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Bimekizumab treatment for sustained improvements in patient symptoms and health-related quality of life to 3 years in axial spondyloarthritis: results from the BE MOBILE studies and their open-label extension.

Victoria Navarro-Compán, Uta Kiltz, Philip J Mease, Maureen Dubreuil, Karl Gaffney, Atul Deodhar, Christine de la Loge, Chetan Prajapati, Sarah Kavanagh, Helena Marzo-Ortega

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Trial report in RMD open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03928704 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Bimekizumab in Subjects With Active Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB Biopharma SRLRan2019 to 2023Enrolled274ConditionsNonradiographic Axial SpondyloarthritisArmsBimekizumab, Placebo
NCT03928743 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Bimekizumab in Subjects With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB Biopharma SRLRan2019 to 2022Enrolled332ConditionsAnkylosing SpondylitisArmsBimekizumab, Placebo
NCT04436640 phase3active not recruitingnot on this map

A Multicenter, Open-Label Extension Study to Asses the Long-Term Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Bimekizumab in the Treatment of Study Participants With Active Axial Spondyloarthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB Biopharma SRLRan2020 to 2026Enrolled508ConditionsAxial Spondyloarthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, r-axSpa, Nr-axSpaArmsBimekizumab
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Victoria Navarro-CompánDepartment of Rheumatology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, Madrid, Spain mvictoria.navarroc@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4527-852X
Uta KiltzRuhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5668-4497
Philip J MeaseDepartment of Rheumatology, Providence-Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6620-0457
Maureen DubreuilDepartment of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Karl GaffneyDepartment of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norfolk, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7863-9176
Atul DeodharDivision of Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Christine de la LogeUCB, Brussels, Belgium.
Chetan PrajapatiUCB, Slough, UK.
Sarah KavanaghUCB, Morrisville, North Carolina, USA.
Helena Marzo-OrtegaNIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9683-3407

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the sustained, long-term efficacy of bimekizumab in improving patient symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) to 3 years.

methodsBoth BE MOBILE 1 (non-radiographic axSpA) and 2 (radiographic axSpA) comprised a 16-week double-blind, placebo-controlled treatment period and a 36-week maintenance period. From week 16, all patients received subcutaneous bimekizumab 160 mg every 4 weeks. At week 52, eligible patients could enter the open-label extension (OLE), BE MOVING and continue bimekizumab treatment. Here, we report pooled results for changes in spinal pain, morning stiffness (mean of Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) Q5 and Q6), physical function (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI)), fatigue (BASDAI Q1 and Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Fatigue), sleep quality (Medical Outcomes Study Sleep (MOS-Sleep-R) Index II) and HRQoL (36-Item Short Form Questionnaire (SF-36) Physical Component Summary (PCS)/Mental Component Summary; Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQoL)) to 3 years in the overall study population; for spinal pain and physical function, patient-level data are also reported.

resultsOf the 494/586 (84.3%) randomised patients who entered the OLE, 425/494 (86.0%) completed week 164. At week 164, patients reported mean improvements from baseline in total (-4.3) and nocturnal (-4.3) spinal pain, morning stiffness (-4.3), physical function (BASFI: -2.9), fatigue (BASDAI Q1: -3.5, FACIT-Fatigue: +9.7), sleep (MOS-Sleep-R Index II: +10.8) and HRQoL (SF-36 PCS: +12.3; ASQoL: -5.6). Rapid and sustained patient-level improvements to week 164 in spinal pain and physical function levels were observed.

conclusionsBimekizumab treatment led to rapid and sustained improvements in key patient symptoms and HRQoL to 3 years, emphasising its long-term value in controlling symptoms which profoundly affect patients' experience and daily lives. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS: BE MOBILE 1 (NCT03928704), BE MOBILE 2 (NCT03928743) and BE MOVING (NCT04436640).

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Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAxial SpondyloarthritisQuality of LifeAdultDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAxial SpondyloarthritisFatigueHealth-Related Quality Of LifePainPatient Reported Outcome Measures

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PMID42128532
PMCPMC13202183

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