Phase three trial shows AstraZeneca’s COPD treatment improves lung functions

Phase three trial shows AstraZeneca’s COPD treatment improves lung functions

January 26, 2018 Off By Dino Mustafić

AstraZeneca Friday said its Phase III KRONOS trial showed that PT010 improvement compared with dual combination therapies in six out of seven lung function primary endpoints.

The endpoints were based on forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) assessments in patients with moderate to very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Dr. Sean Bohen, Executive Vice President, Global Medicines Development and Chief Medical Officer, said: “We are encouraged by the results of the KRONOS trial that has demonstrated PT010’s efficacy in improving lung function and look forward to the ETHOS exacerbation trial results in 2019 that will further characterise the role of this potential treatment for patients with COPD.”

Klaus Rabe, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine at the University of Kiel, Director of the Department of Pneumology at Clinic Grosshansdorf, Germany, and National Co-ordinating Investigator of the KRONOS trial, said: “With the KRONOS trial, we are seeing the potential of PT010 as a triple combination therapy for COPD. I expect the triple class of medicines to play an increasingly important role in addressing the needs of the many COPD patients who are currently undertreated or are receiving triple combination therapy as separate medicines in multiple devices.”