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Mirum Pharmaceuticals Announces Data Presented During AASLD Highlighting Durable Improvements in Pruritus and Quality of Life in Children with Alagille Syndrome Treated with Maralixibat
- Results of long-term treatment from the ITCH and IMAGINE II studies presented in late-breaking oral presentation at AASLD - Data demonstrates significant
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n- Results of long-term treatment from the ITCH and IMAGINE II studies presented in late-breaking oral presentation at AASLD\n\n- Data demonstrates significant and durable improvements in pruritus in children with Alagille syndrome through 220 weeks of maralixibat treatment\n\n- Results have been included as supportive data in ongoing rolling NDA submission for treatment of cholestatic pruritus in patients with Alagille syndrome\n\n FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nMirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIRM), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for debilitating liver diseases, announced data presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) - The Liver Meeting Digital Experience™. The data were presented by Dr. Benjamin Shneider of Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital presenting on behalf of the Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN) in a late-breaking oral presentation titled “Preliminary Analysis of ITCH and IMAGINE II – Outcome of Long-term Administration of Maralixibat in Children with Alagille Syndrome.”\n\nThe objective of the studies was to assess pruritus and other markers of cholestasis in patients with Alagille syndrome (ALGS) with up to 220 weeks of treatment with maralixibat. Maralixibat, an apical sodium bile acid transporter (ASBT) inhibitor, has previously been shown to interrupt the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids, reducing pruritus.\n\nOf the children enrolled in the ITCH and IMAGINE II studies, 28 of the 37 patients were on study at 48 weeks with 80% of those experiencing clinically meaningful reductions in pruritus (ItchRO[Obs] reduction ≥1.0 point) which were durable beyond four years (Week 220), with 90% of patients who continued on study experiencing a pruritus response at the end of treatment. The mean reduction in ItchRO(Obs) at week 48 was -1.9 points and deepened to -2.3 points at the end of treatment. Maralixibat treatment improved quality of life and led to improved growth parameters. The long-term data suggest that maralixibat has the potential to be an effective treatment and could serve as an alternative to surgery for ALGS patients, if approved.\n\n“Maralixibat has the potential to address the severe pruritus experienced by children with Alag...