Efficacy at 24 Weeks With Long Term Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy up to 5 Years of Secukinumab in Patients of Active Psoriatic Arthritis

At baseline (BSL), subjects whose eligibility was confirmed were randomized to one of the following four treatment groups. * 75 mg secukinumab * 150 mg secukinumab * 300 mg secukinumab * Placebo At Week 16, all subjects were classified as responders (≥ 20% improvement from BSL in both tender and swollen joint counts) or non-responders. Subjects who were randomized to a secukinumab treatment group at baseline were targeted to remain on the same dose for the entire trial. Subjects who were randomized to placebo at baseline were re-randomized at Week 16 as follows: Placebo non-responders received secukinumab 150 mg s.c. or 300 mg s.c. (1:1) every 4 weeks, starting after the efficacy assessments at Week 16. Placebo responders continued to receive placebo at Week 16 and Week 20 and received secukinumab 150 mg s.c. or 300 mg s.c. (1:1) every 4 weeks, starting after the efficacy assessments at Week 24. This was a double-blind, double-dummy, randomized treatment trial until week 52 analysis was completed and open label afterwards. An amendment to the study protocol (after all patients were in the trial for 2-3 years) introduced changes whereby patients previously treated with secukinumab 75 mg s.c. could change to receive 150 mg s.c. or 300 mg s.c., and patients previously treated with secukinumab 150 mg s.c. could change to receive 300 mg s.c., as deemed appropriate by the investigators.