Cheng Zhou, MD, is a professor and chair of the department of dermatology at Peking University People`s Hospital in China.

Rademikibart treatment of adults and adolescents living with 

 leads to rapid and clinically significant improvements, new data suggest, with many improvements sustaining through 52 weeks.

These data were the result of a phase 3 study of rademikibart presented in the late-breaking research session at the 

2026 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting

 in Denver, Colorado. To discuss the findings in depth, as well as their significance, the 

 team spoke in a Q&A interview with Cheng Zhou, MD, of Peking University People’s Hospital.

Zhou, an investigator in the RADIANT-AD trial from which these data were drawn, spoke about these results in detail. His written responses are transcribed here:

HCPLive: Can you walk us through the top-line results from the phase 3 trial — what did rademikibart actually show?

The phase 3 RADIANT‑AD trial showed that rademikibart produced rapid, clinically meaningful improvements in adults and adolescents with moderate‑to‑severe atopic dermatitis, with responses that continued to deepen and were sustained through 52 weeks.

At Week 16, rademikibart significantly outperformed placebo across all major efficacy endpoints, and importantly, patients continued to improve over time rather than reaching an early plateau. By one year, a large majority of patients achieved near‑maximal skin clearance and sustained itch control, supporting both the durability and consistency of response.

What were the primary endpoints, and were they met?

 The study had two co‑primary endpoints: the proportion of patients achieving an Investigator’s Global Assessment score of 0 or 1 with at least a 2‑point reduction, and the proportion achieving at least a 75% improvement in EASI score at Week 16. Both endpoints were met with strong statistical significance.

At Week 16, 47.4% of patients treated with rademikibart achieved IGA 0/1, compared with 17.6% on placebo, while 74.2% achieved EASI‑75 versus 34.4% with placebo (both p<0.001). Importantly, these responses continued to improve over time, with IGA 0/1 and EASI‑75 rates rising to 87.1% and 96.6%, respectively, by Week 52, underscoring the durability of the treatment effect.

How did the drug perform on itch and quality of life measures, not just skin clearance?

 Rademikibart demonstrated rapid and sustained improvement in itch, a major driver of quality of life in atopic dermatitis. By Week 16, 54.7% of patients treated with rademikibart achieved a clinically meaningful ≥3‑point reduction in pruritus score, compared with 27.5% on placebo (p<0.0001), with responses continuing to deepen over time; by Week 52, 91.2% of patients achieved this level of itch improvement. Importantly, clinicians often view a ≥4‑point reduction as an even more stringent and clinically meaningful benchmark, and analyses using this higher threshold showed a similar pattern of robust and durable separation from placebo.

While broader quality‑of‑life and other patient‑reported outcome measures have not yet been fully reported and will be presented separately, the magnitude and durability of itch reduction observed are strongly aligned with meaningful day‑to‑day functional benefit for patients.

: What did the safety profile look like, and were there any findings that stood out to you?

: Overall, rademikibart demonstrated a safety profile comparable to placebo through Week 16 and consistent with long‑term IL‑4/IL‑13 pathway inhibition through Week 52. Rates of serious adverse events, treatment discontinuations, and injection‑site reactions were low, and no new safety signals emerged over one year of treatment. One finding of particular interest was the low and placebo‑comparable rate of conjunctivitis (3.9% vs 3.1%), which is a known concern for dermatologists using existing therapies in this class.

Were there any side effects that clinicians should be aware of when thinking about this drug?

: The side effects observed with rademikibart were generally consistent with what clinicians would expect for biologic therapies targeting type 2 inflammation, with most events being mild to moderate in severity. Conjunctivitis occurred at low rates and was comparable to placebo, and treatment‑related discontinuations were rare. As with any systemic biologic therapy, clinicians should remain attentive to overall tolerability and routine safety monitoring, but no unexpected or treatment‑limiting adverse effects were identified in this trial.

What questions does this trial leave unanswered, and what would you want to see studied next?

