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I wonder if we will get an update on accustem any time soon. It’s what, 5 months? Since the last accustem update
Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd. (Nasdaq: TLSA) (“Tiziana” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing breakthrough neuro-immunomodulation therapies, today announced “first patient dosed” in its Phase 2a study comparing two doses of intranasal foralumab and placebo in patients with non-active secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis (na-SPMS). Six investigational centers have been recruited for this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, with up to 18 patients per treatment arm. The primary endpoint of the trial will be the change in microglial activation based on PET scans. Clinical evaluations include the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), QoL assessments, and the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS), which assess parameters that are essential to a patient’s everyday life. Novel immuno-biomarkers will be measured also and assessed for predictive relevance. Central review of PET scans and images is an integral component of this study.
"The successful consenting, screening, completion of the baseline PET scan, and dosing of our first patient in the intranasal foralumab Phase 2a trial has occurred seamlessly,” said Tanuja Chitnis, M.D., the Principal Investigator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member-hospital of Mass General Brigham Healthcare System, and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. “My anticipation is this randomized placebo-controlled trial is the first step in bringing this potential treatment to patients that have na-SPMS, a disease with no approved therapy. Our experience in the Expanded Access Program provides sustainable hope for relief of symptoms in these patients with an unmet medical need.”
Gabriele Cerrone, Chairman, acting CEO and founder of Tiziana Life Sciences said, “I believe that our dosing of the first patient confirms Tiziana’s ability to execute on its commitments and potential to advance our fully human intranasal anti-CD3 mAb, foralumab, using novel imaging methods and clinically relevant endpoints. We hope our efforts will give a new therapeutic option to patients afflicted with this devastating disease. Currently, there are no FDA approved treatments for na-SPMS.”
Matthew W. Davis, MD, RPh, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Tiziana, added, “I am very pleased the first patient has been dosed and our team is committed to remaining on track with our milestones. We are poised to accelerate enrollment and anticipate data readout in Q4 2024. I believe the study results will reveal important aspects for optimizing clinical management of na-SPMS - particularly the potential for a reduction in MFIS scores.”
https://www.tizianalifesciences.com/news-item?s=2023-12-19-tiziana-life-sciences-doses-first-patient-in-phase-2a-trial-of-intranasal-foralumab-in-multiple-sclerosis
Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd. (Nasdaq: TLSA) (“Tiziana” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing breakthrough immunomodulation therapies, today announced filing of a new patent application relating to composition and methods for combining GLP-1ra and foralumab, a fully human anti-CD3 antibody, to achieve further reductions in systemic and vascular inflammation associated with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and also in a separate population of patients with non T2D obesity.
Effectiveness of GLP-1ra non T2D obesity was recently shown in the >17,600 patient SELECT trial by Novo Nordisk (N Engl J Med 2023; 389:2221-2232(NCT03574597). SELECT showed a 20% reduction of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) such as heart attack, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease, with semaglutide. The risk of adverse cardiovascular events could be reduced further by the combination of intranasal foralumab and a GLP-1ra. The patent application describes the potential for foralumab to provide additional risk reduction for heart attack, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. Foralumab given with GLP-1ra may contribute importantly to further risk reduction in this at-risk patient population.
“The GLP-1ra’s have revolutionized the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Obesity and type 2 diabetes are associated with inflammation in the liver, adipose and vascular tissue. This inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of stroke,” commented Howard L. Weiner M.D. from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham Healthcare System and Professor of Neurology. “Although effective, GLP-1ra’s do not completely mitigate the disease process and are associated with various side effects. Intranasal foralumab, a fully human anti-CD3, has shown efficacy in attenuating inflammation in humans with multiple sclerosis and COVID. Because intranasal foralumab induces regulatory T cells in a physiologic fashion, foralumab has novel anti-inflammatory properties that make it applicable to multiple disease conditions. Furthermore, it has had minimal side effects in both human and animal studies. We have now discovered intranasal anti-CD3’s positive effect in models of diet-induced obesity related to mitigating its complications. Intranasal anti-CD3 therapy also dramatically decreases inflammation and metabolic changes. Thus, we believe it has the potential to be an ideal therapy to be given in combination with the class of GLP-1ra approved drugs.”
Gabriele Cerrone, Chairman, acting CEO and founder of Tiziana Life Sciences said, “I believe that our commitment to improving patient outcomes by using anti-CD3, or foralumab, in risk mitigation for MACE could be another exciting indication for foralumab. We hope our efforts will give a new therapeutic option to patients afflicted with Type 2 Diabetes and non T2D obesity that are receiving GLP-1 receptor antagonists. We believe the risk reduction could be substantial with com
We believe the risk reduction could be substantial with combination therapy.”
New RNS update:
Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd. (Nasdaq: TLSA) (“Tiziana” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing breakthrough neuro-immunomodulation therapies, today announced positive findings have been seen in a total of six out of eight Intermediate Size Patient Population Expanded Access (EA) patients. These patients have shown improvements in fatigue scores measured by the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS). PET scan findings showing a reduction in microglial activation was also seen in the six patients with MFIS score improvement at the three-month evaluation period. PET scan findings for two additional EA patients (10 total) are planned to be available in late January.
Tarun Singhal, M.B.B.S., M.D., Director of PET Imaging Program in Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham Healthcare System, and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, commented, “Upon review of the baseline and three-month [F-18] PBR06 PET scans of the two new na-SPMS EA patients, a qualitative reduction in microglial activity was seen in one of two new patients. When combined with my assessment of the first six EA patients at three-months, a total of six out of the eight suggested a reduction in qualitative microglial PET signal. These findings are promising from an imaging standpoint and further studies are needed to confirm them using additional quantitative approaches.”
“The EA patient having a qualitative improvement in their PET scan also improved in their Modified Fatigue Impact Scale,” stated Dr. Tanuja Chitnis, M.D., Principal Investigator and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and senior neurologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “Six out of the eight na-SPMS EA patients studied so far have seen measurable clinical improvement in their fatigue. I am excited to lead the effort to replicate these findings in the ongoing Phase 2 dose-ranging, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.”
Gabriele Cerrone, Chairman, acting CEO and founder of Tiziana Life Sciences noted “We’ve seen continued clinical and qualitative PET scan improvement over time in patients with na-SPMS where intranasal foralumab targets inflammation in the brain. It is my expectation that we will rapidly progress our ongoing Phase 2 trial of intranasal foralumab, given the encouraging results seen so far under the EA IND."
https://ir.tizianalifesciences.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tiziana-life-sciences-announces-updated-clinical-and-pet-scan
Who cares, what’s happening with accustem?
Given this is a Tiziana bulletin board, I would imagine that most people who visit this page are interested in its news.
As for Accustem, I suggest you email the board if you would like to find out further
I am as interested in Accustem as I am in Tils :-)
Neither Tils or ACUT are listed on the London Stock Exchange so arguably neither are relevant on here but it's still a good place to talk about them. And tbh, the posts on neither are blocking up the board very much..
Tomorrow night D. DAY unless we get an extension 🤞