Pegcetacoplan , a targeted C3/C3b inhibitor, shows sustained, robust effects on key markers of kidney disease in patients with C3 glomerulopathy and primary immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN), according to 52-week results from the VALIANT trial .
The 26-week results, which were presented last October at Kidney Week 2024, showed a highly significant difference in change in proteinuria from baseline, as measured by the urine protein-to- creatinine ratio (uPCR); the reduction was 67.2% with pegcetacoplan vs 2.9% with placebo ( P < .0001).
The current findings showed that not only were these benefits sustained in patients who remained on pegcetacoplan, patients who switched from placebo to pegcetacoplan also experienced reductions of similar magnit