As an update to this morning’s blog post that mentioned Vertex’s VX-770, the company have just announced their key business objectives for 2011. Further information will be included in the presentation by Vertex at the JP Morgan Healthcare conference scheduled for later today.
The news in Cystic Fibrosis is that if the phase 3 clinical trial data is positive the NDA for VX-770 is expected in the second half of 2011. The following are the relevant sections from the press release:
Cystic Fibrosis: Phase 3 Registration Program for VX-770 Nears Completion
VX-770 NDA Submission Planned for Second Half of 2011
- Three trials of the novel cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) potentiator VX-770 are fully enrolled and ongoing as part of a global Phase 3 registration program focused on patients with the G551D mutation. The G551D mutation is present in approximately four percent of people with CF.
- The first Phase 3 data for VX-770 are expected in the first quarter of 2011 and will come from the Phase 3 STRIVE trial in people aged 12 and older with at least one copy of the G551D mutation. Data from the Phase 2 DISCOVER trial, which was primarily a safety study that enrolled people aged 12 and older with two copies of the F508del mutation, are also expected in the first quarter of 2011.
- Data from the Phase 3 ENVISION trial in people aged six to 11 with at least one copy of the G551D mutation are expected in mid-2011.
- If positive, the results from the Phase 3 program for VX-770 could support the submission of an NDA for VX-770 in the second half of 2011.
In addition, Vertex announced that they expected interim data in the first half of 2011 from the phase 2 trial that combines VX-770 with VX-809:
Combination of Two CFTR Modulators for the Treatment of People with the Most Common Mutation of Cystic Fibrosis
- Vertex is conducting a Phase 2a clinical trial to evaluate multiple combination regimens of its lead CFTR Modulators – VX-770, a CFTR potentiator, and VX-809, a CFTR corrector – in people with the most common mutation of CF, known as F508del. Enrollment is ongoing in Part One of the trial, which is designed to evaluate VX-809 (200 mg), or placebo, dosed alone for 14 days and in combination with VX-770 (150 mg or 250 mg), or placebo, for 7 days. Vertex expects to obtain interim data from Part One of the trial in the first half of 2011.
2011 looks to be an interesting year for Cystic Fibrosis and it is certainly positive to see biotechnology companies such as Vertex developing new products for this debilitating illness.
It’s Day 1 of the annual pilgrimage to San Francisco for the JP Morgan Healthcare conference. In light of the success of the daily rolling blogs we’ve done around the conferences we cover, for the first time we’re doing a rolling blog for each day of #JPM16.