EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT) today announced positive interim masked safety data for its lead product candidate EYP-1901 from the Company’s ongoing Phase 2 PAVIA trial evaluating EYP-1901 as a potential nine-month treatment for moderately-severe to severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and DAVIO 2 trial as a potential six-month sustained delivery maintenance treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).
- Interim analysis of masked data shows EYP-1901 is well tolerated with no reported drug-related ocular or systemic serious adverse events in Phase 2 PAVIA clinical trial in non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy -
- Updated interim analysis of masked safety data of Phase 2 DAVIO 2 trial in wet AMD continues to show a positive safety profile with no reported drug-related ocular or systemic SAEs -
- Company remains on-track to report topline data for Phase 2 DAVIO 2 trial in December 2023 and Phase 2 PAVIA trial in 2Q 2024 -
WATERTOWN, Mass., Sept. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EyePoint Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT), a company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders, today announced positive interim masked safety data for its lead product candidate EYP-1901 from the Company’s ongoing Phase 2 PAVIA trial evaluating EYP-1901 as a potential nine-month treatment for moderately-severe to severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and DAVIO 2 trial as a potential six-month sustained delivery maintenance treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). All treatment arms in the PAVIA trial have reached at least 3-months post-dosing follow-up as of September 1, 2023.
Approximately 170 patients have received EYP-1901 with a minimum of three months of follow-up post injection from the ongoing Phase 2 PAVIA and DAVIO 2 clinical trials and the completed DAVIO 1 trial with no reported drug-related ocular severe adverse events (SAEs) and no reported drug-related systemic SAEs.
“We remain very encouraged by the positive masked safety results that EYP-1901 has produced to-date in the 17 patients dosed in the Phase 1 DAVIO trial in wet AMD as well as approximately 150 additional patients in our two Phase 2 clinical trials: DAVIO 2 and PAVIA. These results bolster our confidence in EYP-1901 as a potentially paradigm-shifting treatment for patients who would benefit from a safe, sustained therapeutic option for VEGF-mediated diseases,” said Jay S. Duker, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals. “In the 77 patients enrolled in the Phase 2 PAVIA trial, the investigators report no drug-related ocular SAEs and no drug-related systemic SAEs, demonstrating EYP-1901’s excellent safety profile in NPDR for the first time. We remain excited about the potential for EYP-1901 in NPDR, a chronic disease where over 90% of patients currently receive no course of treatment apart from observation by their eye care specialist until they develop sight-threatening complications. We remain on-track to share our topline results from the DAVIO 2 trial in December of this year and from the PAVIA trial in the second quarter of 2024.”
In the PAVIA clinical trial, there have been no reported drug-related ocular SAEs and no reported drug-related systemic SAEs. There were two ocular SAEs deemed unrelated to EYP-1901 by investigators:
- Hemorrhagic posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) in a study eye eight weeks after dosing
- Macular edema leading to vision loss in the non-study fellow eye
PAVIA is a 12-month, randomized, controlled Phase 2 clinical trial of EYP-1901 in patients with moderately-severe to severe NPDR. The trial enrolled 77 patients randomly assigned to one of two doses of EYP-1901 (approximately 2 mg or 3 mg), or to the control group receiving a sham injection. EYP-1901 is delivered with a single intravitreal injection in the physician’s office, similar to current FDA approved anti-VEGF treatments. The primary efficacy endpoint of the trial is improvement of at least two diabetic retinopathy severity scale (DRSS) levels as of week 36 after the EYP-1901 injection. Secondary endpoints include reduction in vision-threatening complications, occurrence of diabetic macular edema and/or proliferative disease, retinal ischemia/nonperfusion and safety. More information about the study is available at clinicaltrials.gov (identifier: NCT05383209).
DAVIO 2 is a randomized, controlled Phase 2 clinical trial of EYP-1901 in patients with previously treated wet AMD. All enrolled patients had been previously treated with standard-of-care anti-VEGF therapy and were randomly assigned to one of two doses of EYP-1901 (approximately 2 mg or 3 mg) or an aflibercept control. EYP-1901 is delivered with a single intravitreal injection in the physician’s office, similar to current FDA approved anti-VEGF treatments. The primary efficacy endpoint of the DAVIO 2 trial is change in BCVA compared to the aflibercept control, six-months after the EYP-1901 injection. Secondary efficacy endpoints include change in CST as measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT), number of eyes that remain free of supplemental anti-VEGF injections, number of aflibercept injections in each group, and safety. More information about the trial is available at clinicaltrials.gov (identifier: NCT05381948).
About EYP-1901
EYP-1901 is being developed as an investigational sustained delivery treatment for retinal disease combining a bioerodible formulation of EyePoint’s proprietary Durasert® delivery technology (Durasert E™) with vorolanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Positive safety and efficacy data from the Phase 1 DAVIO clinical trial of EYP-1901 in wet AMD showed a positive safety profile with stable visual acuity and OCT. Further, the data demonstrated an impressive treatment burden reduction of 75% at six months and 73% at the 12-month visit following a single dose of EYP-1901. Phase 2 trials are fully enrolled in wet AMD and non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and a diabetic macular edema trial is planned for initiation in Q1 2024. Vorolanib is licensed to EyePoint exclusively by Equinox Sciences for the localized treatment of all ophthalmic diseases.
About EyePoint Pharmaceuticals
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: EYPT) is a company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders. The Company’s pipeline leverages its proprietary erodible Durasert E™ technology for sustained intraocular drug delivery including EYP-1901, an investigational sustained delivery intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment currently in Phase 2 clinical trials. The proven Durasert® drug delivery platform has been safely administered to thousands of patients’ eyes across four U.S. FDA approved products. EyePoint Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts. For more information visit www.eyepointpharma.com.
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