NORWOOD, MA--(Marketwired - September 25, 2017) - Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.(NASDAQ: CRBP) (“Corbus” or the “Company”), a clinical stage drug development company targeting rare, chronic, serious inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, announced today that it will present three abstracts from its cystic fibrosis (“CF”) research and clinical development programs at the 2017 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (“NACFC”) being held November 2-4, in Indianapolis, IN.
James Chmiel, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Associate Director of the LeRoy W. Matthews Cystic Fibrosis Center at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, and Principle Investigator of Corbus’ Phase 2 cystic fibrosis clinical study will give an oral presentation, “Recent Advances in Anti-inflammatory Treatment,” on Friday, November 3, 2017 at 11:35 AM. As part of his presentation, Dr. Chmiel will review some of the latest trials of CF therapies including both CFTR modulators and immunomodulatory therapy for CF. Dr. Chmiel will also discuss clinical data from Corbus’ Phase 2 study of anabasum for the treatment of CF and other developments in the field.
Listed below are the Company’s abstract titles that have been accepted for poster presentation at the NACFC:
Poster No. 104: “Anabasum Reduces Excessive Inflammatory Responses in Cystic Fibrosis Patient-Derived Lung Macrophages;"
Poster No. 272: “ADouble-Blind, Placebo Controlled Phase 2 Study in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis of Anabasum, A Selective Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 Agonist;" and
Poster No. 312: “Anabasum Enhances Resolution of Bacterial-Induced Inflammation in Healthy Humans.”
The NACFC abstracts are now available in the online edition of Pediatric Pulmonology.
About Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a chronic, life-threatening, genetic disease caused by inheriting two dysfunctional CFTR genes that normally regulate salt and water movement across cells in the respiratory and digestive systems. CF affects approximately 30,000 patients in the U.S and 75,000 patients worldwide. People with CF have thick, sticky mucus that clogs their airways, with recurrent bacterial infections and chronic inflammation in their lungs. In the gastrointestinal tract, they also have mucus accumulation, bacterial overgrowth, and inflammation. The dysfunctional CFTR genes cause an exaggerated inflammatory response that compounds the damage from a coexisting infection in the lungs and gut. CF results in destruction of lung tissue, lung fibrosis, pancreatic insufficiency, CF-related diabetes, malabsorption, malnutrition, growth retardation, and liver disease, including cirrhosis. The harmful inflammation and accompanying fibrosis in CF damages multiple organs, impairs organ function, reduces health-related quality of life, and can lead to death.
About Anabasum
Anabasum is a synthetic oral endocannabinoid-mimetic drug that preferentially binds to the CB2 receptor expressed on activated immune cells and fibroblasts. CB2 activation triggers endogenous pathways that resolve inflammation and halt fibrosis. Preclinical and human clinical studies have shown anabasum to have a favorable safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic profile. It has also demonstrated promising potency in preclinical models of inflammation and fibrosis. Anabasum is designed to trigger the production of “Specialized Pro-resolving Lipid Mediators” that activate an endogenous cascade responsible for the resolution of inflammation and fibrosis, while reducing production of multiple inflammatory mediators. Anabasum also is designed to have a direct effect on fibroblasts to halt tissue scarring. In effect, anabasum is believed to trigger endogenous pathways to turn “off” chronic inflammation and fibrotic processes, without causing immunosuppression.
About Corbus
Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. is a Phase 3 clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat rare, chronic, and serious inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. The Company’s lead product candidate, anabasum, is a novel synthetic oral endocannabinoid-mimetic drug designed to resolve chronic inflammation and fibrotic processes. Anabasum has generated positive data in Phase 2 studies in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis and cystic fibrosis, respectively. The Company also expects to report data from its Phase 2 study of anabasum in skin predominant dermatomyositis in the fourth quarter of 2017. Additionally, anabasum is being evaluated in open-label extension studies in systemic sclerosis and skin-predominant dermatomyositis, and in a Phase 2 study in systemic lupus erythematosus expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Corbus plans to commence a Phase 3 study of anabasum for the treatment of systemic sclerosis in the fourth quarter of 2017. The Company is also planning to initiate a Phase 2b study of anabasum for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in the fourth quarter of 2017.
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