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INO-3107: Potential Breakthrough Treatment for RRP in Adults

OVERVIEW

  • INO-3107 is a DNA immunotherapy that is designed to teach the body to mount an effective immune response to HPV-6 and HPV-11, the strains of HPV that cause Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP).
  • In a Phase 1/2 trial, 72% of patients saw a 50 to 100% reduction in the number of surgeries in the first year after starting treatment with INO-3107. INO-3107 was well tolerated, with most patients experiencing mostly low-grade (Grade 1) treatment-emergent AEs such as injection site pain and fatigue.
  • In a retrospective study involving 28 of the original trial participants (RRP-002), the number of patients experiencing a 50 to 100% reduction in surgeries increased to 86% in the second year, with no additional dosing. Half of those patients required no surgeries at all.
  • Published immunological data showed that INO-3107 induced new populations of antigen specific cytotoxic T cells in the blood that traveled to airway tissue and were associated with clinical benefit as measured by reduced need for surgeries.

TRIAL DETAILS AND REGULATORY DESIGNATION

DISEASE

  • RRP is a rare and debilitating disease of the respiratory tract caused by HPV-infection.
  • Patients experience recurring benign, wart-like growths (papillomas) that can cause difficulty speaking and breathing, hoarseness, chronic cough.
  • Current standard of care: repeated invasive surgery to remove the papilloma, which can cause permanent vocal cord damage.

ESTIMATED MARKET OPPORTUNITY

  • Affects ~14K people in the U.S., 1.8 per 100,000 new cases annually, although estimates likely underestimate prevalence of disease.