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ArticleMultiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)2023

Antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis treated with evobrutinib: A Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Amit Bar-Or, Anne H Cross, Anthony L Cunningham, Yann Hyvert, Andrea Seitzinger, Hans Gühring, Elise E Drouin, Nektaria Alexandri, Davorka Tomic, Xavier Montalban

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Article in Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02975349 (A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of M2951 With a Parallel, Open-Label, Active Control Group), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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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NCT02975349 phase2terminatednot on this map

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Study of M2951 With a Parallel, Open-Label, Active Control Group (Tecfidera), in Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Biological Activity.

TypeinterventionalSponsorEMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.Ran2017 to 2024Enrolled267ConditionsRelapsing-remitting Multiple SclerosisArmsEvobrutinib, Placebo, Tecfidera
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Current and future landscape of Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors in allergy.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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  3. Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibition for the treatment of allergic disorders.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Amit Bar-OrCenter for Neuroinflammation and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Anne H CrossDepartment of Neurology, Center for Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0829-7569
Anthony L CunninghamCentre for Virus Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6744-5667
Yann HyvertMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Andrea SeitzingerMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Hans GühringMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Elise E DrouinEMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc., Billerica, MA, USA, an affiliate of Merck KGaA.
Nektaria AlexandriMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Davorka TomicAres Trading SA, Eysins, Switzerland, an affiliate of Merck KGaA.
Xavier MontalbanDepartment of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Merck (Germany) · DECentre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya · ESMerck Serono (Switzerland) · CHResearch & Development Institute · USThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

University of Pennsylvania Clinical Autoimmunity Center of ExcellenceUM1AI144288 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BAR-OR, AMIT, PAYNE, AIMEE S · 2019 to 2023
$551k
NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI144288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvobrutinib is an oral, central nervous system (CNS)-penetrant and highly selective covalent Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor under clinical development for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS).

objectiveTo investigate the effect of evobrutinib on immune responses in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccinated patients with RMS from a Phase II trial (NCT02975349).

methodsA

resultsIn the vaccinated subgroup, mean/minimum evobrutinib exposure pre-vaccination was 105.2/88.7 weeks. In total, 43 of 45 patients developed/increased S1/S2 IgG antibody levels post-vaccination; one patient's antibody response remained negative post-vaccination and the other had antibody levels above the upper limit of detection, both pre- and post-vaccination. Most patients (

conclusionThese results suggest evobrutinib, an investigational drug with therapeutic potential for patients with RMS, acts as an immunomodulator, that is, it inhibits aberrant immune cell responses in patients with RMS, while responsiveness to foreign

Indexed as

COVID-19Multiple SclerosisAntibodies, ViralAntibody FormationCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansImmunoglobulin GPiperidinesPyrimidinesSARS-CoV-2Tyrosine Kinase InhibitorsVaccinationAntibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesevobrutinibImmunoglobulin GPiperidinesPyrimidinesTyrosine Kinase InhibitorsBruton’s tyrosine kinaseCOVID-19Evobrutinibmultiple sclerosisSARS-CoV-2vaccines

Identifiers

PMID37626477
PMCPMC10580670
OpenAlexW4386188333

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