Sprifermin Other names AS-902330; rhFGF18; L-Methionyl(human fibroblast growth factor 18 (FGF-18, zFGF5)-(1-169)-peptide)[1] : 45 CAS Number UNII Formula C 876 H 1396 N 258 O 256 S 6 Molar mass 19830 .71 g·mol−1 3D model (JSmol )
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Sprifermin (INN ) (developmental code name AS-902330 ), also known as recombinant human fibroblast growth factor 18 (rhFGF18 ), is a recombinant form of human fibroblast growth factor 18 (FGF18)[1] : 45 which is under development by Merck and Nordic Bioscience for the treatment of osteoarthritis .[2] As a recombinant form of FGF18, sprifermin is a potent agonist of the FGFR2 and FGFR3 .[3] [4]
As of 2017, the drug is in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of osteoarthritis.[2] [5]
2019 outcomes of phase 2 clinical trial for KOA [knee osteoarthritis] shows improvement in cartilage thickness, but fails to satisfy tests like the WOMAC , therefore failing to satisfy its primary end points.[6]
However in some subgroups where cartilage thickness is of specific concern, clinical significance might be achieved.[7]
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^ a b "International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances (INN)" (PDF) . World Health Organization.
^ a b "Sprifermin - Merck" . Adis Insight . Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
^ Barrett KE, Ghishan FK, Merchant JL, Said HM, Wood JD (10 May 2006). Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract . Academic Press. pp. 216–. ISBN 978-0-08-045615-7 .
^ Said HM (4 July 2012). Physiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Two Volume Set . Academic Press. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-0-12-382027-3 .
^ Clinical trial number NCT01919164 for "A Study to Investigate the Safety and Effectiveness of Different Doses of Sprifermin (AS902330) in Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Knee (FORWARD)" at ClinicalTrials.gov
^ Hochberg MC, Guermazi A, Guehring H, Aydemir A, Wax S, Fleuranceau-Morel P, et al. (October 2019). "Effect of Intra-Articular Sprifermin vs Placebo on Femorotibial Joint Cartilage Thickness in Patients With Osteoarthritis: The FORWARD Randomized Clinical Trial" . JAMA . 322 (14): 1360–1370. doi :10.1001/jama.2019.14735 . PMC 6784851 . PMID 31593273 .
^ Gühring H, Kraines J, Moreau F, Daelken B, Ladel C, Wirth W, Conaghan PG, Eckstein F, Hochberg M (2019-06-01). "Op0010 Cartilage Thickness Modification with Sprifermin in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients Translates into Symptomatic Improvement Over Placebo in Patients at Risk of Further Structural and Symptomatic Progression: Post-Hoc Analysis of the Phase Ii Forward Trial" . Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases . 78 (Suppl 2): 70–71. doi :10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-eular.1216 . ISSN 0003-4967 .
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