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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2024

Improvements in no evidence of disease activity with ublituximab vs. teriflunomide in the ULTIMATE phase 3 studies in relapsing multiple sclerosis.

Enrique Alvarez, Lawrence Steinman, Edward J Fox, Hans-Peter Hartung, Peiqing Qian, Sibyl Wray, Derrick Robertson, Krzysztof Selmaj, Daniel Wynn, Koby Mok and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03277261 (Phase III), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

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.

NCT03277261 phase3completednot on this map

Phase III: UbLiTuximab In Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Effects (ULTIMATE I STUDY)

TypeinterventionalSponsorTG Therapeutics, Inc.Ran2017 to 2020Enrolled549ConditionsRelapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS)ArmsUblituximab, Teriflunomide, Oral Placebo, IV Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Immune reconstitution and tolerance-inducing therapies as promising therapeutic approaches in multiple sclerosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Enrique AlvarezDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States.
Lawrence SteinmanBeckman Center for Molecular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Edward J FoxTG Therapeutics, New York, NY, United States.
Hans-Peter HartungDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Peiqing QianSwedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, United States.
Sibyl WrayHope Neurology, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Derrick RobertsonDepartment of Neurology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Krzysztof SelmajCenter of Neurology, Łódź, Poland.
Daniel WynnConsultants in Neurology, Northbrook, IL, United States.
Koby MokTG Therapeutics, New York, NY, United States.
Yihuan XuTG Therapeutics, New York, NY, United States.
Karthik BodhinathanTG Therapeutics, New York, NY, United States.
Hari P MiskinTG Therapeutics, New York, NY, United States.
Bruce A C CreeDepartment of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Ublituximab is a novel anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody glycoengineered for enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The phase 3 ULTIMATE I and II studies showed significant improvements in annualized relapse rate, total number of gadolinium-enhancing (Gd+) T1 lesions, and total number of new or enlarging T2 at Week 96, as well as improvement in the proportion of participants with no evidence of disease activity (NEDA) from Weeks 24-96 with ublituximab vs. teriflunomide. Methods: In ULTIMATE I (NCT03277261; www.clinicaltrials.gov) ( Results: NEDA rates in the ublituximab vs. teriflunomide cohorts by treatment epoch were: Weeks 0-96, 44.6% vs. 12.4% (3.6 × improvement); Weeks 24-96 (re-baselined), 82.1% vs. 22.5% (3.6 × improvement); and Weeks 48-96 (re-baselined), 88.2% vs. 30.4% (2.9 × improvement) (all Conclusions: ULTIMATE I and II pooled

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anti-CD20BRIUMVIdisabilitydisease activitydisease-modifying therapymultiple sclerosisno evidence of disease activityrelapse

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PMID39512280
PMCPMC11542255

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