Drugs / talfirastide
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talfirastide

Peptide targets MAS1 via activation

Developed for
COVID-19 · hypertensive disorder · obesity disorder · hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm · myelodysplastic syndrome · respiratory failure · adult acute respiratory distress syndrome · advanced heart failure
+23 more · bone cancer · cancer of unknown primary site · chondrosarcoma · clear cell sarcoma of kidney · cognitive disorder · cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia · dilated cardiomyopathy · essential hypertension · heart failure · hematopoietic and lymphoid system neoplasm · HIV infectious disease · inborn errors of metabolism · ischemic stroke · mild heart failure · moderate heart failure · orthostatic hypotension · osteosarcoma · ovarian sarcoma · peripheral arterial disease · pure autonomic failure · thrombocytopenia · traumatic brain injury · uterine corpus sarcoma
Investigated by
Tarix Pharmaceuticals · Constant Therapeutics LLC · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) · University of Arizona · Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Amy Arnold
+17 more · Erasme University Hospital · Fonds Erasme pour la Recherche Médicale · National Cancer Institute (NCI) · US Biotest, Inc. · Vanderbilt University · Wake Forest University Health Sciences · American Heart Association · Angitec · Columbia University · Federal University of Minas Gerais · Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Sean Collins · Stanford University · Suburban Hospital · United States Department of Defense · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Trials 31

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 07 trials
Phase 0 NCT06482853 Jan 2025 → Mar 2029 expected hypertensive disorder, obesity disorder Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 0 NCT05301192 Dec 2022 → Jun 2024 — Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 0 NCT03777215 Sep 2019 → Apr 2026 obesity disorder Amy Arnold Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 0 NCT03604289 Apr 2019 → May 2023 hypertensive disorder, obesity disorder Amy Arnold Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 0 NCT03240068 Sep 2017 → Mar 2020 peripheral arterial disease Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 0 NCT02591173 Feb 2016 → Jul 2020 orthostatic hypotension, pure autonomic failure Vanderbilt University Medical Center Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 0 NCT03001271 Jan 2014 → Feb 2017 hypertensive disorder Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 16 trials
Phase 1 NCT02646475 Feb 2016 → Dec 2029 expected hypertensive disorder, metabolic syndrome X, obesity disorder Vanderbilt University Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02245230 Jan 2015 → Dec 2023 essential hypertension Vanderbilt University Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 1 NCT01362036 Apr 2011 → Apr 2012 myelodysplastic syndrome Tarix Pharmaceuticals Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 1 NCT01300611 Jan 2011 → Dec 2020 Hodgkins lymphoma, acute myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, chronic myeloid leukemia +2 Tarix Pharmaceuticals Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT00757250 Sep 2008 → Dec 2011 HIV infectious disease US Biotest, Inc. Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 1 NCT00471562 Mar 2007 → Oct 2009 cancer of unknown primary site Wake Forest University Health Sciences Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/24 trials · 1 missed
Phase 1/2 NCT06282965 May 2024 → Sep 2027 expected traumatic brain injury University of Arizona Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT05336175 Apr 2022 → Dec 2023 advanced heart failure, mild heart failure, moderate heart failure University of Arizona Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT04570501 Feb → Aug 2022 COVID-19 Stanford University Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT04633772 Aug 2020 → Nov 2021 COVID-19, respiratory failure Erasme University Hospital Completed Missed primary
Phase 212 trials
Phase 2 NCT06135103 Nov 2023 → Dec 2024 ischemic stroke Constant Therapeutics LLC Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT06013839 Aug 2023 → Aug 2024 dilated cardiomyopathy Constant Therapeutics LLC Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT04778059 Jul 2021 → May 2022 COVID-19, adult acute respiratory distress syndrome US Biotest, Inc. Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 2 NCT04401423 Feb → Jun 2021 COVID-19 Columbia University Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT03252093 Jul 2017 → Nov 2022 cognitive impairment with or without cerebellar ataxia University of Arizona Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 2 NCT03159988 Apr 2016 → Jun 2026 cognitive disorder, heart failure University of Arizona Suspended No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 2 NCT01882387 Dec 2013 hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm Tarix Pharmaceuticals Withdrawn No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 2 NCT01882374 Dec 2013 hematopoietic and lymphoid system neoplasm Tarix Pharmaceuticals Withdrawn No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 2 NCT01554254 Mar 2012 → Dec 2013 hematopoietic and lymphoid cell neoplasm, inborn errors of metabolism Tarix Pharmaceuticals Withdrawn No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 2 NCT01121120 Jun 2010 → Dec 2020 Hodgkins lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, plasma cell myeloma Tarix Pharmaceuticals Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2/32 trials · 1 missed
Phase 2/3 NCT04332666 Dec 2021 → Dec 2022 COVID-19, respiratory failure Erasme University Hospital Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT04924660 Jul 2021 → Oct 2023 COVID-19 Sean Collins Completed Missed primary
Comparator or background therapy3 trials
Phase 1 NCT01543971 Comparator Dec 2009 — Tarix Pharmaceuticals Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT04605887 Comparator Jan 2021 → Nov 2023 COVID-19 Rambam Health Care Campus Unknown No outcome recorded
— NCT04375124 Comparator Apr → Aug 2020 COVID-19 Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital Completed No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 6

