Study of the Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Subcutaneous Tanezumab in Subjects With Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee.

Summary

Tanezumab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to and inhibits the actions of nerve growth factor (NGF). The Nerve Growth Factor Inhibitor (NGFI) class may offer an important breakthrough in the treatment of chronic pain and is under clinical investigation for the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis or other chronic pain conditions. The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate superior efficacy of tanezumab 5 mg and 2.5 mg administered subcutaneously (SC) every 8 weeks versus placebo at Week 24 in subjects with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip. The 2.5 mg dose was shown to provide efficacy benefits with a favorable safety profile when administered intravenously in previous Phase 3 clinical trials. The 5 mg dose is expected to provide added efficacy benefit over the 2.5 mg dose based on data from previous studies.

Timeline

Start

2016-03-02

Primary completion

2018-06-08

Completion

2018-11-14

Publications

• Schnitzer TJ, Conaghan PG, Berenbaum F, Abraham L, Cappelleri JC, Bushmakin AG, Viktrup L, Yang R, Brown MT. Effect size varies based on calculation method and may affect interpretation of treatment effect: an illustration using randomised clinical trials in osteoarthritis. Adv Rheumatol. 2024 Apr 22;64(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s42358-024-00358-y.
• Guermazi A, Roemer FW, Kompel AJ, Diaz LE, Crema MD, Brown MT, Hickman A, Pixton GC, Viktrup L, Fountaine RJ, Burr A, Sherlock SP, West CR. Inter-Reader Consistency and Exclusionary Findings During Radiographic Screening for Phase 3 Trials of Tanezumab in Patients With Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthr Imaging. 2022 Sep-Dec;2(3-4):100082. doi: 10.1016/j.ostima.2022.100082. Epub 2022 Nov 15.
• Carrino JA, McAlindon TE, Schnitzer TJ, Guermazi A, Hochberg MC, Conaghan PG, Brown MT, Burr A, Fountaine RJ, Pixton GC, Viktrup L, Verburg KM, West CR. Characterization of adverse joint outcomes in patients with osteoarthritis treated with subcutaneous tanezumab. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2023 Dec;31(12):1612-1626. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2023.08.010. Epub 2023 Aug 29.
• Shoji S, Suzuki A, Nouri P, Cai CH, Gaitonde P, Marshall S. Prediction of relative change in free nerve growth factor following subcutaneous administration of tanezumab, a novel monoclonal antibody to nerve growth factor. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2023 Sep;12(9):1358-1370. doi: 10.1002/psp4.13015. Epub 2023 Jul 31.
• Brown MT, Cornblath DR, Koltzenburg M, Gorson KC, Hickman A, Pixton GC, Gaitonde P, Viktrup L, West CR. Peripheral Nerve Safety of Nerve Growth Factor Inhibition by Tanezumab: Pooled Analyses of Phase III Clinical Studies in Over 5000 Patients with Osteoarthritis. Clin Drug Investig. 2023 Jul;43(7):551-563. doi: 10.1007/s40261-023-01286-3. Epub 2023 Jul 18.
• Colloca L, Dworkin RH, Farrar JT, Tive L, Yang J, Viktrup L, Dasic G, West CR, Whalen E, Brown MT, Gilbert SA, Verburg KM. Predicting Treatment Responses in Patients With Osteoarthritis: Results From Two Phase III Tanezumab Randomized Clinical Trials. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Apr;113(4):878-886. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2842. Epub 2023 Jan 31.
• Hunter DJ, Schnitzer TJ, Hall J, Semel D, Davignon I, Cappelleri JC, Bushmakin AG, Abraham L. Time to first and sustained improvement in WOMAC domains among patients with osteoarthritis receiving tanezumab. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2022 Jul 2;4(3):100294. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100294. eCollection 2022 Sep.
• Atkinson J, Edwards RA, Bonfanti G, Barroso J, Schnitzer TJ. A Two-Step, Trajectory-Focused, Analytics Approach to Attempt Prediction of Analgesic Response in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Osteoarthritis. Adv Ther. 2023 Jan;40(1):252-264. doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02336-6. Epub 2022 Oct 27.
• Mease P, Kuritzky L, Wright WL, Mallick-Searle T, Fountaine R, Yang R, Sadrarhami M, Faison W, Johnston E, Viktrup L. Efficacy and safety of tanezumab, NSAIDs, and placebo in patients with moderate to severe hip or knee osteoarthritis and a history of depression, anxiety, or insomnia: post-hoc analysis of phase 3 trials. Curr Med Res Opin. 2022 Nov;38(11):1909-1922. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2022.2113689. Epub 2022 Aug 28.
• Schnitzer TJ, Bonfanti G, Atkinson J, Donevan S, Viktrup L, Barroso J, Whalen E, Edwards RA. Characterizing 16-Week Responder Profiles Using Group-Based Trajectory Modeling in Over 4300 Clinical Trial Participants Receiving Pharmaceutical Treatment for Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritis. Adv Ther. 2022 Oct;39(10):4742-4756. doi: 10.1007/s12325-022-02290-3. Epub 2022 Aug 12.
• Conaghan PG, Dworkin RH, Schnitzer TJ, Berenbaum F, Bushmakin AG, Cappelleri JC, Viktrup L, Abraham L. WOMAC Meaningful Within-patient Change: Results From 3 Studies of Tanezumab in Patients With Moderate-to-severe Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee. J Rheumatol. 2022 Jun;49(6):615-621. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.210543. Epub 2022 Mar 1.
• Conaghan PG, Abraham L, Viktrup L, Cislo P. Impact of tanezumab on health status, non-work activities and work productivity in adults with moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2022 Feb 1;23(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s12891-022-05029-x.
• Berenbaum F, Schnitzer T, Kivitz A, Viktrup L, Johnston E, Yang R, Whalen E, Tive L, Semel D. Gender, age, disease severity, body mass index and diabetes may not affect response to subcutaneous tanezumab in patients with osteoarthritis after 16 weeks of treatment. A subgroup analysis of placebo-controlled trials. Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Dec;75(12):e14975. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14975. Epub 2021 Oct 21.
• Berenbaum F, Schnitzer TJ, Kivitz AJ, Viktrup L, Hickman A, Pixton G, Brown MT, Davignon I, West CR. General Safety and Tolerability of Subcutaneous Tanezumab for Osteoarthritis: A Pooled Analysis of Three Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Jun;74(6):918-928. doi: 10.1002/acr.24637. Epub 2022 Mar 25.
• Berenbaum F, Langford R, Perrot S, Miki K, Blanco FJ, Yamabe T, Isogawa N, Junor R, Carey W, Viktrup L, West CR, Brown MT, Verburg KM. Subcutaneous tanezumab for osteoarthritis: Is the early improvement in pain and function meaningful and sustained? Eur J Pain. 2021 Aug;25(7):1525-1539. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1764. Epub 2021 May 3.
• Berenbaum F, Blanco FJ, Guermazi A, Miki K, Yamabe T, Viktrup L, Junor R, Carey W, Brown MT, West CR, Verburg KM. Subcutaneous tanezumab for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: efficacy and safety results from a 24-week randomised phase III study with a 24-week follow-up period. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Jun;79(6):800-810. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216296. Epub 2020 Mar 31.

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