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SUMMARY
- Please refer to the TREMFYA Prescribing Information for relevant information regarding immunogenicity with TREMFYA. Summarized in this response are relevant data on immunogenicity from the QUASAR and GALAXI/GRAVITI clinical programs in adult patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD), respectively.1
Clinical Data
Ulcerative colitis
QUASAR Studies
The safety and efficacy of TREMFYA in adult patients with moderately to severely active UC was evaluated through two phase 3 clinical studies, including a 12-week induction study and a 44-week maintenance study.
- Up to week 56, 11% (n=48) of patients treated with TREMFYA at the recommended dosage developed antidrug antibodies.1
- Of these patients who tested positive for anti-guselkumab antibodies and were evaluable for neutralizing antibodies, 16% (n=6) had antibodies that were classified as neutralizing antibodies.1
- Most of the patients who were positive for antibodies to guselkumab had low titers. Two patients with the highest antibody titers exhibited low trough levels of guselkumab.1
- There was no identified clinically significant effect of antidrug antibodies on injection site reactions, or effectiveness of guselkumab, over the treatment duration of 56 weeks.1
Crohn’s Disease
The safety and efficacy of TREMFYA in adult patients with moderately to severely active CD was evaluated through two randomized, double-blind clinical trial programs (GALAXI and GRAVITI) for a total duration of up to 48 weeks.
GALAXI and GRAVITI Clinical Programs
- Up to Week 48 in the GALAXI program; 5% (30/634) of patients treated with TREMFYA at the recommended dosage developed antidrug antibodies.1
- Of these patients who tested positive for anti-guselkumab antibodies and were evaluable for neutralizing antibodies, 5% (1/22) had antibodies that were classified as neutralizing antibodies.1
- Up to Week 48 in the GRAVITI program; 9% (24/273) of patients treated with TREMFYA at the recommended dosage developed antidrug antibodies.1
- Of these patients who tested positive for anti-guselkumab antibodies and were evaluable for neutralizing antibodies, none had antibodies that were classified as neutralizing antibodies.1
- Most of the patients who were positive for antibodies to guselkumab had low titers.1
- There was no identified clinically significant effects of antidrug antibodies on pharmacokinetics, injection site reactions, or effectiveness of guselkumab, over the treatment duration of 48 weeks.1
Literature Search
A literature search of MEDLINE®, EMBASE®, BIOSIS Previews®, and DERWENT® (and/or other resources, including internal/external databases) was conducted on 9 April 2025.