Improvement across key psoriatic domains with TREMFYA® (guselkumab)

Secondary Endpoints: Week 24, NRI

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Joint*†
32%
achieved joint improvement (ACR50)(78/248) vs 14% (35/246) for placebo in DISCOVER 2 (P<0.0001)1,2
30%
achieved joint improvement (ACR50) (38/127) vs 9% (11/126) for placebo in DISCOVER 1 (P<0.0001)1,3
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Psoriasis*†
69%
achieved clearer skin (PASI 90) (121/176) vs 10% (18/183) for placebo in DISCOVER 22
50%
achieved clearer skin (PASI 90) (41/82) vs 12% (9/78) for placebo in DISCOVER 13
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Enthesitis*†‡
50%
achieved complete resolution (LEI score=0)(114/230) vs 29% (75/255) for placebo pooled data from DISCOVER 1 and DISCOVER 2 (P=0.0301)2
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Axial disease*†§ǁ¶
40%
achieved a BASDAI50 response (34/84) vs 19% (21/110) for placebo pooled data from DISCOVER 1 and DISCOVER 24
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Dactylitis*†#**
59%
achieved complete resolution (dactylitis score=0) (95/160) vs 42% (65/154) for placebo pooled data from DISCOVER 1 and DISCOVER 2 (P=0.0301)2
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Nail data††‡‡§§
PsO Pivotal Trials: prespecified other secondary analysis at Week 16, NRI
34%
VOYAGE 1 mean percent improvement from baseline NAPSI (target nail) (n=194) vs -0.9% (n=99) for placebo5
40%
VOYAGE 2 mean percent improvement from baseline NAPSI (target nail) (n=280) vs 2% (n=140) for placebo6
Of patients receiving TREMFYA® (VOYAGE 1, n=329, and VOYAGE 2, n=469) in moderate to severe plaque PsO, 194 (VOYAGE 1) and 280 (VOYAGE 2) PsO patients presented with nail disease.

PASI 90, NAPSI, and BASDAI50 responses were not adjusted for multiplicity. Therefore, statistical significance has not been established.

ACR50 response in DISCOVER 1 and DISCOVER 2 was not part of sequential testing procedure but was prespecified to be tested upon achieving statistical significance for ACR20 at Week 24.

ACR=American College of Rheumatology; BASDAI=Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; LEI=Leeds Enthesitis Index; NAPSI=Nail Psoriasis Severity Index; NRI=nonresponder imputation; PASI=Psoriasis Area and Severity Index.

*Through Week 24, patients in DISCOVER 1 and DISCOVER 2 were considered to be nonresponders after meeting treatment failure (see study designs). After Week 24, treatment failure rules were not applied.

Patients with missing data were considered nonresponders.

Among patients with LEI enthesitis score >0 at baseline.

§Included patients with sacroiliitis at baseline who had either documented imaging confirmation of sacroiliitis in the past or pelvic X-ray confirmation of sacroiliitis at screening based on investigators’ judgment of presence/absence of sacroiliitis.

||BASDAI is a subject self-assessment of axial disease, which asks patients to rate their symptoms on a scale of 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater disease severity.

Patients with BASDAI >0 at baseline.

#Among patients with dactylitis score >0 at baseline.

**After Week 24, patients and doctors knew that all patients were on TREMFYA® (open label with a blinded dosing interval), which may have affected the results.

††In a subpopulation of patients with NAPSI (target nail) score >0 at baseline.

‡‡Fingernail psoriasis was assessed using NAPSI, in which the nail most affected by psoriasis (target nail) is divided into quadrants and graded for psoriasis of the nail matrix (pitting, leukonychia, red spots in the lunula, and nail plate crumbling) and nail bed (onycholysis, splinter hemorrhages, oil drop discoloration, and nail bed hyperkeratosis) on a scale of 0 to 4 for a total score ranging from 0 to 8; a higher score indicates more severe disease.

§§Limitation: All 10 fingernails may also be evaluated using NAPSI.

"The use of TREMFYA® in my life at my age has given me a new and renewed outlook at life. The swelling, stiffness, and pain in my knees has improved. I can go upstairs, downstairs, and walk with less symptoms…"

