NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. (Nasdaq: NAMS or “NewAmsterdam” or
the “Company”), a late-stage, clinical biopharmaceutical company
developing oral, non-statin medicines for patients at risk of
cardiovascular disease (“CVD”) with elevated low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol (“LDL-C”), for whom existing therapies are
not sufficiently effective or well-tolerated, today announced that
it has met the enrollment target of 9,000 patients for the pivotal
Phase 3 PREVAIL cardiovascular outcomes trial (“CVOT”) evaluating
obicetrapib in adult patients with a history of atherosclerotic
cardiovascular disease (“ASCVD”), whose LDL-C is not adequately
controlled, despite being on maximally tolerated lipid-lowering
therapy. Driven by strong patient and physician interest globally,
NewAmsterdam will extend enrollment to the end of April where we
expect to randomize over 9,000 patients.
“We are pleased to announce that our enrollment target has been
met for our pivotal Phase 3 PREVAIL trial, marking a crucial
milestone in NewAmsterdam’s mission to advance cardiovascular
treatment for the millions of people who are failing to meet their
risk-based LDL-C goals despite taking maximally tolerated
lipid-lowering therapy,” said Michael Davidson, M.D., Chief
Executive Officer of NewAmsterdam. “PREVAIL, our pivotal CVOT, will
potentially demonstrate that obicetrapib’s lowering of LDL-C will
reduce major adverse cardiac events (“MACE”). We expect data from
PREVAIL will complement results from our ongoing pivotal Phase 3
trials, BROADWAY, BROOKLYN and TANDEM, and further support
obicetrapib’s clinical profile as a well-tolerated and potentially
highly effective option for treating hypercholesterolemia and
preventing serious cardiovascular disease, if approved.”
The double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 PREVAIL trial is
now expected to randomize over 9,000 patients with ASCVD in over
500 sites across 23 countries including the United States, Canada,
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, China, Italy, and
Australia. Patients enrolling in the study were required to have
established ASCVD with LDL-C levels greater than 55 mg/dl, and an
additional risk enhancer in participants with an LDL-C level below
100 mg/dl, despite taking maximally tolerated lipid-lowering
therapy. Patients were randomized to receive placebo or 10 mg
obicetrapib over a 30-month period. The primary objective of the
study is to evaluate the effect of obicetrapib compared to placebo
on MACE, including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction,
stroke and non-elective coronary revascularization. Secondary
objectives include evaluating the effect of obicetrapib on
all-cause mortality, total CV events, new-onset diabetes mellitus,
and change in LDL-C, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and
apolipoprotein B levels.
“Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of
death and disability globally,” said Stephen Nicholls, M.B.B.S.,
Ph.D., Director, Monash Victorian Heart Institute and Professor of
Cardiology, Monash University, and primary investigator on the
Phase 3 PREVAIL trial. “Despite widespread availability of statin
therapies, CVD-related deaths are on the rise, and many patients
are not at their risk-based LDL-C goals. Based on clinical data
to-date, we believe obicetrapib can meaningfully improve a range of
lipid and lipoprotein measurements associated with CVD risk, which
could translate into improved long-term outcomes for those
patients. I am delighted to partner with the NewAmsterdam team to
execute PREVAIL, a well-designed CVOT, and look forward to topline
data on obicetrapib’s MACE benefit.”
“With obicetrapib, we aim to transform the care and treatment of
cardiovascular disease, by designing a convenient, once-daily, low
dose medicine that has the potential to help patients control their
LDL-C levels and, ultimately, avoid catastrophic outcomes, if
approved” added John Kastelein, M.D., Ph.D., FESC, Chief Scientific
Officer of NewAmsterdam. “With the PREVAIL CVOT enrollment target
met and topline data from BROOKLYN and BROADWAY expected in the
third and fourth quarter of 2024, respectively, and TANDEM in the
first quarter of 2025, we look forward to executing our ongoing
programs and to sharing our first pivotal datasets in the months
ahead.”
About ObicetrapibObicetrapib is a novel, oral,
low-dose CETP inhibitor that NewAmsterdam is developing to overcome
the limitations of current LDL-lowering treatments. The Company
believes that obicetrapib has the potential to be a once-daily oral
CETP inhibitor for lowering LDL-C, if approved. In the Company’s
Phase 2b ROSE trial, obicetrapib demonstrated a 51% lowering of
LDL-C from baseline at a 10 mg dose level on top of high-intensity
statins and, in the Company’s Phase 2 ROSE2 trial, the combination
of a 10 mg dose of obicetrapib and a 10 mg dose of ezetimibe
demonstrated a 63% lowering of LDL-C from baseline. In each of the
Company’s Phase 2 trials, ROSE2, TULIP, ROSE, and OCEAN, evaluating
obicetrapib as monotherapy or combination therapy, the Company
observed statistically significant LDL-lowering combined with a
side effect profile similar to that of placebo, including no
increase in blood pressure or muscle related side effects.
Obicetrapib has demonstrated strong tolerability in more than 800
patients with elevated lipid levels (“dyslipidemia”) in
NewAmsterdam’s clinical trials to date. The Company is conducting
two Phase 3 pivotal trials, BROADWAY and BROOKLYN, to evaluate
obicetrapib as a monotherapy used as an adjunct to maximally
tolerated lipid-lowering therapies to provide additional
LDL-lowering for CVD patients and TANDEM, to evaluate obicetrapib
and ezetimibe as a fixed-dose combination. The Company began
enrolling patients in BROADWAY in January 2022, in BROOKLYN in July
2022, and in TANDEM in March 2024; completing enrollment of
BROOKLYN in April 2023 and BROADWAY in July 2023. The Company also
commenced the Phase 3 PREVAIL cardiovascular outcomes trial in
March 2022, which is designed to assess the potential of
obicetrapib to reduce occurrences of major adverse cardiovascular
events, including cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial
infarction, non-fatal stroke and non-elective coronary
revascularization.
About NewAmsterdamNewAmsterdam Pharma (Nasdaq:
NAMS) is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to
improve patient care in populations with metabolic diseases where
currently approved therapies have not been adequate or well
tolerated. We seek to fill a significant unmet need for a safe,
well tolerated and convenient LDL-lowering therapy. In multiple
phase 3 studies, NewAmsterdam is investigating obicetrapib, an
oral, low-dose and once-daily CETP inhibitor, alone or as a
fixed-dose combination with ezetimibe, as preferred LDL-C lowering
therapies to be used as an adjunct to statin therapy for patients
at risk of CVD with elevated LDL-C, for whom existing therapies are
not sufficiently effective or well tolerated.
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Company ContactMatthew PhilippeP:
1-917-882-7512matthew.philippe@newamsterdampharma.com
Media ContactSpectrum Science on behalf of
NewAmsterdamJen GordonP:
1-202-957-7795jgordon@spectrumscience.com
Investor ContactStern Investor Relations on
behalf of NewAmsterdamHannah DeresiewiczP:
1-212-362-1200hannah.deresiewicz@sternir.com
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