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GEMINI I
UC Trials
I & II

Clinical
Response &
Long‐Term
Data

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For adult patients with moderately to severely active UC or CD when other therapies have not worked well enough or cannot be tolerated.

OVERVIEW OF GEMINI I DATA

UC Trials I and II

Primary End Points

RAPID RESPONSE AT WEEK 6 AND LONG-TERM REMISSION AT
WEEK 521

Entyvio® (vedolizumab) ulcerative colitis clinical trial rapid response and long-term remission data.

Secondary End Points

RATE OF VISIBLE MUCOSAL IMPROVEMENT AT WEEK 6 AND
WEEK 521,2‡

Entyvio® (vedolizumab) ulcerative colitis GEMINI I clinical trial rate of visible mucosal improvement data.

Study Design: Two randomized, double‑blind, placebo‑controlled studies enrolled adult patients with moderately to severely active UC who had failed at least 1 conventional therapy, including corticosteroids or immunomodulators and/or ≥1 anti‑TNFα therapy.1,2 In UC Trial I, patients were randomized (3:2) to receive Entyvio 300 mg or placebo by intravenous infusion at Weeks 0 and 2. In UC Trial II, patients receiving Entyvio who demonstrated clinical response at Week 6 (from UC Trial I or an open-label cohort) were randomized (1:1:1) to receive either Entyvio 300 mg every 8 weeks, Entyvio 300 mg every 4 weeks, or placebo every 4 weeks.1 The Entyvio Q4W dosing regimen did not demonstrate additional clinical benefit over the Q8W dosing regimen. The Q4W dosing regimen is not the recommended dosing regimen.

Secondary End Point

CORTICOSTEROID-FREE CLINICAL REMISSION AT WEEK 521,2§

Corticosteroid-free remission data in Entyvio® (vedolizumab) ulcerative colitis GEMINI I clinical trials.

* Clinical response = reduction in complete Mayo score of ≥3 points and ≥30% from baseline with an accompanying decrease in rectal bleeding subscore of ≥1 point or absolute rectal bleeding subscore of ≤1 point.

Clinical remission = complete Mayo score of ≤2 points and no individual subscore >1 point.

Improvement of endoscopic appearance of the mucosa = Mayo endoscopy subscore of 0 (normal or inactive disease) or 1 (erythema, decreased vascular pattern, mild friability).

§ Assessed in the subgroup of patients who were receiving corticosteroids at baseline and who were in clinical response at Week 6 (n=72 for placebo and n=70 for Entyvio Q8W). Corticosteroid-free clinical remission was defined as the proportion of patients in this subgroup who discontinued corticosteroids by Week 52 and were in clinical remission at Week 52.

CI = confidence interval; Q4W = every 4 weeks; Q8W = every 8 weeks; TNFα = tumor necrosis factor alpha.

Clinical Response Data

  • ANTI‑TNFα NAÏVE AND ANTI‑TNFα FAILURE SUBPOPULATIONS

    Clinical response* rates—exploratory end point.

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    CLINICAL RESPONSE AT WEEK 63*

    Entyvio® (vedolizumab) ulcerative colitis GEMINI I clinical trials data: response at Week 6 in Anti-TNFα naive and failure subpopulations.

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* Clinical response = reduction in complete Mayo score of ≥3 points and ≥30% from baseline with an accompanying decrease in rectal bleeding subscore of ≥1 point or absolute rectal bleeding subscore of ≤1 point.

CI = confidence interval; TNFα = tumor necrosis factor alpha.

CLINICAL RESPONSE AT WEEK 63*

Entyvio® (vedolizumab) ulcerative colitis GEMINI I clinical trials data: response at Week 6 in Anti-TNFα naive and failure subpopulations.

Clinical Response Measured by Partial Mayo Score3

CLINICAL RESPONSE RATES BASED ON PARTIAL MAYO SCORE AT WEEKS 2, 4, AND 63†
Clinical response measured by partial Mayo score in Entyvio® (vedolizumab) clinical trials.

