Abivax Announces First Patient Enrolled in ENHANCE-CD, the Phase 2b Trial of Obefazimod in Crohn’s Disease
03 Oktober 2024 - 10:01PM
Abivax Announces First Patient Enrolled
in ENHANCE-CD, the Phase 2b Trial of Obefazimod in Crohn’s
Disease
PARIS, France, October 3, 2024 – 10:00
p.m. CEST – Abivax SA (Euronext Paris: FR0012333284 –
ABVX; Nasdaq: ABVX) (“Abivax” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage
biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics that
harness the body’s natural regulatory mechanisms to stabilize the
immune response in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases,
today announced the first patient was enrolled in its Phase 2b
ENHANCE-CD (NCT06456593) trial evaluating obefazimod in patients
with Crohn’s disease (CD).
The multicenter, double-blind, randomized,
placebo-controlled trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of
obefazimod, administered once daily, in adults with moderately to
severely active Crohn’s disease.
Fabio Cataldi, MD, Abivax Chief Medical
Officer, said, “The enrollment of the first patient in our
Phase 2b trial marks a significant step forward in meeting the need
for a convenient, oral, once-daily treatment option for people with
moderately to severely active Crohn's disease. This milestone
brings us closer to addressing the unmet needs of patients seeking
effective therapies with fewer burdens on their daily lives."
Trial Design
This trial has 3 treatment phases: a 12-Week
Induction Phase, a 40-Week Maintenance Phase, and a 48-Week
Extension Phase. The objective is to evaluate the efficacy and
safety of obefazimod compared to placebo as induction and
maintenance therapy in subjects with moderately to severely active
CD after inadequate response (no response, loss of response, or
intolerance) to conventional therapies and/or advanced therapies.
The primary objective for the 48-Week Extension Phase is to
evaluate the safety and tolerability of obefazimod compared to
placebo in subjects who are enrolled in the Extension Phase.
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About Obefazimod
Obefazimod, Abivax’s lead investigational drug
candidate, is an orally administered small molecule that was
demonstrated to potentially enhance the expression of a single
microRNA, miR-124. Phase 2 clinical trials in patients with UC have
generated positive data, resulting in the initiation of a pivotal
global phase 3 clinical trial program (ABTECT Program), with first
patients enrolled in the United States in October
2022. A Phase 2b clinical trial in Crohn’s disease is ongoing, with
the first patient enrolled in October 2024, and exploration of
potential combination therapy opportunities in UC is ongoing.
About Abivax
Abivax is a clinical-stage biotechnology
company focused on developing therapeutics that harness the body’s
natural regulatory mechanisms to stabilize the immune response in
patients with chronic inflammatory diseases. Based
in France and the United States, Abivax’s lead drug
candidate, obefazimod (ABX464), is in phase 3 clinical trials for
the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.
More information on the Company is available at www.abivax.com.
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