Rilzabrutinib
Overview
- Priority class: BTK
- Mechanistic bucket: Bruton's tyrosine kinase pathway program
- Sponsor: Sanofi
- Development focus: Completed or historical urticaria development represented in current raw-source layer
- Indications represented in current raw sources: Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Strategy readout
- Headline: More focused BTK challenger strategy in CSU, with a thinner visible development stack than remibrutinib.
- Current strategic read: In the current local evidence layer, rilzabrutinib looks like a narrower CSU-centered BTK program rather than a broad urticaria franchise. The strategic posture appears more concentrated and later-entry than remibrutinib’s multi-branch stack.
- Highest visible phase in current registry: Phase 2
- Strategy confidence in current local layer: Medium
Why this looks like the strategy
- The current local layer shows one clear CSU trial and one primary manuscript, without the same visible extension, CIndU, pediatric, or real-world lattice seen for remibrutinib.
- That makes the program easier to describe, but also indicates less disclosed breadth in the current source cache.
What to watch next
- Whether additional sponsor materials reveal broader lifecycle or subtype expansion plans beyond the currently visible CSU focus.
Operational study design view
| Trial | Arms in registry | Active dose regimens | Total enrollment | Per-arm sample size summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT05107115 | 4 | 3 | 161 | PMCID full text directly supports randomized sizes of 400 mg/d n=38, 800 mg/d n=41, 1200 mg/d n=41, and placebo n=40 overall; it also reports primary-analysis sample sizes of placebo n=36, 400 mg/d n=37, 800 mg/d n=35, and 1200 mg/d n=35. |
Study Inventory
Completed / historical studies
- NCT05107115 - Phase 2; COMPLETED; Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Active / recruiting studies
- None in current registry
Other registry entries
- None in current registry
Program Results Summary
Trials with source-backed results in the current local layer: 1 of 1
NCT05107115 (Published) - Primary endpoint (ISS7 change at week 12, 1200 mg/d versus placebo, omalizumab-naive): LS mean -9.21 versus -5.77; difference -3.44 (95% CI -6.25 to -0.62; P = 0.02). - Favorable risk-benefit; no dose-dependent AEs; most frequent AEs: diarrhea and nausea (mild). - Sources: PMID 40266575; PMCID PMC12019677
Sponsor-sourced result evidence
Sponsor press release and conference poster provide additional detail beyond the primary manuscript for RILECSU Phase 2.
Sanofi RILECSU Phase 2 press release (February 2024) (Sponsor press release) - Rilzabrutinib 400 mg TID (ITT population): significant ISS7 reduction at week 12 (LSM -9.58 vs -6.31 placebo; P = 0.0181). - Significant UAS7 reduction at week 12 (LSM -17.95 vs -11.20; P = 0.0116). - Significant HSS7 reduction at week 12 (LSM -8.31 vs -4.89; P < 0.01). - Significant ISS7 changes observed as early as week 1. - Safety: No events of cytopenia, bleeding, or atrial fibrillation (distinguishing from older BTK inhibitors). - Safety: Most common TEAEs (TID): diarrhea 29.3%, nausea 19.5%, headache 9.8%. - Source(s): raw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/phase-2-csu-results-press-release.md
RILECSU Phase 2 hives poster (AAAAI 2024) (Conference poster) - Significant and sustained improvements in UAS7 through week 12 with rilzabrutinib 1200 mg/day. - Nominally significant improvements in percent change in HSS7 as early as week 1 with all rilzabrutinib doses. - Source(s): raw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/rilecsu-phase-2-hives-poster.md
Longitudinal efficacy view
- Plotted page: Rilzabrutinib longitudinal UAS7
- Shared comparison page: Cross-program longitudinal UAS7 comparison
- Current explicit numeric plotting coverage: randomized-arm UAS7 change-from-baseline landmarks at weeks 4 and 12, plus 1200 mg/day versus placebo UAS7 difference landmarks at weeks 1, 4, and 12.
- Current responder plotting coverage: week 12 UAS7 <= 6 and UAS7 = 0 snapshot for placebo versus rilzabrutinib 1200 mg/day.
- Current main gap: the current local extraction still does not support a safely tabulated four-arm week-by-week UAS7 curve or richer long-term CSU durability numerics.
- Local data backbone:
data/rilzabrutinib_longitudinal_uas7.jsonanddata/rilzabrutinib_longitudinal_uas7_notes.md.
Evidence Coverage
- CT.gov trials in registry: 1
- Sponsor artifacts in registry: 3
- Primary publications in registry: 1
- Supporting publications in registry: 1
- Publication status: primary_manuscripts_found
- Publication summary: One clear primary CSU efficacy manuscript was identified, plus later non-primary drug-review coverage.
Primary publications
- PMID 40266575 (2025, JAMA dermatology): Rilzabrutinib in Antihistamine-Refractory Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: The RILECSU Phase 2 Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Role: phase_2_core
- Linked trial IDs: NCT05107115
- Local cache:
raw/publications/pubmed/markdown/PMID40266575.md
Supporting evidence
- PMID 41359083: Rilzabrutinib: First Approval. (
raw/publications/pubmed/markdown/PMID41359083.md) - Sponsor artifact: Sanofi pipeline page (Sanofi)
raw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/sanofi-pipeline-page.htmlraw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/sanofi-pipeline-page.md- Sponsor artifact: Phase 2 CSU results press release (Sanofi)
raw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/phase-2-csu-results-press-release.pdfraw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/phase-2-csu-results-press-release.txtraw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/phase-2-csu-results-press-release.md- Sponsor artifact: RILECSU Phase 2 hives poster (Sanofi)
raw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/rilecsu-phase-2-hives-poster.pdfraw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/rilecsu-phase-2-hives-poster.txtraw/sponsors/btk/rilzabrutinib/rilecsu-phase-2-hives-poster.md
Interpretation
- Verified facts: the current v2 registry tracks 1 CT.gov entries for this program and links them conservatively to sponsor and publication evidence where explicit identifiers are available.
- Interpretation: this program already has enough linked manuscript or registry support for a source-first derived program page, but individual study pages should still be reviewed and enriched over time.
- Open questions:
- Unclassified publication PMIDs remain in the search set: 38141832, 35175630, 40074986, 39598410, 40326848, 35166638, 41587611, 41937093
- Several sponsor artifacts remain program-level because no explicit study identifier was captured in cached metadata.
Provenance
- Primary source(s):
../inventories/source_registry.json../inventories/source_registry.md- Supporting source(s):
../inventories/ctgov_priority_trials.json../inventories/publication_priority_curation.json../inventories/sponsor_priority_sources.json- Last verified: 2026-04-08
- Verification status: Partial
Change Log
- 2026-04-08: Generated or refreshed this program page from the v2 source registry and local source caches.