AbbVie releases positive top-line data from Phase III upadacitinib trial

9 April 2018
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Chicago, USA-based AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) has announced positive top-line results from the Phase III SELECT-COMPARE trial of the JAK1 inhibitor upadacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis.

The trial met the primary endpoints of ACR20 and clinical remission, in comparison with placebo. All ranked secondary endpoints were also achieved versus either placebo or adalimumab.

The study showed that at week 12, 71% of patients receiving an oral once-daily dose of upadacitinib 15mg achieved an ACR20 response, compared with 36% of patients receiving placebo.

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