Statistically Significant Improvements in Key Cardiac Parameter in Fabry Patients Previously Naïve to Therapy
Continued Improvement Out to 36 Months on Key Cardiac Parameter
Further Strengthens Data Package for Upcoming Regulatory Submissions
CRANBURY, N.J., Jan. 8, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD ), a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of therapies for rare and orphan diseases, today announced additional positive data on an important cardiac endpoint from its first Phase 3 study ( Study 011 ) and the Phase 3 extension ( Study 041 ) of the oral small molecule chaperone migalastat HCl ("migalastat") for Fabry disease. A slide presentation featuring these data is also available at http://ir.amicustherapeutics.com/events.cfm .
Data from the Fabry Registry indicate that the leading cause of death in patients is from cardiovascular disease 1 . In Study 011 and Study 041, previously untreated patients with amenable mutations showed a statistically significant decrease in left ventricular mass index (LVMi) following treatment with migalastat for up to 36 months (average of 22 months). LVMi is a measure of cardiac hypertrophy, an increase in the size of the heart that has been associated with an increased risk of cardiac events in Fabry patients.
John F. Crowley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. stated, "The effects of migalastat on Fabry patients with amenable mutations continue to be very profound. For the first time we are able to show that migalastat can lead to a reduction in LVMi in Fabry patients who are ERT-treatment naïve. These new data add to the positive cardiac effects that we showed in the ERT switch Study 012. Migalastat has now demonstrated a beneficial effect on LVMi in untreated Fabry patients for up to 36 months, which is twice as long of a treatment period as we previously reported in ERT switch patients from Study 012. What is perhaps most important in these results is that after 18 months we continue to see further significant reductions in cardiac mass. These data therefore strongly suggest that migalastat has a persistent and increasing positive effect on LVMi over longer periods of time. We believe that this positive effect is related to migalastat's unique mechanism of action, which is very distinct from currently approved therapies. The cardiac data from both of our Phase 3 studies, in addition to the favorable results on disease substrate reduction and stabilization of kidney function that we previously reported, represent a very compelling data package as we prepare to seek global approval of migalastat monotherapy."
Data Summary:
| Left Ventricular Mass Index (LVMi) (g/m2)* in Phase 3 Study 011+041 – Change from Baseline to Last Available Time Point | ||
| Migalastat Baseline Mean (% abnormal) n=42 | Migalastat Change (Mean, 95% CI) n=42 | |
| Study 011+041 | 97.5 | -8.0 |
| (Avg 22 Months)** | (26%) | (-13.5, -2.5)*** |
*Read in blinded manner in centralized lab every 6 months. Normal LVMI: 43-95 (female), 49-115 (male)
**All amenable patients with baseline and post-baseline values
***Statistically significant (95% CI does not overlap zero)
Previously Reported Data in ERT Switch Patients (Study 012)
Previously reported data from the Phase 3 Study 012 showed a statistically significant decrease in LVMi following 18 months of treatment with migalastat in patients with amenable mutations who had switched from ERT.
| Left Ventricular Mass Index (LVMI) (g/m 2 )** in Phase 3 Study 012 – Change from Baseline to Month 18* | ||||
| Migalastat Baseline Mean (% abnormal) n=33 | Migalastat Change (Mean, 95% CI) n=31 | ERT Baseline Mean (% abnormal) n=16 | ERT Change (Mean, 95% CI) N=13-15 | |
| Study 012** | 95.3 | -6.6 | 92.9 | -2.0 |
| (18 Months) | (39%) | (-11.0, -2.1)*** | (31%) | (-11.0, +7.0) |
*Read in blinded manner in centralized lab every 6 months. Normal LVMI: 43-95 (female), 49-115 (male)
**mITT population
***Statistically significant (95% CI does not overlap zero)
About Study 011
Study 011 was a Phase 3 study designed to measure the reduction of disease substrate (globotriaosylceramide, or GL-3) following treatment with migalastat. The study also measured clinical outcomes, including renal function and LVMi, as secondary endpoints.The 24-month study began with a 6-month double-blind, placebo-controlled treatment period, after which all patients were treated with migalastat for a 6-month open-label follow-up period and a subsequent 12-month open-label extension phase. Positive 12- and 24-month data on substrate reduction as well as renal function were previously reported.
Fabry patients enrolled in Study 011 were naïve to treatment or had not received enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for at least 6 months prior to study entry. Upon completion, patients were eligible to roll over into a separate extension Study (Study 041) to continue migalastat.
About Study 012
Study 012 was a Phase 3, open-label study that compared oral migalastat to standard-of-care ERTs for Fabry disease (Fabrazyme ® and Replagal ® ). The study enrolled 60 patients (26 males and 34 females) with Fabry disease with amenable mutations in a clinical trial assay who had been treated with ERT for a minimum of 12 months prior to study entry. These patients were randomized 1.5:1 to switch to migalastat (36 patients) or remain on ERT (24 patients) for the primary 18-month treatment period, after which they were eligible to receive migalastat in a 12-month extension phase.
The co-primary outcome measures were the mean annualized changes in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and measured (iohexol) GFR (mGFR) assessed by descriptive comparisons of migalastat and ERT over 18 months. Secondary outcome measures included LVMi, as well as a composite of Fabry-associated clinical events (i.e. renal, cardiac, or cerebrovascular).
About GLP HEK-Amenable Mutations
Amenable mutations are defined as having an absolute increase of 3% of wild type alpha-Gal A enzyme activity and a relative increase of 20% when exposed to migalastat in a cell-based in vitro assay. All patients enrolled in Study 011 and Study 012 had amenable mutations in the clinical trial HEK assay available at study initiation ("clinical trial assay"). Following the completion of enrollment, a GLP HEK assay was developed with a third party to measure the criteria for amenability with more quality control and rigor. However, approximately 10% of mutations in the HEK database switched categorization between "amenable" and "non-amenable" when moving from the clinical trial assay to the GLP HEK assay. Therefore there were changes in categorization from amenable to non-amenable in 17 patients in Study 011, and in 4 patients in Study 012.
Overall based on results from mutations tested in the GLP HEK assay, Amicus continues to believe that approximately 30% to 50% of the Fabry population have mutations that are amenable to migalastat.
About Amicus Therapeutics
Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD ) is a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of therapies for rare and orphan diseases. The Company is developing novel, first-in-class treatments for a broad range of human genetic diseases, with a focus on delivering new benefits to individuals with lysosomal storage diseases. Amicus' lead programs in development include the small molecule pharmacological chaperone migalastat as a monotherapy for Fabry disease, as well as next-generation enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) products for Fabry disease, Pompe disease, and MPS-1.
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