Single-dose Study to Describe the Safety of Sarilumab and Tocilizumab in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Summary

Primary Objective: To describe the safety and tolerability, including laboratory abnormalities following a single dose of sarilumab or tocilizumab administered subcutaneously (SC) as monotherapy in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Secondary Objectives: To describe the laboratory abnormalities (absolute neutrophil count \[ANC\], platelet counts, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein \[HDL\] cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein \[LDL\] cholesterol, and liver function tests \[LFTs\]) following a single dose of sarilumab or tocilizumab administered SC as monotherapy in Japanese patients with RA. To describe the pharmacokinetics (PK) of sarilumab and tocilizumab.

Timeline

Start

2015-05

Primary completion

2016-03

Completion

2016-03

Publications

• Kovalenko P, Paccaly A, Boyapati A, Xu C, St John G, Nivens MC, Davis JD, Rippley R, DiCioccio AT. Population Pharmacodynamic Model of Neutrophil Margination and Tolerance to Describe Effect of Sarilumab on Absolute Neutrophil Count in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2020 Jul;9(7):405-416. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12534. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

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