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Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (de) — Technical Presentation (2014)
18 slides from Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (de)'s technical presentation, Aug 2, 2014
Slide 1: Phase I Clinical Study: Oral Delivery of prGCD for Gaucher Disease
Phase I Clinical Study Oral Delivery of prGCD (plant recombinant human glucocerebrosidase) for the Treatment of Gaucher Disease Ari Zimran Gaucher Clinic, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Slide 2: Disclosures
Disclosures Protalix Biotherapeutics -Receives consultancy fees -Has options -Member of Scientific Advisory Board Genzyme/Sanofi -Support for participation in the ICGG Registry (to institution) -Honoraria Shire -Support for participation in the Gaucher Outcomes Registry (to institution) -Honoraria P
Slide 3: Oral Administration of Therapeutic Proteins
Oral Administration of Therapeutic Proteins The challenge of oral delivery of therapeutic proteins Long-time goal of the biopharmaceutical industry Stability, enzymatic degradation and ineffective absorption Currently only very limited success Plant cells – Oral Delivery Platform Natural cap
Slide 4: PRX-112 Oral ERT for Gaucher Disease
PRX-112 Oral ERT for Gaucher Disease Edible carrot cells expressing recombinant human glucocerebrosidase (prGCD) Produced by the same cells as the approved drug taliglucerase alfa Carrot cells contain “ready to use” enzyme Once in blood, enzyme is expected to act like IV administered taliglu
Slide 5: Biodistribution of Active prGCD Following Oral Administration (animal studies)
Biodistribution of Active prGCD Following Oral Administration (animal studies) 60 prGCD in pig plasma prGCD in Rat plasma % addition of GCD activity 50 Over baseline 40 30 20 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Time post feeding (hours) 4 prGCD in rat target organs GCD activity mg/gr 4 3 liver 3 spleen tissue
Slide 6: PRX-112 Phase I Study
PRX-112 Phase I Study An exploratory, open-label study to evaluate the safety of PRX-112 and pharmacokinetics of oral prGCD (plant recombinant human glucocerebrosidase) in Gaucher patients Design Primary Objective: Adult Gaucher patients To evaluate the safety of oral PRX- 112 in Gaucher patient
Slide 7: Patient Population
Patient Population Main Inclusion Criteria Main Exclusion Criteria Males and females, 18 years or older. Presence of any GIT disease or symptomatology Confirmed Gaucher disease by low leukocyte GCD activity level Subjects with any history of allergic response to drugs or other allergies Pl
Slide 8: Phase I Results - Safety
Phase I Results - Safety Drug was well tolerated No drug related serious adverse reactions reported No patient discontinued the study prematurely No treatment induced antibodies
Slide 9: Safety
Safety Severity # of AEs AEs (# of patients) % of total Adverse events 11 (7) Mild or moderate 11 (7) 100.0% Severe or very severe 0 (0) 0.0% No. of AEs (No. of % of Relatedness Patients) TotalAEs AE (#patients) Not related to 7 (5) 63.6% treatment Possibly related to 3 (2) 27.3% Mild dizziness (1)
Slide 10: Evaluation of prGCD Delivery in Leukocytes - Introduction
Evaluation of prGCD Delivery in Leukocytes- Introduction GD diagnosis is commonly performed in leukocytes Monocytes represent a surrogate of GD target cells S. S. RAGHAVAN,1 J. TOPOL,2 AND E. H. KOLODNY' Am J Hum Genet 32:158- 173, 1980
Slide 11: Results: GCD Activity in Leukocytes Following Orally Delivered prGCD
Results: GCD Activity in Leukocytes Following Orally Delivered prGCD 1.40 1.40 Baseline Day 1 1.20 1.20 Day 3 1.00 1.00 Cmax (ng/mL) Cmax (ng/mL) 0.80 0.80 0.60 0.60 0.40 0.40 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00 0 1 Baseline 2 1 Day 3 3 Day 4
Slide 12: Representative PK Profiles
Representative PK Profiles Subject A02-005 (~500U) Subject A01-007 (~500U) Subject A01-008 (~500U) 0.90 Concentration GCD/TSP (ng/mg) 1.20 1.20 0.80 1.00 1.00 0.70 0.60 0.80 0.80 0.50 0.60 0.60 0.40 0.30 0.40 0.40 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 13 18 23 28 8 13 18 23 28 8 13 18 23 28 Time (hr)
Slide 13: PK Summary of Oral Delivered prGCD
PK Summary of Oral Delivered prGCD Active enzyme was detected in patients' blood circulation following oral administration The observed increase in Cmax and the AUC values of active GCD in leukocytes constitute evidence of absorption of prGCD after oral administration of PRX- 112 PK profile is
Slide 14: Oral treatment
PTX ww 'nxioin Tm LE NIn'90 - ANAI7IONA :NNAoYN NINN dyn 19/10/1980 sat yen YSS Abi- Full Name Units 25/10/2012 09/04/2013 3010472013 01/05/2013 08/05/2013 20/08/2013 02/09/2013 11/09/2013 ioe 10:27 10:53 10:36 08:56 10:24 09:49 09:55 880688 238250 254475 256414 260813 339913 349780 356313 iC Popula
Slide 15: Effect of Oral prGCD on Thrombocytopenia
Effect of Oral prGCD on Thrombocytopenia Platelet Platelet levels levels end of Change in plt % change in Patient ID Gender Dose (U) baseline study level plt levels (103/ml) (10 /ml) 3 A01-001 M ~250 60,000 61,000 1,000 1.67 A01-002 M ~250 95,000 130,000 35,000 36.84 A01-003 F ~250 81,000 142,000 61
Slide 16: Overall Conclusions
Overall Conclusions Presence of an active enzyme was detected in patients' blood circulation following oral administration Oral GCD was found to be safe and well tolerated in all 16 patients across all of the three doses tested Some of the patients with thrombocytopenia demonstrated an unexpec
Slide 17: Clinical Investigators and Contributors
Clinical Investigators and Contributors Ari Zimran1, Hanna Rosenbaum3, Myriam Golembo2, Svetlana Velitski2, Raul Chertkoff2, Einat Almon2, Yoseph Shaaltiel2 Affiliations: 1Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem; 2Protalix Biotherapeutics, Carmiel, 3Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Slide 18: Special thanks
Special thanks to the patient and the hospital staff: nurses, coordinators, MDs and pharmacists [email protected]
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