Pegsunercept

Pegsunercept
Clinical data
Routes of
administration		subcutaneous injection
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Legal status
Legal status
  • investigational
Pharmacokinetic data
BioavailabilityN/A
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC502H758N154O165S16
Molar mass12103.46 g·mol−1
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Pegsunercept is a drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. As of January 2010, Phase II clinical trials have been completed. It is being developed by Amgen.

Similarly to etanercept, pegsunercept is a soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor. Pegsunercept is a PEGylated protein.

References

  1. ↑ Clinical trial number NCT00037700 for "Evaluation of the Efficacy of Combination Treatment With Anakinra and Pegsunercept in Improving Rheumatoid Arthritis" at ClinicalTrials.gov
  2. ↑ Clinical trial number NCT00111423 for "Evaluating the Safety of Extended Treatment With Pegsunercept (PEG sTNF-RI)in Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)" at ClinicalTrials.gov
  3. 1 2 Furst DE, Fleischmann R, Kopp E, Schiff M, Edwards C, Solinger A, Macri M (December 2005). "A phase 2 dose-finding study of PEGylated recombinant methionyl human soluble tumor necrosis factor type I in patients with rheumatoid arthritis". The Journal of Rheumatology. 32 (12): 2303–10. PMID 16331754.