Merck & Co Inc MRK unveiled outcomes from a Section 2b/3 trial (MK-1654-004) evaluating clesrovimab, the corporate’s investigational prophylactic monoclonal antibody designed to guard infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness throughout their first RSV season.
The outcomes and interim findings from the continuing Section 3 trial (MK-1654-007) of clesrovimab have been offered throughout IDWeek 2024.
Outcomes from the Section 2b/3 pivotal trial evaluating a single dose of clesrovimab administered to wholesome preterm and full-term infants (start to 1 yr of age) met all prespecified endpoints, with constant outcomes by means of each the 5-month and 6-month time factors.
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The incidence of adversarial occasions (AEs) and severe AEs have been comparable between the clesrovimab and placebo teams, and there have been no remedy or RSV-related deaths throughout the examine.
The first efficacy endpoint of the trial, the discount within the incidence of RSV-associated medically attended decrease respiratory infections (MALRI) requiring ≥ 1 indicator of decrease respiratory an infection (LRI) or severity in comparison with placebo by means of Day 150 (5 months) postdose, was 60.4%.
Clesrovimab additionally decreased RSV-associated hospitalizations (secondary endpoint) and RSV-associated LRI hospitalizations (tertiary endpoint) by means of Day 150 (5 months) in comparison with placebo by 84.2% and 90.9%, respectively.
Clesrovimab decreased the incidence of extreme MALRI (tertiary endpoint) by 91.7%.
As well as, in a publish hoc evaluation, the discount within the incidence of MALRI requiring ≥ 2 indicators of LRI and severity (an endpoint of extra extreme MALRI than the first MALRI endpoint) was 88.0% by means of Day 150.
Merck additionally introduced knowledge from a deliberate interim evaluation of the MK-1654-007 trial, a Section 3 trial evaluating the security and efficacy of clesrovimab versus palivizumab in infants and youngsters at elevated threat for extreme RSV illness.
Palivizumab is bought below the model title Synagis by Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB or Sobi BIOVF
The examine’s main endpoint is the security and tolerability of clesrovimab in infants getting into their first RSV season.
Interim outcomes confirmed clesrovimab had a comparable security profile to palivizumab, and no drug-related severe AEs have been reported to this point.
Incidence charges of RSV-associated MALRI requiring ≥ 1 indicator of LRI or severity and RSV-associated hospitalizations (secondary endpoints) have been additionally comparable between clesrovimab (3.6% and 1.3%, respectively) and palivizumab (3.0% and 1.5%, respectively) by means of Day 150 (5 months).
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