In the CARDINAL Part A trial, patients received a fixed weight-based dose (6.5g or 7.5g) of Enjaymo via intravenous infusion on Day 0, Day 7, and then once every other week up to Week 26. Part B of the study evaluated the long-term safety as well as durability of response to Enjaymo in patients with CAD over a 2-year follow up. In the CARDINAL Part A study, the efficacy of Enjaymo was assessed based on the achievement of a primary composite endpoint (Hb≥12 g/dL or an increase of at least 2 g/dL; no blood transfusion or prohibited medications from Weeks 5 through 26) and different secondary endpoints, including improvements in hemoglobin, normalization of bilirubin, and FACIT-fatigue score. The most common adverse reactions occurring in 10% or more of patients were respiratory tract infection, viral infection, diarrhea, dyspepsia, cough, arthralgia, arthritis, and peripheral edema. Serious adverse reactions were reported in 13% (3/24) of patients who received Enjaymo. These serious adverse reactions were streptococcal sepsis and staphylococcal wound infection (n=1), arthralgia (n=1), and respiratory tract infection (n=1).
About Enjaymo® (sutimlimab)
Enjaymo is a humanized monoclonal antibody that is designed to selectively target and inhibit C1s in the classical complement pathway, which is part of the innate immune system. By blocking C1s, Enjaymo inhibits the activation of the complement cascade in the immune system and inhibits C1-activated hemolysis in CAD to prevent the abnormal destruction of healthy red blood cells. Enjaymo does not inhibit the lectin and alternative pathways. Enjaymo was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February 2022 as the first and only treatment indicated to decrease the need for red blood cell transfusion due to hemolysis in adults with CAD. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approved Enjaymo in June 2022. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) also made the decision to maintain orphan designation.
About cold agglutinin disease
Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare type of autoimmune hemolytic anemia, where part of the body’s immune system mistakenly destroys healthy red blood cells (hemolysis). CAD impacts the lives of an estimated 12,000 people in the US, Europe, and Japan and is associated with profound fatigue and increased risk of thromboembolic events and mortality.
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