EXCEED-ET Study Results Demonstrate Significant Efficacy, with Consistent Treatment Response Across the Overall Essential Thrombocythemia Population
Results Extend Previously Reported Positive Phase 3 SURPASS-ET Study Data, Demonstrating Superior Efficacy Compared with Anagrelide in Hydroxyurea-Resistant or Intolerant Essential Thrombocythemia with Leukocytosis
FDA Review Ongoing of Biologics License Application (sBLA) to Support Ropeginterferon alfa-2b (BESREMi
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) Label Expansion
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PharmaEssentia USA Corporation, a subsidiary of PharmaEssentia Corporation (TWSE: 6446), a global biopharmaceutical innovator based in Taiwan leveraging deep expertise and proven scientific principles to deliver new biologics in hematology and oncology, today announced positive topline results from its Phase 2b EXCEED-ET clinical trial of ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft in patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET).
The EXCEED-ET study (NCT05482971) is a North America–based, single-arm, Phase 2b clinical trial that serves as supportive and confirmatory evidence further substantiating the scientific rationale for ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft’s efficacy in ET. The trial enrolled 91 patients with ET, including 24 patients previously treated with hydroxyurea (HU) and 67 treatment-naïve patients, providing a broad and representative dataset across key ET patient subgroups. The trial results demonstrated a consistent efficacy and treatment response across the overall ET population, with stronger results observed in treatment-naïve patients.
Based on the overall ET population group (intent-to-treat), the response rate at months 10 and 13 was approximately 60.2%. A modified European LeukemiaNet (ELN) response was defined as meeting all three of the following criteria, with individual response rates as follows:
Reduction in peripheral blood counts (Platelets ≤400 × 10⁹/L and WBC 40% of patients were influenza-like illness, arthralgia, fatigue, pruritus, nasopharyngitis, and musculoskeletal pain.
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PharmaEssentia USA Corporation, located in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a subsidiary of PharmaEssentia Corporation (TWSE: 6446). PharmaEssentia Corporation, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is a global and rapidly growing biopharmaceutical innovator. Leveraging deep expertise and proven scientific principles, PharmaEssentia aims to deliver effective new biologics for challenging diseases in the areas of hematology, oncology, and immunology with one approved product and a diversifying pipeline. Founded in 2003 by a team of Taiwanese-American executives and renowned scientists from U.S. biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, today PharmaEssentia is expanding its global presence with operations in the U.S., Japan, China, and Korea, along with a world-class biologics production facility in Taichung, Taiwan.
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