AbbVie Ups Efforts In HS And Advances Lutikizumab Into Phase III

There are a raft of investigational products looking to move into the rapidly growing hidradenitis suppurativa market and AbbVie is hoping to grab a decent share with two assets, the anti-interleukin-1 alpha and beta monoclonal antibody lutikizumab and its anti-inflammatory blockbuster Rinvoq.

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Having been the leader for years in the hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) space thanks to Humira, AbbVie Inc. is doubling down on its efforts to advance next-generation treatments for the chronic inflammatory skin condition and moving lutikizumab into Phase III trials.

The US major has announced Phase II results which show that adults with moderate to severe HS who had previously failed anti-TNF therapy and received lutikizumab 300mg every other week or 300mg weekly achieved higher response rates (59.5% and 48.7% respectively) than placebo (35.0%), hitting the primary endpoint of HS clinical response (HiSCR 50), ie, at least a 50% reduction in the total abscess and inflammatory nodule count at week 16. In the 153-adult study, where most (70

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