Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Results of Phase 1 Clinical Trial of IMO-8400, Toll-like Receptor Antagonist Drug Candidate for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDRA) announced results of a Phase 1 clinical trial of IMO-8400, a first-in-class antagonist of Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) 7, 8, and 9 being developed for potential applications in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. In this trial, IMO-8400 was administered at single escalating dose levels and multiple dose levels weekly for four weeks in healthy subjects. IMO-8400 was well tolerated at all dose levels. IMO-8400-treated subjects showed inhibition of TLR 7-, 8-, and 9-mediated cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1ß), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interferon-alpha (IFN-a), and other pro-inflammatory cytokines. These results were presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS), held on June 27-30, 2013, in Boston, MA.

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