Suitability of Nitisinone in Alkaptonuria 2

Summary

This is a proposal to develop the orphan designated drug, nitisinone, for the treatment of a rare Mendelian disease, Alkaptonuria (AKU). Thanks to our existing successful fundamental and clinical research (cell models, animal models, natural history studies), we are now ready for this final stage of clinical development of nitisinone for AKU: a phase 3 clinical trial to prove efficacy. The results of DevelopAKUre will allow us to make the case to the European Medicines Agency for marketing authorisation of nitisinone for AKU, thereby contributing to the goal of the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium of developing 200 new therapies by 2020.

Timeline

Start

2014-04

Primary completion

2016-02

Completion

2020-02-02

Publications

• Imrich R, Sedlakova J, Ulehlova M, Gornall M, Jackson R, Olsson B, Rudebeck M, Gallagher J, Lukacova O, Mlynarikova V, Stancik R, Vrtikova E, Zanova E, Zatkova A, Arnoux JB, Rovensky J, Luangrath E, Bygott H, Khedr M, Ranganath LR. Radiological evolution of spinal disease in alkaptonuria and the effect of nitisinone. RMD Open. 2022 Oct;8(2):e002422. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002422.
• Ranganath LR, Psarelli EE, Arnoux JB, Braconi D, Briggs M, Broijersen A, Loftus N, Bygott H, Cox TF, Davison AS, Dillon JP, Fisher M, FitzGerald R, Genovese F, Glasova H, Hall AK, Hughes AT, Hughes JH, Imrich R, Jarvis JC, Khedr M, Laan D, Le Quan Sang KH, Luangrath E, Lukacova O, Milan AM, Mistry A, Mlynarikova V, Norman BP, Olsson B, Rhodes NP, Rovensky J, Rudebeck M, Santucci A, Shweihdi E, Scott C, Sedlakova J, Sireau N, Stancik R, Szamosi J, Taylor S, van Kan C, Vinjamuri S, Vrtikova E, Webb C, West E, Zanova E, Zatkova A, Gallagher JA. Efficacy and safety of once-daily nitisinone for patients with alkaptonuria (SONIA 2): an international, multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Sep;8(9):762-772. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30228-X. Epub 2020 Aug 18.

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