challenges in drug development for other viruses than...
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Thomas Kakuda, PharmD
Scientific Director, Clinical Pharmacology
Challenges in Drug Development for Other Viruses Than HIV
or Hepatitis: Influenza
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Rich Infectious Disease Therapeutics and Vaccines Portfolio
APPROVED PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS IN REGISTRATION
OR PLANNED FILINGS 2017-2021
SELECTED EARLY- TO
MID-STAGE PIPELINE1
PLANNED FILINGS
FILED
Darunavir STR (D/C/F/TAF) HIV (US)*
Rilpivirine rilpivirine/dolutegravir STR rilpivirine/cabotegravir long-acting maintenance therapy**
PREZCOBIX/REZOLSTA
HIV pediatric exclusivity
SIRTURO
Pediatric TB**
JNJ-4178 (3DAA) Hepatitis C
Pimodivir (JNJ-3872) Influenza A
Lumicitabine (JNJ-1575) Pediatric RSV infection Adult RSV infection Adult hMPV
JNJ-1860 (ExPEC vaccine) Bacterial infection
VAC18193 (RSV vaccine) RSV elderly
Darunavir STR (D/C/F/TAF) HIV (EU)
(US)
Monovalent Ebola Vaccine submitted to WHO for
Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL)
(EU)
Hepatitis B JNJ-5948/NVR3-778 (HBV capsid assembly modulator) JNJ-6379 (HBV capsid assembly modulator) JNJ-0440 (HBV capsid assembly modulator) JNJ-0535 (HBV therapeutic vaccine) JNJ-4964 (TLR Agonist)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus JNJ-8678 (RSV fusion inhibitor) JNJ-7184 (RSV non-nuc polymerase inhibitor) JNJ-8194/VAC18194 (RSV pediatric vaccine)
Influenza JNJ-5806/AL-794 (Influenza PA inhibitor) JNJ-7445 (Influenza antibody)
Dengue JNJ-8359 (NS4B inhibitor)**
HIV JNJ-9220/VAC89220 (HIV vaccine prophylactic) JNJ-9220/VAC89220 (HIV vaccine w/ MVA boost therapeutic)
Filovirus VAC69120 (Filovirus multivalent vaccine)
Poliomyelitis JNJ-2348 (Sabin IPV vaccine)
Cervical Cancer JNJ-1623/VAC81623 (HPV vaccine)
1. Potential filings up to 2027, non-risk adjusted. Products marketed worldwide, but not all products in all markets/regions.
* Indicates In Registration
**Indicates assets for Global Public Health
Note: Filings/approvals are in the US or EU, unless otherwise noted. This information is accurate as of the date hereof to the best of Johnson & Johnsons knowledge.
The Company assumes no obligation to update this information.
Line ExtensionsNew Molecular Entities
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Flu (not the same as a cold or stomach flu)
Symptoms High fever
Sore throat
Headache
Myalgia
Cough
Fatigue
At-risk populations Very young
Elderly
Immunocompromised
Heart or lung disease, diabetics,
Complications Bacterial/viral pneumonia
Cardiac failure
Respiratory failure
Myositis
Encephalopathy (rare)
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Influenza Causes Significant Morbidity and Mortality
1B* cases annually worldwide, with 250,000-500,000 deaths; 10-20% of the population in developed countries infected each season
IndicationAssociated Deaths
Per Year
Influenza Up to 56,000
Colon Cancer 49,190
Pancreatic Cancer 41,780
Breast Cancer 40,890
Prostate Cancer 26,120
Leukemia 24,400
Lymphoma 21,270
Skin Cancer 13,650
In the U.S. each season:
25M* total cases
12M attend medical specialist
390,000 hospitalizations
Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 1919 caused ~50M deaths worldwide
* M = Millions, B = Billions
World Health Organization, 2016; Kostova et al., PLOS ONE, 2013; Zhou et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012; CDC MMWR Aug. 27, 2010; Sleeman, K. et al., AAC, 2010; American Cancer Association, Cancer Facts & Figures, 2016; Taubenberger, Jeffery K., and Morens, David M.,"1918 Influenza: The Mother of All Pandemics." Emerging Infectious Diseases 12.1, 2006: 15-22. Web.
