Chinook Therapeutics Reports Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
- Upon closing of the merger with Aduro on October 5th, Chinook had approximately $290 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities to fund advancement of its pipeline of precision medicines for kidney diseases through the first half of 2023
- Company is on track to initiate the phase 3 ALIGN and phase 2 AFFINITY trials of atrasentan in early 2021, as well as a phase 1 clinical trial of CHK-336 in the second half of 2021
- Data expected from Part 3 of the ongoing phase 1 trial of BION-1301 in IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) patients in 2021
“With a strong cash position, broad pipeline and productive research and development engine,
Recent Highlights
- Closed the merger with
Aduro Biotech, Inc. onOctober 5 th and began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “KDNY,” with approximately$290 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.
- Completed a
$115 million private placement financing with top-tier healthcare investors concurrent with the merger closing.
- Presented a preclinical poster at the
American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined unveiling CHK-336, a first-in-class oral small molecule lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) inhibitor with the potential to treat all subtypes of primary hyperoxaluria (PH) and other disorders arising from excess oxalate.
- Presented additional information on Chinook’s emerging pipeline at ASN Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined, including:
° a poster presentation on the phase 3 ALIGN trial design for atrasentan, a potent, selective endothelin A receptor (ETA) antagonist,
° a poster presentation on healthy volunteer data from Part 1 (single ascending dose) and Part 2 (multiple ascending dose) of the ongoing phase 1 study of BION-1301, a novel anti-APRIL monoclonal antibody, and
° an oral presentation on a single cell transcriptomic atlas of human autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) through Chinook’s academic collaboration with the laboratory ofBenjamin Humphreys , M.D., Ph.D.,Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief of Nephrology atWashington University School of Medicine inSt. Louis .
Anticipated Upcoming Catalysts
Chinook plans to begin enrollment of its phase 3 ALIGN trial (see www.clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT04573478) in early 2021 to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of atrasentan in IgAN patients at risk of progressive kidney function loss. Atrasentan has previously been evaluated in over 5,300 diabetic kidney disease (DKD) patients in studies that demonstrated clinically significant and sustained reductions in proteinuria, as well as reduced risk of kidney function decline, when administered on top of a maximally tolerated dose of a RAS inhibitor (RASi).
Chinook plans to begin enrollment of its phase 2 AFFINITY basket trial of atrasentan in the first half of 2021 to evaluate its therapeutic potential in multiple types of chronic kidney disease. Cohorts in the basket study include patients with: IgAN with proteinuria between 0.5 grams to less than one gram per day, focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS), Alport Syndrome and DKD in combination with SGLT2 inhibitors.
- Part 3 of Chinook’s phase 1 study of BION-1301 is currently enrolling adult patients with IgAN in an open-label setting and
Chinook expects to present data in 2021. A phase 1 IV to subcutaneous (SC) bioavailability study in healthy volunteers is ongoing with the potential to transition to SC administration of BION-1301 in the long-term extension and phase 2 studies.
Chinook plans to begin enrollment of its phase 1 study of CHK-336 in the second half of 2021.
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