : pooled analyses across seven clinical trials with more than 8600 patient-years of exposure

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BACKGROUND: Guselkumab has demonstrated favourable safety and efficacy across individual clinical studies in adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the safety of guselkumab in patients with psoriasis using pooled data from seven phase II/III studies (X-PLORE, VOYAGE 1, VOYAGE 2, NAVIGATE, ORION, ECLIPSE, Japan registration).

METHODS: All studies, except NAVIGATE and ECLIPSE (active comparator-controlled only), included a 16-week placebo-controlled period; X-PLORE, VOYAGE 1 and VOYAGE 2 included both placebo and active controls. In most studies, guselkumab-treated patients received 100-mg subcutaneous injections at week 0, week 4, and then every 8 weeks thereafter. Safety data were summarized for the placebo-controlled period (weeks 0-16) and through the end of the reporting period (up to 5 years). Incidence rates of key safety events were integrated post hoc, adjusted for the duration of follow-up and reported per 100 patient-years (PY).

RESULTS: During the placebo-controlled period, 544 patients received placebo (165 PY) and 1220 received guselkumab (378 PY). Through the end of the reporting period, 2891 guselkumab-treated patients contributed 8662 PY of follow-up. During the placebo-controlled period, in the guselkumab and placebo groups, respectively, rates of adverse events (AEs) were 346/100 PY and 341/100 PY, and infections were 95.9/100 PY and 83.6/100 PY. Rates of serious AEs (6.3/100 PY vs. 6.7/100 PY), AEs leading to discontinuation (5.0/100 PY vs. 9.7/100 PY), serious infections (1.1/100 PY vs. 1.2/100 PY), malignancy (0.5 patients/100 PY vs. 0.0 patients/100 PY) and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE; 0.3/100 PY vs. 0.0/100 PY) were low and comparable between guselkumab and placebo. Through the end of the reporting period, safety event rates were lower than or comparable to the placebo-controlled period in guselkumab-treated patients: AEs, 169/100 PY; infections, 65.9/100 PY; serious AEs, 5.3/100 PY; AEs leading to discontinuation, 1.6/100 PY; serious infections, 0.9/100 PY; malignancy, 0.7/100 PY; and MACE, 0.3/100 PY. There were no cases of Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, opportunistic infection or active tuberculosis related to guselkumab.

CONCLUSIONS: In this comprehensive analysis of 2891 guselkumab-treated patients with psoriasis followed for up to 5 years (8662 PY), guselkumab demonstrated favourable safety, consistent with previous reports. Safety event rates in guselkumab-treated patients were similar to those observed with placebo and were consistent throughout long-term treatment.

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CommentIn: Br J Dermatol. 2023 May 13;:. - PMID 37177897

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:189

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The British journal of dermatology - 189(2023), 1 vom: 07. Juli, Seite 42-52

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lebwohl, Mark G [VerfasserIn]
Merola, Joseph F [VerfasserIn]
Rowland, Katelyn [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Ya-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Jenny [VerfasserIn]
You, Yin [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Daphne [VerfasserIn]
Thaçi, Diamant [VerfasserIn]
Langley, Richard G [VerfasserIn]

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089658A12D
Adalimumab
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Clinical Trial
FYS6T7F842
Guselkumab
Journal Article

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Date Completed 19.07.2023

Date Revised 20.11.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: Br J Dermatol. 2023 May 13;:. - PMID 37177897

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/bjd/ljad115

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NLM355274566