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Data from the combined first two low dose inarigivir cohorts at weeks 12 and 24 with sequential Viread dosing demonstrate significant reductions in HBV DNA, HBV RNA and HBsAg
Data to be presented at the APASL 2018 Annual Meeting
HOPKINTON, Mass., March 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SBPH) today announced that Nezam Afdhal, M.D., D.Sc., chief medical officer of Spring Bank, will make an oral presentation at the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) 2018 Annual Meeting (March 14-18, 2018) in New Delhi, India. The presentation will highlight combined results from both the 25 mg and 50 mg cohorts of Part A of the ongoing Phase 2 ACHIEVE trial examining the use of inarigivir soproxil for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV). Spring Bank is developing inarigivir, an orally-administered selective immunomodulator, as a potential backbone in a combinatorial treatment for HBV, with the goal of substantially increasing functional cure rates in a simple, safe and selective manner. All patients in the two low dose cohorts have completed sequential dosing of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (marketed by Gilead Sciences, Inc. as Viread®) 300 mg daily for an additional 12 weeks.
“Data from the combined first two inarigivir monotherapy cohorts at weeks 12 and 24 demonstrate significant reductions in viral markers, including HBV DNA, HBV RNA and HBsAg, with a favorable safety and tolerability profile,” stated Dr. Afdhal.
The data presented at APASL includes 30 patients treated with inarigivir and 8 placebo patients from the first two low dose cohorts. Potent antiviral response, defined as > 1 log10 reduction in HBV DNA and > 3 log10 reduction (or to undetectable) in HBV RNA at the end of 12 weeks of inarigivir monotherapy treatment, was seen in 8 patients. Additionally, an enhanced anti-viral effect was observed in patients with baseline low viral burden, as measured by HBsAg (<104) and HBV DNA (<106). A dose relationship was observed between the pK and anti-viral efficacy at these initial low doses of inarigivir. Furthermore, the switch at week 12 to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg was associated with significant reduction in HBV DNA but, as expected, showed little effect on further reductions in HBV RNA, potentially indicating the important dual mechanism of action of inarigivir as a direct acting anti-viral preventing HBV RNA encapsidation and an immuno-modulator stimulating immune-mediated clearance of cccDNA.
“When we examine the 11 HBeAg-negative patients who received inarigivir 25 mg or 50 mg monotherapy, we see a better response rate than in HBeAg-positive patients, with 55% of patients having a > 1 log10 reduction in HBV DNA and an associated > 3 log10 reduction in HBV RNA at the end of 12 weeks treatment. Additionally, 9 of the 30 (30%) patients had a > 0.5 log10 reduction in HBsAg at either week 12 or week 24 after transitioning to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, a predictor of HBsAg loss with immune therapies such as interferon, highlighting the potential for inarigivir as a backbone treatment for HBV functional cure,” stated Dr. Afdhal.
Spring Bank also announced that it will soon complete the initial 12 weeks of patient dosing for the monotherapy treatment in the third cohort (100 mg) of Part A of the Phase 2 ACHIEVE trial. Subject to approval by the Data Safety Monitoring Board, Spring Bank anticipates starting recruitment of the fourth cohort (200 mg) in the first half of 2018.
As previously reported, Spring Bank has also entered into a clinical trial collaboration with Gilead Sciences, Inc., under which Gilead is funding and conducting a Phase 2 trial examining the co-administration of inarigivir and tenofovir alafenamide (marketed by Gilead as Vemlidy®) in patients with HBV. Similar to the protocol of Part B of the Spring Bank Phase 2 ACHIEVE trial, the protocol for this Phase 2 clinical trial involves 12 weeks concomitant administration of inarigivir (50 mg) and Vemlidy®. Following treatment, all patients will receive Vemlidy as a monotherapy for a further 36 weeks. Gilead recently initiated the inarigivir 50 mg + Vemlidy cohort of this clinical trial and it is expected that results from this study will be available in the second half of 2018.
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