Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, 48 Week, Double Blind, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of CER-001 on Vessel Wall Area in Patients With Genetically Defined Familial Primary Hypoalphalipoproteinemia

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of 29 intravenous infusions of CER-001 vs. placebo, given at weekly (9 infusions) and biweekly (20 infusions) intervals on carotid vessel wall area as measured by 3TMRI, when administered to patients with familial primary hypoalphalipoproteinemia with proven CVD and appropriate background lipid-lowering therapy.

Start Date01 Dec 2015

Sponsor / Collaborator

Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.

NCT02484378

/ CompletedPhase 2

CER-001 Atherosclerosis Regression ACS Trial; A Phase II Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Focusing Trial Of Cer-001 In Subjects With Acute Coronary Syndrome

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of ten intravenous infusions of 3 mg/kg CER 001 vs. placebo, given at weekly intervals for ten weeks, on atherosclerotic plaque volume as measured by coronary IVUS, when administered to subjects presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) with significant plaque volume.

Start Date01 Aug 2015

Sponsor / Collaborator

Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.

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01 Mar 2021·Metabolism: clinical and experimentalQ1 · MEDICINE

CER-001 ameliorates lipid profile and kidney disease in a mouse model of familial LCAT deficiency

Q1 · MEDICINE

Article

Author: Veglia, Fabrizio ; Tupin, Cyrille ; Simonelli, Sara ; Strazzella, Arianna ; Ossoli, Alice ; Barbaras, Ronald ; Calabresi, Laura ; Rottoli, Daniela ; Zoja, Carlamaria ; Locatelli, Monica ; Dasseux, Jean-Louis ; Zanchi, Cristina

OBJECTIVE:

CER-001 is an HDL mimetic that has been tested in different pathological conditions, but never with LCAT deficiency. This study was designed to investigate whether the absence of LCAT affects the catabolic fate of CER-001, and to evaluate the effects of CER-001 on kidney disease associated with LCAT deficiency.

METHODS:

Lcat^-/- and wild-type mice received CER-001 (2.5, 5, 10 mg/kg) intravenously for 2 weeks. The plasma lipid/ lipoprotein profile and HDL subclasses were analyzed. In a second set of experiments, Lcat^-/- mice were injected with LpX to induce renal disease and treated with CER-001 and then the plasma lipid profile, lipid accumulation in the kidney, albuminuria and glomerular podocyte markers were evaluated.

RESULTS:

In Lcat^-/- mice a decrease in total cholesterol and triglycerides, and an increase in HDL-c was observed after CER-001 treatment. While in wild-type mice CER-001 entered the classical HDL remodeling pathway, in the absence of LCAT it disappeared from the plasma shortly after injection and ended up in the kidney. In a mouse model of renal disease in LCAT deficiency, treatment with CER-001 at 10 mg/kg for one month had beneficial effects not only on the lipid profile, but also on renal disease, by limiting albuminuria and podocyte dysfunction.

CONCLUSIONS:

Treatment with CER-001 ameliorates the dyslipidemia typically associated with LCAT deficiency and more importantly limits renal damage in a mouse model of renal disease in LCAT deficiency. The present results provide a rationale for using CER-001 in FLD patients.

01 Oct 2020·AtherosclerosisQ2 · MEDICINE

No benefit of HDL mimetic CER-001 on carotid atherosclerosis in patients with genetically determined very low HDL levels

Q2 · MEDICINE

Article

Author: Erik S.G. Stroes ; Hein J. Verberne ; Constance Keyserling ; Kang H. Zheng ; Paul Hopkins ; Robert A. Hegele ; Eran Leitersdorf ; Yannick Kaiser ; Casper C. van Olden ; Daniel Gaudet ; Aart J. Nederveen ; Olivier S. Descamps ; Jean-Louis Dasseux ; Jan Westerink ; Jacques Genest ; Raul D. Santos

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:

Infusion of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) mimetics failed to induce regression of atherosclerosis in recent randomized clinical trials. However, patients in these previous trials had normal levels of HDL-cholesterol, which potentially limited efficacy. Patients with very low levels of HDL-cholesterol and impaired cholesterol efflux capacity can be expected to derive the most potential benefit from infusion of HDL mimetics. This randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy of infusions of the HDL mimetic CER-001 in patients with genetically determined very low levels of HDL cholesterol.

METHODS:

In this multicenter, randomized clinical trial, we recruited patients with familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia (due to ABCA1 and/or APOA1 loss-of-function variants). Participants were randomized to intravenous infusions of 8 mg/kg CER-001 or placebo (2:1 ratio), comprising 9 weekly infusions followed by infusions every two weeks. Patients underwent repeated 3T-MRI to assess mean vessel wall area and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT to quantify arterial wall inflammation.

