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For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01212770




Registration number
NCT01212770
Ethics application status
Date submitted
29/09/2010
Date registered
1/10/2010
Date last updated
6/05/2020

Titles & IDs
Public title
PALACE 3: Efficacy and Safety Study of Apremilast to Treat Active Psoriatic Arthritis
Scientific title
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Efficacy and Safety Study of Two Doses of Apremilast (CC-10004) in Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis and a Qualifying Psoriasis Lesion
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CC-10004-PSA-004
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
PALACE 3
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Psoriatic Arthritis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Osteoarthritis
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Rheumatoid arthritis
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Other inflammatory or immune system disorders
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Other muscular and skeletal disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Apremilast 20mg
Treatment: Drugs - Apremilast 30mg
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Apremilast 20 mg - 20 mg Apremilast tablets administered twice daily for 24 weeks during the placebo-controlled phase followed by 20 mg Apremilast tablets administered twice daily for up to 4.5 years in the active treatment / long-term safety phase

Experimental: Apremilast 30 mg - 30 mg Apremilast tablets administered twice a day for 24 weeks during the placebo-controlled phase followed by 30 mg Apremilast tablets administered twice a day for up to 4.5 years in the active treatment / long-term safety phase orally twice daily

Placebo Comparator: Placebo + 20 mg Apremilast - Placebo + 20 mg Apremilast tablets administered twice daily for 24 weeks during the placebo-controlled phase followed by 20 mg Apremilast tablets administered twice daily for up to 4.5 years in the active treatment / long-term safety phase. Subjects who do not have at least 20% improvement in their swollen and tender joint counts at Week 16 will escape to 20 mg Apremilast twice daily at Week 16

Placebo Comparator: Placebo + 30 mg Apremilast - Placebo + 30 mg Apremilast tablets administered twice daily for 24 weeks during the placebo-controlled phase followed by 30 mg Apremilast tablets administered twice daily for up to 4.5 years in the active treatment / long-term safety phase. Subjects who do not have at least 20% improvement in their swollen and tender joint counts at Week 16 will escape to 30 mg Apremilast twice daily at Week 16.


