CHMP Recommends Approval of Lilly's Baricitinib for the Treatment of Adults with Moderate to Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
This is the first regulatory step towards the approval of baricitinib and the CHMP positive opinion is now referred for final action to the
"Rheumatoid arthritis is a debilitating disease and can have a devastating impact on a person's quality of life," said
The CHMP positive opinion was based on five phase 3 clinical trials of baricitinib in adult patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA-BEGIN, RA-BEAM, RA-BUILD, RA-BEACON and RA-BEYOND). A wide range of patients participated in the clinical trial program, including those who are inadequate responders to methotrexate, inadequate responders to conventional synthetic disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs), or inadequate responders to biological disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) including TNF inhibitors.
"The positive opinion for baricitinib paves the way for adults with rheumatoid arthritis to be offered a new treatment option," said
The
About Baricitinib
Baricitinib is a once-daily oral, selective and reversible JAK1 and JAK2 inhibitor currently in clinical studies for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. There are four known JAK enzymes: JAK1, JAK2, JAK3 and TYK2. JAK-dependent cytokines have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, suggesting that JAK inhibitors may be useful for the treatment of a broad range of inflammatory conditions.
In
About Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation and progressive destruction of joints.i,ii More than 23 million people worldwide suffer from RA.iii Approximately three times as many women as men have the disease. Current treatment of RA includes the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, oral conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs), such as methotrexate - the current standard of care - and injectable, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) that target selected mediators implicated in the pathogenesis of RA.iv Despite current treatment options, many patients do not reach their therapeutic goals or sustained remission.v,vi There remains an important need to provide additional treatments to improve overall
patient care.
About Baricitinib Phase 3 Trials
Lilly and Incyte conducted four pivotal phase 3 clinical trials of baricitinib in patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis to support regulatory submission in most countries. Two of the four studies included pre-specified comparisons to approved DMARDs: one to methotrexate (RA-BEGIN) and one to adalimumab (RA-BEAM). An additional phase 3 study was initiated to support clinical development in China. The clinical trial program includes a wide range of patients including those who are methotrexate-naïve, inadequate responders to methotrexate, inadequate responders to conventional synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs, or inadequate responders to biologic DMARDs including TNF inhibitors. Patients completing any of the phase 3 studies can enroll in a long-term extension study. For additional information on
this clinical trial program, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov.
About Incyte
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About Eli Lilly and Company
Lilly is a global healthcare leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We were founded more than a century ago by a man committed to creating high-quality medicines that meet real needs, and today we remain true to that mission in all our work. Across the globe, Lilly employees work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. To learn more about Lilly, please visit us at www.lilly.com and www.lilly.com/newsroom/social-channels
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This press release contains forward-looking statements (as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) about baricitinib as a potential treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and reflects Lilly's and
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i American College of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis, http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/patients/diseases_and_conditions/ra.asp. Accessed
ii Hand Clinics, Advances in the Medical Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135413/pdf/nihms305780.pdf. Accessed Dec 15, 2016.
iii WHO Global Burden of Disease Report, (table 7, page 32) 2004,
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_full.pdf. Accessed Dec 15, 2016.
iv Arthritis Foundation, Medications for Rheumatoid Arthritis, http://www.arthritistoday.org/about-arthritis/types-of-arthritis/rheumatoid-arthritis/treatment-plan/medication-overview/ra-medications.php. Accessed Dec 15, 2016.
v Rheumatoid arthritis,
vi Sustained rheumatoid arthritis remission is uncommon in clinical practice,
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