Trial reportBMJ open gastroenterology2025
Etrasimod for the symptomatic relief of ulcerative colitis: a post-hoc analysis from the ELEVATE UC clinical programme.
Trial report in BMJ open gastroenterology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, 52-Week Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Etrasimod in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, 12-Week Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Etrasimod in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Mirikizumab as Induction and Maintenance Therapy in Chinese Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: A Subpopulation Analysis of the Randomized, Global Phase 3 LUCENT-1 and LUCENT-2 Trials.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026Trial
- Bowel urgency in inflammatory bowel disease: A concept analysis.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026Review
- Bowel urgency in ulcerative colitis is associated with clinical endpoints, health-related quality of life, and biomarkers: data from the etrasimod ELEVATE UC 52 trial.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveBothersome ulcerative colitis (UC) symptoms include stool frequency (SF), rectal bleeding (RB), abdominal pain and bowel urgency; symptomatic relief is a key treatment goal. Etrasimod is an oral, once-daily (QD), selective sphingosine 1-phosphate
methodsIn both ELEVATE UC 52 and ELEVATE UC 12, adults were randomly assigned (2:1) to etrasimod 2 mg QD or placebo. Symptomatic remission, symptomatic response, complete symptomatic remission, SF and RB were evaluated at each trial visit. Bowel urgency and abdominal pain were also assessed (weeks 12 and 52).
resultsSignificantly more patients receiving etrasimod were in symptomatic remission and symptomatic response at weeks 12 and 52 versus placebo (all p<0.001). Improvements from baseline in RB and SF subscores were significantly greater in those receiving etrasimod versus placebo from weeks 2 (ELEVATE UC 12) and 4 (ELEVATE UC 52). Similarly, a significantly greater number of patients in the etrasimod versus placebo group were in complete symptomatic remission. At weeks 12 and 52, the number of patients achieving clinically meaningful improvements in bowel urgency, bowel urgency remission and abdominal pain remission was significantly greater for etrasimod versus placebo (all p<0.05).
conclusionEtrasimod was efficacious in improving symptoms of UC from week 2; improvements were maintained through week 52. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03945188; NCT03996369.
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