NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. (Nasdaq: NAMS or “NewAmsterdam” or
the “Company”), a late-stage, clinical biopharmaceutical company
developing oral, non-statin medicines for patients at risk of
cardiovascular disease (“CVD”) with elevated low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol (“LDL-C”), for whom existing therapies are
not sufficiently effective or well-tolerated, today announced
positive topline data from the Company’s Phase 3 BROOKLYN clinical
trial (NCT05425745). BROOKLYN, the first of four studies in
NewAmsterdam’s pivotal clinical development program, was designed
to evaluate obicetrapib in adult patients with heterozygous
familial hypercholesterolemia (“HeFH”), whose LDL-C is not
adequately controlled, despite being on maximally tolerated
lipid-lowering therapy.
The BROOKLYN trial met its primary endpoint, achieving an LS
mean reduction of 36.3% (p < 0.0001) compared to placebo at day
84, which was sustained at day 365 with an LS mean LDL-C reduction
of 41.5% (p < 0.0001). The observed reductions in other
biomarkers, including high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(“HDL-C”), non-HDL-C, lipoprotein(a) (“Lp(a)”), and apolipoprotein
B (“ApoB”), met statistical significance and were consistent with
data reported from the Company’s prior clinical trials.
LDL-C LS mean percentage change:
|
% Change from Baseline |
Obicetrapib % Change |
|
|
Placebo (n=118) |
Obicetrapib (n=236) |
Compared to Placebo |
p-value |
Day 84 |
+0.3% |
-36.1% |
-36.3% |
<0.0001 |
Day 365 |
+10.3% |
-31.1% |
-41.5% |
<0.0001 |
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“My career has been dedicated to the treatment of patients with
familial hypercholesterolemia,” said John Kastelein, M.D., Ph.D.,
FESC, Chief Scientific Officer of NewAmsterdam. “Many of these
patients have exhausted available treatment options and we are
delighted by the topline data from BROOKLYN, with 51% of patients
achieving an LDL-C level below 70 mg/dl. Our goal is to provide
physicians and patients with a novel, once-daily, low dose, oral
option that can potentially transform the treatment landscape.”
In the trial, obicetrapib was observed to be well-tolerated,
with safety results comparable to placebo and no increase in blood
pressure. The treatment discontinuation rate for the obicetrapib
arm was 7.6% versus 14.4% for placebo. The incidence of
treatment-emergent adverse events (“TEAEs”), study-drug related
TEAEs, and treatment-emergent serious adverse events (“TESAEs”) are
summarized in the table below.
|
Placebo N=118 n (%) |
Obicetrapib 10 mg N=234n (%) |
Total N=352n (%) |
Any TEAEs |
83 (70.3) |
149 (63.7) |
232 (65.9) |
Any study drug related
TEAEs |
8 (6.8) |
10 (4.3) |
18 (5.1) |
Any TEAEs leading to
discontinuation of study drug |
8 (6.8) |
10 (4.3) |
18 (5.1) |
Any TESAEs |
8 (6.8) |
13 (5.6) |
21 (6.0) |
|
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|
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“Today’s announcement marks an important milestone for
NewAmsterdam, the HeFH community, and CVD more broadly,” said
Michael Davidson, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of NewAmsterdam.
“Despite the widespread availability of lipid lowering therapies,
CVD-related deaths have risen and patients remain above LDL-C
targets. Patients and their doctors need additional options. We are
very excited about the results from our BROOKLYN trial and believe
they support obicetrapib’s potential to significantly reduce LDL-C
in a challenging patient population, over a duration of one year.
Adverse events and discontinuations due to side effects were
similar to placebo, consistent with what was observed in Phase 2
studies. In the safety population, there was also no increase in
blood pressure, nor any difference from placebo in liver enzymes,
hs-CRP, or renal function. We look forward to building on these
results with topline data from BROADWAY expected in the fourth
quarter of 2024, and topline data from TANDEM expected in the first
quarter of 2025.”
