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. 2017 Dec 22;2017(12):CD011535. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011535.pub2
Trial name or title BI 655066/ABBV‐066 (risankizumab) versus ustekinumab and placebo comparators in a randomized double blind trIal for maintenance use in moderate to severe plaque type psoriasis (UltIMMa‐1)
Methods RCT, active/placebo‐controlled, double‐blind study
Date of study: February 2016 ‐
Location: worldwide
Phase 3
Participants Randomised: 500 participants
Inclusion criteria
  • Men or women aged ≥ 18 years at screening

  • Diagnosis of chronic plaque psoriasis (with or without psoriatic arthritis) for ≥ 6 months before the first administration of study drug

  • Stable moderate‐severe chronic plaque psoriasis with or without psoriatic arthritis at both screening and baseline (randomisation)

  • Involved BSA ≥ 10%

  • PASI score ≥ 12

  • sPGA score of ≥3

  • Must be candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy for psoriasis treatment, as assessed by the investigator

  • Must be a candidate for treatment with Stelara® (ustekinumab) according to local label


Exclusion criteria
  • Non‐plaque forms of psoriasis (including guttate, erythrodermic, or pustular) current drug‐induced psoriasis (including an exacerbation of psoriasis from beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, or lithium) active ongoing inflammatory diseases other than psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis that might confound trial evaluations according to investigator's judgment

  • Previous exposure to BI 655066

  • Previous exposure to ustekinumab (Stelara®)

Interventions Intervention
ABBV‐066 (SC, dosage not stated) Control interventions
Ustekinumab (dosage not stated))
Placebo
Outcomes At week 16
Primary composite outcome
  • PASI 90

  • PGA 0/1


Secondary outcomes
  • PASI 75 at weeks 16 and 52

  • PASI 90 at week 52

  • PGA 0/1 at week 52

Starting date February 2016
Contact information Boehringer Ingelheim
Notes Ongoing study
BI 655066 will be included