: While the phase 3 RADIANT‑AD trial clearly establishes strong and rapid efficacy and one‑year durability, important questions remain regarding the broader patient experience and longer‑term use. Ongoing and planned analyses of patient‑reported outcomes and quality‑of‑life measures will help further contextualize the depth and clinical relevance of the benefits observed with rademikibart. In addition, longer follow‑up beyond one year will be important to better characterize the impressive durability of response and long‑term safety, as well as to understand how these results translate across the diverse patient subgroups encountered in real‑world dermatology practice.

What is the timeline toward a potential FDA submission?

: At this time, neither Connect Biopharma nor its partner Simcere has publicly disclosed a specific timeline for an FDA submission in atopic dermatitis. The current RADIANT AD study was conducted by Simcere in China and the results create options outside of China for an active US regulatory filing plan. Any submission would follow completion of full analyses and internal strategic review, but no timing has been announced.

Results from Phase 3 Study of Rademikibart in Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis to be Presented in the Late-Breaking Research Session at the 2026 American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting. Connect Biopharma Holdings Limited. March 10, 2026. Accessed March 31, 2026. 

https://investors.connectbiopharma.com/news-releases/news-release-details/results-phase-3-study-rademikibart-moderate-severe-atopic

Early symptom improvement with remibrutinib in chronic spontaneous urticaria: Daily Itch Severity Scores and Hives Severity Scores from phase 3 REMIX-1/-2 studies. Poster presented at: 2026 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting; March 27–31, 2026; Denver, CO.

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RADIANT-AD: Rademikibart Effective Over 52 Weeks in Atopic Dermatitis, With Cheng Zhou, MD

Tim Smith joined the MJH Life Sciences team in 2022 and is currently an associate editor for HCPLive. He is also the executive producer of two podcasts: Skin of Color Savvy and The Medical Sisterhood. Previously, he was the producer of the Lungcast podcast. He graduated from UC Berkeley and worked in multimedia journalism as a staff writer prior to joining MJH. You can contact him at tsmith@mjhlifesciences.com.

Remibrutinib treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) leads to fast, early symptom control versus placebo, according to new post-hoc analysis data presented at the 

CSU is a chronic, idiopathic condition characterized by the recurrence of hives, pruritus, angioedema, or a combination of such symptoms lasting longer than 6 weeks.

 The condition is known to disproportionately impact women, and this is especially the case among those between 20 - 40 years of age. CSU is linked with a substantial burden, as beyond its physical manifestations, the disease has significant psychological and economic implications. The annual healthcare-related costs of CSU in the US exceed $200 million.

Remibrutinib is an oral, highly selective Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, and had previously demonstrated efficacy and a positive safety profile in previous phase 2b data.

 During the latest phase 3 REMIX-1 and REMIX-2 trials, which are identical, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, remibrutinib was administered as an add-on therapy for patients whose symptoms persisted despite second-generation H1-antihistamines.

In these new data, the drug showed superior efficacy compared with placebo at the 12-week mark. The therapy has since been approved in both the US and China. In the current post-hoc analysis pooled data from the REMIX-1 and REMIX-2 trials, presented during AAD 2026, the investigative team set out to better understand how quickly patients begin to experience CSU symptom improvement after beginning remibrutinib treatment.

The team focused on daily hive severity scores (HSS) and itch severity scores (ISS), seeking to assess both mean shifts in scores over time and the proportion of individuals in the studies attaining complete resolution of their CSU symptoms (defined as HSS = 0 for no hives and ISS = 0 for no itch) from baseline through the first 7 days of therapy use.

They calculated both HSS and ISS via averaged morning and evening assessments, with the exception of the first day. This was when only the post-dose evening measurement, taken 12 hours after dosing, was included due to pre-dose morning values. Scoring of CSU severity ranged from 0 - 3, with higher scores suggesting a greater level of symptom burden.

