Siltuximab

An anti-interleukin 6 antibody.

Phase of research

Potential treatment - clinical evidence

How it helps

Other treatment

Drug status

Used to treat other disease

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Clinical trials

General information

Siltuximab is a recombinant chimeric monoclonal antibody (IgG1κ). It prevents binding between the human interleukin 6 and its receptor. It is used in the treatment of multicentric Castleman’s disease (DrugBank).

Siltuximab on Wikipedia


Marketed as

SYLVANT

 


Supporting references

Link Tested on Impact factor Notes Publication date
Use of siltuximab in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia requiring ventilatory support
Patients Apr/15/2020
IL-6 signalling pathway inactivation with siltuximab in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure: an observational cohort study
IL-6 Preprint Cohort study
Patients

Patients with rapidly progressing COVID-19 respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support may benefit from treatment with siltuximab to reduce mortality and cytokine-driven hyperinflammation associated with severe disease.

Jun/20/2020

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Clinical trials

ID Title Status Phase Start date Completion date
NCT04322188 An Observational Study of the Use of Siltuximab (SYLVANT) in Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19 Infection Who Have Developed Serious Respiratory Complications Completed Mar/19/2020 May/08/2020
  • Alternative id - v 2 22nd April 2020
  • Interventions -
  • Study type - Observational
  • Study results - No Results Available
  • Locations - ASST - Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
  • Study designs - Observational Model: Cohort|Time Perspective: Retrospective
  • Enrollment - 220
  • Age - 18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
  • Outcome measures - mortality in siltuximab treated patients|the need of invasive ventilation in siltuximab patients Reduction of the need of time of ventilatory support|clinical course of patients treated with siltuximab Percentage of patients that undergo to tracheostomy|Safety Improvement of the lung function assessed by radiologic findings|the effect on inflammatory parameters|Correlation of outcomes with IL-6 levels
NCT04329650 Efficacy and Safety of Siltuximab vs. Corticosteroids in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia Recruiting Phase 2 Apr/15/2020 May/20/2020
  • Alternative id - SILCOR-COVID-19
  • Interventions - Drug: Siltuximab|Drug: Methylprednisolone
  • Study type - Interventional
  • Study results - No Results Available
  • Locations - Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain|Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain|Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain|Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
  • Study designs - Allocation: Randomized|Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment|Masking: None (Open Label)|Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Enrollment - 200
  • Age - 18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
  • Outcome measures - Proportion of patients requiring ICU admission at any time within the study period.|Days of stay in the ICU during the study period.|Days until resolution of fever defined as body temperature (axillary ≤ 36.6 ° C, oral ≤ 37.2 ° C, or rectal or tympanic ≤ 37.8 ° C) for at least 48 hours, without administration of antipyretics or until hospital discharge.|Proportion of patients with a worsening requirement of supplemental oxygen at 29 days. days.|Days with hypoxemia (SpO2 <93% in ambient air or requiring oxygen supplemental or mechanical ventilation support) at 29 days.|Proportion of patients using mechanical ventilation at 29 days.|Days with use of mechanical ventilation at 29 days.|Days until the start of use of mechanical ventilation, non-invasive ventilation or use of high flow nasal cannula (if the patient have not previously required these interventions at the inclusion of the study) at 29 days.|Days of hospitalization among survivors at 29 days.|Mortality rate from any cause at 29 days.|Proportion of patients with serious adverse events at 29 days.|Proportion of patients with invasive bacterial or fungal infections clinically significant or opportunistic with grade 4 neutropenia (count neutrophil absolute <500 / mm3) at 29 days.|Proportion of patients with invasive bacterial or fungal infections clinically significant or opportunistic at 29 days.|Proportion of patients with grade 2 or higher adverse reactions related to the infusion of the sudy treatments at 29 days.|Proportion of patients with hypersensitivity reactions of grade 2 or higher related to the administration of the study treatments at 29 days.|Proportion of patients with gastrointestinal perforation at 29 days.|Proportion of patients with secondary severe infections confirmed by laboratory or worsening of existing infections at 29 days.|Changes from baseline in plasma leukocyte levels at days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.|Changes from baseline in plasma hemoglobin levels at days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.|Changes from baseline in plasma platelet at days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.|Changes from baseline in plasma creatinine levels at days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.|Changes from baseline in plasma total bilirubin levels at days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.|Proportion of patients with ALT≥ 3 times ULN (for patients with initial values normal) or> 3 times ULN AND at least 2 times more than the initial value (for patients with abnormal initial values) at days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.|Changes from baseline in plasma biomarkers (PCR, lymphocytes, ferritin, d-dimer and LDH) at days 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.|Changes from baseline in chest Rx at days 1, 3 and 5.
NCT04330638 Treatment of COVID-19 Patients With Anti-interleukin Drugs Completed Phase 3 Apr/03/2020 Apr/12/2021
  • Alternative id - COV-AID
  • Interventions - Other: Usual Care|Drug: Anakinra|Drug: Siltuximab|Drug: Tocilizumab
  • Study type - Interventional
  • Study results - No Results Available
  • Locations - AZ Sint-Jan Brugge, Brugge, Belgium|University Hospital Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium|Erasmus University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium|University Hospital Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium|University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium|Ziekenhuis Oost-Limurg, Genk, Belgium|AZ Sint-Lucas, Gent, Belgium|University Hospital Ghent, Gent, Belgium|Jessa ZH, Hasselt, Belgium|University Hospital Brussels, Jette, Belgium|CHU Tivoli, La Louvière, Belgium|CHR de la Citadelle, Liège, Belgium|University Hospital Liège, Liège, Belgium|Cliniques Saint-Pierre Ottignies, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium|AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium
  • Study designs - Allocation: Randomized|Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment|Masking: None (Open Label)|Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Enrollment - 342
  • Age - 18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
  • Outcome measures - Time to Clinical Improvement|Time to improvement in oxygenation|Mean change in oxygenation|Number of days with hypoxia|Number of days of supplemental oxygen use|Time to absence fever for more than 48h without antipyretics|Number of days with fever|Time to halving of CRP levels compared to peak value during trial|Time to halving of ferritin levels compared to peak value during trial|Incidence of AEs (Adverse Events)|Incidence of SAEs (Serious Adverse Events)|Duration of hospital stay|Duration of hospital stay in survivors|Mean change of SOFA score (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment) between day 1 and day 7|Mean change of SOFA score between day 1 and day 15|Percentage of patients reporting each severity rating on a 6-point ordinal scale in relation to serum IL-1|Percentage of patients reporting each severity rating on a 6-point ordinal scale in relation to serum IL-6|Incidence of nosocomial bacterial or invasive fungal infection|incidence of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis|Incidence of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosisscore in relation to serum IL-1|Incidence of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in relation to serum IL-6|Time to first use of high-flow oxygen devices, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation in non-ventilated patients|Time to first use of salvage systemic steroids in ventilated patients|Number of ventilator free days|Duration of mechanical ventilation in ventilated patients|Duration of ICU stay in patients that enrolled in trial while already on invasive or non-invasive mechanical ventilation|Time to progression to ARDS in ventilated patients, according to the adapted Berlin criteria|Time to progression to ARDS in ventilated patients according to IL-1|Time to progression to ARDS in ventilated patients according to IL-6|All-cause mortality rate (excluding group that entered during ventilation)|Percentage of patients in clinical status on 6-point Ordinal Scale|Incidence of lung function abnormalities|Incidence of lung fibrosis on chest CT scan|All-cause mortality rate