DateIssuerRelease
2017-02-17 Constant Therapeutics LLC Regulatory Tarix Orphan Granted Orphan Drug Status for TXA127 as Potential Treatment for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (MDC1A) constanttherapeutics.com ↗
Tarix Orphan LLC today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug status to the company’s lead compound, TXA127, for the treatment of laminin-­‐deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (LAMA2 MD or MDC1A).
2017-01-18 Constant Therapeutics LLC Regulatory Tarix Orphan Receives Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for TXA127 for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB) constanttherapeutics.com ↗
Tarix Orphan LLC today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted a Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) designation for the company’s drug candidate TXA127 for the treatment of Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB), a rare genetic skin disorder.
2015-10-06 Constant Therapeutics LLC Regulatory Tarix Orphan Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for TXA127 as Potential Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy constanttherapeutics.com ↗
2015-08-03 Constant Therapeutics LLC Results Tarix Orphan, LLC Announces Positive Results with TXA127 in Animal Model of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy constanttherapeutics.com ↗
Researchers showed that two doses of TXA127, a pharmaceutical formulation of the natural Ang 1‐7 peptide, remarkably reduced inflammatory and fibrotic pathology, and also induced weight/muscle gain and increased muscle function.
2015-07-13 Constant Therapeutics LLC Results Tarix Orphan, LLC Announces Positive Results with TXA127 in Animal Model of ALS constanttherapeutics.com ↗
The TXA127‐treated animals also exhibited a strong benefit in quality of life/disease progression scores for 128.33 days versus 102.67 days for control animals, as measured by the number of animals with scores ≤ 2 (animals ambulatory but dragging hind foot).
2014-10-27 Constant Therapeutics LLC Results Tarix Orphan, LLC Announces Positive Results for TXA127 in Model of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy constanttherapeutics.com ↗
The Tarix researchers showed that such mice treated daily for eight weeks with TXA127 via infusion by osmotic minipump exhibited a marked increase in activity compared to control animals.

All press releases naming this drug 12 releases

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Evidence & citations 22 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 38 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as talfirastide ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT06013839 ↗
1

NCT06135103 ↗

Known as 5-ile-angiotensin-(1-7) ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as A(1-7) “USB002 is pharmaceutically formulated Angiotensin 1-7 \[A(1-7)\], a non-hypertensive derivative of Angiotensin-II (A-II), and is suspended in a vehicle as a sterile solution of USB002.” NCT04778059 ↗
1

