KalVista Pharmaceuticals has started a clinical trial to test the oral medication sebetralstat as an on-demand treatment for swelling attacks in children with hereditary angioedema (HAE), ages 2-11. The launch of KONFIDENT-KID (NCT06467084) came just a few weeks after KalVista asked the U.S. Food and…

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting the approval of sebetralstat, an oral on-demand treatment for people, 12 and older, with hereditary angioedema (HAE). The agency now has 60 days to determine whether the application, submitted in the form of…

Most hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients are able to take on-demand oral tablets of sebetralstat within 10 minutes of a swelling attack starting, and begin experiencing symptom relief within two hours, with complete resolution within about a day. That’s according to interim findings from an open-label extension Phase 3…

The Phase 2 KOMPLETE clinical trial testing the ability of oral KVD824 to prevent attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) has been terminated. The decision by the therapy’s developer, KalVista Pharmaceuticals, was based on the observation of high levels of liver enzymes, a sign of inflammation…

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has launched a two-year open-label extension (OLE) study, dubbed KONFIDENT-S, to test the long-term safety of oral sebetralstat (formerly known as KVD900) as an on-demand treatment for swelling attacks caused by hereditary angioedema (HAE). The study follows the ongoing Phase 3 KONFIDENT clinical trial, involving adults and…

Treatment with sebetralstat, an investigational and oral on-demand therapy, resulted in rapid relief for both abdominal and peripheral attacks in adults with hereditary angioedema (HAE), according to a new analysis Phase 2 trial data. Sebetralstat (formerly KVD900), by KalVista Pharmaceuticals, is a small molecule inhibitor of the…

Sebetralstat, KalVista Pharmaceuticals‘ investigational on-demand treatment for swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), led to a rapid and sustained suppression of kallikrein in HAE patients, according to data from a Phase 2 trial. As previously reported, the use of sebetralstat also was associated with fast…

KVD900, KalVista Pharmaceuticals’ investigational on-demand treatment for swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), will now be called sebetralstat, the company announced. Sebetralstat will become the nonproprietary nomenclature for the treatment’s active ingredients, meaning that will be the generic name for any medication using the same formulation…

KalVista Pharmaceuticals has launched a Phase 3 trial, called KONFIDENT, to test the safety and effectiveness of KVD900, an experimental oral and on-demand treatment for swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE). “Beginning the KONFIDENT trial represents a major milestone for KalVista,” Andrew Crockett, the company’s…

KVD900, an investigational on-demand therapy for hereditary angioedema (HAE), rapidly and nearly completely suppressed kallikrein and was generally safe and well tolerated in healthy volunteers, according to Phase 1 studies. These findings, which have since been confirmed in a Phase 2 trial, supported the planned launch of…