Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2025
Efficacy and safety of fasinumab in an NSAID-controlled study in patients with pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee or hip.
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Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Multi-Dose, Placebo And NSAID Controlled Study To Evaluate The Efficacy And Safety Of Fasinumab In Patients With Pain Due To Osteoarthritis Of The Knee Or Hip
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- Assessing the translational value of animal models in developing pain-targeting therapies for clinical osteoarthritis.Communications medicine · 2026Review
- Osteoarthritis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.MedComm · 2026Review
- Osteoarthritis: molecular pathogenesis and potential therapeutic options.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Review
- Syringic acid protects against indomethacin-induced gastric injury via NF-κB and apoptotic pathway modulation.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Oxysophoridine promotes osteoarthritis repair via GSH system activation and ROS suppression.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Current State of the Neurotrophin-Based Pharmaceutics in the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neuroinflammation.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Effects of Fasinumab on Peripheral Nerve Function and Ganglion Anatomy: Results From a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study in Patients With Pain Due to Osteoarthritis of the Knee or Hip, and a Series of Nonclinical Studies.Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2025Article
- Hypertonic dextrose prolotherapy in osteoarthritis: mechanisms, efficacy, and future research directions.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveOsteoarthritis (OA) causes significant musculoskeletal pain. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of fasinumab, an investigational nerve growth factor inhibitor, in patients with moderate-to-severe OA pain of the knee/hip.
methodsIn this Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-controlled study, patients with OA (Kellgren-Lawrence grade ≥ 2; Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index [WOMAC] pain score ≥ 4) received (2:1:1:1) fasinumab 1 mg every 4 weeks, diclofenac 75 mg twice daily, celecoxib 200 mg daily, or placebo for 24 weeks. Co‑primary endpoints were change in WOMAC pain and physical function scores to Week 24 versus placebo. For safety, joints were imaged in all patients at pre‑specified times, regardless of symptoms.
resultsOf 4531 patients screened, 1650 were randomized. At Week 24, greater improvements were observed for fasinumab versus placebo; least-squares mean difference: -0.63 (p = 0.0003) for WOMAC pain and -0.64 (p = 0.0003) for physical function. Improvements were numerically greater for fasinumab versus NSAIDs for physical function (-0.64 versus -0.31; nominal p < 0.05) and pain (-0.63 versus - 0.39; p = NS). Adjudicated arthropathies occurred in 1.6% of placebo-treated, 1.5% of NSAID-treated, and 5.6% of fasinumab-treated patients; joint replacements occurred in 3.6% of placebo-treated, 4.8% of NSAID-treated, and 3.4% of fasinumab-treated patients.
conclusionFasinumab significantly improved WOMAC pain and physical function scores versus placebo in < 24 weeks in difficult-to-treat patients with pain due to OA of the knee/hip. Adjudicated arthropathies were more frequent with fasinumab; there were no differences in the proportions of patients with joint replacements.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT03304379. Date of first registration: October 2, 2017.
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