Anifrolumab effects on rash and arthritis: impact of the type I interferon gene signature in the phase IIb MUSE study in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

JT Merrill, R Furie, VP Werth, M Khamashta… - Lupus science & …, 2018 - lupus.bmj.com
Objective This post hoc analysis compared anifrolumab 300 mg every 4 weeks with placebo
on rash and arthritis measures with different stringency in patients with moderate to severe …

Safety profile and clinical activity of sifalimumab, a fully human anti-interferon α monoclonal antibody, in systemic lupus erythematosus: a phase I, multicentre, double …

JT Merrill, DJ Wallace, M Petri, KA Kirou… - Annals of the …, 2011 - ard.bmj.com
Background Type I interferons (IFNs) appear to play a central role in disease pathogenesis
in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), making them potential therapeutic targets. Methods …

Safety profile of anifrolumab in patients with active SLE: an integrated analysis of phase II and III trials

R Tummala, G Abreu, L Pineda, MA Michaels… - Lupus science & …, 2021 - lupus.bmj.com
Objective In phase II and III trials, anifrolumab, a human monoclonal antibody that binds type
I interferon receptor subunit 1, has shown efficacy in adults with moderate to severe SLE. We …

Type I interferon receptor blockade with anifrolumab corrects innate and adaptive immune perturbations of SLE

KA Casey, X Guo, MA Smith, S Wang… - Lupus Science & …, 2018 - lupus.bmj.com
Objective Anifrolumab is a fully human immunoglobulin G1 κ monoclonal antibody specific
for subunit 1 of the type I interferon (IFN) α receptor. In a phase IIb study of adults with …

Anifrolumab reduces flare rates in patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus

R Furie, EF Morand, AD Askanase, EM Vital… - Lupus, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) management objectives include
preventing disease flares while minimizing glucocorticoid exposure. Pooled data from the …

Phase II randomised trial of type I interferon inhibitor anifrolumab in patients with active lupus nephritis

D Jayne, B Rovin, EF Mysler, RA Furie… - Annals of the …, 2022 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of the type I interferon receptor antibody,
anifrolumab, in patients with active, biopsy-proven, Class III/IV lupus nephritis. Methods This …

Anifrolumab: first approval

ED Deeks - Drugs, 2021 - Springer
Anifrolumab (anifrolumab-fnia; Saphnelo™) is a monoclonal antibody antagonist of the type
1 interferon receptor (IFNAR). It is being developed by AstraZeneca (under license from …

Sifalimumab, an anti-interferon-α monoclonal antibody, in moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

M Khamashta, JT Merrill, VP Werth, R Furie… - Annals of the …, 2016 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives The efficacy and safety of sifalimumab were assessed in a phase IIb,
randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (NCT01283139) of adults with …

Emerging therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus—focus on targeting interferon-alpha

EI Lichtman, SM Helfgott, MA Kriegel - Clinical immunology, 2012 - Elsevier
Current therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a debilitating, potentially lethal,
multifactorial systemic autoimmune disease, are limited to suppressing disease activity and …

Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) attainment discriminates responders in a systemic lupus erythematosus trial: post-hoc analysis of the Phase IIb MUSE trial …

EF Morand, T Trasieva, A Berglind, GG Illei… - Annals of the …, 2018 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives In a post-hoc analysis, we aimed to validate the Lupus Low Disease Activity State
(LLDAS) definition as an endpoint in an systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Phase IIb …