BridgeBio Announces First Child Dosed in PROPEL 3, its Phase 3 Clinical Trial for Infigratinib in Children with Achondroplasia

- BridgeBio has dosed the first child in PROPEL 3, a one-year, 2:1 randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 pivotal trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of infigratinib in children with achondroplasia

-  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Union (EU) European Medicines Agency (EMA) shared positive feedback that the PROPEL 3 trial design would be acceptable as a registrational study to support a marketing application

- Data from PROPEL 2, BridgeBio’s Phase 2 clinical trial of infigratinib in children with achondroplasia, supports infigratinib’s potential as an oral, well-tolerated treatment option; results shared at ENDO 2023 included a significant increase in annual height velocity (AHV) with a mean change of +3.38 cm/year from baseline at six months, and early but promising trends towards improvement in proportionality, as measured by the upper and lower body segment ratio

- BridgeBio expects to begin development of infigratinib in hypochondroplasia, with the initiation of an observational lead-in study in the first half of 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) (BridgeBio), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases and cancers, today announced that the first child has been dosed in PROPEL 3, a Phase 3 clinical trial studying the efficacy and safety of infigratinib in children with achondroplasia. Both the U.S. FDA and the EU EMA indicated the trial design for PROPEL 3 would be acceptable as a registrational study to support a marketing application for the treatment of children with achondroplasia.

“The Phase 2 data for infigratinib has been very promising and suggests potential to increase growth, improve functionality and reduce the associated medical complications in children with achondroplasia. With the recent dosing of the first child in the Phase 3 trial, I am hopeful that we are one step closer to providing a safe, effective oral therapy to the people in the achondroplasia community who are seeking treatment,” said Dr. Ravi Savarirayan, M.D., Ph.D., clinical geneticist and leader of the molecular therapies research group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia and the global lead investigator for PROPEL 3.

PROPEL 3 is a global, one-year, 2:1 randomized, double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial, which will evaluate the efficacy and safety of infigratinib in children with achondroplasia aged 3 to <18 years with open growth plates. The primary endpoint will be change from baseline in AHV, with secondary endpoints including proportionality, height Z-score (a measure of variance and dispersion from the average height of children with achondroplasia), and impact on medical complications and quality of life.

“We are thrilled about this major milestone for our program and are hopeful about what this means for those families seeking a therapeutic option. We are grateful to the children and their families for participating in our Phase 3 trial as well as the open collaboration we have built with physicians and advocacy groups to best understand the needs of those living with this condition. We look forward to continuing to explore the benefits of infigratinib not only in growth, but in the functional improvements and the alleviation of medical complications that are most meaningful to the community,” said Daniela Rogoff, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president of clinical development for skeletal dysplasias at BridgeBio.

In June 2023, the Company presented updated six-month results from Cohort 5 of PROPEL 2, its Phase 2 dose-finding study, at ENDO 2023. Cohort 5 demonstrated that the dose level of 0.25 mg/kg/day resulted in a significant and robust increase in AHV, with a mean change of +3.38 cm/year from baseline at six months. The findings also highlighted early but promising trends towards improvement in proportionality, as measured by the upper and lower body segment ratio. Additionally, the results showed a well-tolerated safety profile, with no study drug related treatment emergent adverse events, serious adverse events or discontinuations due to adverse events at the 0.25 mg/kg dose.

“Achondroplasia can impact the overall health and wellbeing of a person, including functional limitations, social stigma and medical complications. We appreciate the opportunity to work with BridgeBio to ensure the needs of our community are heard, and we are excited by what the Phase 3 study could bring for those looking for options to help themselves or their loved ones,” said Susana Noval, director of Fundación ALPE Acondroplasia. Fundación ALPE Acondroplasia, based in Gijón, Spain, is an advocacy organization for people with achondroplasia and other skeletal dysplasias and their families.

Information about PROPEL 3 (NCT06164951) can be found here on clinicaltrials.gov. Information about PROPEL (NCT04035811), BridgeBio’s observational lead-in study in achondroplasia for PROPEL 3 and other studies, can be found here on clinicaltrials.gov. Additionally, BridgeBio expects to initiate ACCEL, an observational lead-in study for infigratinib in hypochondroplasia, a skeletal dysplasia closely related to achondroplasia and similarly driven by FGFR3 gain-of-function variants, in the first half of 2024. BridgeBio has previously presented promising preclinical data for hypochondroplasia at ENDO 2023 and ASHG 2022. BridgeBio is committed to exploring the potential of infigratinib on wider medical and functional impacts of achondroplasia, hypochondroplasia and other skeletal dysplasias, which hold significant unmet needs for families.

About Achondroplasia
Achondroplasia is the most common cause of disproportionate short stature, affecting approximately 55,000 people in the U.S. and EU, including up to 10,000 children and adolescents with open growth plates. Achondroplasia impacts overall health and quality of life, leading to medical complications such as obstructive sleep apnea, middle ear dysfunction, kyphosis, and spinal stenosis. The condition is uniformly caused by an activating mutation in FGFR3.

About BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.
BridgeBio Pharma (BridgeBio) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company founded to discover, create, test and deliver transformative medicines to treat patients who suffer from genetic diseases and cancers with clear genetic drivers. BridgeBio’s pipeline of development programs ranges from early science to advanced clinical trials. BridgeBio was founded in 2015 and its team of experienced drug discoverers, developers and innovators are committed to applying advances in genetic medicine to help patients as quickly as possible. For more information visit bridgebio.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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