Akero Therapeutics Announces Positive End-of-Phase 2 Meeting with the FDA and SYNCHRONY Phase 3 Program for Efruxifermin in NASH
The planned Phase 3 program consists of three trials, SYNCHRONY Histology, SYNCHRONY Real-World, and SYNCHRONY Outcomes to evaluate the safety and efficacy of efruxifermin (EFX) in patients with NASH
SYNCHRONY Histology and SYNCHRONY Real-World are expected to begin enrollment in the second half of this year
Consistent with the encouraging clinical profile to date reported for 28mg and 50mg EFX, Akero will continue to evaluate both doses in the Phase 3 SYNCHRONY program
Excerpt from the Press Release:
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKRO), a clinical-stage company developing transformational treatments for patients with serious metabolic disease and high unmet medical need, today announced a positive End-of-Phase 2 meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as details of the anticipated SYNCHRONY Phase 3 efruxifermin program for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). There are currently no approved therapies for the treatment of NASH, a serious form of liver disease estimated to affect more than 17 million Americans.
“We are appreciative of the FDA’s support and guidance and are pleased to have aligned on key features of our SYNCHRONY Phase 3 program, with further dialogue envisaged following readout of the Phase 2b SYMMETRY trial evaluating EFX in patients with cirrhosis due to NASH,” said Kitty Yale, chief development officer of Akero. “The strength of EFX’s clinical profile reported to date in our Phase 2 studies gives us confidence in EFX’s potential to be a best-in-class FGF21 analog for treating NASH, if approved, and we look forward to enrolling patients into our first two Phase 3 trials within the SYNCHRONY program later this year.”
Based on ongoing discussions with the FDA, the SYNCHRONY Phase 3 program will start enrolling patients into two parallel, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials during the second half of this year.
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