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Immunic, Inc. Announces EMPhASIS Interim Analysis of 10 mg Cohort Confirms IMU-838's Dose Response in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis and Supports Phase 3 Dose Selection
- Preplanned Interim Analysis of 12-Week MRI Data from 10 mg IMU-838 Dose and Placebo, in Combination with Existing 30 and 45 mg Dose Data, Establishes Clear
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[{"type":"text","content":"- Preplanned Interim Analysis of 12-Week MRI Data from 10 mg IMU-838 Dose and Placebo, in Combination with Existing 30 and 45 mg Dose Data, Establishes Clear Dose-Response Relationship for IMU-838 -\n - Totality of Data Clearly Supports Decision that 30 mg Once Daily Dose of IMU-838 Will Now Be Targeted for Phase 3 Development in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis -\n - As Previously Announced, Phase 3 Program Expected to Start in the Second Half of 2021 -\n\n\nNEW YORK, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing best-in-class, oral therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced interim data from Cohort 2 of its phase 2 EMPhASIS trial of IMU-838 in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Immunic has concluded from this data, along with previously published data from Cohort 1, that 30 mg once daily IMU-838 is the most appropriate dose for future phase 3 trials in patients with RRMS. In support, Immunic notes that both the 30 mg and 45 mg dosing groups of IMU-838 in Cohort 1 performed equivalently regarding efficacy-related endpoints and there was no safety signal for either dosing group, as compared to placebo.\nThe second cohort of the EMPhASIS trial was designed to confirm that a dose lower than the 30 mg and 45 mg daily dose groups studied in the first cohort was unlikely to match the efficacy seen in these higher doses, thus enabling a straightforward and simpler phase 3 design. As anticipated, the 10 mg dose of IMU-838 proportionally showed less magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesion suppression in RRMS than the previously published results of the 30 mg and 45 mg doses of IMU-838. In particular, the 10 mg dose of IMU-838 in Cohort 2 demonstrated a placebo-adjusted reduction of 32% and 40% in combined unique active and gadolinium-enhancing MRI lesions at week 12, respectively. This result is numerically lower than the analogous reduction in MRI lesions observed in the 30 mg and 45 mg IMU-838 dosing arms of Cohort 1 at week 12, which ranged between 62% and 75%. Collectively, Immunic believes that these data demonstrate a clear dose-response pattern for IMU-838 in RRMS. The Cohort 2 interim analysis was performed after 59 randomized patients, receiving either 10 mg of IMU-838 or placebo on...