Cerevance Pipeline (CVN424 / CVN766 / CVN293 / CD38 / KCNJ6 / GPR65), Current Portfolio Status: April 2022 timeline, Key worlds (evaluation / scientific confidence / Opportunity), Team table (function ↔ team member)
Pipeline
| Target | target | mechanism | Design | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVN424 |
GPR6 inverse agonist, small molecule, - GPR6 is an orphan GPCR that has enriched expression in the striatopallidal, indirect pathway, MSN neurons of the striatum - a target present in striatal neurons that express dopamine receptor D2. The company claims that CVN424 does not affect D1-dependent pathways, and that this selective targeting will help avoid LID associated with D1 activation. CVN424 is being developed as an add-on to L-DOpa | P2 | 2019, a Phase 2, randomized, place-controlled study began enrolling 66 people with Parkinson's who experience motor fluctuations on a stable dose of levodopa. To be eligible, patients must average more than 2 hours per day of "off time," i.e., periods when symptoms reappear between levodopa doses. Participants will be randomized to high or low dose drug or placebo, taken as an oral suspension once daily for one month. The primary outcomes are adverse events and safety measures; secondary outcomes include an unspecified efficacy measures, and pharmacokinetics. This trial takes place at 16 sites across the U.S., and is expected to end in 2020. [Results] Beyond meeting safety objectives, the drug achieved a significant and meaningful, dose-dependent reduction of "OFF time" | |||
| P1 | 2019, Cerevance completed a Phase 1 single- and multiple-dose safety study in healthy adults. Sixty-six volunteers received single CVN424 doses from 1 to 225 mg, or seven daily doses of 25, 75, and 150 mg or matching placebo. According to an April 2019 company press release, the drug caused no serious adverse events or changes in common safety measures including vital signs, cardiac function, and laboratory analyses. | |||||
| preclinical | (Brice, 2021 #1897) | |||||
| Preclinical | NE3107 Impact in Parkinson's Mice Models Leads to a decrease in proinflammatory factors and preserves dopaminergic neurons Reduced iNOS, TNFa, and IL1, b. ↓ LID | |||||
| CVN766 | Schizophrenia, Negative Symptoms | Phase 1 | ||||
| CVN293 | Target 06 = KCNK13 | Neuroinflammation ALS/FTD | IND enabling: | show NLRP3 reducing efficacy across cellular and slice tissue preparations and demonstrated in vivo efficacy in attenuating the disease progression of the SOD1 (G93A) ALS mouse. CVN293 will enter the clinic initially targeted at ALS | ||
| CD38 (Target 20 LO), Ceri 경험 | Neuroprotection AD/PD | CD38 (cluster of differentiation 38), also known as cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase is a glycoprotein[5] found on the surface of many immune cells (white blood cells), including CD4+, CD8+, B lymphocytes and natural killer cells. CD38 also functions in cell adhesion, signal transduction and calcium signaling.[6] CD38 can function either as a receptor or as an enzyme | ||||
| KCNJ6 (Target 18 HtL | Early PD, Dementia | |||||
| GPR65 (Target 17 HtL | Neuroinflammation/PD — time pressure | |||||
Current Portfolio Status: April 2022
Visible quarterly milestone bar-chart labels (rows top-to-bottom):
- CVN766 (phrenia: Negative symptoms) — GLP studies / CTA / pl safety / ptb CO2 / pll in neg symptoms Sz
- CVN293 (roinflammation ALS/FTD/AD) — LO / Tox / GLP studies / END CTA / pl safety / translational / pll in ALS
- Target 20 (Neuroprotection PD/AD) — H2L / LO / Tox / GLP studies / END CTA / pl safety / ptb PD
- Target 18 (early PD, Dementia) — H2L / LO / Tox / GLP studies / END CTA / pl safety / translational
- Target 17 (Neuroinflammation PD/AD) — H2L / LO / Tox / GLP studies / END CTA / pl safety / translational
- Multiple early targets (AD/ALS/FTD) — Target val / Hit finding (×4 staggered bars)
X-axis quarters: 2021 (Q1-Q4) / 2022 (Q1-Q4) / 2023 (Q1-Q4) / 2024 (Q1-Q4) / 2025 (Q1-Q4) / 2026 (Q1-Q4)
End-state labels visible at right edge: pll in ALS, pll in PD (×2), pl safety / translational (×2)
Key worlds
| assumption | ||
|---|---|---|
| evaluation | ||
| scientific confidence | ||
| Opportunity, Issues (gap) and risks, mitigation strategy |
Team
| Function | Team member |
|---|---|
| Lead | David Kim |
| Raj McLaren | |
| Arthur Simen | |
| Nancy Goodman | |
| Emmanuelle Magueur | |
| Sudipta Bhattacharya | |
| Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology | Lin Xu |
| Translational Medicine | Lee, Jaewon |
| Translational Medicine - Biomarkers | Stephen Zicha |
| Clinical Safety/PV | in process |
| in process | |
| Ravikumar Peri | |
| Mi-Sook Kim | |
| GMS/PS | Nathan Geething, Andrew Kroetsch |
| GQ | Ian King |
| GPLS | Joseph, Yassir |
| GPLS Pricing and Access | Elizabeth Kinter |
Uncertain Spans
| location | transcription | uncertainty |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio chart | pl safety / translational / pll in ALS / pll in PD labels | OCR-rendered short labels with pl and pll likely abbreviations for Phl (Phase l) and Phll (Phase ll); preserved verbatim. |
| Team / left-clipped Function cells | rows for Raj McLaren, Arthur Simen, Nancy Goodman, Emmanuelle Magueur, Sudipta Bhattacharya, Ravikumar Peri, Mi-Sook Kim | the function-column text is clipped at the left edge and not visible in the body crops; preserved as empty cells. |