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Kiniksa's Vixarelimab Receives the US FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Treat Pruritus Associated with Prurigo Nodularis

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Kiniksa's Vixarelimab Receives the US FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Treat Pruritus Associated with Prurigo Nodularis

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  • The BTD is based on P-IIa assessing vixarelimab in reducing pruritus in patients with prurigo nodularis
  • The study met its 1EPs i.e reduction in WI-NRS from baseline @8wks. in vixarelimab recipients and patients also received PN-IGA score of 0/1 @8wks.
  • Kiniksa expects to initiate a P-IIb clinical trial of vixarelimab in prurigo nodularis- evaluating a range of once-monthly dose regimens- by the end of 2021. Vixarelimab is a fully-human mAb that targets oncostatin M receptor beta (OSMRβ)

 ­ Ref: GlobeNewswire | Image: Kiniksa

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