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Published in final edited form as: Arch Dermatol Res. 2022 Feb 26;315(2):305–315. doi: 10.1007/s00403-022-02325-3

Table 2.

Results of efficacy

Efficacy scores Placebo group (n = 9)

Secukinumab group (n = 11)


Placebo vs. secukinumab
Wk 16 mean % change from baseline Mean diff. (95% CI) baseline to Wk 16 Adjusted p value Wk 16 Mean % change from baseline Mean Diff. (95% CI) baseline to Wk 16 Adjusted p value Wk 16 mean diff. (95% CI) placebo vs. secukinumab Adjusted p value

IASI 32 − 11.8 4.3 (− 6.5 to 15.1) 0.61 31.3 − 7.3 2.4 (− 7.8 to 12.7) 0.88 0.6 (− 11.6 to 12.9) > 0.99
IASI− E 15 − 17.5 3.2 (− 4.0 to 10.4) 0.53 15.6 − 7.7 1.3 (− 4.0 to 6.6) 0.88 − 0.6 (− 7.1 to 5.9) 0.99
IASI− S 16.9 − 6.2 1.1 (− 3.0 to 5.2) 0.82 15.7 − 6.8 1.1 (− 4.6 to 6.9) 0.93 1.2 (− 5.7 to 8.1) 0.96
VIIS 21.1 − 11.6 2.8 (− 2.8 to 8.4) 0.43 19.4 − 10.2 2.2 (− 2.0 to 6.4) 0.43 1.3 (− 4.4 to 7.8) 0.85
Bodemer Score 45.7 12 − 0.1 (− 11.3 to 11.1) > 0.99 38 − 6.5 2.6 (− 6.3 to 11.5) 0.8 7.7 (− 2.4 to 17.8) 0.17
TEWL Arm 32 − 0.2 0.1 (− 12.1 to 12.2) > 0.99 32.7 0 0.0 (− 10.1 to 10.1) > 0.99 − 0.7 (− 13.2 to 11.8) > 0.99
TEWL Buttock 32.8 15.8 − 4.5 (− 14.8 to 5.9) 0.54 33.9 1.8 − 0.6 (− 12.1 to 10.9) > 0.99 − 1.2 (− 15.9 to 13.6) > 0.99
DLQI 9 14.1 − 1.1 (− 5.8 to 3.5) 0.87 9 − 5.7 0.5 (− 2.8 to 3.9) 0.96 0.0 (− 7.7 to 7.7) > 0.99
iQoL-32 61.7 − 1.1 0.7 (− 13.5 to 14.9) > 0.99 67.8 − 7.7 5.6 (− 1.9 to 13.2) 0.16 − 6.2 (− 26.3 to 13.9) 0.82
5-D Itch 16.4 − 3.9 0.7 (− 2.1 to 3.5) 0.87 14.4 − 4.8 0.7 (− 2.5 to 4.0) 0.9 2.1 (− 2.3 to 6.5) 0.52
Itch NRS 5.1 − 6.1 0.3 (− 1.5 to 2.2) 0.94 3.7 − 5.1 0.2 (− 1.7 to 2.1) 0.99 1.4 (− 1.4 to 4.2) 0.5
Pain NRS 1.8 14.3 − 0.2 (− 1.1 to 0.6) 0.83 1.7 − 38.7 1.1 (− 1.5 to 3.7) 0.59 0.1 (− 2.0 to 2.1) > 0.99

Efficacy scores Placebo-first group—on open-label secukinumab (n = 9) Secukinumab group (n = 11) Placebo-first v. secukinumab
Wk 32 Mean % change from Week 16 Mean diff. (95% CI) week 16 to week 32 Adjusted p value Week 32 mean % change from baseline Mean diff. (95% CI) baseline to week 32 Adjusted p value Week 32 mean diff. (95% CI) Placebo-First vs. Secukinumab Adjusted p value
IASI 30.3 − 5.0 1.6 (− 6.9 to 10.1) 0.93 28.3 − 16.0 5.4 (− 0.9 to 11.7) 0.1 2.0 (− 7.1 to 11.1) 0.91
IASI-E 14.8 − 1.5 0.2 (− 5.7 to 6.2) 0.99 13.5 − 20.0 3.4 (0.2 to 6.6) 0.04* 1.3 (− 2.7 to 5.3) 0.78
IASI-S 15.5 − 8.1 1.4 (− 1.8 to 4.5) 0.54 14.9 − 11.6 2.0 (− 1.8 to 5.7) 0.43 0.6 (− 5.5 to 6.8) 0.99
VIIS 21.3 1.3 − 0.3 (− 5.5 to 4.9) > 0.99 17.4 − 19.2 4.1 (1.2 to 7.1) 0.01* 3.9 (− 1.2 to 9.0) 0.16
Bodemer Score 41.5 − 9.3 4.2 (− 4.0 to 12.4) 0.41 37.1 − 8.7 3.5 (− 6.2 to 13.3) 0.69 4.4 (− 6.7 to 15.5) 0.67
TEWL Arm 34.6 8.1 − 2.6 (− 14.6 to 9.4) 0.9 32.6 − 0.4 0.1 (− 12.9 to 13.2) > 0.99 2.0 (− 18.8 to 22.8) 0.99
TEWL Buttock 34.5 5.3 − 1.7 (− 13.9 to 10.4) 0.97 32.2 − 3.0 1.0 (− 10.9 to 12.9) 0.99 2.2 (− 19.2 to 23.5) 0.99
DLQI 8.4 − 6.2 0.6 (− 2.5 to 3.6) 0.94 7.7 − 19.0 1.8 (− 6.2 to 10.0) 0.9 0.7 (− 6.7 to 8.1) 0.99
iQoL-32 61.7 0 0.0 (− 4.9 to 4.9) > 0.99 63.1 − 14.1 10.4 (− 11.1 to 31.9) 0.48 − 1.4 (− 20.4 to 17.6) > 0.99
5-D Itch 16.8 2.1 0.3 (− 2.6 to 1.9) 0.96 14.9 − 1.2 0.2 (− 4.2 to 4.6) > 0.99 1.9 (− 2.8 to 6.5) 0.64
Itch NRS 4.8 − 6.5 0.3 (− 0.4 to 1.0) 0.48 4 2.6 − 0.1 (− 3.5 to 3.3) > 0.99 0.8 (− 2.2 to 3.8) 0.87
Pain NRS 2.3 31.2 − 0.6 (− 2.1 to 1.0) 0.66 1.9 − 32.3 0.9 (− 2.5 to 4.3) 0.85 0.4 (− 2.4 to 3.2) 0.97