VIENNA, Austria and KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Oct. 31, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nabriva Therapeutics AG (NASDAQ: NBRV ), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research and development of novel anti-infective agents to treat serious infections, with a focus on the pleuromutilin class of antibiotics, today announced research findings for lefamulin, the company's advanced clinical-stage product candidate, were presented at the IDWeek conference, which took place in New Orleans, LA, October 26-30, 2016.
Lefamulin is a semi-synthetic antibiotic Nabriva is developing to be the first pleuromutilin antibiotic available for systemic administration in humans and is the first new class of antibiotic to have reached late stage clinical development for Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) in over a decade. Nabriva has initiated two global, registrational Phase 3 clinical trials investigating lefamulin treatment in patients with moderate-to-severe CABP and expects top-line data from both CABP phase 3 trials in the second half of 2017.
Findings of the posters being presented at IDWeek 2016™ are as follows:
Population Pharmacokinetic (PPK) Analysis for Lefamulin Using Phase 1 Data and Assessment of Optimal PK Sampling Strategies (OSS) for a Phase 3 Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) Study (Poster No. 1944)
L. Zhang, S.M. Bhavnani, P.G. Ambrose, S. Gelone, W.W. Wicha, C.M. Rubino
Conclusions:
- The final population pharmacokinetic (PK) model, a three-compartment disposition model with nonlinear protein binding, two parallel first-order absorption processes, and an absorption delay for the second absorption process occurring though multiple transit compartments, provided precise and unbiased fits to lefamulin PK data after IV and PO administration.
- The covariate analyses showed that a high fat/high calorie meal resulted in slower absorption rate compared to those under the fasted condition.
- Results of OSS analyses indicated that a balanced 3- or 4-sample scheme based on fixed sampling windows provided the most accurate estimates of Area Under the Curve (AUC) 0-24 hours.
- Evaluation of an unbalanced scheme indicated that use of the 4-sample fixed window scheme in a clinical trial setting with less than optimal sampling compliance would still result in acceptably precise estimates of lefamulin AUC 0-24 at steady state.
- Application of the population PK model allowed for the identification of OSS, the implementation of which in Phase 3 will allow for pharmacometric evaluations of PK data from patients.
Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) Target Attainment Analyses to Support Oral Lefamulin Dose Selection in the Treatment of Patients with Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) (Poster No. 1976)
S.M. Bhavnani, L. Zhang, C.M. Rubino, J.C. Bader, S. Gelone, W.W. Wicha, P.G. Ambrose
Conclusions:
- Regardless of food intake, percent probabilities of PK-PD target attainment based on the free-drug plasma Area Under the Curve: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (AUC:MIC) ratio targets associated with a 1-log 10 CFU reduction from baseline were ≥95.5% for both Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus at MIC values covering ≥99.5% of isolates in North America and the EU for both pathogens.
- These data provide support for lefamulin 600 mg PO q12h for the treatment of patients with CABP and suggest that doses can be administered irrespective of food.
- Results of these pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) target attainment analyses are similar to those observed with an IV lefamulin dosing regimen for patients with CABP, which included assessment of pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (ELF) exposures in humans and murine ELF PK-PD targets for efficacy and that demonstrated comparable PK-PD target attainment to that based on plasma exposures.
"We are excited by the growing awareness of lefamulin and recognition that there is an unmet need for novel antibiotics for CABP among key members of the infectious disease clinical community,” said Steve Gelone, Pharm.D., Chief Development Officer of Nabriva. “Our poster presentations at the ID Week meeting represent just a portion of the robust work that supports our lefamulin development program in CABP and we look forward to reporting additional data regarding the lefamulin development program.”
IDWeek 2016 TM is the combined annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS).
About Nabriva Therapeutics AG
Nabriva Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research and development of novel anti-infective agents to treat serious bacterial infections, with a focus on the pleuromutilin class of antibiotics. Nabriva's medicinal chemistry expertise has enabled targeted discovery of novel pleuromutilins, including both intravenous and oral formulations of its lead product candidate. Nabriva's lead pleuromutilin product candidate, lefamulin, is being developed to be the first systemically available pleuromutilin for human use and is the first new class of antibiotic to reach late stage clinical development for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) in over a decade. Nabriva believes lefamulin is well positioned for use as a first-line empiric monotherapy for the treatment of moderate to severe CABP due to its novel mechanism of action, targeted spectrum of activity, resistance profile, achievement of substantial drug concentration in lung tissue and fluid, oral and IV formulations and favorable tolerability profile. Nabriva also intends to further pursue the development of lefamulin for additional indications, including the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, and is developing a formulation of lefamulin appropriate for pediatric use.
Nabriva owns exclusive, worldwide rights to lefamulin, which is protected by composition of matter patents issued in the United States, Europe and Japan.
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CONTACT: Will Sargent Nabriva Therapeutics AG William.Sargent@nabriva.com
