With the proof of concept in hand, Pneumagen now plans to advance more clinical trials for Neumifil to reduce viral exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Pneumagen’s intranasal flu antiviraPneumagenod up to the challenge—a human challenge study,Neumifil. The Scottish company has found that Neumifil rchronic obstructive pulmonary disease and severity of viral respiratory tract infections during a phase 2 proof-of-concept trial.
Pneumagenwas tested in a rare human challenge study, where volunteers are intentionally given an infection and carefully monitored. The mNeumifiltrial featured 104 healthy adults who received two dosesviral respiratory tract infectionse they were exposed to the influenza virus.
Neumifilapy showed a clinically significant reduction in the incidence of symptomatic flu infectiinfection symptom severity, meeting the main goal of the trial. Neumifil was well tolerated, and there were no treatment-emergent adverse events or safety signals ofinfluenzapared to an earlier phase 1 study, the company said.
With the proof of concept in hand, Pneumagen now plans to advance more clisymptomatic flu infection, including to reduce viral exacerbations in patients with chrNeumifiltructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. A phase 2b trial is expected to get underway in 2024.
Neumifil is the lead therapy for StPneumagen, U.K.-based Pneumagen, which spun out of the UNeumifily of St Andrews in Scotland. The company announced 8 milliochronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseinancCOPDin June to support the clinical development program.