The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated AMP945, Amplia Therapeutics’ investigational anti-fibrotic therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an orphan drug, supporting its development, the company announced. Its decision came about one month after AMP945 also received orphan drug status as a potential pancreatic cancer…
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Eurordis, a Paris-based coalition of national rare disease associations across Europe, hosted its first all-virtual conference, bringing some 1,500 delegates from 57 countries together online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 10th European Conference on Rare Diseases & Orphan Products (ECRD2020) — which was set for May 14–15 in…
Repeat hospitalizations for respiratory problems in people with chronic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (c-IIP) — a group of chronic lung diseases that also include idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) — are associated with poor long-term survival, a study reported. The study, “Characteristics of patients with chronic idiopathic interstitial…
The French Medicines Agency has authorized Genkyotex to launch a Phase 1 trial to evaluate the safety and pharmacological properties of high-dose setanaxib, the company’s investigational oral treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Setanaxib (formerly known as GKT831) is an investigational anti-fibrotic therapy that is thought…
Lung evaluations via a CT scan might help predict the mortality risk in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients more accurately than the decline in forced vital capacity, a study shows. The study, “Serial CT analysis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison of visual features that determine…
A significant proportion of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) were found to have the sleep disorder restless legs syndrome (RLS), compared to a control group, according to new research. The data also showed that having RLS lowered sleep quality in IPF patients. The study, “Restless…
The Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) has opened an online survey to better understand how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting people with rare diseases, their families, and caregivers. Survey questions cover a patient’s physical and mental health, supply of treatments, and access to healthcare, among other…
The Phase 2b GALACTIC-1 trial testing Galecto’s candidate GB0139 as an inhalation therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has recruited more than 150 patients to date, remaining on track despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced. The study (NCT03832946), underway across centers in the U.S.,…
Algernon Pharmaceuticals received the first ethics approval for its Phase 2 clinical trial in Australia evaluating its repurposed compound NP-120 (ifenprodil) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and associated chronic cough. Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital‘s Human Research Ethics Committee has approved two sites — the Cairns…
GB0139, Galecto’s lead compound to treat various fibrotic diseases of the lungs, has shown strong anti-fibrotic activity in a mouse model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and in IPF patients in a completed Phase 2a trial. A randomized, double-blind and placebo controlled Phase 2b trial (NCT03832946)…
