Soleno Therapeutics Presents Clinical Fat Loss Data on DCCR at the Obesity Society Meeting 2018
DCCR treatment resulted in statistically significant decreases in body fat in subjects with Prader-Willi Syndrome
“While the hallmark characteristic of PWS is hyperphagia, PWS patients also experience ectopic accumulation of body fat, obesity and associated cardiometabolic complications, which is the leading cause of death of PWS patients,” said
Presentation highlights:
- Patients who received 10 weeks of treatment with DCCR demonstrated statistically significant loss of total body fat mass, without additional caloric restrictions.
- Treatment with DCCR resulted in a statistically significant reduction in waist circumference, consistent with the loss of visceral fat.
- The 4.2mg/kg dose, the high dose in this Phase II study and the target dose in the ongoing DESTINY PWS Phase III trial, led to greater loss of body fat compared to lower doses, with the preferential loss of visceral and subcutaneous fat from the legs.
An electronic version Soleno Therapeutics’ poster presentation can be found on the Events & Presentations page of the Company’s Investor Relations website: http://investors.soleno.life/events-and-presentations/event-calendar.
About PWS
About Diazoxide Choline Controlled-Release Tablet
Diazoxide choline controlled-release tablet is a novel, proprietary extended-release, crystalline salt formulation of diazoxide, which is administered once-daily. The parent molecule, diazoxide, has been used for decades in thousands of patients in a few rare diseases in neonates, infants, children and adults, but has not been approved for use in PWS. Soleno conceived of and established extensive patent protection on the therapeutic use of diazoxide and DCCR in patients with PWS. The DCCR development program is supported by positive data from five completed Phase I clinical studies in various metabolic indications or in healthy volunteers and three completed Phase II clinical studies, one of which was in PWS patients. In the PWS Phase II study, DCCR showed promise in addressing hyperphagia, the hallmark symptom of PWS, as well as several other symptoms such as aggressive/destructive behaviors, fat mass and abnormal lipid profiles.
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Soleno is focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases. The company’s lead candidate, DCCR, a once-daily oral tablet for the treatment of PWS, is currently being evaluated in a Phase III clinical development program. For more information, please visit www.soleno.life.
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