HAE treatment Navenibart named EC orphan medicinal product

The European Commission has granted orphan medicinal product designation (OMPD) to navenibart, an experimental long-acting therapy for hereditary angioedema (HAE). The designation is aimed at providing incentives for the development of therapies that are meant to diagnose, prevent, or treat rare diseases, or those affecting fewer than 10,000 people…

STAR-0215 reduces HAE attacks over 90% in early trial, data show

Treatment with the experimental under-the-skin injection therapy STAR-0215 reduced the rates of monthly swelling attacks by more than 90% in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) in a small early clinical trial. That’s according to new data announced by developer Astria Therapeutics, which further showed that HAE attacks…

Phase 1b/2 trial of STAR-0215 is now enrolling HAE patients

Astria Therapeutics has initiated a Phase 1b/2 trial called ALPHA-STAR to test STAR-0215, the company’s investigational therapy to prevent swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE). ALPHA-STAR (NCT05695248) intends to enroll 18 adults with HAE types 1 or 2 who have had at least four swelling…

Astria Launches Phase 1 Trial of STAR-0215 in Healthy Adults

Astria Therapeutics has launched a Phase 1a trial in healthy adults to test STAR-0215, an investigational antibody-based therapy designed to prevent swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE), with dosing once every three months or longer. The launch came soon after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…

FDA OKs 1st-in-Human Clinical Trials of STAR-0215 HAE Treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Astria Therapeutics to move STAR-0215, its experimental treatment for preventing swelling attacks in hereditary angioedema (HAE), into clinical testing. With the positive decision on its investigational new drug (IND) application, the company is now planning to launch a Phase…