Chemistry:Eplontersen

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Eplontersen
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Trade namesWainua
Other namesAKCEA-TTR-LRx
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Eplontersen, sold under the brand name Wainua, is a medication used for the treatment of transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.[1] It is a transthyretin-directed antisense oligonucleotide.[1] It was developed to treat hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis by Ionis Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca.[2][3][4][5]

It was approved for medical use in the United States in December 2023.[6][7][8]

Medical uses

Eplontersen is indicated for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults.[1]

Society and culture

Names

Eplontersen is the international nonproprietary name.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/217388s000lbl.pdf
  2. "Ionis announces FDA acceptance of New Drug Application for eplontersen for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN)" (Press release). Ionis Pharmaceuticals. 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via PR Newswire.
  3. Coelho, Teresa; Waddington Cruz, Márcia; Chao, Chi-Chao; Parman, Yeşim; Wixner, Jonas; Weiler, Markus; Barroso, Fabio A.; Dasgupta, Noel R. et al. (February 2023). "Characteristics of Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis-Polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) in NEURO-TTRansform, an Open-label Phase 3 Study of Eplontersen". Neurology and Therapy 12 (1): 267–287. doi:10.1007/s40120-022-00414-z. PMID 36525140. 
  4. Coelho, Teresa; Marques, Wilson; Dasgupta, Noel R.; Chao, Chi-Chao; Parman, Yeşim; França, Marcondes Cavalcante; Guo, Yuh-Cherng; Wixner, Jonas et al. (October 2023). "Eplontersen for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis With Polyneuropathy". The Journal of the American Medical Association 330 (15): 1448–1458. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.18688. PMID 37768671. 
  5. Diep, John K.; Yu, Rosie Z.; Viney, Nicholas J.; Schneider, Eugene; Guo, Shuling; Henry, Scott; Monia, Brett; Geary, Richard et al. (December 2022). "Population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling of eplontersen, an antisense oligonucleotide in development for transthyretin amyloidosis". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 88 (12): 5389–5398. doi:10.1111/bcp.15468. PMID 35869634. 
  6. "Eplontersen: FDA-Approved Drugs". https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm?event=overview.process&ApplNo=217388. 
  7. "Wainua (eplontersen) granted regulatory approval in the U.S. for the treatment of adults with polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis". Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Press release). 21 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. "Wainua (eplontersen) granted first-ever regulatory approval in the US for the treatment of adults with polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis". AstraZeneca US (Press release). 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  9. "International nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances (INN): recommended INN: list 85". WHO Drug Information 35 (1). 2021. 

External links

  • Clinical trial number NCT04136184 for "NEURO-TTRansform: A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Eplontersen (Formerly Known as ION-682884, IONIS-TTR-LRx and AKCEA-TTR-LRx) in Participants With Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloid Polyneuropathy" at ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Clinical trial number NCT01737398 for "Efficacy and Safety of Inotersen in Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy" at ClinicalTrials.gov