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NCT Number: NCT05132231

Canadian Real World Evidence Study of Brodalumab in Plaque Psoriasis to Understand the Impact on Quality of Life and Work Productivity

This is a phase IV, 12-month observational, prospective, open-label, multi-center study that will be conducted across approximately 50 sites in Canada for an estimated study duration of 32 months. All eligible adult participants who are enrolling into the SILIQ Patient Support Program (PSP) and initiating brodalumab as per routine care may be offered participation in the study. If the participant agrees, their verbal consent and details will be entered into the study platform by the enrolling physician so that the participant can access the electronic informed consent form. Participants who meet the eligibility criteria and provide electronic informed consent will be enrolled in the study. The study observation period will be 12 months (±15 days). Data will be collected on approximately 500 participants across academic and community centers.

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Key information

Conditions

Psoriasis Skin Diseases Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CARE Site 15, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged ≥ 18 years old at the time of verbal consent to participate in the study.
  • Initiating brodalumab as part of routine clinical care through the SILIQ (brodalumab) Patient Support Program (PSP) for the treatment of plaque psoriasis but has not yet received their first dose. Decision to treat with brodalumab must have been reached prior to and independently of recruitment in the study.
  • Must be able to read, understand, and communicate in English or French.
  • Willing and able to provide informed consent on an online platform using an Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) or Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved electronic Informed Consent Form (ICF) in English or French.

Exclusion criteria

  • Not willing or able to complete ePROs (electronic Patient Reported Outcomes) on an online platform (using a computer or mobile device).
  • Participation in brodalumab phase IV study (NCT04149587).
  • Participation in an interventional clinical trial concurrently or within the last 30 days prior to providing verbal consent to participate in this study.
  • Patient with Crohn's disease or with clinically significant hypersensitivity to brodalumab or to any of the excipients or component of the container (contraindications as per the Product Monograph).
  • Presence of any other serious and/or uncontrolled medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, prohibits the patient from participating in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Brodalumab

Biological

Brodalumab

Matched cohort

Biological

Matched cohort

Primary outcomes

  1. The percentage change from baseline of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) measure is self administered and includes domains of daily activities, leisure, personal relationships, symptoms and feelings, treatment, and work/school. Each item has four response categories, ranging from 0 (not at all or not relevant) to 3 (very much) assessing the impact of the disease over the last week. The DLQI total score is a sum of the 10 questions. Scores range from 0 to 30 and higher scores indicate greater health-related quality-of-life impairment.

  2. The percentage change from baseline of the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment: Psoriasis (WPAI:PSO) component scores at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    The Work Productivity and Activity Impairment: Psoriasis (WPAI:PSO) is a validated self-reported 6-item questionnaire that allows quantitative assessment of the effects of PsO on work productivity, daily activities, and classroom impairment. Scores are calculated as percentages of hours worked and percentages of productivity at work on workdays for respondents who are employed at the time of questionnaire completion.

  3. The percentage change from baseline of the Health Utility Index (HUI2) at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    The Health Utility Index (HUI2) is a 15-item questionnaire that allows researchers to classify the health status of patients and consists of seven attributes (sensation, mobility, emotion, cognition, self-care, pain, and fertility). Health state levels for descriptive responses are converted to health utilities scores using single- and multi-attribute utility functions that consist of look-up tables and mathematical formulae. Utility values for HUI2 range from -0.03 to 1.00, where a value of 1.00 indicates perfect health and a score of 0.00 corresponds to death. Negative scores represent health states considered to be worse than death.

  4. The mean Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM) domain scores at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    The self-administered Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM) questionnaire is along 4 dimensions: medication effectiveness, side effects of use, convenience of use, and global/overall satisfaction. The scale for TSQM scores ranges from 0 (extremely dissatisfied) to 100 (extremely satisfied).

Secondary outcomes

  1. The number and percentage of patients on brodalumab at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-initiation by key patient demographics and clinical characteristics.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Key demographics and clinical characteristics include: prior biologic experience, age, gender, province, disease duration, number of comorbidities.

