Revotar presents positive results in Phase IIa Ozone Study with Bimosiamose for COPD

19-May-2010 - Germany

Revotar Biopharmaceuticals AG announced first positive results on a Phase IIa study conducted to evaluate the effect of Bimosiamose on ozone-induced airway inflammation in healthy subjects with a new controlled breathing nebulizer device.

Inhaled ozone in combination with physical exercise is an established standardized method to induce in healthy volunteers a reversible airway inflammation characterized by a cellular infiltrate and cytokines quantifiable in induced sputum. This is an accepted clinical model for the investigation of new anti-inflammatory therapies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The trial conducted at two centers in Germany was designed as a double-blind, placebo controlled, randomized cross-over study comprising 18 non-smoking healthy ozone-responsive volunteers. Each subject received nebulized Bimosiamose solution or vehicle for four consecutive days twice daily in two subsequent periods separated by a wash-out phase (cross-over). Treatment was followed by ozone challenge and subsequent collection of induced sputum that was analyzed for cellular composition and non-cellular mediators.

Inhalation of Bimosiamose with a new controlled breathing nebulizer device was safe and well tolerated. Compared to placebo, the compound demonstrated a broad and significant anti-inflammatory effect on cellular and non-cellular sputum parameters. Detailed study results will be submitted for publication.

"This trial confirms the anti-inflammatory potential of the inhaled pan-selectin antagonist Bimosiamose in a respiratory setting", said Prof. Wolfgang Meyer-Sabellek, Chief Medical Officer of Revotar. "It is in line with previous exploratory data and clearly supports the planned clinical development of Bimosiamose in COPD and other respiratory indications such as acute lung injury and asthma."

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