Amgen, Cytokinetics Announce Phase 2 ATOMIC-AHF Study Of Omecamtiv Mecarbil Did Not Meet Primary Endpoint

Amgen AMGN and Cytokinetics Incorporated CYTK today announced the first presentation of data from the ATOMIC-AHF (Acute Treatment with Omecamtiv Mecarbil to Increase Contractility in Acute Heart Failure) study at the ESC Congress 2013, organized by the European Society of Cardiology, in Amsterdam. ATOMIC-AHF was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study that enrolled 613 patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (AHF) treated for 48 hours with omecamtiv mecarbil or placebo and designed to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and potential efficacy of an intravenous formulation of omecamtiv mecarbil in patients with AHF. The study did not meet its primary endpoint of dyspnea (shortness of breath) response as measured by the 7-point Likert scale through 48 hours (p=0.33) but showed favorable dose and concentration-related trends on dyspnea response. ATOMIC-AHF enrolled three, sequential, dose escalation cohorts of patients treated for 48 hours with omecamtiv mecarbil or placebo. The primary efficacy endpoint in ATOMIC-AHF was dyspnea symptom response. Secondary endpoints included other clinical and pharmacodynamic (echocardiographic) effects including death or See full press release