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Trial reportClinical and translational science2022

Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating safety, exposure and pharmacodynamics of BTK inhibitor tolebrutinib (PRN2246, SAR442168).

Timothy D Owens, Patrick F Smith, Andrew Redfern, Yan Xing, Jin Shu, Dane E Karr, Sonja Hartmann, Michelle R Francesco, Claire L Langrish, Philip A Nunn and 1 more

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Clinical and translational science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Beyond relapses: How BTK inhibitors are shaping the future of progressive MS treatment.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  13. Towards Treating Multiple Sclerosis Progression.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  17. A review of Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors in multiple sclerosis.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2024
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  18. Absorption, Metabolism, and Excretion of [Clinical drug investigation · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Timothy D OwensPrincipia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Patrick F SmithCertara, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Andrew RedfernLinear Clinical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
Yan XingPrincipia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Jin ShuPrincipia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Dane E KarrPrincipia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Sonja HartmannCertara, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
Michelle R FrancescoPrincipia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Claire L LangrishPrincipia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Philip A NunnPrincipia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Steven G GourlayPrincipia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company, South San Francisco, California, USA.
Sanofi (United States) · USCertara (United States) · USLinear Clinical Research · AU

Funding

Principia Biopharma, a Sanofi Company
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), expressed in B cells and cells of innate immunity, including microglia, is an essential signaling element downstream of the B-cell receptor and Fc-receptors. Tolebrutinib (PRN2246, SAR442168) is a potent BTK inhibitor that covalently binds the kinase, resulting in durable inhibition with the potential to target inflammation in the periphery and central nervous system (CNS). Tolebrutinib crosses the blood-brain barrier and potently inhibits BTK in microglial cells isolated from the CNS. A first-in-human randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of tolebrutinib was conducted. The trial design consisted of five single ascending dose arms with oral administration of a single dose of 5, 15, 30, 60, and 120 mg (n = 6 per arm, n = 2 placebo), five multiple ascending dose arms with oral administration of 7.5, 15, 30, 60, and 90 mg (n = 8 per arm, n = 2 placebo) over 10 days, and one arm (n = 4) in which cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) exposure was measured 2 h after a single 120 mg dose. Tolebrutinib was well-tolerated in the study and all treatment-related treatment emergent adverse events were mild. Tolebrutinib was rapidly absorbed following oral administration with a rapid half-life of ~ 2 h. Peripheral BTK occupancy was assessed at various timepoints by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based readout using an irreversible probe. Assessments demonstrated extensive and prolonged peripheral BTK occupancy at steady-state with once daily doses as low as 7.5 mg. Further, CSF exposure was demonstrated 2 h after administration at 120 mg.

Indexed as

Protein Kinase InhibitorsAgammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine KinaseDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodHalf-LifeHumansAgammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine KinaseProtein Kinase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID34724345
PMCPMC8841436
OpenAlexW3210611113

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