- Humberto, real TREMFYA® patient

Humberto Testimonial

References: 1.TREMFYA® (guselkumab) [Prescribing Information]. Horsham, PA: Janssen Biotech, Inc. 2. Mease PJ, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, et al. Guselkumab in biologic-naïve patients with active psoriatic arthritis (DISCOVER 2): a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2020; 395(10230):1126-1136. 3. Deodhar A, Helliwell PS, Boehncke W-H, et al. Guselkumab in patients with active psoriatic arthritis who were biologic-naïve or had previously received TNFα inhibitor treatment (DISCOVER 1): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2020;395(10230):1115-1125. 4. Helliwell PS, Gladman DD, Poddubnyy D, et al. Efficacy of guselkumab, a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to the p19-subunit of IL-23, on endpoints related to axial involvement in patients with active PsA with imaging-confirmed sacroiliitis: week-24 results from two phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. Presented at EULAR; June 3, 2020. 5. Blauvelt A, Papp KA, Griffiths CEM, et al. Efficacy and safety of guselkumab, an anti-interleukin-23 monoclonal antibody, compared with adalimumab for the continuous treatment of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis: results from the phase III, double-blinded, placebo- and active comparator-controlled VOYAGE 1 trial. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017;76(3):405-417. 6. Reich K, Armstrong AW, Foley P, et al. Efficacy and safety of guselkumab, an anti-interleukin-23 monoclonal antibody, compared with adalimumab for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis with randomized withdrawal and retreatment: results from the phase III, double-blind, placebo- and active comparator-controlled VOYAGE 2 trial. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017;76(3):418-431.

Proven results across key domains

DISCOVER 2: OLE active treatment, Week 100, NRI post hoc analysis

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Joint*†
55%
achieved joint improvement (ACR50)(136/248)1,2
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Psoriasis*†
70%
achieved clearer skin (PASI 90) (123/176)1,2
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Enthesitis*†‡
70%
achieved complete resolution (LEI score=0) (110/158)1-3
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Axial disease*†§ǁ¶#
53%
achieved a BASDAI50 response (33/62)1
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Dactylitis*†#**
83%
achieved complete resolution (dactylitis score=0) (92/111)1-3
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New UC data—a related condition of PsA5

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Nail data††‡‡§§
Week 48 PsO Pivotal Trial: Prespecified other secondary analysis at Week 48, NRI
68%
VOYAGE 1 mean percent improvement from baseline NAPSI (target nail) (n=194)4
Of 329 patients receiving TREMFYA® in the moderate to severe plaque PsO study, 194 presented with nail disease.

PASI 90, NAPSI, and BASDAI50 endpoints were not adjusted for multiplicity. Therefore, statistical significance has not been established.

ACR=American College of Rheumatology; BASDAI=Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index; LEI=Leeds Enthesitis Index; NAPSI=Nail Psoriasis Severity Index; NRI=nonresponder imputation; OLE=open-label extension; PASI=Psoriasis Area and Severity Index; UC=ulcerative colitis.

*Through Week 24, patients in DISCOVER 1 and DISCOVER 2 were considered to be nonresponders after meeting treatment failure (see study designs). After Week 24, treatment failure rules were not applied.

Patients with missing data were considered nonresponders.

Among patients with LEI enthesitis score >0 at baseline.

§Included patients with sacroiliitis at baseline who had either documented imaging confirmation of sacroiliitis in the past or pelvic X-ray confirmation of sacroiliitis at screening based on investigators’ judgment of presence/absence of sacroiliitis.

||BASDAI is a subject self-assessment of axial disease, which asks patients to rate their symptoms on a scale of 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater disease severity.

Patients with BASDAI >0 at baseline.

#After Week 24, patients and doctors knew that all patients were on TREMFYA® (open label with a blinded dosing interval), which may have affected the results.

**Among patients with dactylitis score >0 at baseline.

††In a subpopulation of patients with NAPSI (target nail) score >0 at baseline.

‡‡Fingernail psoriasis was assessed using NAPSI, in which the nail most affected by psoriasis (target nail) is divided into quadrants and graded for psoriasis of the nail matrix (pitting, leukonychia, red spots in the lunula, and nail plate crumbling) and nail bed (onycholysis, splinter hemorrhages, oil drop discoloration, and nail bed hyperkeratosis) on a scale of 0 to 4 for a total score ranging from 0 to 8; a higher score indicates more severe disease.

§§Limitation: All 10 fingernails may also be evaluated using NAPSI.

References: 1. Data on file. Janssen Biotech, Inc. 2. McInnes IB, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, et al. Efficacy and safety of guselkumab, an interleukin-23p19-specific monoclonal antibody, through one year in biologic-naïve patients with psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021;73(4):604-616. 3. McInnes IB, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, et al. Long-term efficacy and safety of guselkumab, a monoclonal antibody specific to the p19 subunit of interleukin-23, through two years: results from a phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study conducted in biologic-naïve patients with active psoriatic arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022;74(3):475-485. 4. Blauvelt A, Papp KA, Griffiths CEM, et al. Efficacy and safety of guselkumab, an anti-interleukin-23 monoclonal antibody, compared with adalimumab for the continuous treatment of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis: results from the phase III, double-blinded, placebo- and active comparator-controlled VOYAGE 1 trial. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017;76(3):405-417. 5. Coates LC, Sariano ER, Carp N, et al; and the GRAPPA Treatment Recommendations domain subcommittees. Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA): updated treatment recommendations for psoriatic arthritis 2021. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2022;18:465-479.

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