Treatment: Drugs: Apremilast 20mg
Apremilast 20 mg twice daily, orally

Treatment: Drugs: Apremilast 30mg
Apremilast 30 mg twice daily, orally

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo


Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) Response at Week 16
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 16
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 20 Response at Week 24
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire- Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 24
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Change From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 16
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 16
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a = 75% Improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index Score (PASI75) at Week 16
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 16
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 16
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 16
Timepoint [9] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [10] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 16
Timepoint [10] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [11] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 16
Timepoint [11] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [12] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 16
Timepoint [12] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [13] 0 0
Change From Baseline in 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning Domain at Week 24
Timepoint [13] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [14] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Modified Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) Response at Week 24
Timepoint [14] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [15] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a = 75% Improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index Score (PASI75) at Week 24
Timepoint [15] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [16] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Patient's Assessment of Pain at Week 24
Timepoint [16] 0 0
Baseline and week 24
Secondary outcome [17] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 24
Timepoint [17] 0 0
Baseline and week 24
Secondary outcome [18] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 24
Timepoint [18] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [19] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) at Week 24
Timepoint [19] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [20] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the Disease Activity Score (DAS28) at Week 24
Timepoint [20] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [21] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-Fatigue) Score at Week 24
Timepoint [21] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [22] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement = 20% at Week 16
Timepoint [22] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [23] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement = 1 Point at Week 16
Timepoint [23] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [24] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Good or Moderate European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Response at Week 16
Timepoint [24] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [25] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement = 20% at Week 24
Timepoint [25] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [26] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement = 1 Point at Week 24
Timepoint [26] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [27] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 24
Timepoint [27] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [28] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a ACR 50 Response at Week 16
Timepoint [28] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [29] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 16
Timepoint [29] 0 0
Baseline and Week 16
Secondary outcome [30] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 24
Timepoint [30] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [31] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a ACR 70 Response at Week 24
Timepoint [31] 0 0
Baseline and Week 24
Secondary outcome [32] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 16
Timepoint [32] 0 0
Week 16
Secondary outcome [33] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 16
Timepoint [33] 0 0
Week 16
Secondary outcome [34] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 24
Timepoint [34] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [35] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 24
Timepoint [35] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [36] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 20 Response at Week 52
Timepoint [36] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [37] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) at Week 52
Timepoint [37] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [38] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale Score at Week 52
Timepoint [38] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [39] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With a Modified PsARC Response at Week 52
Timepoint [39] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [40] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a = 75% Improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index Score (PASI75) at Week 52
Timepoint [40] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [41] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the Patient Assessment of Pain at Week 52
Timepoint [41] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [42] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Entheses Score (MASES) at Week 52
Timepoint [42] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [43] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the Dactylitis Severity Score at Week 52
Timepoint [43] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [44] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the CDAI Score at Week 52
Timepoint [44] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [45] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the DAS28 at Week 52
Timepoint [45] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [46] 0 0
Change From Baseline in the FACIT-Fatigue Scale Score at Week 52
Timepoint [46] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [47] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With MASES Improvement = 20% at Week 52
Timepoint [47] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [48] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With Dactylitis Improvement = 1 Point at Week 52
Timepoint [48] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [49] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving Good or Moderate EULAR Response at Week 52
Timepoint [49] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [50] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 50 Response at Week 52
Timepoint [50] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [51] 0 0
Percentage of Participants With an ACR 70 Response at Week 52
Timepoint [51] 0 0
Baseline and Week 52
Secondary outcome [52] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a MASES Score of Zero at Week 52
Timepoint [52] 0 0
Week 52
Secondary outcome [53] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Achieving a Dactylitis Score of Zero at Week 52
Timepoint [53] 0 0
Week 52
Secondary outcome [54] 0 0
Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) During the Placebo-Controlled Phase
Timepoint [54] 0 0
Week 0 to Week 16 for placebo participants who entered EE at Week 16 and up to Week 24 for all other participants (placebo participants who remained on placebo through week 24 and participants randomized to the APR 20 mg BID or APR 30 mg BID)
Secondary outcome [55] 0 0
Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events During the Apremilast Exposure Period
Timepoint [55] 0 0
Week 0 to Week 260; median duration of exposure to apremilast 20 mg BID was 121.71 weeks and 232.50 weeks for apremilast 30 mg BID

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Males or females, aged = 18 years at time of consent.

- Have a diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA, by any criteria) of = 6 months duration.

- Meet the Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) criteria for PsA at
time of screening.

- Must have been inadequately treated by disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)

- May not have axial involvement alone

- Concurrent Tx allowed with methotrexate, leflunomide, or sulfasalazine

- Have = 3 swollen AND = 3 tender joints.

- Males & Females must use contraception

- Stable dose of NSAIDs, narcotics and low dose oral corticosteroids allowed.

- Have at least one =2 cm psoriasis lesion
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Pregnant or breast feeding.

- History of allergy to any component of the investigational product Hepatitis B surface
antigen and/or Hepatitis C antibody positive at screening.

- Therapeutic failure on > 3 agents for PsA or > 1 biologic tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
blocker

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
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Final
Recruitment in Australia
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Camperdown
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Skin Cancer Foundation - Carlton
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Coff's Clinical Trials - Coffs Harbour
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Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital - Heidelberg
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Menzies Centre for Population Health Research - Hobart
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Optimus Clinical Research Pty. Ltd - Kogarah
Recruitment hospital [7] 0 0
Coastal Joint Care - Maroochydore
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Woodville
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2050 - Camperdown
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3053 - Carlton
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2450 - Coffs Harbour
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3081 - Heidelberg
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7000 - Hobart
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2217 - Kogarah
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4558 - Maroochydore
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5011 - Woodville
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Amgen
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether apremilast is safe and effective in the
treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis and a qualifying psoriasis lesion.

Apremilast is proposed to improve signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (tender and
swollen joints, pain, physical function) in treated patients.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01212770
Trial related presentations / publications
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Contacts
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Amgen
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01212770