Protagonist Therapeutics Presents Updated Phase 2 Rusfertide Data in Polycythemia Vera (PV) at ASH 2021 Annual Meeting
NEWARK, Calif., Dec. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Protagonist Therapeutics(Nasdaq: PTGX) ("Protagonist" or "the Company") today presented updated data from two ongoing Phase 2 studies evaluating rusfertide in patients with polycythemia vera (PV), demonstrating its ability to essentially eliminate the need for phlebotomies in patients.
- NEWARK, Calif., Dec. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Protagonist Therapeutics(Nasdaq: PTGX) ("Protagonist" or "the Company") today presented updated data from two ongoing Phase 2 studies evaluating rusfertide in patients with polycythemia vera (PV), demonstrating its ability to essentially eliminate the need for phlebotomies in patients.
- Rusfertide also showed rapid and sustained hematocrit control in patients requiring frequent phlebotomies or those having high baseline hematocrit levels (>48%).
- "The upcoming double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 3 PV study is a transformative step in the progressive journey of rusfertide, from de novo discovery to a registrational study.
- In this Phase 2 study, 63 phlebotomy-dependent PV patients were treated with rusfertide for up to 18 months.