RESULTS:

A total of 30 patients with a mean age of 52.7 ± 7.4 years and HDL-cholesterol of 0.35 ± 0.25 mmol/L were recruited. After 24 weeks, the absolute change in mean vessel wall area was not significantly different in the CER-001 group compared with placebo (n = 27; treatment difference: 0.77 mm², p = 0.21). Furthermore, there was no significant difference in carotid arterial wall inflammation (n = 24, treatment difference: 0.10 target-to-background ratio of the most diseased segment, p = 0.33) after 24 weeks.

CONCLUSION:

In patients with genetically determined very low HDL-cholesterol, 24 weeks of treatment with HDL mimetic CER-001 did not reduce carotid vessel wall dimensions or arterial wall inflammation, compared with placebo.

01 Sep 2018·JAMA cardiologyQ1 · MEDICINE

Effect of Serial Infusions of CER-001, a Pre-β High-Density Lipoprotein Mimetic, on Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients Following Acute Coronary Syndromes in the CER-001 Atherosclerosis Regression Acute Coronary Syndrome Trial

Q1 · MEDICINE

Article

Author: Scherer, Daniel J. ; Schwartz, Gregory G. ; Ray, Kausik K. ; Psaltis, Peter J. ; Di Giovanni, Giuseppe ; Nicholls, Stephen J. ; Worthley, Stephen G. ; Dasseux, Jean-Louis ; Keyserling, Connie ; Andrews, Jordan ; Butters, Julie ; Kastelein, John J. P. ; Janssan, Alex ; Pisaniello, Anthony D. ; Merkely, Bela ; Nissen, Steven E. ; Kim, Susan W. ; Griffith, Liddy

Importance:

CER-001 is a negatively charged, engineered pre-β high-density lipoprotein (HDL) mimetic containing apolipoprotein A-I and sphingomyelin. Preliminary studies demonstrated favorable effects of CER-001 on cholesterol efflux and vascular inflammation. A post hoc reanalysis of a previously completed study of intravenous infusion of CER-001, 3 mg/k, showed that the intravenous infusion in patients with a high coronary plaque burden promoted regression as assessed by intravascular ultrasonography.

Objective:

To determine the effect of infusing CER-001 on coronary atherosclerosis progression in statin-treated patients.

Design, Setting, and Participants:

A double-blind, randomized, multicenter trial evaluating the effect of 10 weekly intravenous infusions of CER-001, 3 mg/kg, (n = 135) or placebo (n = 137) in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and baseline percent atheroma volume (PAV) greater than 30% in the proximal segment of an epicardial artery by intravascular ultrasonography. The study included 34 academic and community hospitals in Australia, Hungary, the Netherlands, and the United States in patients with ACS presenting for coronary angiography. Patients were enrolled from August 15, 2015, to November 19, 2016.

Interventions:

Participants were randomized to receive weekly CER-001, 3 mg/kg, or placebo for 10 weeks in addition to statins.

Main Outcomes and Measures:

The primary efficacy measure was the nominal change in PAV from baseline to day 78 measured by serial intravascular ultrasonography imaging. The secondary efficacy measures were nominal change in normalized total atheroma volume and percentage of patients demonstrating plaque regression. Safety and tolerability were also evaluated.

Results:

Among 293 patients (mean [SD] age, 59.8 [9.4] years; 217 men [79.8%] and 261 white race/ethnicity [96.0%]), 86 (29%) had statin prior use prior to the index ACS and 272 (92.8%) had evaluable imaging at follow-up. The placebo and CER-001 groups had similar posttreatment median levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (74 mg/dL vs 79 mg/dL; P = .15) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (43 mg/dL vs 44 mg/dL; P = .66). The primary efficacy measure, PAV, decreased 0.41% with placebo (P = .005 compared with baseline), but not with CER-001 (-0.09%; P = .67 compared with baseline; between group differences, 0.32%; P = .15). Similar percentages of patients in the placebo and CER-001 groups demonstrated regression of PAV (57.7% vs 53.3%; P = .49). Infusions were well tolerated, with no differences in clinical and laboratory adverse events observed between treatment groups.

Conclusions and Relevance:

Infusion of CER-001 did not promote regression of coronary atherosclerosis in statin-treated patients with ACS and high plaque burden.

Trial Registration:

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT2484378.

