A Study of Eliglustat Tartrate (Genz-112638) in Patients With Gaucher Disease Who Have Reached Therapeutic Goals With Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ENCORE)

Summary

This Phase 3 study was designed to confirm the efficacy and safety of eliglustat tartrate (Genz-112638) in participants with Gaucher disease type 1 who had reached therapeutic goals with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT).

Timeline

Start

2009-09

Primary completion

2012-11

Completion

2015-06

Publications

• Background Lukina E, Watman N, Arreguin EA, Banikazemi M, Dragosky M, Iastrebner M, Rosenbaum H, Phillips M, Pastores GM, Rosenthal DI, Kaper M, Singh T, Puga AC, Bonate PL, Peterschmitt MJ. A phase 2 study of eliglustat tartrate (Genz-112638), an oral substrate reduction therapy for Gaucher disease type 1. Blood. 2010 Aug 12;116(6):893-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-03-273151. Epub 2010 May 3.
• Background Lukina E, Watman N, Arreguin EA, Dragosky M, Iastrebner M, Rosenbaum H, Phillips M, Pastores GM, Kamath RS, Rosenthal DI, Kaper M, Singh T, Puga AC, Peterschmitt MJ. Improvement in hematological, visceral, and skeletal manifestations of Gaucher disease type 1 with oral eliglustat tartrate (Genz-112638) treatment: 2-year results of a phase 2 study. Blood. 2010 Nov 18;116(20):4095-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-06-293902. Epub 2010 Aug 16.
• Background McEachern KA, Fung J, Komarnitsky S, Siegel CS, Chuang WL, Hutto E, Shayman JA, Grabowski GA, Aerts JM, Cheng SH, Copeland DP, Marshall J. A specific and potent inhibitor of glucosylceramide synthase for substrate inhibition therapy of Gaucher disease. Mol Genet Metab. 2007 Jul;91(3):259-67. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2007.04.001. Epub 2007 May 16.
• Background Kamath RS, Lukina E, Watman N, Dragosky M, Pastores GM, Arreguin EA, Rosenbaum H, Zimran A, Aguzzi R, Puga AC, Norfleet AM, Peterschmitt MJ, Rosenthal DI. Skeletal improvement in patients with Gaucher disease type 1: a phase 2 trial of oral eliglustat. Skeletal Radiol. 2014 Oct;43(10):1353-60. doi: 10.1007/s00256-014-1891-9. Epub 2014 May 10.
• Background Lukina E, Watman N, Dragosky M, Pastores GM, Arreguin EA, Rosenbaum H, Zimran A, Angell J, Ross L, Puga AC, Peterschmitt JM. Eliglustat, an investigational oral therapy for Gaucher disease type 1: Phase 2 trial results after 4 years of treatment. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2014 Dec;53(4):274-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2014.04.002. Epub 2014 May 15.
• Cox TM, Drelichman G, Cravo R, Balwani M, Burrow TA, Martins AM, Lukina E, Rosenbloom B, Goker-Alpan O, Watman N, El-Beshlawy A, Kishnani PS, Pedroso ML, Gaemers SJM, Tayag R, Peterschmitt MJ. Eliglustat maintains long-term clinical stability in patients with Gaucher disease type 1 stabilized on enzyme therapy. Blood. 2017 Apr 27;129(17):2375-2383. doi: 10.1182/blood-2016-12-758409. Epub 2017 Feb 6.
• Cox TM, Drelichman G, Cravo R, Balwani M, Burrow TA, Martins AM, Lukina E, Rosenbloom B, Ross L, Angell J, Puga AC. Eliglustat compared with imiglucerase in patients with Gaucher's disease type 1 stabilised on enzyme replacement therapy: a phase 3, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2015 Jun 13;385(9985):2355-62. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61841-9. Epub 2015 Mar 26.

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