MyoKardia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYOK), and the American College of
Cardiology (ACC) announced the establishment of a nationwide
registry of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which leverages the
ACC’s PINNACLE Cardiovascular Registry operated by Veradigm®, an
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX), business unit. The registry will
support MyoKardia’s post-marketing safety and effectiveness study
(DISCOVER-HCM) of mavacamten, an investigational therapeutic for
the treatment of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
The newly established mavacamten long-term
safety registry will utilize the PINNACLE Registry, the largest
out-patient cardiovascular registry in the U.S. The PINNACLE
Registry was established in 2008 by the ACC and now includes more
than 3,600 participating clinical practices, serving to capture and
share outcomes data on cardiovascular conditions, including
coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure and atrial
fibrillation.
The DISCOVER (Deliver
Insights on Safety in
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and
ObserVe
Endpoints in Real-world)-HCM
study will evaluate the long-term safety and effectiveness of
mavacamten based on real-world usage, for the treatment of patients
with symptomatic, obstructive HCM. Veradigm will be conducting
outreach to existing PINNACLE Registry sites, as well as additional
HCM specialty treatment centers, for participation in DISCOVER-HCM
to ensure that the population of the registry is broadly
representative of HCM patients in the US. The DISCOVER-HCM study is
expected to begin enrolling patients in the summer of 2021. The
registry will also focus on gaining the patient perspective on the
benefits of HCM treatments by using patient-focused technologies to
learn whether registry participants are experiencing symptomatic
changes in managing this serious, chronic illness. Additionally,
this observational research effort will serve as the foundation for
future global assessments of the benefit-risk of mavacamten in HCM
with real-world use.
“Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have
been waiting for a precision therapy like mavacamten,” said James
Januzzi, M.D., Hutter Family Professor, Harvard Medical School;
Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Trustee, American
College of Cardiology and the DISCOVER-HCM Study Steering Committee
Co-Chair.
“The DISCOVER-HCM study will provide crucial
long-term safety and activity information about mavacamten, which
should greatly add to our understanding of obstructive HCM. We are
thrilled to be partnering with MyoKardia on this important effort,”
added Adrian Hernandez, M.D., Professor, Vice Dean and Executive
Director of Duke Clinical Research Institute and Steering Committee
Co-Chair and the Principal Investigator for DISCOVER-HCM.
“As we look forward to the potential approval of
mavacamten in the U.S., the establishment of an HCM registry will
enable us to collect, analyze and track long-term safety data for
our patients, expand our knowledge of the natural history of
disease and compare outcomes among patients who are treated with
mavacamten and those who are not,” said Jay Edelberg, M.D., Ph.D.,
MyoKardia’s Chief Medical Officer. “Collaborating with the ACC and
Veradigm to utilize the PINNACLE Registry and recruit from the
ACC’s vast and diverse network of professional cardiologists was a
logical choice as we thought about creating a leading repository of
real-world HCM data.”
“We look forward to working with MyoKardia and
ACC to hit the ground running in recruiting sites for the
prospective DISCOVER-HCM safety and effectiveness study of
mavacamtem,” said Tom Langan, Chief Executive Officer of
Veradigm.
HCM is a chronic, progressive disease in which
excessive contraction of the heart muscle and reduced ability of
the left ventricle to fill can lead to the development of
debilitating symptoms and cardiac dysfunction. HCM is
estimated to affect one in every 500 people. The most frequent
cause of HCM is mutations in the heart muscle proteins of the
sarcomere. In approximately two-thirds of individuals with HCM, the
path followed by blood exiting the heart, known as the left
ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), becomes obstructed by the
enlarged and diseased muscle, restricting the flow of blood from
the heart to the rest of the body (obstructive HCM). In other
patients, the thickened heart muscle does not block the LVOT, and
their disease is driven by diastolic impairment due to the enlarged
and stiffened heart muscle (non-obstructive HCM). In
individuals with either obstructive or non-obstructive HCM,
exertion can result in fatigue or shortness of breath, interfering
with a patient’s ability to participate in activities of daily
living. HCM has also been associated with increased risks of
atrial fibrillation, stroke, heart failure and sudden cardiac
death.
Mavacamten is a potential first-in-class
medicine developed to correct the abnormal function of the HCM
heart targeting the cardiac muscle proteins with the aim of
inhibiting the hypercontractility, left ventricular hypertrophy and
reduced compliance that are characteristic of HCM. Earlier this
year, MyoKardia published positive data from the pivotal 3 EXPLORER
clinical trial of patients with symptomatic, obstructive HCM.
Mavacamten has received orphan drug and breakthrough therapy
designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and
MyoKardia plans to file a new Drug Application with the agency in
the first quarter of 2021.
About
MyoKardiaMyoKardia is a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing targeted
therapies for the treatment of serious cardiovascular diseases. The
company is pioneering a precision medicine approach to its
discovery and development efforts by 1) understanding the
biomechanical underpinnings of disease; 2) targeting the proteins
that modulate a given condition; 3) identifying patient populations
with shared disease characteristics; and 4) applying learnings from
research and clinical studies to inform and guide pipeline growth
and product advancement. MyoKardia’s initial focus is on small
molecule therapeutics aimed at the proteins of the heart that
modulate cardiac muscle contraction to address diseases driven by
excessive contraction, impaired relaxation, or insufficient
contraction. Among its discoveries are three clinical-stage
therapeutics: mavacamten (formerly MYK-461); danicamtiv (formerly
MYK-491) and MYK-224.
MyoKardia’s mission is to change the world for
people with serious cardiovascular disease through bold and
innovative science.
About American College of
CardiologyThe American College of Cardiology envisions a
world where innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care
and outcomes. As the professional home for the entire
cardiovascular care team, the mission of the College and its 54,000
members is to transform cardiovascular care and to improve heart
health. The ACC bestows credentials upon cardiovascular
professionals who meet stringent qualifications and leads in the
formation of health policy, standards and guidelines. The College
also provides professional medical education, disseminates
cardiovascular research through its world-renowned JACC Journals,
operates national registries to measure and improve care, and
offers cardiovascular accreditation to hospitals and institutions.
For more, visit acc.org.
About
Veradigm®Veradigm is an
integrated data platforms and services business unit of Allscripts
that combines data-driven clinical insights with actionable tools
to help healthcare stakeholders improve the quality, efficiency,
and value of healthcare delivery. The company has a long-term
strategic partnership with the American College of Cardiology
(ACC), which includes the ownership and operation of the PINNACLE
and Diabetes Collaborative patient registries. Veradigm works
closely with ACC to provide innovative cardiovascular research
solutions to Life Sciences companies. Veradigm’s mission is
dedicated to simplifying the complicated healthcare system with
next-generation healthcare solutions. To learn more, visit
www.veradigm.com.
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regarding the level of support the registry will provide to
MyoKardia’s post-marketing safety and effectiveness study
(DISCOVER-HCM) of mavacamten, expectations regarding the long-term
safety and effectiveness of mavacamten based on real-world usage,
for the treatment of patients with symptomatic, obstructive HCM,
the timing and ability to ensure the right level of participation,
of patients or sites, in DISCOVER-HCM to ensure that the population
of the registry is broadly representative of HCM patients in the
US, the likelihood that this observational research effort will
serve as the foundation for future global assessments of the
benefit-risk of mavacamten in HCM with real-world use or the
likelihood of approval of mavacamten by the FDA reflect our current
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contact:
Contacts Michelle Corral
Executive Director, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
MyoKardia, Inc. 650-351-4690 ir@myokardia.com
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