IntraBio Reports Further Detail on Positive Data from Levacetylleucine Pivotal Trial for the Treatment of Ataxia-Telangiectasia
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IntraBio Inc. today announced positive results from the full data set for the pivotal Phase III IB1001-303 clinical trial, “Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Leucine on Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T): A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Crossover Study” (NCT06673056) evaluating N-acetyl-L-leucine (levacetylleucine) in pediatric and adult patients with Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T).
Key Findings
Efficacy and Safety
In the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III study, treatment with levacetylleucine resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful -1.92 point improvement on the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) compared with a -0.14 point change on placebo (p<0.001). The magnitude and consistency of benefit observed across both pediatric and adult patients underscores the clinical relevance of these findings in a disease characterized by relentless neurological decline.
The trial also met its secondary endpoints, demonstrating statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement on the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) (-4.22 on levacetylleucine vs. -1.69 on placebo; p=0.003) and the Investigator’s Clinical Global Impression of Improvement (CGI-I) (-0.6 on levacetylleucine vs. -0.2 on placebo; p=0.02).
Subgroup analysis of the primary and secondary endpoints demonstrated consistent clinical effects across all demographics (age, gender, disease severity, age of symptom onset, etc.). This positive data provides a strong rationale for levacetylleucine to be used in the treatment of A-T.
Levacetylleucine was observed to be safe and well-tolerated, with no drug-related serious adverse events, consistent with its established safety profile.
“These results in Ataxia-Telangiectasia build directly on our prior successes with levacetylleucine in Niemann-Pick disease Type C,” said Mallory Factor, Chief Executive Officer of IntraBio. “We have now demonstrated across multiple indications through our clinical development strategy that levacetylleucine can deliver meaningful benefit when studied using rigorous, innovative disease-appropriate trial designs. This gives us strong confidence as we expand the program into additional neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases, including CACNA1A-related disorders.”
Based on the robust findings from the study, IntraBio is proceeding immediately with regulatory submissions to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and additional global regulatory authorities, to support the label expansion of levacetylleucine for A-T.
About Ataxia-Telangiectasia
Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare, inherited, progressive neurodegenerative disorder that typically begins in early childhood. A-T is characterized by degeneration of the cerebellum, leading to worsening loss of coordination, impaired speech and eye movements, and wheelchair dependence. Many patients also develop visible blood vessel changes (telangiectasia), immune system deficiencies with recurrent, life-threatening infections, lung disease and a dramatically increased risk of cancer. There is currently no approved therapy for the treatment of A-T.
Public reports estimate there are approximately 4,600 diagnosed A-T patients in the U.S. and about 5,000 A-T patients in the U.K. and EU4 countries.
AboutAQNEURSA ®
AQNEURSA ® (levacetylleucine) is approved in the United States, indicated for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) in adults and pediatric patients weighing ≥15 kg.
US Indication and Important Safety Information
AQNEURSA ® is approved in the European Union for the treatment of neurological manifestations of Niemann-Pick disease Type C in adults and children aged 6 years and older weighing at least 20 kg, either in combination with miglustat or as monotherapy in patients who cannot tolerate miglustat.
EMA Indication and Important Safety Information
About IntraBio
IntraBio Inc. is an Austin, Texas-based global biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes targeted therapies for rare and common neurological, neurodevelopmental, and mitochondrial diseases. IntraBio's platform technologies result from decades of research and collaboration with universities and institutions worldwide, and leverage the expertise of its scientific founders from the University of Oxford and the University of Munich.
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