Aimmune Therapeutics’ Pivotal Phase 3 PALISADE Trial of AR101 Meets Primary Endpoint in Patients With Peanut Allergy
BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2018-- Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:AIMT), a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for potentially life-threatening food allergies, today announced that its pivotal Phase 3 PALISADE efficacy trial of AR101 met the primary endpoint. In the United States, AR101 has U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Breakthrough Therapy Designation for peanut-allergic patients ages 4–17.
PALISADE enrolled 499 patients ages 4–17, 496 of whom received treatment. After approximately one year of treatment, patients completed an exit double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC). In the primary analysis of 496 patients ages 4–17, 67.2% of AR101 patients tolerated a single highest dose of at least 600 mg of peanut protein (1043 mg cumulative) with no more than mild symptoms in the exit DBPCFC, compared to 4.0% of placebo patients. The corresponding difference in response rates was 63.2% (p<0.00001, 95% CI=53.0–73.3%), and, at 53%, the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval greatly exceeded the pre-specified success criterion, which was 15%. Additionally, 50.3% of AR101 patients tolerated a single highest dose of 1000 mg of peanut protein (2043 mg cumulative), compared to 2.4% of placebo patients (p<0.00001). In order to minimize the risk of assessment bias, the primary endpoint evaluations were conducted by independent, blinded assessors, who were not involved in patients’ ongoing care in the trial and who were blinded to treatment assignment and the sequence of the DBPCFCs.
About Aimmune’s Phase 3 Program for AR101
Aimmune has three active Phase 3 AR101 studies underway. The open-label follow-on trial to PALISADE, ARC004, crossed PALISADE placebo patients over to active treatment and rolled AR101 patients over to extended maintenance, with different dose frequency intervals; Aimmune plans a data cut from this trial in the third quarter of 2018. Aimmune expects data from the RAMSES trial, taking place in the United States and Canada and designed to illuminate real-world patient and allergist experiences with AR101, in the second half of 2018, followed by data from the ARTEMIS trial, a dedicated European study of AR101, in early 2019.
About AR101
AR101 is a novel, investigational oral biologic drug for use in oral immunotherapy (OIT) in patients with peanut allergy. The drug, which is manufactured in accordance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), has a characterized protein profile found in peanuts, analyzed to ensure consistent major allergen content. The amount of active ingredient in each AR101 capsule is controlled to ensure minimal variability of allergen content across doses of a given strength.
About Aimmune Therapeutics
Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for potentially life-threatening food allergies. The company’s Characterized Oral Desensitization ImmunoTherapy (CODIT™) approach is intended to achieve meaningful levels of protection by desensitizing patients with defined, precise amounts of key allergens. Aimmune’s first investigational biologic product using CODIT™, AR101 for the treatment of peanut allergy, has received the FDA’s Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the desensitization of peanut-allergic patients 4–17 years of age and is currently being evaluated in Phase 3 clinical trials. For more information, please see www.aimmune.com.
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