“The data announced today are another indication of
obicetrapib’s potential to significantly reduce LDL-C in HeFH
patients, a population already on multiple lipid-lowering
therapies. I am incredibly encouraged by these results, which
suggest that obicetrapib, if approved, has the potential to be a
new oral option for a difficult-to-treat patient population and am
excited to be a partner with the NewAmsterdam team on the remainder
of the obicetrapib pivotal program,” said Stephen Nicholls,
M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Director, Monash Victorian Heart Institute and
Professor of Cardiology, Monash University.
“HeFH affects 1 in 250 people worldwide and leads to increased
risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, including stroke,
myocardial infarction, or death, in the prime of life because of
life-long burden of high LDL-C. Many individuals living with HeFH
are unable to attain guideline-recommended LDL-C levels, despite
currently available treatment options,” said Katherine Wilemon,
Founder and CEO of the Family Heart Foundation. “Familial
hypercholesterolemia often requires multiple therapies to achieve
safer levels of LDL cholesterol. We are highly encouraged with
these results and the potential to have another efficacious oral
option.”
NewAmsterdam plans to present full results from BROOKLYN at an
upcoming medical conference and to publish the data in a major
medical journal.
Design of the Pivotal Phase 3 BROOKLYN Clinical
Trial
The 52-week, global, pivotal, Phase 3, randomized, double-blind,
placebo-controlled multicenter study evaluated the efficacy and
safety of 10 mg obicetrapib compared to placebo as an adjunct to
maximally tolerated lipid-lowering therapies in patients with HeFH
whose LDL-C is not adequately controlled. The study was conducted
at sites in North America, Europe and Africa. A total of 354
patients were randomized 2:1 to receive 10 mg obicetrapib or
placebo dosed as a once-daily oral treatment, with or without food.
The mean baseline LDL-C for enrolled patients in the obicetrapib
arm was 123 mg/dL despite high intensity statin use reported by
approximately 79% of patients during screening. Females comprised
approximately 53% of the study population and the median age of
participants at baseline was 57 years.
The primary endpoint was percent change from baseline in LDL-C
of obicetrapib 10 mg compared to placebo after 84 days. Secondary
endpoints also included percent changes from baseline of
obicetrapib 10 mg compared to placebo after 84 days in HDL-C, non-
HDL-C, ApoB, and Lp(a). The trial also evaluated the safety and
tolerability profile of obicetrapib.
Conference Call and Webcast Information
NewAmsterdam will host a live webcast and conference call to
review the topline results from BROOKLYN at 8:30 a.m. ET today. To
access the live webcast, participants may register here. The live
webcast will be available under the "Events” section of the
Investor Relations page of the NewAmsterdam website at
ir.newamsterdampharma.com.
To participate via telephone, please register in advance here.
Upon registration, all telephone participants will receive a
confirmation email detailing how to join the conference call,
including the dial-in number along with a unique passcode and
registrant ID that can be used to access the call. While not
required, it is recommended that participants join the call ten
minutes prior to the scheduled start. An archived replay of the
webcast will be available on NewAmsterdam’s website.
About NewAmsterdam’s Global Pivotal Phase 3
Program
NewAmsterdam’s global, pivotal Phase 3 clinical development
program consists of four studies in over 12,250 patients, three for
obicetrapib monotherapy and one for a fixed-dose combination
(“FDC”) of obicetrapib and ezetimibe:
- BROOKLYN evaluated obicetrapib in
patients with HeFH, whose LDL-C is not adequately controlled,
despite being on maximally tolerated lipid-lowering therapy.
NewAmsterdam reported topline data in the third quarter of
2024.
- BROADWAY is evaluating obicetrapib in adult patients with
established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (“ASCVD”) and/or
HeFH, whose LDL-C is not adequately controlled, despite being on
maximally tolerated lipid-lowering therapy. NewAmsterdam completed
enrollment of over 2,500 patients in July 2023 and expects to
report topline data in the fourth quarter of 2024.
- TANDEM is evaluating obicetrapib as part of a FDC tablet with
ezetimibe, a non-statin oral LDL-lowering therapy, in patients with
established ASCVD or multiple risk factors for ASCVD and/or HeFH,
whose LDL-C is not adequately controlled despite being on maximally
tolerated lipid-lowering therapy. NewAmsterdam completed enrollment
of over 400 patients in July 2024 and expects to report topline
data in the first quarter of 2025.