Clinical response rates based on partial Mayo score

The partial Mayo score is a composite index of 3 disease activity variables (stool frequency, rectal bleeding, and physician’s global assessment), each scored on a scale from 0 to 3 (higher scores indicate greater disease activity). Partial Mayo score is calculated analogously to the complete Mayo score but excludes the sigmoidoscopy subscore.3

Clinical response was defined as a reduction in partial Mayo score of ≥2 points and ≥25% from baseline with an accompanying decrease in rectal bleeding subscore of ≥1 point or absolute rectal bleeding subscore of ≤1 point.3

Partial Mayo score and complete Mayo score were highly correlated at baseline and Week 6. Pearson correlation coefficients were 0.95 (95% CI: 0.94, 0.96) and 0.98 (95% CI: 0.97, 0.98) at baseline and Week 6, respectively. When further evaluating the clinical response at Week 6 correlation using kappa statistics, there was also substantial agreement between the 2 scores (0.78 [95% CI: 0.70, 0.86]).

CI = confidence interval.

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Entyvio Offers Long‑Term Remission Data1

  • ANTI‑TNFα NAÏVE AND ANTI‑TNFα FAILURE SUBPOPULATIONS

    Long-term clinical remission* rates—exploratory end points.

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    CLINICAL REMISSION AT WEEK 523*

    Rate of clinical remission at Week 52 Anti-TNFα subpopulations in Entyvio® (vedolizumab) GEMINI I study.

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* Clinical remission = complete Mayo score of ≤2 points and no individual subscore >1 point.

CI = confidence interval; Q8W = every 8 weeks; TNFα = tumor necrosis factor alpha.

CLINICAL REMISSION AT WEEK 523*

Rate of clinical remission at Week 52 Anti-TNFα subpopulations in Entyvio® (vedolizumab) GEMINI I study.

Improvement of Endoscopic Appearance Rates1

  • ANTI‑TNFα NAÏVE AND ANTI‑TNFα FAILURE SUBPOPULATIONS

    Improvement of the endoscopic appearance of the mucosa—exploratory end points.

    At Week 52, in the anti‑TNFα naïve subpopulation, improvement of the endoscopic appearance of the mucosa rates were 60% for patients who received Entyvio vs. 24% for those who received placebo. In the anti‑TNFα failure subpopulation, improvement of the endoscopic appearance of the mucosa rates were 42% for those who received Entyvio vs. 8% for those who received placebo.3

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    IMPROVEMENT OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE MUCOSA AT WEEK 523†

    GEMINI I Entyvio® clinical trial Anti-TNFα subpopulation endoscopic subscore data.

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Endoscopic improvement = Mayo endoscopy subscore of 0 (normal or inactive disease) or 1 (erythema, decreased vascular pattern, mild friability).

CI = confidence interval; Q8W = every 8 weeks; TNFα = tumor necrosis factor alpha.

IMPROVEMENT OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE MUCOSA AT WEEK 523†

GEMINI I Entyvio® clinical trial Anti-TNFα subpopulation endoscopic subscore data.

GEMINI I: UC Trials I and II

GEMINI I study design.

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  • Enrolled adult patients with moderately to severely active UC who had failed at least 1 conventional therapy, including corticosteroids or immunomodulators and/or ≥1 anti‑TNFα therapy
  • UC Trial I: 2 cohorts with primary end point evaluation at Week 6
  • UC Trial II: Patients receiving Entyvio in cohorts 1 and 2 of UC Trial I who achieved clinical response at Week 6 were randomly assigned to continue receiving Entyvio every 4 or 8 weeks, or placebo every 4 weeks, for up to 52 weeks

* The Entyvio Q4W dosing regimen did not demonstrate additional clinical benefit over the Q8W dosing regimen. The Q4W dosing regimen is not the recommended dosing regimen.

Clinical response = reduction in complete Mayo score of ≥3 points and ≥30% from baseline with an accompanying decrease in rectal bleeding subscore of ≥1 point or absolute rectal bleeding subscore of ≤1 point.

Concomitant aminosalicylates, corticosteroids, and immunomodulators were permitted. Corticosteroids were tapered after Week 6; in the United States, immunosuppressants were discontinued after induction.

IV = intravenously; Q4W = every 4 weeks; Q8W = every 8 weeks; TNFα = tumor necrosis factor alpha.

Entyvio vs. Humira® (adalimumab) Data

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Humira® (AbbVie Inc. North Chicago, IL).
For more information related to Humira, please see AbbVie.com.

Entyvio Safety Profile

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References:

  1. Entyvio (vedolizumab) prescribing information. Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
  2. Feagan BG, Rutgeerts P, Sands BE, et al; for the GEMINI 1 Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(8):699-710.
  3. Data on file. Takeda Pharmaceuticals.