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Tyrogenex Announces Publication of Phase 1 Data for X-82 for the Oral Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Journal of the American Medical AssociationTyrogenex, a privately held biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Ophthalmology) has published the results from its Phase 1 dose-escalation study of the company's lead product candidate, X-82 (vorolanib). The research publication, "Oral Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration," led by Timothy L. Jackson, PhD, FRCOphth, consultant ophthalmic surgeon of King's College Hospital and Reader in Retinal Research at King's College London, presents data evaluating the safety and preliminary efficacy of orally administered X-82 for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD (News - Alert)). These results support the further clinical development of X-82 as a novel oral treatment for neovascular AMD, and follows the recent announcement by Tyrogenex of completed patient enrollment in the company's Phase 2 randomized, clinical APEX study of X-82 in wet AMD. The Phase 1 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT02348359) was a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled study assessing the safety and preliminary efficacy in 35 patients with active neovascular AMD. Patients received oral X-82 for 24 weeks in doses of either 50 mg on alternate days, 50 mg daily, 100 mg on alternate days, 100 mg daily, 200 mg daily, or 300 mg daily concomitantly with intravitreous anti-VEGF therapy utilized on a PRN basis using redefined retreatment criteria. Of the 25 participants who completed the 24 weeks of X-82 treatment, 60% required no anti-VEGF injections. As reported in the publication, participants underwent best-corrected visual acuity measurement, fundus examination, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography every four weeks. The primary outcome measures were the number and percentage of adverse events in the treatment period. The most common adverse events attributed to X-82 were diarrhea (n=6), nausea (n=5), fatigue (n=5) and transaminase elevation (n=4). A dose relationship to the transaminase elevations was not identified, and all levels normalized when X-82 was discontinued. There were no reported SAEs attributed to X-82. Dr. Jackson noted, "Whilst this is primarily a safety study, these results strongly suggest X-82 has biological activity, as the frequency of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections was far lower than expected. Subject to confirmatory studies, the possibility of a pill to treat wet AMD is undoubtedly exciting, as the current treatment with repeated eye injections imposes a substantial burden on patients, and healthcare providers."
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