“TXA127 is pharmaceutically formulated Angiotensin 1-7 \[A(1-7)\]” NCT01554254 ↗

Known as Ang-(1-7) “Angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] is an endogenous peptide hormone of the renin-angiotensin system with antiproliferative and antiangiogenic properties.” PMID 19920106 ↗ Nov 2009
2

“A substance, Angiotensin-(1-7) \[Ang-(1-7)\], is known to decrease inflammation in the brain.” NCT05336175 ↗

“Angiotensin 1-7 (Ang-(1-7))” NCT03252093 ↗

Known as Angiotensin 1-7 “Single-arm safety/efficacy trial of TXA127 (Angiotensin 1-7) in subjects undergoing allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for the treatment of a variety of...” NCT01882387 ↗
27

“USB002 is pharmaceutically formulated Angiotensin 1-7 \[A(1-7)\], a non-hypertensive derivative of Angiotensin-II (A-II), and is suspended in a vehicle as a sterile solution of USB002.” NCT04778059 ↗

“Single-arm safety/efficacy trial of TXA127 (Angiotensin 1-7) in subjects undergoing double cord blood transplantation for the treatment of hematologic malignancies.” NCT01882374 ↗

“Angiotensin-(1-7) is a peptide that is downregulated in COVID-19 patient and it may potentially improve respiratory function in this setting.” NCT04332666 ↗

“TXA127 is pharmaceutically-formulated angiotensin 1-7, a non-hypertensive derivative of angiotensin II” NCT01300611 ↗

“A substance, Angiotensin-(1-7) \[Ang-(1-7)\], is known to decrease inflammation in the brain.” NCT05336175 ↗

“Randomized Controlled Trial of Angiotensin 1-7 (TXA127) for the Treatment of Severe COVID-19” NCT04401423 ↗

“TXA127 is pharmaceutically formulated Angiotensin 1-7 \[A(1-7)\]” NCT01554254 ↗

“Angiotensin 1-7 (Ang-(1-7))” NCT03252093 ↗

NCT02245230 ↗

NCT06282965 ↗

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Known as Angiotensin fragment 1-7 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as Angiotensin peptide (1-7) ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT04375124 ↗
Known as Asp-arg-val-tyr-ile-his-pro ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as Bf-angiotensin 1-7 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as ETRX-101 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as Human angiotensin ii (1-7) ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as Marstem ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as Sh-heptapeptide-13 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as Talfirastida ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as TXA-127 “2 investigational RAS agents, TXA-127 (synthetic angiotensin [1-7]) and TRV-027 (an angiotensin II type 1 receptor-biased ligand)” PMID 37039791 ↗ Apr 2023
12

“A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded pilot study of angiotensin 1-7 (TXA-127) for the treatment of severe COVID-19.” PMID 35902867 ↗ Jul 2022

“talfirastide (TXA127)” NCT06135103 ↗

NCT01362036 ↗

NCT00771810 ↗

NCT01554254 ↗

NCT01121120 ↗

NCT04401423 ↗

NCT01882387 ↗

NCT04924660 ↗

NCT01882374 ↗

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Known as USB-003 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Known as USB002 “USB002 is pharmaceutically formulated Angiotensin 1-7 \[A(1-7)\], a non-hypertensive derivative of Angiotensin-II (A-II), and is suspended in a vehicle as a sterile solution of USB002.” NCT04778059 ↗
Action Activate “Proto-oncogene Mas agonist” CHEMBL3545347 ↗
Action Restore “Angiotensin-(1-7) is a beneficial hormone that is reduced in obesity and restoration of this hormone improves endothelial function” NCT03604289 ↗
Modality Peptide “Angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] is an endogenous peptide hormone of the renin-angiotensin system with antiproliferative and antiangiogenic properties.” PMID 19920106 ↗ Nov 2009
Route Subcutaneous “Patients receive therapeutic angiotensin-(1-7) subcutaneously on days 1-5.” NCT00471562 ↗
Target MAS1 “Proto-oncogene Mas agonist” CHEMBL3545347 ↗