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Xencor (XNCR) Doses First Patients in Phase 2 Trial of XmAb5871 for IgG4-RD and Phase 2 Trial in SLE

March 7, 2016 4:02 PM EST

Xencor, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNCR) today announced dosing the first patient in a Phase 2 trial of XmAb®5871 in patients with IgG4-Related Disease (IgG4-RD). The Company also announced dosing the first patient in a Phase 2 trial of XmAb5871 in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).

"We are advancing XmAb5871 in IgG4-RD and SLE because of its potent, reversible B-cell inhibition and promising treatment effect demonstrated in a Phase 1b/2a study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, as well as previous ex vivo results with XmAb5871 showing inhibition of SLE patient B-cell activation... More