News (Medical) associated with CER-001

13 Jun 2024

·www.biospace.com

ABIONYX Pharma has completed a successful pre-IND meeting with the FDA for CER-001 Phase 2b/3 Clinical Trial for Patients with Sepsis

Based on encouraging Phase 2a data and a productive pre-IND Type B meeting with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ABIONYX Pharma intends to Investigational New Drug application (IND) in the coming months which will include a Phase 2b/3 clinical trial for CER-001 in Sepsis Access here the full press release TOULOUSE, France & LAKELAND, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ABIONYX Pharma, (FR0012616852 - ABNX - eligible for PEA PME), a new generation biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative therapies based on the world’s only natural recombinant apoA-I, today announced that the company has completed a pre-IND (Investigational New Drug Application, IND) meeting with the US Food and Drug Administration and has received feedback to support an IND filing for its candidate drug. This is an important validation of the quality of the project and a significant step towards an application to include American study centers in future clinical trials. ABIONYX Pharma intends to IND application to the US authority in the coming months. About ABIONYX Pharma ABIONYX Pharma is a next-generation biotech company focused on developing innovative medicines for diseases where there is no effective or existing treatment, even the rarest ones. The company expedites the development of novel therapeutics through an extensive expertise in lipid science and a differentiated apoA-I-based technology platform. ABIONYX Pharma is committed to radically improving treatment outcomes in Sepsis and critical care. View source version on businesswire.com: Contacts Contacts: NewCap Investor relations Nicolas Fossiez Louis-Victor Delouvrier abionyx@newcap.eu +33 (0)1 44 71 98 53 NewCap Media relations Arthur Rouillé abionyx@newcap.eu +33 (0)1 44 71 00 15 Source: ABIONYX Pharma View this news release online at:

INDPhase 2

15 Feb 2024

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ABIONYX Pharma Acknowledges the Clinical Results of the Phase 3 AEGIS-II Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of CSL Behring’s Human-plasma-derived apoA-I, CSL112

TOULOUSE, France & LAKELAND, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Access here the full press release ABIONYX Pharma, (FR0012616852 – ABNX – PEA PME eligible), a new generation biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative therapies based on the world’s only natural recombinant apoA-I, today acknowledges that the Phase 3 AEGIS-II study evaluating the efficacy and safety of CSL Behring’s human-plasma-derived apoA-I, CSL112, compared to placebo in reducing the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), did not meet its primary efficacy endpoint of MACE reduction at 90 days. About CER-001 CER-001 is a novel engineered recombinant human apoA-I that was designed to mimic the structural and functional biological properties of natural, nascent HDL, also known as pre-β HDL, and has been shown to perform all steps of the Reverse Lipid Transport pathway (RLT), the only natural pathway responsible for lipid elimination. Administered CER-001 particles increase transient apoA-I and the number of HDL particles and promote the elimination of trapped cholesterol and lipids in tissues in the absence of LCAT enzyme for example, but also the elimination of bacterial lipid endotoxin (LPS) in the case of sepsis. HDL particles are then recognized by the liver, leading to the elimination of these transported lipids via a process called Reverse Lipid Transport (RLT). About ABIONYX Pharma ABIONYX Pharma is a next-generation biotech company focused on developing innovative medicines in diseases where there is no effective or existing treatment, even the rarest ones. The company expedites the development of novel therapeutics through an extensive expertise in lipid science and a differentiated apoA-I -based technology platform. ABIONYX Pharma is committed to radically improving treatment outcomes in sepsis and critical care. View source version on businesswire.com: Contacts NewCap Investor relations Nicolas Fossiez Louis-Victor Delouvrier abionyx@newcap.eu +33 (0)1 44 71 98 53 NewCap Media relations Arthur Rouillé abionyx@newcap.eu +33 (0)1 44 71 00 15 Source: ABIONYX Pharma View this news release online at:

Phase 3Clinical Result

02 Nov 2023

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ABIONYX Pharma RACERS Study Data in Sepsis Presented at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) 2023 Annual Meeting "Kidney Week"

