Secukinumab is a recombinant human monoclonal IgG1/k antibody that binds tp IL-17A. It is expressed in a recombinant Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line. Secukinumab has a molecular mass of approximately 151 kDa; both heavy chains of secukinumab contain oligosaccharide chains.
PARAMETER |
DATA |
Manufacturer |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation |
Indication |
COSENTYX is a human interleukin-IL-17A antagonist indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adult patients who are candidates for systemic therapy or phototherapy. |
Cell Substrate |
CHO (Chinese Hamster Ovary) cells MCB 060428 (CHO-HPT1 cell line) |
Manufacturing platform |
The cell culture process is conventional, expanding the culture via T-flasks and roller bottles to a fed batch bioreactor. The cell culture media used for inoculum preparation, for seed expansion, and for the production stage are serum-free, with low protein content and do not contain animal- or human-derived raw materials. The cell culture fluid is harvested as a single-harvest batch which is subsequently purified as a single active substance batch. The purification process consists of 9 steps including harvest, chromatography and filtration with final freezing and storage at ≤- 60̊C. |
Dose in vial/final container |
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Dose to patient |
300 mg by subcutaneous injection at Weeks 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 followed by 300 mg every 4 weeks. Each 300 mg dose is given as 2 subcutaneous injections of 150 mg. |
CLINICAL TRIALS
NCT |
TRIAL PHASE |
NO OF PATIENTS ENROLLED |
TITLE |
COUNTRIES |
Placebo-controlled, active-controlled trials |
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NCT01365455 |
3 |
738 |
United States, Canada, Estonia, Colombia, Japan, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Argentina, Lithuania, Taiwan, Mexico |
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NCT01358578 |
3 |
1306 |
United States, Argentina, Italy, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Hungary, Iceland, Korea Republic of, Philippines, Spain, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, United Kingdom |
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NCT01555125 |
3 |
177 |
United States, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany |
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NCT01636687 |
3 |
182 |
United States, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany |
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NCT01406938 |
3 |
967 |
United States, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, Vietnam, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
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NCT01412944 |
3 |
43 |
United States, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Japan, Slovakia |
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Phase 2 studies in psoriasis |
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NCT01412944 |
2 |
404 |
AIN457 Regimen Finding Study in Patients with Moderate to Severe Psoriasis |
United States, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Norway |
NCT00805480 |
2 |
130 |
Multiple-loading Dose Regimen Study in Patients with Chronic Plaque-type Psoriasis |
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USFDA Approval |
January 21, 2015 |
EMA Approval |
January 14, 2015 |
Health Canada Approval |
April 10, 2015 |
Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) Approval |
May 11, 2016 |
TGA Approval |
December 26, 2014 |
A Dermatologic and Ophthalmologic Drugs Advisory Committee meeting was convened on October 20, 2014 to discuss the safety and efficacy results for this application.