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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2018 Mar 21;14(4):214–228. doi: 10.1038/nrrheum.2018.31

Table 1 |. Biologic therapies in development for rheumatic diseases that target the type I interferon pathway.

Treatment name Type Targeted rheumatic disease(s) Phase of testing
Anti-IFNα therapies
Rontalizumab Humanized anti-IFNα IgG1 mAb Systemic lupus erythematosus II
Sifalimumab Humanized anti-IFNα IgG1 mAb Systemic lupus erythematosus II
Psoriasis II
Dermatomyositis and polymyositis I
AGS-009 Humanized anti-IFNα IgG4 mAb Systemic lupus erythematosus I
IFNα Kinoid IFNα vaccine Systemic lupus erythematosus II
Dermatomyositis II
Anti-IFNAR therapy
Anifrolumab Fully human anti-IFNAR mAb Systemic lupus erythematosus II/III
Systemic sclerosis I
TLR inhibition
NI-0101 Humanized anti-TLR4 mAb Rheumatoid arthritis II

IFNAR, type I interferon receptor; mAb, monoclonal antibody; TLR, Toll-like receptor;