Positive Results for Patients with Non-obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treated with Ninerafaxstat in the Phase 2 IMPROVE-HCM Trial Presented During a Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Session at ACC.24
BOSTON, April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imbria Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage, cardiometabolic company developing novel therapies designed to improve patient symptoms and functional capacity by enhancing cellular energetics, today announced that results from the Phase 2 IMPROVE-HCM clinical trial, evaluating ninerafaxstat in patients with symptomatic nHCM, were presented in a late-breaking clinical trial session at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session & Expo (ACC.24) and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).
- “We are pleased with the IMPROVE-HCM clinical trial results presented today at ACC and simultaneously published in JACC, confirming the importance of these results for patients living with nHCM,” said Anne Prener, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Imbria Pharmaceuticals.
- “Based on these positive results, we plan to initiate the Phase 3 FORTITUDE-HCM clinical trial in patients with symptomatic nHCM later this year.
- Most treatment emergent adverse events (AEs) were self-limiting and mild to moderate in severity occurring in 24 ninerafaxstat treated patients (70.6%) vs. 20 patients on placebo (60.6%).
- improved) from 31.2 to 30.9 in the ninerafaxstat treated group and worsened from 32.7 to 34.3 in the placebo group.