Shire plc announced top-line results from OPUS-2, a Phase 3 efficacy and safety study of 5% lifitegrast ophthalmic solution. OPUS-2 compared lifitegrast to placebo administered twice daily for 84 days (12 weeks) in dry eye patients with history of active artificial tear use within 30 days prior to screening.Lifitegrast met the prespecified co-primary endpoint for the patient-reported symptom of eye dryness (change in Eye Dryness Score from baseline to week 12). Lifitegrast did not meet the prespecified co-primary endpoint for the sign of inferior corneal staining score (change from baseline to Week 12) using fluorescein staining compared with placebo.
“In this clinical trial, we note that lifitegrast showed a statistically significant improvement in the prespecified symptoms of dry eye disease and is the first drug to do so in a phase 3 clinical trial,” said Flemming Ornskov, chief executive officer, Shire. “We will be examining the totality of the data for lifitegrast in OPUS-2, as well as OPUS-1 and across the entire clinical trial program. We look forward to discussing the lifitegrast program with regulatory authorities.”
The study also evaluated the safety and tolerability of lifitegrast based on occurrence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs). The most commonly reported TEAEs associated with lifitegrast were dysgeusia (altered sense of taste), instillation site irritation, instillation site reaction and visual acuity reduced. There were no ocular serious TEAEs or drug-related serious TEAEs.
Date: December 5, 2013
Source: Shire plc
Filed Under: Drug Discovery
