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Trial reportArthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)2022

Phase II/III Results of a Trial of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Multivalent NANOBODY Compound Ozoralizumab in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Tsutomu Takeuchi, Masafumi Kawanishi, Megumi Nakanishi, Hironori Yamasaki, Yoshiya Tanaka

Open access · hybridAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Clinical Benefit and Global Regulation of Bispecific Antibody Drugs: A Cross-sectional Analysis.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  8. Application of nanobody‑based CAR‑T in tumor immunotherapy (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025
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  11. Resolution of inflammation during rheumatoid arthritis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  16. Next-Generation Anti-TNFα Agents: The Example of Ozoralizumab.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024
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  18. Evaluation of the Potential Impact of In Silico Humanization on VInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tsutomu TakeuchiKeio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, and Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1111-8218
Masafumi KawanishiTaisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4104-8548
Megumi NakanishiTaisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
Hironori YamasakiTaisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshiya TanakaUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0807-7139
Taisho Pharmaceutical (Japan) · JPKeio University · JPUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous administration of 30 mg or 80 mg of ozoralizumab plus methotrexate (MTX) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) whose disease remained active despite MTX therapy.

methodsIn this multicenter, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled phase II/III trial, 381 patients were randomized to receive placebo, ozoralizumab 30 mg, or ozoralizumab 80 mg, plus MTX subcutaneously injected every 4 weeks for 24 weeks. The primary end points were the response rates based on the American College of Rheumatology 20% improvement criteria (ACR20) at week 16 and change in the Sharp/van der Heijde score (ΔSHS) from baseline to week 24.

resultsThe proportion of patients with an ACR20 response at week 16 was significantly higher (P < 0.001) in both ozoralizumab groups (79.6% for 30 mg, 75.3% for 80 mg), compared with placebo (37.3%); these improvements were observed from the first week of treatment. The proportion of the patients with structural nonprogression (ΔSHS ≤0) was significantly higher in both ozoralizumab groups than in the placebo group. For some secondary end points, significantly greater improvements were observed starting from as early as day 3. Serious adverse events occurred in 4 patients in the ozoralizumab 30-mg group and 5 patients in the ozoralizumab 80-mg group.

conclusionIn patients with active RA who received ozoralizumab in combination with MTX, the signs and symptoms of RA were significantly reduced as compared with the outcomes in those receiving placebo. Ozoralizumab demonstrated acceptable tolerability with no new safety signals when compared with other antibodies against tumor necrosis factor.

Indexed as

Antirheumatic AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidAntibodies, MonoclonalDouble-Blind MethodDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansMethotrexateTreatment OutcomeTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAntibodies, MonoclonalAntirheumatic AgentsMethotrexateTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID35729713
PMCPMC9828347
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