Phase 3 study for people with Psoriasis

Reproduced exactly, unedited. Written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis:

  1. Deemed by the Investigator to be a candidate for phototherapy or systemic treatment for psoriasis, including ustekinumab;
  2. Have at least 1 of the following cardiovascular risk factors:

• Current cigarette smoker

• Diagnosis of hypertension

• Diagnosis of hyperlipidemia

• Diabetes mellitus type 1 or 2

• History of one or more of the following cardiovascular events: Coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), myocardial infarction (heart attack), cardiac arrest, hospitalization for unstable angina, acute coronary syndrome, stroke, or transient ischemic attack

• Obesity

• Family history of premature coronary heart disease or sudden death in a first-degree male relative younger than 55 years of age or in a first-degree female relative younger than 65 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants must not have recent history of 1 of the following cardiovascular events: MI, stroke, or coronary revascularization, or VTE within 90 days prior to Day 1.
• Participants must not have unstable CVD, defined as a recent clinical cardiovascular event (eg, unstable angina, rapid atrial fibrillation), or a cardiac hospitalization (eg, pacemaker implantation, HF) within 90 days prior to Day 1.
• Participants must not have evidence of active cancer or history of cancer (solid organ or hematologic malignancy including myelodysplastic syndrome) or lymphoproliferative disease within the previous 5 years (other than resected cutaneous basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma, or carcinoma of cervix in situ that has been treated with no evidence of recurrence).
• Other protocol define inclusion/exclusion criteria apply.