NCT00249808

A Study of Efalizumab in Participants With Moderate to Severe Chronic Psoriasis Who Have Failed, Have a Contraindication to, or Are Intolerant of Other Systemic Therapies

A Multicentre, Open Label Phase IIIb/IV Study of Subcutaneously Administered Efalizumab in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Moderate to Severe Chronic Plaque Psoriasis Who Have Failed to Respond to, or Who Have a Contraindication to, or Are Intolerant to Other Systemic Therapies Including Ciclosporin, Methotrexate and PUVA

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,266 (actual)
• Sponsor: Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a Phase IIIb/IV, open label, multicentre study of efalizumab (anti cluster of differentiation \[CD\] 11a recombinant human monoclonal antibody) in participants with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who have failed to respond to, have a contraindication to, or are intolerant to other systemic therapies including ciclosporin, methotrexate, and psoralen and ultraviolet A phototherapy (PUVA).

Conditions

• Psoriasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Efalizumab - anti-CD11a recombinant human monoclonal antibody	Participants will receive efalizumab 1.0 milligram per kilogram (mg/kg) (with an initial conditioning dose of 0.7 mg/kg) once weekly by subcutaneous injection for 12 weeks (first treatment \[FT\]). Depending on the response at Week 12, participants could receive additional 8 to 12 weekly injections of efalizumab 1.0 mg/kg.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-12-13
• Primary completion: 2007-01-25
• Completion: 2007-01-25
• First posted: 2005-11-07
• Last updated: 2018-03-20
• Results posted: 2018-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom