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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03136861
Date of registration: 28/04/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Public title: SKIPPAIN - Speed of Onset of SecuKinumab-Induced Relief From Pain in Patients With AxIal SpoNdyloarthritis SKIPPAIN
Scientific title: A 24-week, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Secukinumab in Controlling Spinal Pain in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis
Date of first enrolment: June 30, 2017
Target sample size: 383
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03136861
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czechia Estonia Finland Greece Ireland
Italy Latvia Lithuania Poland Russian Federation Spain Sweden Switzerland
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:     Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Affiliation:  Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of axial spondylarthritis (axSpA, either ankylosing spondylitis or non
radiographic axial spondylarthritis) according to ASAS axSpA classification criteria

- patients with back pain for at least 3 months and age of onset less than 45 years

- Active axSpA as assessed by total BASDAI score of at least 4 at Baseline.

- Spinal pain numeric rating scale score of more than 4 at Baseline.

- inadequate response to or failure to respond to at least 2 different NSAIDs at the
highest recommended dose for at least 4 weeks in total prior to randomization

Key Exclusion Criteria:

- Chest X-ray or MRI with evidence of ongoing infectious or malignant process

- Patients previously treated with any biological immunomodulating agents, except those
targeting tumor necrosis factor alpha.

- Patients who have been exposed to more than one anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha
agent.

- Active ongoing inflammatory diseases other than axial spondyloarthritis

- Other ongoing mechanical diseases affecting the spine.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spondyloarthritis
Intervention(s)
Biological: AIN457
Drug: AIN457 Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Percentage of Participants With a Spinal Pain Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) Score Below 4 at Week 8 (Treatment Period 1) [Time Frame: Week 8]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Percentage of Participants With a Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index Score Below 4 at Week 8 (Treatment Period 1) [Time Frame: Week 8]
Secondary ID(s)
CAIN457H3301
2017-000401-21
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 19/02/2020
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT03136861
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