Eisai and Biogen Receive FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Lecanemab (BAN2401) to Treat Alzheimer's Disease
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- The FDA’s BT designation is based on results from P-IIb Study 201 trial evaluates lecanemab in 856 patients with MCI due to AD and mild AD with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology
- The pre-specified analysis showed a consistent reduction of clinical decline across several clinical & biomarker EPs at highest dose while OLE data showed a time-dependent reduction of brain Aβ
- In Mar- companies have completed the enrolment in Clarity AD study for lecanemab in 1795 patients with early AD & 1EP of study is expected to complete at end of Sept’22. The therapy is currently evaluating in P-III AHEAD 3-45 study for preclinical AD
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