Overview
This is a multi-center, open-label Ph 1b basket study to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), immunogenicity, biomarker response, and preliminary efficacy of multiple doses of S-4321 in adults with autoimmune or immune-mediated disease including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), psoriasis (PsO), cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) with or without systemic manifestations, or atopic dermatitis (AD).
Eligibility
All Participants Major Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult males and females, 18 to 75 years of age (inclusive)
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥18.0 and \<40.0 kg/m2 with a minimum body weight of 45 kg
- Use of adequate contraception for both males and females. Female volunteers must be of nonchildbearing potential or if of childbearing potential, must have a negative pregnancy test.
All Participants Major Exclusion Criteria:
- Have received a PD-1 agonist, immune checkpoint agonist, immune checkpoint inhibitor, anti-CD19 or anti-CD20 agents, cell therapy, B cell modulating agents, alkylating agents, or any other immune cell depleting therapy.
- Have received azathioprine, cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, or tacrolimus within 4 weeks
- Unable or unwilling to discontinue a prohibited medication
- Presence of clinically relevant immunosuppression
- Current infection or history of severe infection
- Any history of malignant disease, with some exceptions
Major inclusion/exclusion for each autoimmune or immune-mediated disease:
For RA:
- Confirmed diagnosis of moderate to severe active RA by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) criteria for at least 3 months prior to the Screening 1 visit, and:
- ≥6 swollen joint count based on 66 joint count
- ≥6 tender joint count based on 68 joint count
- Seropositive for RF and/or ACPA
- Elevated hsCRP ≥1.2 times greater than the ULN
- Does not have Class IV RA according to ACR revised criteria
- Inadequate response to, or loss of response, or intolerance to:
- \>1 conventional synthetic DMARD after 3 months of therapy OR
- \>1 biologic DMARD/targeted synthetic DMARD after 3 months of therapy
- Has not failed 3 or more bDMARDs and/or tsDMARDs
For PsA:
- Confirmed diagnosis of adult-onset PsA classified by the Classification Criteria for Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) for at least 3 months prior to the Screening 1 visit, with all of the following:
- Active PsO defined by at least 1 psoriasis lesion
- Active disease defined by \>3 swollen joints and \>3 tender joints using the 76/78 swollen and tender joint count
- Received standard doses of NSAIDs for \>4 weeks or csDMARDs for \>3 months and has been on a stable dose for \>8 weeks, or participant has intolerance to NSAIDs or DMARDs
- Participants may be TNF inhibitor therapy naïve or may have received 1 prior TNF inhibitor
- Has not had inadequate response or intolerance to 2 or more bDMARDs or csDMARDs
For PsO:
- Confirmed diagnosis of moderate to severe plaque PsO for at least 6 months, with all of the following:
- Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) \>12 points
- Static Physician's Global Assessment (sPGA) \>3 points
- Body surface area (BSA) of PsO involvement \>10%
- Cannot have a clinically significant flare within 12 weeks
- Does not have history of erythrodermic psoriasis, generalized or localized pustular psoriasis, predominantly guttate psoriasis, or medication-induced or medication-exacerbated psoriasis
- Has not had inadequate response to more than 2 prior bDMARDs
For CLE (with or without systemic manifestations):
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of CLE with or without systemic manifestations for at least 6 months
- Has active skin manifestations as measured by CLASI-A \>10 or CLASI-A \>8, if there is no alopecia or mucous membrane lesions
- Participant must have an active CLE lesion despite an adequate trial of antimalarial treatment for at least 6 months.
- Cannot have active lupus nephritis or moderate-to-severe or chronic kidney disease with eGFR \<45 mL/min/1.73m2
- Cannot have active neuropsychiatric SLE
For AD:
- Confirmed diagnosis of AD as defined by the American Academy of Dermatology: Guidelines of Care for the Management of Atopic Dermatitis for at least 12 months
- Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) \>16
- Validated Investigator Global Assessment (vIGA-AD) \>3
- BSA of AD involvement \>10%
- PP-NRS) \>4 (average of daily scores) during the 7 days prior to dosing
- Inadequate response to existing topical medications within 6 months or has a history of intolerance to topical therapy as defined by at least 1 of the following:
- Inability to achieve good disease control after use TCS for at least 4 weeks
- Documented history of clinically significant AEs with the use of TCS
- Failed systemic therapies intended to treat AD within 6 months
Additional inclusion/exclusion criteria will apply.


