Chemistry:Pegsunercept

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Short description: Chemical compound
Pegsunercept
Clinical data
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administration
subcutaneous injection
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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.[1][2][3] It is being developed by Amgen.

Similarly to etanercept, pegsunercept is a soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor. Pegsunercept is a PEGylated protein.[3]

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. 3.0 3.1 "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. December 2005. PMID 16331754.