IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a rare disease, where your own immune system produces antibodies in the kidney leading to inflammation that, over time can interfere with the kidneys’ ability to filter waste from the blood. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ด๐๐ก, and at least 50% of patients progress to kidney failure or death within 10โ20 years of diagnosis. Existing therapies can only slow, not stop, disease progression.
The ORIGIN 3 study is a global, multicentre Phase 3 trial evaluating ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐, a TACI-Fc fusion protein that blocks BAFF and APRILโkey drivers of IgAN disease progression.
๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐:
At week 36, atacicept treatment resulted in a 45.7% reduction in the urinary protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR) from baseline, as compared with a 6.8% reduction in the placebo group. The between-group difference of 41.8 percentage points in the reduction from baseline in the UPCR was significant and considered clinically meaningful.
๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ to this global trial. RemediumOne coordinated local activities, enrolling ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ between July 2024 and February 2025 across five hospitals:
National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Colombo North Teaching Hospital
Kandy National Hospital
Jaffna Teaching Hospital
Kurunegala Teaching Hospital
A heartfelt thank you to our investigators and study teams for their dedication and effort.
We are proud to have supported a study that may bring a much-needed therapeutic option closer to patients worldwide and looking forward to the comprehensive analyses of the full study.
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