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Integrated long-term safety of 10-year ozanimod treatment: results from clinical trials in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis or relapsing multiple sclerosis

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Ozanimod is a once-daily oral selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator approved for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) or relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS). Previous analyses in both indications demonstrated favorable long-term safety profiles of ozanimod. Here we report an integrated analysis of the long-term safety of ozanimod in patients with UC or RMS. METHODS: Data were pooled in patients with UC who received ozanimod in phase 2, phase 3, and open-label extension (OLE) trials and in patients with RMS who received ozanimod in an OLE trial after completing any phase 1-3 parent trial. Safety assessments included treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and laboratory abnormalities. RESULTS: Overall, 3652 patients with UC or RMS had 16 144 patient-years (PY) of ozanimod exposure over 10 years of follow-up. The most common TEAEs were nasopharyngitis, headache, and coronavirus disease 2019. Rates of TEAEs leading to treatment discontinuation (1.4/100 PY) and TEAEs of special interest, including serious infections (1.0/100 PY), herpes zoster (0.5/100 PY), malignancies (0.4/100 PY), bradycardia (0.1/100 PY), sinus bradycardia (0.04/100 PY), complete atrioventricular block (0.01/100 PY), and macular edema (0.1/100 PY), were low. No serious hepatic events or Hy's law cases occurred. Absolute lymphocyte count of < 200 cells/µL was not temporally associated with serious or opportunistic infections. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term exposure to ozanimod is well tolerated in patients with moderate to severe UC or RMS, confirming the previously established safety profile of ozanimod. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY: NCT01647516; NCT02435992; NCT02576717.

Source: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaf319