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See Latest ArticlesCertolizumab Pegol: In Rheumatoid Arthritis
BioDrugs, 11/10/09
Duggan ST et al. – Certolizumab pegol is a PEGylated humanized Fab? monoclonal antibody that targets and neutralizes both membrane–bound and soluble tumor necrosis factor (TNF)–alpha, preventing inflammation and consequently the destruction of cartilage and bone. Certolizumab pegol has a relatively long elimination half–life of ?2 weeks, allowing subcutaneous administration once every 2 or 4 weeks...In patients with active rheumatoid arthritis who had previously failed to respond to treatment with >=1 disease–modifying anti–rheumatic drug, certolizumab pegol 400 mg every 4 weeks as monotherapy effectively improved ACR responses at all measured timepoints up to 24 weeks, according to data from the randomized, phase III FAST4WARD trial. Certolizumab pegol was generally well tolerated in combination with methotrexate or as monotherapy in phase III trials in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, with most adverse events being of mild to moderate intensity. Infections were the most frequently reported adverse events.
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