  2. The number and percentage of patients that initiated brodalumab achieving a Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) response of 75, 90 or 100 at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    The Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) score (0 to 72) is a calculation of plaque qualities, including induration/infiltration (plaque thickness), erythema, and desquamation (scaling), and the area involved with PsO (48). The investigator or qualified designee will score plaque erythema, scaling and induration (on a scale of 0 to 4) and area of involvement (on a scale of 0 to 6) for 4 body areas: head and neck, upper extremities, trunk, and lower extremities.

  3. The number and percentage of patients that initiated brodalumab achieving an Static Physicians Global Assessment (sPGA) score of 0 or 1 at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    The Static Physicians Global Assessment (sPGA) scale (0 [clear] to 4 [severe]) is designed to evaluate the assessor's global assessment of the patient's psoriasis.

  4. The number and percentage of patients that initiated brodalumab achieving a 2 grade or more improvement compared to baseline of the Static Physicians Global Assessment (sPGA) score at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    The Static Physicians Global Assessment (sPGA) scale (0 [clear] to 4 [severe]) is designed to evaluate the assessor's global assessment of the patient's psoriasis.

  5. The percentage change from baseline of the Psoriasis Symptom Inventory (PSI) at 3, 6, and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Psoriasis Symptom Inventory (PSI): The severity of itch, redness, scaling, burning, stinging, cracking, flaking, and pain over the last 24 hours is assessed on a scale of 0 to 4 (0 - not at all, 1- mild, 2 - moderate, 3- severe, 4- very severe) for a total score of 32, with higher scores indicating more severe disease

  6. The number and percentage of Adverse Events (AEs) or (Serious Adverse Events) SAEs reported over 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: 12 months

  7. Reasons for discontinuation of brodalumab therapy.

    Time frame: 12 months

    Discontinuation reason is captured on the case report form.

  8. The number and percentage of patients who initiated brodalumab and remained on treatment after 3 months, 6 months and 12 months post-brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: 12 months

  9. The mean and median time to brodalumab discontinuation.

    Time frame: 12 months

  10. The number of patients encountering psoriasis-related physician

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures.

  11. Associated costs of patients encountering psoriasis-related physician

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures.

  12. The number of patients encountering hospital visit

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures.

  13. Associated costs of patients encountering hospital visit

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures.

  14. The number of patients encountering emergency room (ER) visits

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures.

  15. Associated costs of patients encountering emergency room (ER) visits

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures.

  16. The number of patients encountering psoriasis-related procedures

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures.

  17. Associated costs of patients encountering psoriasis-related procedures

    Time frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures.

  18. The number of psoriasis-related physician encounters in a subgroup of patients treated with brodalumab and a matched cohort at 12 months post brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures

  19. The associated costs of psoriasis-related physician encounters in a subgroup of patients treated with brodalumab and a matched cohort at 12 months post brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures

  20. The number of hospital encounters in a subgroup of patients treated with brodalumab and a matched cohort at 12 months post brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures

  21. The associated costs of hospital encounters in a subgroup of patients treated with brodalumab and a matched cohort at 12 months post brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures

  22. The number of emergency room (ER) visit encounters in a subgroup of patients treated with brodalumab and a matched cohort at 12 months post brodalumab initiation

    Time frame: 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures

  23. The associated costs of emergency room (ER) visit encounters in a subgroup of patients treated with brodalumab and a matched cohort at 12 months post brodalumab initiation

    Time frame: 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures

  24. The number of psoriasis-related procedures encounters in a subgroup of patients treated with brodalumab and a matched cohort at 12 months post brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures

  25. The associated costs of psoriasis-related procedures encounters in a subgroup of patients treated with brodalumab and a matched cohort at 12 months post brodalumab initiation.

    Time frame: 12 months

    Healthcare encounters include: psoriasis-related physician, hospital and emergency room (ER) visits, as well as psoriasis-related procedures

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

CARE: A CAnadian Real World Evidence Study of Brodalumab in Plaque Psoriasis to Understand the Impact on Quality of Life and Work Productivity

Acronym: CARE

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2026
First posted
Nov 24, 2021
Registry last updated
Sep 26, 2025

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