canakinumab
Trade name: ilaris
mAbapprovedCOVID-19Orphan Drug FDA
Approved
Jun 17, 2009
Canakinumab, sold under the brand name Ilaris, is a medication for the treatment of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, active Still's disease, including adult-onset Still's disease, gout flares. It is a human monoclonal antibody targeted at interleukin-1 beta. It has no cross-reactivity with other members of the interleukin-1 family, including interleukin-1 alpha. — Wikipedia
Clinical trial activity
106 trials · 51 clinical orgs · 1 marketing orgs
Phase 1
17
Phase 2
91
Phase 3
35
Phase 4
1
Earliest trial started Dec 1, 2003 (NCT00619905)
Timeline
Indications
Approved for
Studied for
- Alzheimer Disease · Phase 2
- Anemia · Phase 2
- Anemia, Sickle Cell · Phase 2
- Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal · Phase 2
- Arthritis · Phase 3
- Arthritis, Gouty · Phase 3
- Arthritis, Psoriatic · Phase 4
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid · Phase 4
- Atherosclerosis · Phase 3
- Atrial Fibrillation · Phase 2
- Behcet Syndrome · Phase 2
- Breast Neoplasms · Phase 1
- Carcinoma · Phase 2
- Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung · Phase 3
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell · Early Phase 1
- Cardiovascular Diseases · Phase 2
- Chronic Urticaria · Phase 2
- Clonal Hematopoiesis · Phase 2
- Cognitive Dysfunction · Phase 2
- Coronavirus Infections · Phase 3
- COVID-19 · Phase 3
- Dermatitis, Allergic Contact · Phase 2/Phase 3
- Diabetes Mellitus · Phase 2
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 · Phase 2
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 · Phase 3
- Diabetic Retinopathy · Phase 1
- Dry Eye Syndromes · Phase 2
- Fever · Phase 3
- Glucocorticoid-Induced TNFR-Related Protein · Phase 2
- Glucose Intolerance · Phase 2
- Gout · Phase 3
- Healthy Volunteers · Phase 1
- Heart Diseases · Phase 2
- Hepatitis, Alcoholic · Phase 2
- HIV · Phase 2
- Hypoglycemia · Phase 3
- Inflammation · Phase 2/Phase 3
- Insulin Resistance · Phase 2
- Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic · Phase 2
- Lung Neoplasms · Phase 3
- Melanoma · Phase 2
- Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome · Phase 2
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne · Phase 1/Phase 2
- Mutation · Phase 2
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes · Phase 2
- Osteoarthritis · Phase 2
- Osteoarthritis, Knee · Phase 2
- Pancreatic Neoplasms · Phase 1
- Peripheral Arterial Disease · Phase 2
- Polycythemia Vera · Phase 2
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica · Phase 2
- Prediabetic State · Phase 2
- Primary Myelofibrosis · Phase 2
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive · Phase 1/Phase 2
- Pyoderma Gangrenosum · Phase 2
- Rheumatic Diseases · Phase 2
- Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary · Phase 2
- Schnitzler Syndrome · Phase 2
- Spondylarthritis · Phase 4
- Still's Disease, Adult-Onset · Phase 3
- Tuberculosis · Phase 2
- Urticaria · Phase 2
- Vasculitis · Phase 2
- Wet Macular Degeneration · Phase 1
Mechanism of action
- Interleukin-1 betaINHIBITOR
IL1B inhibitor
Approval history
- approvedJun 17, 2009
Chemistry & pharmacology
- Chirality
- Single Stereoisomer
- Inorganic
- No
- Polymer
- No
- Delivery
- Parenteral
- Availability
- Prescription Only
- Multi-specific
- No
Oral
No
Parenteral
Yes
Topical
No
Sources
- WikipediaCanakinumab ↗
- NCATS37CQ2C7X93 ↗
- ChEMBLCHEMBL1201834 ↗
Also known as
- acz885
- acz885
- acz885
- acz885
- acz-885
- acz-885
- acz-885
- canakinumab
- canakinumab
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- canakinumab
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- canakinumab
- canakinumab
- canakinumab
- canakinumab
- canakinumab
- ilaris
- ilaris
- ilaris
- ilaris
- ilaris
- immunoglobulin g1, anti-(human interleukin 1beta) (human clone acz885 heavy chain v region)
Clinical trials
| NCT ID | Phase | Start date | Sponsor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCT07138898 | Phase 2 | Sep 30, 2025 | New York University |
| NCT06691217 | Phase 2 | Apr 1, 2025 | Broad Institute, Harvard University, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Yale University |
| NCT06497491 | Phase 3 | Dec 12, 2023 | AO GENERIUM |
| NCT06038526 | Phase 2 | Sep 30, 2023 | Ohio State University |
| NCT05984602 | Phase 1 | Jul 14, 2023 | New York University |
| NCT05401578 | Phase 3 | Feb 1, 2023 | University of Basel |
| NCT05641831 | Phase 2 | Jan 1, 2023 | Ohio State University |
| NCT05535738 | Phase 2/Phase 3 (Phase 3) | Sep 15, 2022 | University of Massachusetts |
| NCT06481189 | Phase 1 | Sep 6, 2022 | AO GENERIUM |
| NCT05467800 | Phase 2 | Jul 31, 2022 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada |
| NCT05237713 | Phase 2 | Apr 26, 2022 | Novartis, University of Leipzig |
| NCT05725343 | Phase 3 | Feb 3, 2022 | Mario Negri Institute, Novartis |
| NCT05080218 | Phase 4 | Oct 31, 2021 | AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Foundation for Advancing Science Technology Education and Research, Illumination Health, Novartis, Pfizer, University of Alabama, Birmingham, University of Nebraska, University of Pennsylvania |
| NCT04795466 | Phase 2 | Oct 28, 2021 | Novartis |
| NCT04814368 | Phase 2 | Aug 27, 2021 | Novartis |
| NCT04789681 | Phase 2 | Jul 20, 2021 | University of Texas at Houston |
| NCT04810611 | Phase 1 | Jun 18, 2021 | Novartis |
| NCT04905316 | Phase 2 | May 21, 2021 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Novartis |
| NCT04717635 | Phase 3 | Mar 30, 2021 | Novartis |
| NCT04798339 | Phase 1/Phase 2 (Phase 2) | Mar 30, 2021 | Novartis, University of South Florida |
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Organizations
Research & Development (51)
| Organization | Org type | Trials | As lead sponsor | Phases | Earliest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novartis | For profit | 84 | 70 | 5 | 2003 |
| Humboldt University | Academic/Hospital | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2010 |
| University of Basel | Academic/Hospital | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2013 |
| AO GENERIUM | For profit | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York University | Academic/Hospital | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ohio State University | Academic/Hospital | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Texas at Houston | Academic/Hospital | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Zurich | Academic/Hospital | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| AbbVie | For profit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bilim University | Academic/Hospital | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2016 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | For profit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 |
| Broad Institute | Academic/Hospital | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2025 |
| Children's National Medical Center | Academic/Hospital | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Columbia University | Academic/Hospital | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Eli Lilly | For profit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation for Advancing Science Technology Education and Research | Academic/Hospital | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne | Academic/Hospital | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 |
| French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis | Government | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2013 |
| Government of the United Kingdom | Government | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2006 |
| Harvard University | Academic/Hospital | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
51 organizations
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