Overall, the investigators’ pooled post-hoc data showed remibrutinib implementation led to a rapid reduction in CSU disease activity, with the investigators noting measurable improvements in both itch and hive severity within the first 12 hours following the initial remibrutinib dose. This early onset of action was notably faster than what was observed in the placebo arm. Additionally, the team found a higher proportion of those on remibrutinib attained complete resolution of symptoms within this same 12-hour timeframe.

The benefits persisted over the initial week of treatment. Across days 1 - 7, participants treated with remibrutinib consistently showed greater rates of complete CSU symptom control compared with subjects in the placebo arm. The proportion of those reaching HSS = 0 and ISS = 0 remained higher in the treatment cohort throughout this early treatment period.

Safety results from the pooled analysis were also described as consistent with previous reports from the REMIX program. Remibrutinib was generally well-tolerated, with a lack of new safety concerns being identified.

Overall, these data reinforce earlier findings from the phase 3 research, highlighting not only the efficacy and safety of remibrutinib but also its rapid onset of action. The drug’s ability to attain early symptom control may be particularly meaningful for those with CSU who continue to experience significant burden despite standard antihistamine use.

Early symptom improvement with remibrutinib in chronic spontaneous urticaria: Daily Itch Severity Scores and Hives Severity Scores from phase 3 REMIX-1/-2 studies. Poster presented at: 2026 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting; March 27–31, 2026; Denver, CO. Poster DV-018384.

Metz M, Giménez-Arnau A, Maurer M, et al. Remibrutinib in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria. N Engl J Med. 2025 Mar 6;392(10):984-994. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2408792. PMID: 40043237.

Tbakhi B, Ware K, Bernstein JA, et al. An Overview of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment. Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2025 Sep;17(5):531-546. doi: 10.4168/aair.2025.17.5.531. PMID: 41044830; PMCID: PMC12511800.

These data from REMIX-1 and 2 suggest remibrutinib, in those with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), can lead to fast, early symptom control.

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REMIX: Early CSU Symptom Improvement Observed with Remibrutinib Therapy

Monica Kraft, MD, is Murray M. Rosenberg Professor of Medicine and System Chair for the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

AI-Enhanced ECGs Detect Early COPD, With Monica Kraft, MD

Recent research suggests that routine electrocardiograms (ECGs) analyzed through artificial intelligence (AI) may offer a scalable approach to identifying early 

, Monica Kraft, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discussed key findings from a new study that assessed the accuracy of an automated COPD diagnosis using deep learning on ECGs.

“A lot of patients, especially as the years go by, undergo cardiology evaluation and don't necessarily have the lungs evaluated similarly,” Kraft said. “[This tool] may allow us to bring other issues to light.”

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The non-specific symptoms and reliance on time- and resource-intensive testing often delay a diagnosis.

Kraft and colleagues analyzed ≥ 760,000 ECGs across multiple hospital systems and the UK Biobank using a convolutional neural network, demonstrating robust performance in detecting COPD (area under the curve, 0.80–0.82). Kraft emphasized the role of subtle P wave changes as early indicators of COPD.

“The lungs and the heart are very interrelated,” she explained. “The heart is very subject to pressure changes that go on in the lung. COPD starts in [the] smallest [lung branches]. They can be a millimeter in size. The air that we breathe can get into those little airways, but has trouble getting out because those small airways are closed off. And so, those little airways don't empty as well. They hold on to this air, and the lungs get a little bit bigger than they should. That size change…can be very subtle, [and] early on, alters the pressure between the lungs and the heart and also the lungs and the ribs, the chest wall and the diaphragm, all these relationships get altered. Those…subtle pressure changes, we think, actually have an impact on the P wave.”

The model performed well in patients with documented smoking histories, underscoring its relevance to populations at greater risk. Kraft noted potential future applications for other obstructive airway diseases, such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, and bronchiectasis, although further study is needed.

If applied across a health system, Kraft said the algorithm could flag possible COPD on routine ECGs. Cardiologists could note this, prompting primary care providers to initiate further evaluation or pulmonology referral. This could lead to earlier intervention and improved outcomes.

