Chinook Therapeutics Presents Data from Atrasentan Phase 2 AFFINITY IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) Patient Cohort and Evotec Collaboration at the 59th European Renal Association (ERA) Congress 2022
- The AFFINITY IgAN cohort of 20 patients is fully enrolled, with 70% of patients in the study having baseline proteinuria over one gram per day despite maximal RAS inhibitor treatment, representing an IgAN patient population at high risk for progression
- Atrasentan was well-tolerated with no treatment-related serious adverse events (SAEs)
- Atrasentan demonstrated 38.0% proteinuria reduction at six weeks of treatment, 49.9% proteinuria reduction at 12 weeks of treatment and 58.5% reduction at 24 weeks of treatment
- There were no meaningful changes in blood pressure or acute eGFR, suggesting proteinuria reductions were not primarily due to hemodynamic effects of atrasentan, and there were no increases in brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) or mean bodyweight, suggesting minimal fluid retention
- Data was also presented on the approach used under Chinook’s Evotec collaboration to leverage the NURTuRE CKD biobank to generate mechanistic disease understanding for target and biomarker discovery that will enable the development of novel precision treatments for CKD patient subsets
Chinook to host investor conference call and webcast today at4:15 pm EDT with Dr. Muh Geot Wong, associate professor of nephrology atConcord Repatriation General Hospital atUniversity of Sydney and Dr.Jonathan Barratt ,Mayer Professor of Renal Medicine atUniversity of Leicester
“We are very encouraged by the data we presented today on atrasentan from the IgAN patient cohort of the phase 2 AFFINITY basket trial, demonstrating highly consistent and clinically meaningful proteinuria reductions at weeks six, 12 and 24 of treatment in patients with IgAN already on a maximally tolerated and stable dose of a RAS inhibitor. This level of proteinuria reduction is likely to translate into significant clinical benefit for patients with IgAN who currently have limited treatment options and high unmet need,” said
FC052 - Atrasentan for the Treatment of IgA Nephropathy: Interim Results from the AFFINITY Study
Atrasentan is a potent and selective inhibitor of the endothelin A receptor (ETA) that has the potential to provide benefit in multiple chronic kidney diseases by reducing proteinuria and having direct anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects to preserve kidney function.
The AFFINITY Study (see www.clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT04573920) is an ongoing global phase 2, open-label, basket study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of atrasentan in patients with proteinuric glomerular disease who are at risk of progressive loss of renal function. The four AFFINITY cohorts consist of patients with: biopsy-proven IgAN with urine protein to creatinine ratio (UPCR) of 0.5 to 1.0 g/g, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Alport syndrome and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in combination with an SGLT2 inhibitor. The 20 patients enrolled in each cohort receive 0.75 mg oral atrasentan daily for 52 weeks while continuing to receive a maximally tolerated and stable dose of a RAS inhibitor as standard of care.
Key highlights from the presentation include the following:
- In the IgAN cohort, median baseline 24-hour urine protein excretion was 1.17 g/day. Overall, 14 of 20 patients enrolled had baseline total urine protein over one gram per day despite optimized RAS inhibitor treatment, representing an IgAN patient population at high risk for progression.
- As of the
April 22, 2022 data cutoff, atrasentan has been well-tolerated to date in patients with IgAN, with no treatment-related SAEs. Eighteen of 20 patients remained on treatment, with time on treatment ranging from six to 52 weeks.
- One patient discontinued study treatment due to headache, which was considered a moderate related adverse event by the investigator, and one patient completed 52 weeks of treatment.
- One patient had an unrelated serious adverse event of a traffic accident.
- Five patients had a treatment-related adverse event, all of which were considered mild or moderate.
- Two patients experienced peripheral edema - one mild and one moderate - which resolved in less than seven days with temporary use of low-dose diuretics.
- All other treatment-emergent adverse events have resolved.
- There were no meaningful changes in blood pressure or acute eGFR effects, suggesting proteinuria reductions were not primarily due to hemodynamic effects of atrasentan. There were no increases in BNP or mean bodyweight, suggesting minimal fluid retention.
- Atrasentan demonstrated a 38.0% geometric mean reduction in 24-hour urine protein creatinine ratio (UPCR) in 20 patients at six weeks of treatment, 49.9% geometric mean reduction in 24-hour UPCR in 18 patients at 12 weeks of treatment and 58.5% geometric mean reduction in 24-hour UPCR in 11 patients at 24 weeks of treatment (see figure below). After 24 weeks of treatment, ten of the 11 patients (91%) who had completed this visit had greater than a 40% cumulative reduction in UPCR.
FC080 - A Systems Nephrology Framework for the Molecular Classification of Chronic Kidney Disease
Conventional stratification by clinical and histopathological phenotypes is insufficient to describe the heterogeneity of chronic kidney diseases (CKD). Integration of intra-renal molecular and morphological features with clinical outcomes is required to drive discovery of disease-modifying therapies. The NURTuRE biobank comprises matched patient samples from a broad range of diagnoses and kidney functional states, that are associated with rich clinical data.
Unsupervised characterization of NURTuRE kidney transcriptomes inferred 5 clusters with distinct molecular landscapes. Molecular stratification aligned with clinical and histopathological parameters of disease progression. Dimensionality reduction suggested transitions between molecular clusters that can be interpreted as pseudotime disease trajectories. Detailed characterization of gene expression and tissue remodeling dynamics along these trajectories will reveal new insights into cellular and molecular mechanisms of CKD progression.
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Atrasentan Provides Clinically Meaningful Proteinuria Reduction in Patients with IgAN Receiving Optimized Standard-of-Care
Treatment with atrasentan resulted in clinically meaningful reductions in proteinuria at weeks 6, 12 and 24 in patients with IgAN already on a maximally tolerated and stable dose of a RAS inhibitor
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