Frequency Therapeutics Shares Clinical Data From Exploratory Study Confirming Delivery of FX-322 to the Cochlea
Top-Line Results Show Consistent Drug Entry in All Patients
FX-322 is Frequency’s lead product candidate, designed to regenerate auditory sensory hair cells in the cochlea and improve hearing in patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). A Phase 1/2 study of FX-322 previously demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in key measures of hearing function in patients with SNHL.
The exploratory study, initiated late in 2019, was conducted at the
“When we consider these new findings, together with the hearing signal observed in our earlier Phase 1/2 study, we believe we have developed the first known evidence of a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic effect of a potential hearing restoration therapeutic. Through this study we have gained critical insight into the delivery properties of FX-322 and clinical confirmation that it reached the site of action in all study patients,” said
In the study, seven subjects received a single dose of FX-322 at the same dose level given in the Company’s Phase 1/2 study and its ongoing Phase 2a study. Levels of both molecules that make up FX-322 were measured in all patients. The presence of round window membrane mucosal folds in certain subjects did not prevent the entry of FX-322 into the cochlea. Both agents that make up FX-322 were also predicted to achieve therapeutically active drug levels in the high frequency range of the cochlea, based on computer models. Study subjects were followed for approximately 30 days after the procedure and no serious treatment related adverse events were observed.
“Studying perilymph samples from all our cochlear implant patients has helped us to better understand the connection between certain proteins and their association with inner ear disorders. This study has now shown us for the first time that concentrations of a hearing restoration therapeutic candidate can be quantified in perilymph after intratympanic injection, and we believe this novel approach can help accelerate the understanding of therapeutics for the inner ear,” said Prof.
Frequency intends to present the results from this study at an upcoming medical conference.
About Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form of hearing loss, typically resulting from damage to the hair cells in the inner ear that convert sound waves from the inner ear to the brain, impacting millions of individuals in the
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