A Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Deucravacitinib Compared With Placebo in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Who Are Naïve to Biologic Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs or Had Previously Received TNFα Inhibitor Treatment
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04908189 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : June 1, 2021
Last Update Posted : January 18, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Psoriatic Arthritis | Drug: Deucravacitinib Other: Placebo Drug: Apremilast | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 700 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Deucravacitinib in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Who Are Naïve to Biologic Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs or Had Previously Received TNFα Inhibitor Treatment |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 15, 2021 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 5, 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 5, 2026 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Deucravacitinib |
Drug: Deucravacitinib
Specified dose on specified days
Other Name: BMS-986165 |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo |
Drug: Deucravacitinib
Specified dose on specified days
Other Name: BMS-986165 Other: Placebo Specified dose on specified days |
Apremilast |
Drug: Apremilast
Specified dose on specified days
Other Name: Otezla |
- Proportion of participants meeting American College of Rheumatology improvement of 20% (ACR20) [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Change from baseline Disease Activity Score 28 with C-Reactive Protein (DAS28-CRP) [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Change from baseline Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Proportion of participants meeting Psoriatic Area and Severity Index (PASI) 75 response [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Change from baseline Short Form-36 Physical Component Survey (SF-36 PCS) score [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Proportion of participants meeting enthesitis resolution among participants with enthesitis at baseline by Leeds Enthesitis Index (LEI) [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Proportion of participants meeting achievement of Minimal Disease Activity (MDA) [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Change from baseline in Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Fatigue score [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Proportion of participants meeting dactylitis resolution among the participants with dactylitis at baseline [ Time Frame: At week 16 ]
- Proportion of participants meeting ACR 20 response [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting American College of Rheumatology improvement of 50% (ACR 50) response [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting American College of Rheumatology improvement of 70% (ACR 70) response [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in HAQ-DI score [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants who achieve a clinically meaningful improvement (≥ 0.35 improvement from baseline) in HAQ-DI score among participants with a HAQ-DI score ≥ 0.35 at baseline [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting PASI 75 response [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting PASI 90 response [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting PASI 100 response [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in the SF-36 PCS score [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting enthesitis resolution among participants with enthesitis at baseline by LEI [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting enthesitis resolution among participants with enthesitis at baseline by Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting achievement of MDA [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in SF-36 Mental Component Summary (MCS) score [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in FACIT-Fatigue score [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting dactylitis resolution among the participants with dactylitis at baseline [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in Psoriatic Arthritis Impact of Disease (PsAID) 12 score [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic Arthritis Score (DAPSA) score [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants with achievement of DAPSA low disease activity response [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants with achievement of DAPSA disease remission [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting achievement of Physician Global Assessment-Fingernails (PGA-F) of 0/1 in participants with a baseline PGA-F score of ≥ 3 [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in DAS28-CRP score [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants with achievement of a DAS28-CRP low disease activity response [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants with achievement of a DAS28-CRP disease remission [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity Score (PASDAS) [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in modified Composite Psoriatic Disease Activity Index (mCPDAI) score [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants achieving Psoriatic Arthritis Response Criteria (PsARC) [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Proportion of participants meeting achievement of improvement from baseline in Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) score among participants with spondylitis in addition to peripheral joint involvement as their presentation of PsA [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in domain scales scores of SF-36 [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in PCS score of SF-36 [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in MCS score of SF- 36 [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in the subcomponents of the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in the 5-level EuroQoL 5-dimension (EQ-5D-5L) utility scores [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in the 5-level EQ-5D utility score subcomponents [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Change from baseline in Patient- Reported Outcome Measures Information System (PROMIS) sleep disturbance score (short form) [ Time Frame: Up to 16 weeks ]
- Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Up to week 156 ]
- Incidence of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) [ Time Frame: Up to week 156 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosed to have psoriatic arthritis (PsA) of at least 3 months duration at Screening
- Meets the Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) criteria at Screening
- Active plaque psoriatic skin lesion(s) or documented medical history of plaque psoriasis (PsO) at Screening
- Active arthritis as shown by ≥ 3 swollen joints and ≥ 3 tender joints at Screening and Day 1
- Participant has high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) ≥ 3 mg/L at Screening
- Must have completed the week 52 treatment for the optional open-label long-term extension period
Exclusion Criteria:
- Nonplaque psoriasis at Screening or Day 1
- Other autoimmune condition such as systemic lupus erythematous, mixed connective tissue disease, multiple sclerosis, or vasculitis
- History of or current inflammatory joint disease other than PsA (e.g., gout, reactive arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Lyme disease)
- Active fibromyalgia
- Received an approved or investigational biologic therapy for the treatment of PsA or PsO
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria apply

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04908189
Contact: BMS Study Connect Contact Center www.BMSStudyConnect.com | 855-907-3286 | Clinical.Trials@bms.com | |
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Study Director: | Bristol-Myers Squibb | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
Responsible Party: | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04908189 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IM011-055 2020-005099-36 ( EudraCT Number ) U1111-1259-9466 ( Registry Identifier: WHO ) |
First Posted: | June 1, 2021 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 18, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Psoriatic arthritis PsA Deucravacitinib |
BMS-986165 Apremilast Otezla |
Arthritis Arthritis, Psoriatic Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Spondylarthropathies Spondylarthritis Spondylitis Spinal Diseases Bone Diseases Psoriasis Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous Skin Diseases Apremilast BMS-986165 |
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal Analgesics, Non-Narcotic Analgesics Sensory System Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Anti-Inflammatory Agents Antirheumatic Agents Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Dermatologic Agents Protein Kinase Inhibitors |