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Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Provides an Overview of Upcoming Resmetirom Data Presentations and Reports 2022 Third Quarter Financial Results
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• Two resmetirom oral abstracts to be presented at the AASLD Liver Meeting®:
• Phase 3 MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 data demonstrate the potential of resmetirom for the treatment of patients with compensated NASH cirrhosis
• Screening data from the Phase 3 MAESTRO-NASH biopsy study provide new insights on noninvasive strategies for patient identification
• Madrigal remains on track to announce topline data from the Phase 3 MAESTRO-NASH biopsy study in the fourth quarter
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pursuing novel therapeutics for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), today provides an overview of upcoming resmetirom Phase 3 data presentations and reports third quarter 2022 financial results.
Paul Friedman, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Madrigal, stated, "The Madrigal team is focused on delivering topline data from the pivotal MAESTRO-NASH biopsy study in Q4 2022. Positive results from the study would allow us to finalize our new drug application for resmetirom, with the goal of filing for Subpart H accelerated approval in the first half of 2023. The efficacy and safety data we are generating across four Phase 3 MAESTRO studies put Madrigal in a strong position to navigate this accelerated approval pathway and potentially address the unmet needs of patients who currently have no approved therapy to treat NASH with significant fibrosis."
Becky Taub, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and President of Research & Development of Madrigal, stated, "The MAESTRO program continues to generate data that reinforce our conviction in the potential of resmetirom to become a foundational therapy for patients with NASH. At the upcoming American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Liver Meeting, we'll be presenting results from the compensated NASH cirrhosis cohort studied in MAESTRO-NAFLD-1. The safety and efficacy data in this more advanced patient population helped support our decision to initiate the Phase 3 MAESTRO-NASH Outcomes study, a noninvasive clinical endpoint study that assesses the rate of progression from early well-compensated NASH cirrhosis to decompensated NASH cirrhosis."
Dr. Taub continued, "A second oral presentation at AASLD will examine the ability of several noninvasive strategies to identify NASH patients with significant liver fibrosis using screening data from the MAESTRO-NASH biopsy study. Given the comprehensive diagnostic strategies included in MAESTRO studies, Madrigal has a unique opportunity to define noninvasive measures to diagnose and manage patients with NASH in real world clinical practice."
Presentations at the AASLD Liver Meeting
The following abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the AASLD Liver Meeting, taking place November 4-8 in Washington, DC:
Oral Presentation (abstract 100): Sunday, November 6th
A 52-week Phase 3 clinical trial of resmetirom in 180 patients with well-compensated NASH cirrhosis. Presenter: Stephen Harrison
In patients with well-compensated cirrhosis included in an open-label active resmetirom treatment arm of the Phase 3 MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 safety study, resmetirom lowered markers of cardiovascular risk and NASH fibrosis. Following 52 weeks of treatment with resmetirom, patients achieved reductions in magnetic resonance imaging proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF), FibroScan controlled attenuation parameter (CAP), FibroScan vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE), magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), liver and spleen volume, ALT, AST, GGT, LDL-C, triglycerides, ApoB, and lipoprotein (a). Resmetirom appeared safe and was well-tolerated during 52 weeks of treatment.
Oral Presentation (abstract 102): Sunday, November 6th
Utility of FIB-4, MRE, MRI and FibroScan to identify patients with at-risk F2-F3 NASH based on screening data from a 2000 patient biopsy confirmed cohort of the resmetirom
Phase 3 clinical trial, MAESTRO-NASH. Presenter: Rohit Loomba
FIB-4 of ≥1.3 is frequently used to identify potential at-risk patients with NASH, but an analysis of screening data from the MAESTRO-NASH biopsy study found this threshold lacked the sensitivity to accurately identify patients with NASH with significant fibrosis (F2-F3). The authors concluded the influence of age on FIB-4 may require an age adjustment to ensure younger patients are not removed from consideration for therapy. MRE, MAST (MRI-AST) and FAST (FibroScan-AST) showed reasonable accuracy for identifying patients with NASH with significant fibrosis.
https://ir.madrigalpharma.com/news-releases/news-release-details/madrigal-pharmaceuticals-provides-overview-upcoming-resmetirom
About the Resmetirom Phase 3 Registration Program for the Treatment of NASH
Madrigal is currently conducting four Phase 3 clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of resmetirom for the treatment of NASH: MAESTRO-NASH, MAESTRO-NAFLD-1, MAESTRO-NAFLD-OLE, and MAESTRO-NASH Outcomes.
