P2157 - Early Disease Clearance With Etrasimod and Correlation With Week 52 Outcomes and Biomarkers: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase 3 ELEVATE UC Trials
Fernando Magro, MD, PhD1, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, MD, PhD2, Bruce E. Sands, MD, MS, FACG3, Silvio Danese, MD, PhD4, Vipul Jairath, MBChB, DPhil5, Martina Goetsch, MD6, Abhishek Bhattacharjee, PhD7, Joseph Wu, PhD8, Diogo Branquinho, MD, MSc9, Irene Modesto, MD, PhD9, Brian G. Feagan, MD5 1University of Porto and Centro Hospitalar São João, São João, Porto, Portugal; 2Last Inserm U954 and CHU de Nancy, Lorraine University, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Lorraine, France; 3Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; 4IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Lombardia, Italy; 5Western University, London, ON, Canada; 6Pfizer AG, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 7Pfizer Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 8Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, MA; 9Pfizer Inc., New York, NY
Introduction: The concept of disease clearance (DC), which includes symptomatic, endoscopic and histologic remission, has been proposed as the ultimate goal in ulcerative colitis (UC) treatment. However, the prognostic value of this endpoint remains uncertain.1 Etrasimod is an investigational, oral, once-daily, selective sphingosine 1‑phosphate (S1P)1,4,5 receptor modulator in development for the treatment of moderately to severely active UC.
Methods: We report a post hoc analysis from the ELEVATE UC trials to assess relationships between histological/composite endpoints, biomarkers and efficacy outcomes in etrasimod-treated patients (pts). In ELEVATE UC 52 (NCT03945188) and ELEVATE UC 12 (NCT03996369), pts with moderately to severely active UC were randomized 2:1 to once‑daily etrasimod 2 mg or placebo (PBO). DC was defined as Nancy Histological Index=0, Mayo endoscopic subscore (ES)=0, rectal bleeding subscore=0, stool frequency subscore=0 or 1 (if 1, must have ≥ 1 point decrease from baseline). Other endpoints are defined in the Table. Kappa correlation coefficients2 were estimated between histological endpoints at Wk 12 and efficacy outcomes at Wk 52, and between histological endpoints and biomarkers at Wks 12 and 52.
Results: At Wk 12 in both trials, DC was achieved by more etrasimod- than PBO-treated pts (8.4% [23/274] vs 1.5% [2/135] and 9.9% [22/222] vs 4.5% [5/112], p < 0.001 and p=0.042, respectively). The proportion of pts with clinical remission at Wk 52 was higher among pts who achieved DC at Wk 12 (17/23; 74%) vs pts who did not (71/251; 28%). Histologic-endoscopic mucosal improvement at Wk 12 had the highest correlation with efficacy outcomes at Wk 52 (κ 0.357–0.438; Table). Fecal calprotectin and C‑reactive protein normalization showed slight/fair to substantial agreement with histologic endpoints (κ 0.223–0.630; 0.075–0.6, respectively; Table). Absolute lymphocyte count < 0.5x109/L showed no agreement (κ -0.100–0.216; Table).
Discussion: Early achievement of DC showed only fair correlation with Wk 52 efficacy outcomes. Correlation of fecal calprotectin < 150 mg/kg with histological endpoints was most often moderate and improved from Wks 12 to 52. A different approach is needed for development of robust predictive models.
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Disclosures:
Fernando Magro: AbbVie – Personal fees. Amgen – personal fees. Biogen – Personal fees. Celgene – Personal fees. Celltrion – Personal fees. Dr. Falk Pharma – Personal fees. Ferring – Personal fees. GEDII – Grant/Research Support. Hospira – Personal fees. Janssen – Personal fees. Laboratórios Vitória – Personal fees. MSD – Personal fees. National Science Foundation – Grant/Research Support. Pfizer Inc – Personal fees. Sandoz – Personal fees. Takeda – Personal fees. UCB – Personal fees. Vifor – Personal fees.
Fernando Magro, MD, PhD1, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, MD, PhD2, Bruce E. Sands, MD, MS, FACG3, Silvio Danese, MD, PhD4, Vipul Jairath, MBChB, DPhil5, Martina Goetsch, MD6, Abhishek Bhattacharjee, PhD7, Joseph Wu, PhD8, Diogo Branquinho, MD, MSc9, Irene Modesto, MD, PhD9, Brian G. Feagan, MD5. P2157 - Early Disease Clearance With Etrasimod and Correlation With Week 52 Outcomes and Biomarkers: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase 3 ELEVATE UC Trials, ACG 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. Vancouver, BC, Canada: American College of Gastroenterology.