Trial reportRMD open2025
Long-term safety and sustained efficacy of bimekizumab in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (radiographic axial spondyloarthritis): 5-year results from BE AGILE (phase 2b) and its open-label extension.
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A Multicenter, Phase 2B, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Dose-Ranging Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Bimekizumab in Subjects With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis
A Multicenter, Open-Label Extension Study to Evaluate the Long Term Safety and Efficacy of Bimekizumab in Subjects With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Impact of symptom duration on the short- and long-term efficacy of bimekizumab in axial spondyloarthritis: results up to 2 years.Arthritis research & therapy · 2026Trial
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- Sustained resolution of enthesitis and peripheral arthritis over 104 weeks with bimekizumab in axial spondyloarthritis.RMD open · 2025Trial
- Current and Emerging Therapies for Uveitis in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Scoping Review.Mediterranean journal of rheumatology · 2026Review
- Biologic and targeted synthetic therapies in ankylosing spondylitis: a pharmacological review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
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13 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveAssess long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy of bimekizumab in ankylosing spondylitis (radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA)).
methodsPatients with active r-axSpA completing the dose-ranging 48-week randomised controlled trial could enrol in the open-label extension, where patients received bimekizumab 160 mg every 4 weeks. Safety (exposure-adjusted incidence rates/100 patient-years (EAIRs)) and efficacy outcomes (binary: non-responder imputation (NRI) and observed case (OC); continuous: multiple imputation (MI)) are presented through 256 weeks.
resultsFrom Weeks 0-256, 289/303 (95.4%) patients had ≥1 treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE); most frequent were nasopharyngitis (21.8%) and upper respiratory tract infection (14.5%). The EAIR of fungal infections was 7.4 (
conclusionsThe safety profile of bimekizumab after 5 years of treatment remained consistent with previous reports, with no new safety signals identified. 5-year efficacy was sustained in this r-axSpA population following robust disease control achieved at Week 48. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS: NCT02963506; NCT03355573.
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