Otsuka Awarded Grant for Phase 2 Trial Combining Novel Anti-Tuberculosis Compound OPC-167832 with Delamanid and Bedaquiline
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PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. (Otsuka), a subsidiary of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., announces that it has been awarded a grant for up to $17.8 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This will enable Otsuka to advance clinical trials of its investigational compound OPC-167832, in combination with its delamanid (DELTYBA® is the brand name where approved outside the U.S.) and Johnson & Johnson’s bedaquiline (SIRTURO® is the brand name), for patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis (DS-TB).
Employing a phase 2 design, the grant will support the investigation of a novel regimen in shortening the treatment of DS-TB by comparing the proportion of study subjects receiving the combination therapy for a duration of 4 months versus the 6-month standard of care. Decreasing treatment duration is likely to impact the number of patients treated and improve overall treatment adherence.1
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