For adult patients with non-infectious (NI) intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis
Disease control in adult patients with NI uveitis1,*
*Non-infectious (NI) intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis.
VISUAL I &
VISUAL II
Adult patients with non-infectious (NI) intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis1-3
VISUAL I study design intro: Double-masked trial of adult patients with active† non-infectious intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis. 217 patients were randomized to receive placebo (n=107) or HUMIRA 80 mg loading dose (Week 0) followed by HUMIRA 40 mg EOW starting at Week 1 after the initial dose (n=110). The primary endpoint was time to treatment failure assessed first at Week 6 and every visit thereafter.1,2,‡
VISUAL II study design intro: Double-masked trial of adult patients with inactive§ non-infectious intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis. 226 patients were randomized to receive placebo (n=111) or HUMIRA 80 mg loading dose (Week 0) followed by HUMIRA 40 mg EOW starting at Week 1 after the initial dose (n=115). The primary endpoint was time to treatment failure assessed first at Week 2 and every visit thereafter.1,3,‡
†Active disease was defined as ≥1 of the following parameters in at least 1 eye despite ≥2 weeks of oral glucocorticoid use: active inflammatory chorioretinal or retinal vascular lesion, ≥2+ anterior chamber (AC) cell grade, ≥2+ vitreous haze (VH) grade.2
‡Treatment failure was defined as the presence of any 1 of the 4 markers of disease activity in at least 1 eye.1-3
§Inactive disease was defined as eyes with no inflammatory chorioretinal or vascular retinal lesions, anterior chamber (AC) cell grade of ≤0.5+, vitreous haze (VH) cell grade ≤0.5+.3
EOW=Every other week
Time to treatment failure on or after Week 61,2,*,†
VISUAL I: Adults with active disease
- HUMIRA (n=110)
- Placebo (n=107)
*Mandatory steroid taper from Week 2 to Week 15.2
†Treatment failure at or after Week 6 was counted as an event. Subjects who discontinued the study were censored at the time of dropping out.1
- Differences in disease control between HUMIRA and placebo were seen as early as Week 6, the first time point measured1
- At Month 3, the treatment failure rate for HUMIRA was nearly half the rate for placebo: 25% for HUMIRA (n=25) vs 48% for placebo (n=49)4
- By Month 6, the treatment failure rate was 50% for HUMIRA (n=48) vs 78% for placebo (n=76)4
CI=confidence interval; EOW=every other week
Time to treatment failure on or after Week 21,3,*,†
VISUAL II: Adults with inactive disease
- HUMIRA (n=115)
- Placebo (n=111)
Hazard ratio=0.57
(95% CI, 0.39-0.84, P=0.004)
*Mandatory steroid taper from Week 2 to Week 19.3
†Treatment failure at or after Week 2 was counted as an event. Subjects who discontinued the study were censored at the time of dropping out.1
- Differences in disease control between HUMIRA and placebo were seen as early as Week 2, the first time point measured1
- Median time to treatment failure: Not estimable for HUMIRA vs 8.3 months for placebo (95% CI, 4.8–12.0)1,3
- HUMIRA patients had a 43% reduced risk of treatment failure vs placebo (hazard ratio=0.57 [95% CI, 0.39–0.84])1,3
CI=confidence interval; EOW=every other week
Safety data
- The most common adverse reactions in HUMIRA clinical trials (>10%) were infections (e.g., upper respiratory, sinusitis), injection site reactions, headache, and rash1
- There is a known association between intermediate uveitis and central demyelinating disorders1
Summary of adverse events (AEs) during the randomized trial period (events per 100 patient-years)2,3
VISUAL I2 | VISUAL II3 | |||
Adverse Events | HUMIRA (n=111) PYs=62.4 |
Placebo (n=112) PYs=44.3 |
HUMIRA (n=115) PYs=94.5 |
Placebo (n=114) PYs=71.0 |
Serious adverse events (SAEs) | 18 (28.8) | 6 (13.6) | 13 (13.8) | 10 (14.1) |
AE leading to discontinuation | 13 (20.8) | 5 (11.3) | 11 (11.6) | 7 (9.9) |
Serious infections | 5 (8.0) | 3 (6.8) | 3 (3.2) | 2 (2.8) |
Malignancy | 2 (3.2)a | 0 | 1 (1.1)b | 0 |
AE leading to death | 1 (1.6)c | 0 | 2 (2.1)d | 0 |
Any active TB | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Any latent TB | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 3 (3.2) | 1 (1.4) |
Injection site reactions | 28 (44.9) | 7 (15.8) | 36 (38.1) | 16 (22.6) |
Any demyelinating disease | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The safety profile for patients with NI uveitis* treated with HUMIRA was similar to the safety profile seen in patients with RA.1
*Non-infectious (NI) intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis.
aOne event each of carcinoid tumor of the gastrointestinal tract (Day 244; resolved on Day 251; HUMIRA treatment was not interrupted) and glioblastoma multiforme (Day 242; HUMIRA was discontinued due to this event; last HUMIRA dose, Day 248).2
bOne event of non-serious squamous cell carcinoma of skin (Day 210; resolved on Day 215; HUMIRA treatment was not interrupted).3
cOne death due to end-stage chronic renal disease (37 days after baseline).2
dOne death due to 2 fatal AEs of aortic dissection and cardiac tamponade (18 days after last HUMIRA dose).3
PYs=patient-years; TB=tuberculosis