CER-001 showed robust efficacy in sepsis demonstrating statistically significant sustained reduction in endotoxins (LPS) and consequent decreases in inflammatory cytokines and markers of endothelial dysfunction Data showed a reduced severity of AKI, a trend for decreased mortality and shorter ICU stay CER-001 shows promise as a therapeutic strategy for sepsis management, improving outcomes and mitigating inflammation and organ damage with the potential to save lives Simultaneous publication of data from translational sepsis research project, including the RACERS study, exclusively in BMC Medicine (Nature Springer) TOULOUSE, France & LAKELAND, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ABIONYX Pharma, (FR0012616852 - ABNX - PEA PME eligible), a new generation biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative therapies based on the world's only recombinant human apoA-1, today announced the full results of the RACERS Phase 2 clinical trial of CER-001, an apoA-1-based therapy for the treatment of sepsis, in a late-breaking clinical trial poster presentation at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2023. Key Points from the RACERS Data: CER-001 rapidly and significantly eliminated endotoxins, and the result was maintained (p<0.05 on days 3, 6 and 9), whereas even by day 9, patients on standard care alone showed no decreases in endotoxin levels relative to baseline. Mortality for all patients at 30 days was 6.7% for the CER-001 group and 20.0% for patients treated with standard care alone. This represents a Relative Risk Reduction (RRR) of 65%. Among critical care patients, mortality rates were 14.7% compared to 50.0% for patients on standard care (RRR=71%). ICU patients treated with CER-001 were discharged earlier than patients receiving standard care, with an average ICU stay 5 days shorter than that of patients on standard care. Access here the full press release About ABIONYX Pharma ABIONYX Pharma is a new generation biotech company that aims to contribute to health through innovative therapies in indications where there is no effective or existing treatment, even the rarest ones. Thanks to its partners in research, medicine, biopharmaceuticals and shareholding, the company innovates on a daily basis to propose drugs for the treatment of renal and ophthalmological diseases, or new apoA-I vectors used for targeted drug delivery.

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Indication	Highest Phase	Country/Location	Organization	Date
Familial HDL Deficiency	Phase 3	United States	Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.	01 Dec 2015
Familial HDL Deficiency	Phase 3	Belgium	Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.	01 Dec 2015
Familial HDL Deficiency	Phase 3	Canada	Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.	01 Dec 2015
Familial HDL Deficiency	Phase 3	France	Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.	01 Dec 2015
Familial HDL Deficiency	Phase 3	Israel	Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.	01 Dec 2015
Familial HDL Deficiency	Phase 3	Italy	Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.	01 Dec 2015
Familial HDL Deficiency	Phase 3	Netherlands	Cerenis Therapeutics, Inc.	01 Dec 2015
Sepsis	Phase 2	Italy	ABIONYX Pharma SA	07 Apr 2022
Acute kidney injury due to sepsis	Phase 2	Italy	-	22 Dec 2020
Bacterial urinary infection	Phase 2	Italy	-	22 Dec 2020

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NCT02697136 (TANGO, CTgov)	Phase 3	Familial HDL Deficiency	30	CER-001 (CER-001)	tswcqulldw(ukgildchrw) = dnklqeywvt wjylmuflpc (vhnvndfnif, mvrujkpldm - cexmlptohk) View more	-	22 Jul 2025
				Placebo (Placebo)	tswcqulldw(ukgildchrw) = xderxbrcnp wjylmuflpc (vhnvndfnif, souladhynd - qscsilanvc) View more
ERA2025	Not Applicable	Disorder related to transplantation	63	Polyvalent IV immunoglobulins	lvmglbbhkg(qzhenrgyew) = wxhaymkcnz jcfrykjnwg (qepdqegxsq ) View more	Positive	04 Jun 2025
EUCTR2020-004202-60-IT (RACERS, ASN2023) Manual	Phase 2	Sepsis	20	CER-001	ubtmcqiycn(fjgkggbbgm) = no serious adverse events were attributed to CER-001 use kysgcajram (fdwxkxuclh )	Positive	02 Nov 2023
				standard of care
NCT02484378 (CARAT, Pubmed \| JAMA Cardiol) Manual	Phase 2	Acute Coronary Syndrome \| Coronary Artery Disease \| Atherosclerosis	293	CER-001	srpejnnjit(dvnuokmxzf) = lenkkrsqlp paddoexxvy (rjhyilkejw ) View more	Negative	01 Sep 2018
				Placebo	srpejnnjit(dvnuokmxzf) = fpgwzlgvht paddoexxvy (rjhyilkejw ) View more
NCT01412034 (MODE, Pubmed \| Am Heart J) Manual	Phase 2	Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia	23	CER-001	hihdpjuvpb(malruzyhea) = czsyjuwnqc qsssskkahy (mjmdwxysqh )	Positive	01 May 2015
NCT01201837 (Pubmed \| Eur Heart J)	Phase 2	Acute Coronary Syndrome	507	Placebo	jdmcscywbz(bqjczqgbbb) = gaazewwqdy qtoqgjlaao (opcpymowju ) View more	-	07 Dec 2014
				CER-001 3 mg/kg	jdmcscywbz(bqjczqgbbb) = tgspawcaje qtoqgjlaao (opcpymowju ) View more

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