Eli Lilly announces mirikizumab met co-primary, major secondary endpoints

Eli Lilly announced that mirikizumab met the co-primary and all major secondary endpoints compared to placebo in VIVID-1, a Phase 3 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of mirikizumab for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease. The double-blind, treat-through trial included mirikizumab, placebo and active control arms. In VIVID-1, all patients in the active treatment arms from the 12-week induction period continued with their original therapy into the maintenance portion of the study up to Week 52. Placebo patients who did not achieve clinical response at Week 12 were switched to blinded mirikizumab treatment. The study included co-primary endpoints, which were: Proportion of participants achieving clinical response by patient reported outcomes at Week 12 and clinical remission at Week 52 compared to placebo. In the mirikizumab arm, a statistically higher proportion achieved clinical response at Week 12 and clinical remission at Week 52 compared to placebo. Proportion of participants achieving clinical response by PRO at Week 12 and endoscopic response at Week 52 compared to placebo. In the mirikizumab arm, a statistically higher proportion achieved clinical response at Week 12 and endoscopic response at Week 52 compared to placebo. In this double-blind placebo and active controlled trial – the first reported for an IL-23p19 antibody – mirikizumab achieved all individual and composite major secondary endpoints at Week 52 compared to placebo. Notably, of the patients who received mirikizumab, 54.1% achieved clinical remission at Week 52 compared to 19.6% of patients who received placebo. In addition, for the endpoint of clinical remission, mirikizumab demonstrated non-inferiority versus ustekinumab. For the endpoint of endoscopic response at Week 52, mirikizumab did not achieve superiority to ustekinumab although results with mirikizumab were numerically higher, particularly in the non-multiplicity controlled bio-failed population. The overall safety was consistent with the known safety profile of mirikizumab. The frequency of serious adverse events was greater in placebo than mirikizumab. The most common treatment-emergent adverse events reported among patients treated with mirikizumab were COVID-19, anemia, arthralgia, headache and upper respiratory tract infection. Additional adverse events of interest reported among patients treated with mirikizumab included infections, injection-site reactions, hypersensitivity, liver enzyme elevations, depression and suicidal thoughts. No major adverse cardiac events were observed in the mirikizumab arm. With these data, Lilly plans to submit a marketing application for mirikizumab in Crohn’s disease to the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, followed by submissions to other regulatory agencies around the world, in 2024. Full data from the Phase 3 VIVID program will be disclosed in publications and at upcoming congresses.