AZD7442 - a Potential Combination Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19

Summary

In this first-in-humans dose escalation study, AZD7442 (AZD8895 + AZD1061) will be evaluated for safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and generation of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs). The study is intended to enable future studies of AZD7442's efficacy in preventing and treating COVID-19.

Timeline

Start

2020-08-18

Primary completion

2021-10-19

Completion

2021-10-19

Publications

• Forte-Soto P, Albayaty M, Brooks D, Arends RH, Tillinghast J, Aksyuk AA, Bouquet J, Chen C, Gebre A, Kubiak RJ, Pilla Reddy V, Seegobin S, Streicher K, Templeton A, Esser MT. Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Half-Life Extended Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies AZD7442 (Tixagevimab-Cilgavimab) in Healthy Adults. J Infect Dis. 2023 May 12;227(10):1153-1163. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad014.
• Kreuzberger N, Hirsch C, Chai KL, Tomlinson E, Khosravi Z, Popp M, Neidhardt M, Piechotta V, Salomon S, Valk SJ, Monsef I, Schmaderer C, Wood EM, So-Osman C, Roberts DJ, McQuilten Z, Estcourt LJ, Skoetz N. SARS-CoV-2-neutralising monoclonal antibodies for treatment of COVID-19. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 2;9(9):CD013825. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013825.pub2.

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