A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Effect of Secukinumab on Aortic Vascular Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers After 12 Weeks of Treatment, Compared to Placebo, and up to 52 Weeks of Treatment With Secukinumab in Adult Subjects With Moderate to Severe Chronic Plaque-type Psoriasis

Secukinumab 300 mg was provided in 1 mL prefilled syringes of 150 mg. Each dose of 300 mg secukinumab consisted of two secukinumab 150 mg injections once weekly for 5 weeks (Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4), followed by dosing every four weeks starting at Week 8 through Week 48 inclusive. The patients (or caregivers) self-injected each dose at the study site under the supervision of site personnel when injections occurred on days of study visits. The injections not occurring on days of study visits were done by the patients (or caregivers) at home.

Placebo was provided in 1 mL prefilled syringe. Each placebo dose consisted of two placebo injections once weekly for five weeks (Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4), then after four weeks at Week 8. At Week 12, patients were switched to receive 300 mg secukinumab once weekly for five weeks (Weeks 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) followed by monthly dosing through Week 48 inclusive. The patients (or caregivers) self-injected each dose at the study site under the supervision of site personnel when injections occured on days of study visits. The injections not occurring on days of study visits were done by the patients (or caregivers) at home.