Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment of Pivotal Cohort in Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Setmelanotide in Bardet-Biedl and Alström Syndromes
-- Topline data expected in the fourth quarter of 2020 or early in the first quarter of 2021 --
-- Supplemental cohort continues enrollment to meet patient demand --
“With no approved treatment options available, there is a pressing need for a new therapy that addresses the insatiable hunger and severe obesity that people living with BBS or Alström syndrome may experience,” said
About Bardet-Biedl and Alström Syndromes
BBS and Alström syndrome are ultra-rare genetic disorders that affect multiple organ systems. Clinical features of BBS may include cognitive impairment, polydactyly, renal dysfunction, hypogonadism and visual impairment. Clinical features of Alström syndrome may include progressive visual and auditory impairment, insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, progressive kidney dysfunction, cardiomyopathy and short stature in adulthood. Insatiable hunger, also known as hyperphagia, and severe obesity beginning early in life may be common in people living with either BBS or Alström syndrome. There is great variability in presentation and severity of these symptoms across individuals with BBS or Alström syndrome. In
About the Pivotal Phase 3 Trial
The pivotal Phase 3 trial is designed to evaluate setmelanotide, a MC4R agonist, for the treatment of obesity and hyperphagia in people with BBS or Alström syndrome (NCT03746522). The trial is designed to enroll 30 patients, including at least 20 patients with BBS and at least six patients with Alström syndrome, aged six years and older. Participants were randomized to placebo or setmelanotide for 14 weeks followed by an open-label period on setmelanotide for 52 weeks. The primary endpoint of the trial is the proportion of participants (≥12 years of age) who achieve at least 10 percent reduction in body weight from baseline at approximately 52 weeks of therapy. Rhythm expects to report topline data from this trial in the fourth quarter of 2020 or early in the first quarter of 2021.
About Rhythm
Rhythm is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of rare genetic disorders of obesity. The company recently announced positive topline results from pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials of setmelanotide, its MC4R agonist, in people living with pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency obesity and leptin receptor (LEPR) deficiency obesity, and plans to complete its first rolling New Drug Application (NDA) submission to the
Forward-Looking Statements
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