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Trial reportAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2026

Astegolimab for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with frequent exacerbations: pooled analysis of the ALIENTO and ARNASA trials.

Jadwiga A Wedzicha, Àlvar Agustí, Christopher E Brightling, Peter Calverley, James D Chalmers, Neil J Greening, MeiLan K Han, Divya Mohan, Julie Ng, Alberto Papi and 7 more

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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.

NCT05037929 phase2completednot on this map

A Phase IIb, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Astegolimab in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorGenentech, Inc.Ran2021 to 2025Enrolled1,334ConditionsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseArmsAstegolimab, Placebo
NCT05595642 phase3active not recruitingnot on this map

A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Astegolimab in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorHoffmann-La RocheRan2022 to 2027Enrolled1,290ConditionsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)ArmsAstegolimab, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Jadwiga A WedzichaNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Àlvar AgustíDepartment of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Christopher E BrightlingDivision of Respiratory Sciences, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Peter CalverleyInstitute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
James D ChalmersRadcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Neil J GreeningDivision of Respiratory Sciences, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
MeiLan K HanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Divya MohanProduct Development, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, United States.
Julie NgClinical Science, Early Clinical Development, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, United States.
Alberto PapiPulmonary Division, University of Ferrara, St Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy.
Nicolas RochePneumologie, Université Paris Cité, APHP Centre, Hôpital et Institut Cochin, Paris, France.
Rebecca SaenzProduct Development, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, United States.
Katerina SamaraRoche Pharma Product Development, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Ruth Tal-SingerGlobal Allergy & Airways Patient Platform, Vienna, Austria.
Claus F VogelmeierPulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg, German Center for Lung Research, Marburg, Germany.
Xiaoying YangProduct Development Data Sciences, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, CA, United States.
Bartolome R CelliPulmonary and Critical Care, Mass General Brigham Hospital, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Funding

AstraZenecaF. Hoffmann-La Roche LtdGlaxoSmithKlineSanofi
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleThe efficacy and safety of astegolimab, an anti-ST2 monoclonal antibody, was evaluated in participants with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and frequent exacerbations in the pivotal ALIENTO and ARNASA trials.

objectivesTo report the prespecified pooled analysis of ALIENTO and ARNASA.

methodsALIENTO and ARNASA were randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials with similar designs and included participants with COPD, a history of frequent exacerbations, and current/former smoking status, irrespective of blood eosinophil count and chronic bronchitis. Participants were randomized 1:1:1 to astegolimab 476 mg every 2 weeks (Q2W), astegolimab every 4 weeks (Q4W), or placebo for 52 weeks, plus optimized maintenance therapy. The primary endpoint was annualized rate of moderate/severe exacerbations. Secondary endpoints included annualized rate of severe exacerbations. A hierarchical statistical plan was followed with hypothesis testing of secondary efficacy endpoints gated on the primary efficacy endpoint success. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsA total of 2682 participants were included in the pooled intent-to-treat population. Astegolimab significantly reduced the annualized rate of moderate/severe exacerbations by 15% in the Q2W arm (adjusted rate ratio, 0.85 [95% CI, 0.76-0.96]; P = .0077) and by 12% in the Q4W arm (rate ratio, 0.88 [95% CI, 0.78-0.99]; P = .0265). -A -nominally significant reduction in the annualized rate of severe COPD exacerbations (rate ratio, 0.68 [95% CI, 0.52-0.87]; P = .0028) was observed for astegolimab Q2W vs placebo. Astegolimab was well tolerated.

conclusionsAstegolimab every 2 weeks reduced the annualized rate of moderate/severe exacerbations in a clinically heterogeneous population of participants with COPD and frequent exacerbations. CLINICAL

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05037929; NCT05595642.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAgedDisease ProgressionDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, Monoclonalinflammationinterleukin-33ST2 monoclonal antibody

Identifiers

PMID42148875
PMCPMC13519342

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