Antibody therapy Mim8 (denecimig) was well tolerated and provided effective bleed control in children with hemophilia A regardless of inhibitor status. That’s according to interim data from the now-complete Phase 3 FRONTIER3 study (NCT05306418), which enrolled children ages 1-11. These findings were consistent with recent data from…
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People with severe hemophilia A who have two or more self-described problem joints — a person-centric characterization of joints based on underlying joint damage, pain, and mobility impairment, regardless of bleeding — have worse clinical outcomes, including more chronic pain, a new study from researchers in Europe has found.
Hemlibra (emicizumab), a preventive treatment for hemophilia A, reduced pain and improved quality of life for adults and adolescents with the disease, including those with recurrent joint bleeds, a study found. Significant improvements in pain-related quality of life were seen 13 weeks, or about three months, after starting…
An experimental gene therapy using modified blood stem cells helped five adults with severe hemophilia A attain therapeutic levels of clotting factor VIII (FVIII) to prevent and control bleeding, according to a small first-in-human study. Over the course of the Phase 1 clinical study (NCT05265767), none of the…
Small vesicles in the saliva of people with severe hemophilia A may explain why these patients rarely have bleeds in their mouth and throat. The vesicles contain a protein complex that’s able to induce blood coagulation in these patients, thereby reducing bleeding. The findings may help “develop innovative approaches…
For the first time in Denmark, people with hemophilia B have been treated with the gene therapy Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), according to an announcement from CSL Behring, the company that markets the therapy. Hemgenix was cleared for use in the European Union in early 2023, following its…
Metagenomi is now working on preclinical studies to advance MGX-001, its experimental gene-editing therapy for hemophilia A, with the goal of bringing the treatment candidate into clinical trials in 2026. As part of a corporate update also noting 2024 progress, Metagenomi announced that, this year, it will be…
Be Biopharma has raised $92 million in series C financing to support the first-in-human Phase 1/2 trial of BE-101, the company’s B-cell therapy candidate for hemophilia B. Proceeds from the funding round will be partly used to generate proof-of concept data from the BeCoMe-9 trial (NCT06611436), which…
Prophylactic, or preventive, treatment with factor VIII (FVIII) replacement therapy for four years reduced annual bleeding rates by 91% for people with severe hemophilia A, a study from Taiwan reported. After switching from on-demand treatment to prophylaxis, patients also experienced a 90.8% reduction in annual joint bleed rates and reported…
Two new patients in the U.S. have received Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), the first gene therapy to be approved for hemophilia B, per new reports. The therapy was first administered last year in May to a patient at UC San Diego Health, per a University of California, San Diego, news…
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