Drugs / Glucocerebrosidase
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Glucocerebrosidase

also known as prGCD

Protein / enzyme biologic

Developed for
Gaucher disease
Investigated by
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) · Protalix · University of Pittsburgh

Trials 2

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 11 trial
Phase 1 NCT00258778 Nov 2005 → Jan 2006 Gaucher disease Protalix Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 21 trial
Phase 2 NCT00004293 Nov 1999 → ? Gaucher disease National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Unknown No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 7

DateIssuerRelease
2014-02-12 Protalix Results Protalix BioTherapeutics Announces Oral GCD Data to be Presented at WORLD Symposium 2014 protalix.com ↗
The results demonstrate that Oral GCD was well tolerated across all three doses tested.
2013-10-14 Protalix Results Protalix BioTherapeutics Announces Positive Phase I Clinical Trial Results for Oral GCD in Gaucher Disease Patients protalix.com ↗
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT:PLX) (TASE:PLX), announced today initial positive results from its phase I clinical trial of oral glucocerebrosidase (GCD), or Oral GCD (PRX-112), in patients with Gaucher disease.
2013-03-07 Protalix Regulatory Protalix BioTherapeutics Receives Approval to Initiate Phase I Study in Gaucher Patients With PRX-112, an Orally-Administered Candidate for the Treatment of Gaucher Disease protalix.com ↗
2011-09-08 Protalix Results Protalix BioTherapeutics' Taliglucerase Alfa Phase III Results Published in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology protalix.com ↗
Additionally, patients treated with taliglucerase alfa in the phase III clinical trial demonstrated an increase in hemoglobin, decrease in liver volume and increase in platelet count.
2009-09-08 Protalix Regulatory FDA Grants Protalix Orphan Drug Designation for prGCD protalix.com ↗
2009-08-25 Protalix Regulatory Protalix Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for prGCD protalix.com ↗
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-Amex:PLX), announced today that it has eceived Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prGCD, the Company's proprietary plant-cell expressed recombinant form of glucocerebrosidase (GCD) for the treatment of Gaucher disease.
2009-08-17 Protalix Regulatory U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Protalix’s Treatment Protocol for prGCD protalix.com ↗
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE-Amex:PLX), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company's treatment protocol for prGCD, the Company's proprietary plant-cell expressed recombinant form of glucocerebrosidase (GCD) for the treatment of Gaucher disease.

All press releases naming this drug 14 releases

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Evidence & citations 4 cited values

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FieldValueCited text
Known as Glucocerebrosidase ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT00258778 ↗
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NCT00004293 ↗

Known as prGCD “we evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of a novel human recombinant glucocerebrosidase enzyme expressed in transformed plant cells (prGCD), administered to primates and...” PMID 19277123 ↗ Mar 2009
Modality Protein / enzyme biologic “glucocerebrosidase enzyme therapy” NCT00004293 ↗
Route Intravenous “intravenous glucocerebrosidase” NCT00004293 ↗