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Abstract Background Mirikizumab (miri), an anti-IL-23p19 antibody, has demonstrated efficacy and safety in moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) Phase 3 trials (LUCENT-1 and -2; NCT03518086, NCT03524092) among patients who had an inadequate response, loss of response, or intolerance to conventional or advanced therapy. At the LUCENT-1 induction baseline, 41% of the population had experienced a biologic/tofacitinib failure, and 36.3% experienced at least one anti-TNF failure. Among patients with one prior anti-TNF failure only, this analysis evaluated the clinical efficacy of miri compared to placebo (PBO) in induction and maintenance therapy and the efficacy of miri in extended induction. Methods In LUCENT-1, UC patients were randomized to receive 3 intravenous (IV) doses of 300mg miri or PBO every four weeks (Q4W) at W0, W4, and W8 (induction population). In LUCENT 2, responders to miri induction at W12 were re-randomized to subcutaneous (SC) 200mg miri or PBO Q4W through W52 of continuous therapy (maintenance population). Patients not achieving clinical response with miri 300mg IV at W12 received extended induction treatment with open-label 300mg miri IV at W12, W16, and W20 (extended induction population). Patients responding to extended induction at W24 entered open-label maintenance and received 200mg miri Q4W SC until W52 (extended induction responders). Endpoints evaluated were clinical response, clinical remission, symptomatic remission, endoscopic remission, corticosteroid (CS)-free remission, and histologic-endoscopic mucosal remission (HEMR). Efficacy in the subgroup of patients with failure of one anti-TNF only was assessed using Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel tests at W12 (induction population) and W52 (maintenance population). Results At LUCENT-1 baseline, of patients who experienced anti-TNF failure, 45% of patients (n=190) had one prior anti-TNF failure only (Table 1). In the induction and maintenance populations, a significantly greater proportion of miri-treated patients achieved the following efficacy endpoints compared with PBO [miri vs. PBO, p-value]: clinical response (W12: [64.4% vs. 34.1%, p=0.001]; W52: [67.2% vs. 44.8%, p=0.03]); clinical remission (W52: [44.3% vs. 17.2%, p=0.017]); symptomatic remission (W52: [63.9% vs. 34.5%, p=0.005]) (Table 2). Among the extended induction population, 45.7% achieved clinical response at W24; 75% achieved clinical response, 30% achieved clinical remission and CS-free remission at W52 (Table 2). Conclusion Mirikizumab is efficacious for induction and maintenance therapy in patients with moderately to severely active UC who have failed one prior anti-TNF.

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