She cautioned that the model is not perfectly specific. Only about 70% of flagged ECGs corresponded to confirmed COPD. Kraft said that a prospective evaluation will be important to define disease severity and guide clinical response before widespread deployment.

Despite limitations, Kraft highlighted the promise of AI-enhanced ECGs, which are inexpensive and easily accessible. Early detection of COPD could slow lung function decline, reduce hospitalizations, and improve survival. This study supports AI-based ECG as a tool for early COPD recognition, complementing traditional diagnostic methods such as spirometry.

“We need to remember that we also are at the early stages of this approach,” Kraft said. “We can identify COPD early, but we need to now understand what is the extent of the disease that we're identifying. We know a little bit about that from the chart review, but what we want to do is bring those patients in live and do an evaluation so that we can describe the type of COPD that we are identifying. Those are all pieces that are in the works…before it becomes a decision support tool at the ECG level, we would need to sort all of that out.”

Part 1 of our interview with Kraft can be viewed 

A relevant disclosure for Kraft includes AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

Vaid A, Sharma J, Jiang J, et al. Automated diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using deep learning applied to electrocardiograms. 

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VELA: Phase 3 Data Suggest Sonelokimab Effective for HS, With Alexa Kimball, MD, MPH

 suggest sonelokimab may deliver sustained clinical and quality-of-life improvements for adults with moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

These findings resulted from the phase 3 VELA-1 and VELA-2 trials. In an on-site interview, VELA trial investigator Alexa Kimball, MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School, discussed the broader implications of these findings, including how higher response thresholds like Hidradenitis Suppurativa Clinical Response (HiSCR) 75 may help redefine treatment goals and expectations in HS management.

“What was great to see in the data…is that the efficacy seems to be quite have a very high slope at the beginning of treatment and then continues to improve over time through Week 40 with hidradenitis suppurativa,” Kimball expressed.

838 individuals were assessed in the global VELA program, with investigators utilizing the more stringent HiSCR 75 as their primary endpoint, reflecting at least a 75% reduction in patients’ abscess and inflammatory nodule count without worsening of abscesses or draining tunnels. Kimball et al found, by Week 40, approximately 62% of those on sonelokimab attained HiSCR75, with up to 32% achieving complete lesion clearance (HiSCR100).

These findings were described as consistent across both analyses, suggesting a high level of durable disease control with the drug’s use. Additional measures of HS severity and symptom burden also demonstrated meaningful improvement, Kimball and colleagues found. Up to 77% of those evaluated achieved at least a 55% reduction in International HS Severity Scoring System (IHS4-55), and approximately a quarter reached inflammatory remission. Such outcomes point to substantial reductions in inflammatory activity.

Notably, Kimball and coauthors’ clinical gains were accompanied by notable improvements in the patient-reported outcomes seen in the VELA program. Quality-of-life scores, as determined by the HS Quality of Life (HiSQOL) instrument, were found to have risen significantly through the 40-week mark, with many individuals on the drug transitioning from severe baseline impairment to mild or no impact.

Additionally, the investigators noted improvements across key functional and emotional domains, including mobility, pain, and mood. Kimball and colleagues also found up to 43% of subjects reported clinically meaningful reductions in their level of pain, and roughly two-thirds achieved meaningful improvements in Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) scores.

The safety profile of this medication was shown to be consistent with earlier findings, with Kimball et al finding no new safety signals over 40 weeks of treatment.

Kimball’s institution received grants from Abbvie, Admirx, Anapyts Bio, Aristea, Bristol Myers Squibb, Chemocentryx, Eli Lilly, Incyte, Janssen, MoonLake, Novartis, Pfizer, Prometheus, UCB; Sonoma Bio. Kimball received consulting fees from Abbvie, Alumis, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Moonlake Novartis, Pfizer, Priovant, Sonoma Bio, Sanofi, UCB; Target RWE, Ventyx; and serves on the board of directors of Almirall.

