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Baxter International Inc.
today announced it has submitted an
Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its investigational hemophilia
A treatment BAX 855 with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, following
positive results from a Phase I trial. BAX 855 is a full-length longer-acting
recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII) that was developed to increase the half-life
of ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant) Plasma/Albumin-Free Method] –
the most widely chosen rFVIII in the world. Baxter expects to start enrollment
of adult patients in its Phase II/III study in the first quarter of 2013.
A Phase I prospective, open-label trial assessing the safety, tolerability and
pharmacokinetics of BAX 855 was conducted in 19 previously treated patients
age 18 years or older with severe hemophilia A who completed the trial. The
half-life (measuring the duration of activity of the drug in the body) of BAX
855 was approximately 1.5-fold higher compared to ADVATE. A longer half-life
was achieved in all patients in the study using BAX 855, no patients developed
inhibitors to either base molecule, BAX 855 or PEG, and no patients had
allergic reactions. Eleven adverse events were reported in eight patients
across both treatment arms, but none was serious, treatment-related or
resulted in withdrawal from the study.
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