Risankizumab, an IL-23 inhibitor, for ankylosing spondylitis: results of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept, dose-finding phase 2 study

Baeten, Dominique; Østergaard, Mikkel; Wei, James Cheng-Chung; Sieper, Joachim; Järvinen, Pentti; Tam, Lai-Shan; Salvarani, Carlo; Kim, Tae-Hwan; Solinger, Alan; Datsenko, Yakov; Pamulapati, Chandrasena; Visvanathan, Sudha; Hall, David B; Aslanyan, Stella; Scholl, Paul; Padula, Steven J

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213328

Risankizumab, an IL-23 inhibitor, for ankylosing spondylitis: results of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept, dose-finding phase 2 study

Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of risankizumab, a humanised monoclonal antibody targeting the p19 subunit of interleukin-23 (IL-23), in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods A total of 159 patients with biological-naïve AS, with active disease (Bath Ankylosing …