Lampalizumab

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Lampalizumab
Intravitreal
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC2068H3214N546O676S13
Molar mass46958.39 g·mol−1

Lampalizumab (

age-related macular degeneration.[1][2]

One of the two Phase 3 clinical trials (Spectri) was interrupted on September 8, 2017 due to failure to meet primary end point.[3] The second Phase 3 clinical trial (Chroma) also failed to meet its primary end point.[4]

These two failures have called into question whether complement inhibition is a sound strategy for geographic atrophy.[5]

References

  1. ^ World Health Organization (2012). "International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances (INN). Proposed INN: List 107" (PDF). WHO Drug Information. 26 (2).
  2. ^ "Statement On A Nonproprietary Name Adopted By The USAN Council - Lampalizumab" (PDF). American Medical Association.
  3. ^ "Roche provides update on first lampalizumab phase III study for geographic atrophy, an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration". www.roche.com. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  4. ^ "Statement on Chroma Study". www.roche.com. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  5. S2CID 9682962
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