MoonLake announces Week 40 Results from its Phase 3 Clinical Trials of Sonelokimab in Hidradenitis Suppurativa at the 2026 AAD Annual Meeting. MoonLake. March 28, 2026. Accessed March 30, 2026. 

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Kimball A. Sonelokimab in moderate-to-severe HS: long-term results through week 40 of two phase 3 trials. Presented at: 2026 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting; March 27-31, 2026; Denver, CO.

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Pranav Garimella, MBBS, MPH, is chief medical officer of the American Kidney Fund.

How Rewriting Race-Based GFR Equations Changed Kidney Transplant Access

Implementing wait time modifications for Black transplant candidates who were negatively impacted by race-based GFR equations was associated with an increase in transplant rates, according to new data from a national policy shift.

"Prior to 2021, lab reports typically reported two GFR values, one for people who identified as Black or African American, and another estimate for everyone else," Pranav Garimella, MBBS, MPH, Chief Medical Officer of the American Kidney Fund and an associate professor of medicine at UC San Diego, told HCPLive. "This was based on studies that found that people who identified as Black have higher levels of creatinine in their blood. What ended up happening was that race-based equations systematically assigned a higher GFR value to Black patients."

In 2023, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) implemented a national policy to add wait-time modification for Black candidates who were disadvantaged by eGFR equations with racial coefficients. This policy change sought to correct race-based biological assumptions that had informed clinical decision-making for decades.

“The decisive action required all transplant centers to review their wait lists and submit wait time modifications to persons who identified as black,” Garimella said. “This was really a restorative policy to bring back some level of equity to the transplant wait lists.”

For almost 4 decades, clinicians utilized different eGFR algorithms to estimate the kidney function of patients who identified as black compared to those who were white or within other racial groups. Two widely used equations, the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study (MDRD), incorporated 1.159 and 1.210 coefficient factors for black patients, respectively. Ultimately, this led to higher assigned eGFR values for black patients compared to white patients.

The use of higher eGFR values suggested better kidney function in Black individuals than was actually present. This misestimation created barriers to care, including delayed evaluation and specialist referral, ultimately contributing to worse health outcomes. By the time patients presented with kidney failure, delays in referral and evaluation often meant they were listed for transplant later, reducing accrued wait time and delaying transplantation.

To assess the impact of this policy on transplantation rates, study investigators conducted a quasi-experimental study, analyzing an OPTN database of 181,314 adult kidney transplant candidates who were actively waitlisted. This included 56,344 Black candidates (31.1%) and 124,970 candidates of all other racial and ethnic groups, including American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, White, multiracial, and unknown (68.9%).

Among these, 21,119 transplant candidates received wait time modifications, which added a median (IQR; range) of 1.7 (0.9-3.0; 0-21.2) years, and a total of 51,061 person-years of waitlist time. In interrupted time series analyses, among Black candidates, policy implementation was associated with an increase of 5.3 transplants per 1000 listings (95% Confience Interval [CI], 3.5 to 7.0), with decreasing transplant rates thereafter (−0.10 transplants per 1000 listings per month; 95% CI, −0.17 to −0.03).

Among all other candidates, implementation was associated with no significant change in overall transplant (0.6 transplants per 1000 listings; 95% CI, −1.8 to 0.7) and a parallel decreasing trend thereafter (−0.10 transplants per 1000 listings per month; 95% CI, −0.15 to −0.05). In secondary analyses, policy implementation was associated with increased overall and DDKT rates among Black preemptive and postdialysis candidates, no significant changes in LDKT for either group or DDKT for non-Black and/or Hispanic candidates, and a small secular increase in overall transplant rates.

These findings underscore the need for equitable kidney function assessment practices to ensure timely access to evaluation, transplant listing, and ultimately, improved outcomes.

Editor’s Note: Garimella has relevant disclosures with Otsuka and the PKD Foundation.

Khazanchi R, Fleishman A, Eneanya ND, et al. Wait Time Modifications for Black Transplant Candidates Affected by Race-Based Kidney Function Estimation. 

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