- PREVAIL is a cardiovascular outcomes trial evaluating
obicetrapib in patients with a history of ASCVD, whose LDL-C is not
adequately controlled, despite being on maximally tolerated
lipid-lowering therapy. NewAmsterdam completed enrollment of over
9,500 patients in April 2024.
About Obicetrapib
Obicetrapib is a novel, oral, low-dose CETP inhibitor that
NewAmsterdam is developing to overcome the limitations of current
LDL-lowering treatments. In each of the Company’s Phase 2 trials,
ROSE2, TULIP, ROSE, and OCEAN, as well as the Company’s Phase 3
BROOKLYN trial, evaluating obicetrapib as monotherapy or
combination therapy, the Company observed statistically significant
LDL-lowering combined with a side effect profile similar to that of
placebo. The Company is conducting an additional Phase 3 pivotal
trial BROADWAY, to evaluate obicetrapib as a monotherapy used as an
adjunct to maximally tolerated lipid-lowering therapies to provide
additional LDL-lowering for CVD patients, and TANDEM, to evaluate
obicetrapib and ezetimibe as a fixed-dose combination. The Company
began enrolling patients in BROADWAY in January 2022 and in TANDEM
in March 2024; completing enrollment of BROADWAY in July 2023, and
TANDEM in July 2024. The Company also commenced the Phase 3 PREVAIL
cardiovascular outcomes trial in March 2022, which is designed to
assess the potential of obicetrapib to reduce occurrences of major
adverse cardiovascular events, including cardiovascular death,
non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke and non-elective
coronary revascularization. NewAmsterdam completed enrollment of
PREVAIL in April 2024 and randomized over 9,500 patients.
Commercialization rights of obicetrapib in Europe, either as a
monotherapy or as part of a fixed dose combination with ezetimibe,
for cardiovascular diseases have been exclusively granted to the
Menarini Group, an Italy-based, leading international
pharmaceutical and diagnostics company.
About NewAmsterdam
NewAmsterdam Pharma (Nasdaq: NAMS) is a late-stage
biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to improve patient care
in populations with metabolic diseases where currently approved
therapies have not been adequate or well tolerated. We seek to fill
a significant unmet need for a safe, well-tolerated and convenient
LDL-lowering therapy. In multiple phase 3 studies, NewAmsterdam is
investigating obicetrapib, an oral, low-dose and once-daily CETP
inhibitor, alone or as a fixed-dose combination with ezetimibe, as
LDL-C lowering therapies to be used as an adjunct to statin therapy
for patients at risk of CVD with elevated LDL-C, for whom existing
therapies are not sufficiently effective or well tolerated.
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definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and
circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and may differ
from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond
the control of the Company. These forward-looking statements are
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including changes
in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political, and
legal conditions; risks related to the approval of the Company’s
product candidate and the timing of expected regulatory and
business milestones, including potential commercialization; ability
to negotiate definitive contractual arrangements with potential
customers; the impact of competitive product candidates; ability to
obtain sufficient supply of materials; global economic and
political conditions, including the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas
conflict; the effects of competition on the Company’s future
business; and those factors described in the Company’s public
filings with the Securities Exchange Commission. Additional risks
related to the Company’s business include, but are not limited to:
uncertainty regarding outcomes of the Company’s ongoing clinical
trials, particularly as they relate to regulatory review and
potential approval for its product candidate; risks associated with
the Company’s efforts to commercialize a product candidate; the
Company’s ability to negotiate and enter into definitive agreements
on favorable terms, if at all; the impact of competing product
candidates on the Company’s business; intellectual property related
claims; the Company’s ability to attract and retain qualified
personnel; ability to continue to source the raw materials for its
product candidate. If any of these risks materialize or the
Company’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ
materially from the results implied by these forward-looking
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Company ContactMatthew PhilippeP:
1-917-882-7512matthew.philippe@newamsterdampharma.com
Media ContactSpectrum Science on behalf of
NewAmsterdamBryan BlatsteinP:
1-917-714-2609bblatstein@spectrumscience.com
Investor ContactPrecision AQ on behalf of
NewAmsterdamAustin MurtaghP:
1-212-698-8696austin.murtagh@precisionaq.com
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