Table 2.
Selective lymphocyte trafficking inhibitors | ||||||
Name | Study | UC/Crohns | Mechanism of Action |
Authors | Results | Adverse events |
Vedolizumab subcutaneous | VISIBLE 1 and 2 | Phase III/Phase III | A4b7 inhibitor | Sandborn et al, 202020 | UC→ 46.2% of moderate UC patients who responded to IV VDZ sustained remission. | Reaction at injection site |
Vermeire et al, 202218 | CD→48% of moderate Crohn’s patients who responded to 2 infusions of VDZ have sustained remission at week 52. |
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Etrolizumab | HICKORY LAUREL GARDENIA |
Phase III/III | Anti- β7 subunit mAb | Peyrin-Biroulet L et al, 2022.22
Vermeire S et al, 2022.23 Danese et al, 202224 |
UC→Clinical remission (UC patients previously treated with anti-TNF) 18.5% vs 6.3% of placebo at week 14 |
UC flare, Appendicitis, Anaemia |
Carotegrast Methyl (AJM300) |
Phase III/- | Anti-a4 mAb (a4b7 and a4b1) |
Matsuoka et al, 2022.24 |
UC→Clinical response in 46% of moderately active UC patients and endoscopic remission in 14% at week 8 | Nasopharyngitis |
IV, intravenous; UC, ulcerative colitis; VDZ, vedolizumab.