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As previously announced, the Phase 3 trial will evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacodynamics of Amigal in males and females with Fabry disease. The trial will consist of a six-month double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled treatment stage and will enroll approximately 60 subjects who are naive to enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) or who have not received ERT for at least six months prior to the start of treatment with Amigal. The Amigal treatment arm dose and regimen will be 150 mg every other day.
The primary endpoint will be the change in the amount of kidney interstitial capillary GL-3 as measured in kidney biopsies using histology. Secondary endpoints will include safety and tolerability, kidney GL-3 as measured in urine, and an assessment of renal function (including glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and 24-hour urine protein).
Additionally, the FDA and Amicus reached agreement on an improved methodology for the histological evaluation of GL-3 in the kidney biopsies. An analysis of the Phase 2 and Phase 2 extension study biopsies using the improved methodology demonstrated that all of the evaluable baseline samples had detectable interstitial capillary GL-3 and that reductions were observed in eight of the nine responders.
It is expected that approximately 30 clinical sites worldwide will participate in this trial.
Plicera(TM) (afegostat tartrate) for the treatment of Gaucher Disease
A Phase 2 clinical trial of the Company's investigational drug Plicera is ongoing. This 6-month study is designed to evaluate safety, dosing, and preliminary efficacy, as measured by the standard endpoints in Gaucher disease. The Company expects to report the results early in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Amicus continues to work closely with its partner, Shire HGT, to prepare for Phase 3 development
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