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Phase 3 N=397 Treatment

Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of Canakinumab Prefilled Syringes in Frequently Flaring Acute Gouty Arthritis Patients

Acute Gouty Arthritis

Enrolled (actual)
397
Serious AEs
6.6%
Results posted
Jul 2021
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Who Reported Adverse Events — 78; 65; 64 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Interventions
Canakinumab 150mg in prefilled syringe (Drug)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Primary completion
May 2013

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Number of Participants Who Reported Adverse Events
78; 65; 64
SECONDARY
Probability of New Gout Flares at End of Study
65.50; 75.42; 72.95
SECONDARY
Number of Participant With New Flares
35; 46; 36; 17; 7; 26
SECONDARY
Change From Baseline in Pain Intensity on a 5-point Likert Scale
-2.5; -2.3; -2.7
SECONDARY
Change From Baseline in Pain Intensity in the Most Affected Joint (on a 0-100 mm Visual Analogue Scale [VAS]) Over Time
74.2; 75.5; 74.3; -12.9; -13.0; -10.2
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Who Responded for Patient's Global Assessment of Response to Treatment
50; 11; 11; 17; 4; 7
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Responded for Physician's Assessment of Tenderness, Swelling and Erythema of the Most Affected Joint
0; 0; 0; 14; 6; 14
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Responded for Physician's Global Assessment of Response to Treatment
38; 33; 32; 9; 14; 13

Summary

This is a 36 week open-label extension of the canakinumab pre-filled syringe study for safety and tolerability in patients who have frequent flares of acute gouty arthritis.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Compliance and completion of the canakinumab PFS core study
  • Unchanged significant clinical medical history from entry into core study

Exclusion criteria

  • Physician judgment of unsuitability for the study
  • Pregnant or nursing women Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01431638). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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