Efficacy and Safety of Two Doses of Anifrolumab Compared to Placebo in Adult Subjects With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intravenous treatment regimen of two doses of anifrolumab versus placebo in adult subjects with moderately to severely active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Timeline

Start

2015-06-09

Primary completion

2018-07-17

Completion

2018-07-17

Publications

• Brunner HI, Cody EM, Devarajan P, Huang B, Chen C, Sinibaldi D, Ramaswamy M, Knagenhjelm J, Jones F, Brohawn PZ, Tummala R, Lindholm C, White WI. The Renal Activity Index for Lupus Identifies Active Renal Disease and Treatment Response in Adult Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2026 Jun;78(6):723-732. doi: 10.1002/acr.25684. Epub 2026 Feb 23.
• Furie RA, Morand EF, Bruce IN, Manzi S, Kalunian KC, Vital EM, Lawrence Ford T, Gupta R, Hiepe F, Santiago M, Brohawn PZ, Berglind A, Tummala R; TULIP-1 study investigators. Type I interferon inhibitor anifrolumab in active systemic lupus erythematosus (TULIP-1): a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Rheumatol. 2019 Dec;1(4):e208-e219. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(19)30076-1. Epub 2019 Nov 11.
• Morand EF, Abreu G, Furie RA, Golder V, Tummala R. Lupus low disease activity state attainment in the phase 3 TULIP trials of anifrolumab in active systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 May;82(5):639-645. doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-222748. Epub 2023 Jan 23.
• Bruce IN, van Vollenhoven RF, Morand EF, Furie RA, Manzi S, White WB, Abreu G, Tummala R. Sustained glucocorticoid tapering in the phase 3 trials of anifrolumab: a post hoc analysis of the TULIP-1 and TULIP-2 trials. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Apr 3;62(4):1526-1534. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac491.
• Bruce IN, Furie RA, Morand EF, Manzi S, Tanaka Y, Kalunian KC, Merrill JT, Puzio P, Maho E, Kleoudis C, Albulescu M, Hultquist M, Tummala R. Concordance and discordance in SLE clinical trial outcome measures: analysis of three anifrolumab phase 2/3 trials. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Jul;81(7):962-969. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221847. Epub 2022 May 17.
• Vital EM, Merrill JT, Morand EF, Furie RA, Bruce IN, Tanaka Y, Manzi S, Kalunian KC, Kalyani RN, Streicher K, Abreu G, Tummala R. Anifrolumab efficacy and safety by type I interferon gene signature and clinical subgroups in patients with SLE: post hoc analysis of pooled data from two phase III trials. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Jul;81(7):951-961. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221425. Epub 2022 Mar 25.
• Loncharich MF, Anderson CW. Interferon Inhibition for Lupus with Anifrolumab: Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Leading to FDA Approval. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2022 Jun;4(6):486-491. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11414. Epub 2022 Feb 14.
• Chia YL, Zhang J, Tummala R, Rouse T, Furie RA, Morand EF. Relationship of anifrolumab pharmacokinetics with efficacy and safety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 May 5;61(5):1900-1910. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab704.
• Furie R, Morand EF, Askanase AD, Vital EM, Merrill JT, Kalyani RN, Abreu G, Pineda L, Tummala R. Anifrolumab reduces flare rates in patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2021 Jul;30(8):1254-1263. doi: 10.1177/09612033211014267. Epub 2021 May 12.
• Furie R, Morand EF, Bruce IN, Isenberg D, van Vollenhoven R, Abreu G, Pineda L, Tummala R. What Does It Mean to Be a British Isles Lupus Assessment Group-Based Composite Lupus Assessment Responder? Post Hoc Analysis of Two Phase III Trials. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Nov;73(11):2059-2068. doi: 10.1002/art.41778. Epub 2021 Sep 22.
• Hannon CW, McCourt C, Lima HC, Chen S, Bennett C. Interventions for cutaneous disease in systemic lupus erythematosus. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Mar 9;3(3):CD007478. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007478.pub2.

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