Figure 1.
Effect of sutimlimab on a composite primary endpoint comprising Hb levels, transfusions, and need for CAD medications in patients with CAD. For the composite primary endpoint, sutimlimab was compared with placebo using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel method, stratified by baseline Hb (< median vs ≥ median) and geographic region (Asia/Other, North America, and Europe). Hb increase from baseline of ≥1.5 g/dL was analyzed at the treatment assessment timepoint, defined as the mean average of weeks 23, 25, and 26. Requirements for transfusion included Hb < 9 g/dL and patient symptomatic or Hb < 7 g/dL and patient asymptomatic. One patient in the sutimlimab arm discontinued treatment prematurely owing to an adverse event (increased blood IgM) and started rituximab treatment during the 9-week posttreatment follow-up period; 2 patients in the sutimlimab arm discontinued prior to week 23, and their statuses were therefore “unknown” for this analysis. BL, baseline.