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Chemical synthesis and characterisation of the complement C5 inhibitory peptide zilucoplan.

Declan M GormanJohn D LeeColton D PayneTrent M WoodruffRichard J Clark
Published in: Amino acids (2021)
The complement component C5 inhibitory peptide zilucoplan is currently in phase III clinical trials for myasthenia gravis (MG). Despite being at an advanced stage of clinical development, there have been no published reports in the literature detailing its chemical synthesis. In this work, we describe an approach for the chemical synthesis of zilucoplan and validate that the synthesised compound blocks LPS-induced C5a production from human blood.
Keyphrases
  • phase iii
  • clinical trial
  • lps induced
  • myasthenia gravis
  • inflammatory response
  • open label
  • endothelial cells
  • systematic review
  • phase ii
  • randomized controlled trial
  • double blind
  • study protocol
  • meta analyses