Sanofi’s investigational drug amlitelimab is forecast to generate $581m in sales by 2030, as per GlobalData analysis. Credit: Golden Shrimp via Shutterstock.
Sanofi has announced encouraging findings from the second part of a study with the OX40 antibody amlitelimab, which showed sustained improvement in treating moderate to severe atopic dermatitis symptoms in previously treated patients.
In the second part of the STREAM-AD study, patients initially responding to amlitelimab were re-randomised to either continue treatment or withdraw over 28 weeks. Those continuing treatment maintained high responder rates for Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI-75) and/or Investigator Global Assessment (IGA 0/1), as did those withdrawn from treatment – 69.2% of patients continued IGA 0/1 and/or EASI-75 response compared to 58.8% in those who had withdrawn.
A pooled analysis showed that those who continued treatment maintained an IGA 0/1 response in 71.9% compared to 57% in the treatment-withdrawn group, with EASI-75 response maintained in 69% compared to 61.6% of patients, respectively. Atopic dermatitis-related biomarkers remained reduced at week 52 in both groups, highlighting durable control of the condition post-amlitelimab withdrawal.
Results from this part of the study indicate amlitelimab’s potential for durable off-drug efficacy, which means less frequent dosing every 12 weeks could be evaluated, explained chair of the department of dermatology and allergy at the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Stephan Weidinger, in the 11 March press release.
The 12-week dosing schedule of amlitelimab 250mg with a 500mg loading dose is now being investigated in a larger Phase III clinical program (OCEANA).
Atopic dermatitis is a long-term chronic form of eczema commonly seen in people with sensitive skin and a malfunctioning immune system.
In the announcement accompanying the data, the head of global development, immunology and inflammation at Sanofi, Naimish Patel said: “It’s unprecedented to see this type of durability of clinical response, which we believe could be very meaningful to patients and is the reason why we selected an every 12-week dosing regimen in the AD pivotal programme.”
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