Avidity Biosciences Announces FDA Partial Clinical Hold on New Participant Enrollment in Phase 1/2 MARINA™ Trial
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNA), a biopharmaceutical company committed to delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics called Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed a partial clinical hold on new participant enrollment in the Phase 1/2 MARINA™ clinical trial of AOC 1001 in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). Close to 40 participants are currently enrolled in the MARINA and MARINA open label extension (MARINA-OLE™) trials.
- Close to 40 participants are currently enrolled in the MARINA and MARINA open label extension (MARINA-OLE) trials.
- The partial clinical hold is in response to a serious adverse event reported in a single participant in the 4mg/kg cohort of the MARINA study.
- Avidity is working closely with the FDA and the trial investigator to assess the cause of this event.
- The company is taking all necessary steps to resolve the partial clinical hold on new participant enrollment as quickly as possible.