MAESTRO-NASH is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study of resmetirom in patients with liver biopsy-confirmed NASH and was initiated in March 2019. The study enrolled more than 1,000 patients with biopsy-proven NASH (at least half with F3 (advanced) fibrosis, the remainder F2 or F1B (moderate fibrosis, with a few earlier F1 patients), randomized 1:1:1 to receive once-daily resmetirom 80 mg, resmetirom 100 mg, or placebo. After 52 weeks of treatment, a second biopsy is performed. The dual primary surrogate endpoints on biopsy are NASH resolution with ≥2-point reduction in NAS (NAFLD Activity Score), and with no worsening of fibrosis OR a 1-point decrease in fibrosis with no worsening of NASH. Achievement of either primary endpoint is considered a successful trial outcome. A key secondary endpoint is lowering of LDL-C. The planned target enrollment was announced as completed on June 30, 2021.
All patients enrolled in the MAESTRO-NASH study (up to 2,000 in total) continue on therapy after the initial 52-week treatment period for up to 54 months to accrue and measure hepatic clinical outcome events including progression to cirrhosis on biopsy (52 weeks and 54 months) and hepatic decompensation events.
MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 was initiated in December 2019 and the 52-week multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study of resmetirom in over 1,200 patients with NAFLD, presumed NASH, has completed the double-blind arms and an open-label 100 mg arm. An additional open-label active treatment arm in patients with early (well-compensated) NASH cirrhosis is ongoing. The primary endpoint was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of resmetirom. A separate 52-week Phase 3 clinical trial, an open-label extension study of MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 (MAESTRO-NAFLD-OLE) is ongoing.
Patients in the 52-week Phase 3 MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 study were randomized 1:1:1:1 to receive once-daily resmetirom 80 mg, resmetirom 100 mg, placebo in double-blind arms, or resmetirom 100 mg in an open-label arm. MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 (unlike MAESTRO-NASH) did not include a liver biopsy and represents a "real-life" NASH study. Patients with 3 metabolic risk factors were documented with NASH or NAFLD by historical liver biopsy or noninvasive techniques. Using noninvasive measures, MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 was designed to provide incremental safety information to support the NASH indication as well as provide additional data regarding clinically relevant key secondary efficacy endpoints to better characterize the potential clinical benefits of resmetirom on cardiovascular- and liver-related endpoints. The primary safety endpoint and several key secondary endpoints were met, including LDL-C, apolipoprotein B, and triglyceride lowering and reduction of liver fat as determined by MRI-PDFF. Additional secondary and exploratory endpoints were assessed, including reduction in liver enzymes, FibroScan, and MRE scores, and other NASH biomarkers.
Data from the 52-week first 1,000 patient portion of MAESTRO-NASH, together with data from MAESTRO-NAFLD-1 and other data, including safety parameters, will form the basis for a potential subpart H submission to FDA for accelerated approval of resmetirom for treatment of NASH.
In August 2022, Madrigal initiated MAESTRO-NASH Outcomes, a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study in approximately 700 patients with early NASH cirrhosis to allow for noninvasive monitoring of progression to liver decompensation events. A positive outcome is expected to support the full approval of resmetirom for noncirrhotic NASH, potentially accelerating the timeline to full approval. In addition, this study has the potential to support an additional indication for resmetirom in patients with well-compensated NASH cirrhosis.
About Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDGL) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pursuing novel therapeutics for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a liver disease with high unmet medical need. Madrigal's lead candidate, resmetirom, is a once daily, oral, thyroid hormone receptor (THR)-β selective agonist designed to target key underlying causes of NASH in the liver. For more information, visit www.madrigalpharma.com.
https://ir.madrigalpharma.com/news-releases/news-release-details/madrigal-pharmaceuticals-provides-overview-upcoming-resmetirom
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