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CH-1504 is a an antirheumatic agent that has been shown in vitro to be a nonpolyglutamylatable and nonhydroxylatable antifolate that is more efficiently taken up into cells by the reduced folate carrier (RFC) system than is Methotrexate. It has been investiga…
Aminopterin is an amino derivative of folic acid, which was once used as an antineoplastic agent in the treatment of pediatric leukemia. In the 1950's its production was discontinued in favor of methotrexate, which is less potent but less toxic. Off label, am…
Anifrolumab, or MEDI-546, is a type 1 interferon receptor (IFNAR) inhibiting IgG1? monoclonal antibody indicated in the treatment of adults with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus.[A237074,L34929] The standard therapy for systemic lupus erythemat…
Aurothioglucose, also known as gold thioglucose, was formerly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Contemporary research on the effect of gold salts treatment began in 1935, primarily to reduce inflammation and to slow disease progression in patients with r…
Bevifimod is under investigation in clinical trial NCT01749787 (Safety Study of PRTX-100 With Methotrexate or Leflunomide to Treat Active Rheumatoid Arthritis).
Choline magnesium trisalicylate is a non-acetylated salicylate used widely as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Trisalicylate significantly reduces methotrexate renal clearance, displacing methotrexate from protein, increasing the fraction unbound by 28%…
CR6086 is under investigation in clinical trial NCT03163966 (A Study of the EP4 Antagonist CR6086 in Combination With Methotrexate, in Dmard-naïve Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis).
Dilmapimod has been used in trials studying the treatment and diagnostic of Nerve Trauma, Inflammation, Pain, Neuropathic, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, and Coronary Heart Disease, among others. Dilmapimod (SB-681323) is a p38 MAP-kinase inhibitor that has potential…
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune, systemic, and inflammatory disease that causes synovial joint symptoms and can limit range of motion in severe cases.[A221451,A221456] The disease is associated with extra-articular manifestations, progressi…
Glucarpidase is a recombinant carboxypeptidase G2 produced by genetically modified _Escherichia coli_ bacteria. It is a 390-amino acid homodimer protein.[L39855] High-dose [methotrexate], an antifolate agent, has been widely and safely used for many decades i…
Golimumab is a human IgG1? monoclonal antibody derived from immunizing genetically engineered mice with human TNF?. Golimumab binds and inhibits soluble and transmembrane human TNF?. Increased TNF? is associated with chronic inflammation. Thus golimumab is in…
Infliximab is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha or TNF-?) blocker and a chimeric monoclonal IgG1 antibody composed of human constant (75%) and murine variable (25%) regions [A31469]. Infliximab is produced by a recombinant cell line cultured by continuous pe…
JNJ-39758979 is under investigation in clinical trial NCT01480388 (A Dose Range Finding Study of JNJ-39758979 in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Currently Treated With Methotrexate).
Folinic Acid (also known as 5-formyl tetrahydrofolic acid or leucovorin) is the 5-formyl derivative of tetrahydrofolic acid, a necessary co-factor in the body. Commercially available leucovorin is composed of a 1:1 racemic mixture of the dextrorotary and levo…
Levilimab is under investigation in clinical trial NCT04227366 (Study of the Efficacy and Safety of BCD-089 in Combination With Methotrexate in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis).
Levoleucovorin is the enantiomerically active form of Folinic Acid (also known as 5-formyl tetrahydrofolic acid or leucovorin). Commercially available leucovorin is composed of a 1:1 racemic mixture of the dextrorotary and levorotary isomers, while levoleucov…
Methopterin is thought to have effects on osteoclasts and to inhibit inflammatory bone destruction.[A229843]
Methotrexate is a folate derivative that inhibits several enzymes responsible for nucleotide synthesis.[A180322] This inhibition leads to suppression of inflammation as well as prevention of cell division.[A180322] Because of these effects, methotrexate is of…
Mifamurtide is an immunomodulator with antitumor activity via activation of macrophages and monocytes. Also called L-MTP-PE, mifamurtide may be a liposomal form of of the active ingredient MTP-PE, which is a synthetic, less pyrogenic, and longer-acting deriva…
Pegloticase is a porcine recombinant PEGylated uricase indicated for the treatment of chronic gout in adult patients that do not respond to other types of therapies.[L42425] Pegloticase has a similar activity to rasburicase, an enzyme that metabolizes uric ac…
Pralatrexate is an antifolate for the treatment of relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma [L37674]. Pralatrexate was developed in response due to the inferior responses of patients using the standard therapy for their B-cells counterparts.[A246693]…
Sarilumab is a fully human anti-interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor monoclonal IgG1 antibody that binds to both membrane-bound and soluble IL-6 receptor forms, thus blocking the cis- and trans-inflammatory signalling cascades of IL-6.[A27262] Sarilumab was develope…
Sulfasalazine is an anti-inflammatory drug structurally related to salicylates and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. It is indicated for managing inflammatory diseases such as ulcerative colitis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).[L39065, A255582] Metab…
Tofacitinib is an inhibitor of Janus kinases, a group of intracellular enzymes involved in signalling pathways that affect hematopoiesis and immune cell function. It is approved by the FDA for treatment of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis that responds…
Ustekinumab is a human immunoglobulin (Ig) G1 kappa monoclonal antibody directed against interleukin(IL)-12 and IL-23, which are cytokines that are involved in immune and inflammatory responses.[A187349] It was generated via recombinant human IL-12 immunizati…
VX-702 is a small molecule investigational oral anti-cytokine therapy for treatment of inflammatory diseases, specifically rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It acts as a p38 MAP kinase inhibitor. In the future, VX-702 may be investigated for combination with methotr…