On April 22, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Cimzia for the treatment of Crohn's disease in people who did not respond sufficiently or adequately to standard therapy.[5][8][9]
Rheumatoid arthritis
On June 26, 2009, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a positive opinion recommending that the European Commission grant a marketing authorisation for Cimzia for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis only - the CHMP refused approval for the treatment of Crohn's disease. The marketing authorisation was granted to UCB Pharma SA on October 1, 2009.[10]
Psoriatic arthritis
On September 27, 2013, the U.S. FDA approved Cimzia for the treatment of adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis.[11]
Method of action
[edit]Three certolizumab molecules (blue) binding a homotrimer of TNF-alpha (tan). Certolizumab can block TNF in both its soluble form (freely circulating in the bloodstream) and its transmembrane form (bound to the membrane of a cell). From PDB: 5WUX.[12]
Positive results have been demonstrated in two phase III trials (PRECiSE 1 and 2) of certolizumab pegol versus placebo in moderate to severe active Crohn's disease.[2][13][14][15]
Axial spondyloarthritis
In 2013, a phase 3 double blind randomized placebo-controlled study found significantly positive results in patient self-reported questionnaires, with rapid improvement of function and pain reduction, in patients with axial spondyloarthritis.[16]
^World Health Organization (2021). World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 22nd list (2021). Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/345533. WHO/MHP/HPS/EML/2021.02.
^ abSchreiber S, Khaliq-Kareemi M, Lawrance I, Hanauer S, McColm J, Bloomfield R, Sandborn W (2005). "Certolizumab pegol, a humanised anti-TNF pegylated FAb' fragment, is safe and effective in the maintenance of response and remission following induction in active Crohn's disease: a phase 3 study (precise)". Gut. 54 (suppl 7): A82.
^Sandborn WJ, Feagan BG, Stoinov S, Honiball PJ, Rutgeerts P, McColm JA, Innes A, Schreiber S (2006). "Certolizumab pegol administered subcutaneously is effective and well tolerated in patients with active Crohn's disease: results from a 26-week, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study (PRECiSE 1)". Gastroenterology. 130 (4): A107.
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