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Trial reportBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2020

A large multicentre, randomized, double-blind, cross-over study in healthy volunteers to compare pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety of a pegfilgrastim biosimilar with its US- and EU-reference biologics.

Anne Bellon, Jessie Wang, Andrej Skerjanec, Maria Velinova, Daniel Dickerson, Ahad Sabet, Ly Ngo, Terry O'Reilly, Charles Tomek, Steven Schussler and 8 more

Open access · hybridAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 10 institutions in 6 countries.

Anne BellonHexal AG, Novartis, Holzkirchen, Germany.
Jessie WangNovartis, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Andrej SkerjanecSandoz AG, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland.
Maria VelinovaPRAHS, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Daniel DickersonPRAHS, Lenexa, KS, USA.
Ahad SabetPRAHS, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Ly NgoPRAHS, Marlton, NJ, USA.
Terry O'ReillyCelerion, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Charles TomekCelerion, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Steven SchusslerNovartis, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Stefanie Schier-MumzhiuHexal AG, Novartis, Holzkirchen, Germany.
Sreekanth GattuHexal AG, Novartis, Holzkirchen, Germany.
Sven D KochHexal AG, Novartis, Holzkirchen, Germany.
Celine SchelcherHexal AG, Novartis, Holzkirchen, Germany.
Miryana DobrevaSandoz, Novartis, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Anca BoldeaSandoz Pharma Services Romania SRL, Novartis, Bucharest, Romania.
Roumen NakovHexal AG, Novartis, Holzkirchen, Germany.
Gordon P OttoHexal AG, Novartis, Holzkirchen, Germany.
Novartis (Germany) · DEHexal (Germany) · DEPRA Health Sciences · USCelerion (United States) · USCenter of Technology and Engineering for Nuclear Projects · RODialyse Centrum Groningen · NLNova Photonics (United States) · USNovartis Foundation · CHNovartis (United States) · USSanden (Japan) · JP

Funding

Hexal AG
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsRecombinant PEGylated human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (pegfilgrastim) is indicated for the reduction of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and prevention of febrile neutropenia. Biosimilar pegfilgrastim is expected to reduce the financial burden of this complication of chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to demonstrate biosimilarity between Sandoz biosimilar pegfilgrastim and its US- and EU-approved reference biologics.

methodsPhase I, randomized, double-blind, single-dose, 3-period, 6-sequence cross-over, multicentre study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety and immunogenicity of Sandoz biosimilar pegfilgrastim with US- and EU-references in healthy adults.

resultsPharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic similarity was demonstrated between the 3 biologics, as the 90% confidence interval for all primary pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic endpoint comparisons were contained within the predefined similarity margins of 0.80-1.25. Safety, immunogenicity and tolerability were also similar.

conclusionsSandoz biosimilar pegfilgrastim demonstrated pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic similarity to both US- and EU-reference biologics. No meaningful differences in safety, local tolerability and immunogenicity were identified.

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Biosimilar PharmaceuticalsAdultCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodFilgrastimHealthy VolunteersHumansPolyethylene GlycolsBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsFilgrastimpegfilgrastimPolyethylene Glycolsbioequivalencebiologicalsmedical oncologypharmacodynamicspharmacokinetics

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PMID32022282
PMCPMC7256126
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