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Orthomyxovirus
Influenza types A, B, C and D Only replicates in epithelial cells
Type A involved in pandemics
Type B and C cause milder disease
Negative-strand RNA virus 8 segments of ssRNA
Codes for >10 proteins
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Influenza A subtypes
Hemaglutinin (H) Binds sialic acid-containing receptors
Neuraminidase (N) Cleaves sialic acid (neuraminic acid)
Subtype Human Swine Horse Bird
H1 + + +
H2 + +
H3 + + + +
H4 +
H5 + + +
H6 +
H7 + + +
H8-H17 +
Subtype Human Swine Horse Bird
N1 + + + +
N2 + + +
N3 +
N4 +
N5 +
N6 +
N7 + +
N8 + +
N9 + +
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Transmission
Nomenclature e.g. A(H1N1)pdm09 = influenza type A
with H1 and N1 antigens that caused the
pandemic swine flu in 2009
Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (LPAI)
High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI)
B/Yamagata and B/Victoria lineages (no
subtypes)
Antigenic drift vs antigenic shift Drift: point mutations seasonal flu
Shift: major reassortment pandemic
H7N9 considered most likely to start the
next pandemic
Animal resevoir
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Seasonal disease (in temperate climates)
Usually occur during winter (October to March)
Close proximity (e.g. schools, nursing
homes, office,)
Coughing and sneezing aerosolizes the
virus
100,000 to 1,000,000 virions per droplet
Virus can survive in colder temperature
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6606a2.htm
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Prophylaxis and treatments are available but have limitations
1. Vaccines are strain specific have to be administered each
year and susceptible to strain mismatch which renders them
ineffective
2. Imperfect protection seasonal vaccines are 70-90% effective
in preventing influenza infection in healthy adults; 30-40%
effective in elderly patients who live in nursing homes and in
immunocompromised patients, and
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Influenza: Critical Pathways and Targets
Prioritized Biological Pathways:
Inhibition of Viral Replication (polymerase)
Pimodivir* (JNJ-3872) PB2 inhibitor
JNJ-5806 (AL-794) PA inhibitor
Inhibition of Virus Attachment/Fusion JNJ-7445 Multi-domain influenza
antibody
REPLICATION
ENDOCYTOSIS
FUSION
CLEAVAGE
Neuraminidase
inhibitors (NAIs)1
ENTRY
1. Multiple NAIs approved: Oseltamivir (PO), Zanamivir (IN), Peramivir (IV), Laninamivir (IN)
* Licensed from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Federal funds from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response, BARDA, under Contract Number HHSO100201500014C.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7249/fig_tab/nature08157_F2.html&ei=8nMHVbTrJoXSoASdoIGYAw&bvm=bv.88528373,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNHvTpJRxLg26btbCHOdVXRHosRxVw&ust=1426638162945609http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v459/n7249/fig_tab/nature08157_F2.html&ei=8nMHVbTrJoXSoASdoIGYAw&bvm=bv.88528373,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNHvTpJRxLg26btbCHOdVXRHosRxVw&ust=1426638162945609
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Influenza challenge study
Healthy volunteer study (Phase 1b) Not considered an efficacy trial but helps determine antiviral activity or prophylaxis
Limited clinical sites with experience GMP influenza
Reproducible?
Limitations (to extrapolating to real-world infections) Attenuated strain
Infection rate ~50% (exclude vaccinated subjects)
Less symptoms
Very controlled environment
Drug administered within symptom-onset
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AL-794-801 influenza viral challenge study in healthy volunteers:
ITT-I Viral Kinetics
Time from first dose (Days)
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SE
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TC
ID5
0/m
L)
LLOD
Placebo BID (N=14)
AL-794 50 mg BID (N=10)
AL-794 150 mg BID (N=18)
Observations less than two are not representedBID = Twice Daily
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Phase 2-3 trials
Prophylaxis vs treatment Different indications
Uncomplicated vs complicated Trials in complicated patients are more difficult
High-risk (e.g. elderly)
Underlying disease (e.g. cardiac or respiratory)
Immunocompromised
No study has demonstrated efficacy in hospitalized patients
Unclear regulatory path
Active-controlled non-inferiority trial not possible
Add-on superiority trial (investigational drug + SoC vs SoC; SoC is off-label use)
Blinded, randomized, dose- or duration-response trial
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Janssen Research & Development
TOPAZ
Phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-response, multicenter study
Participants were randomized 1:1:1:1 to one of four treatments:
Participants were followed for 14 days totalBID, twice-daily; OST, oseltamivir
Pimodivir 300 mg Pimodivir 600 mg Combination Pimodivir
+ OST
Placebo
pimodivir 300 mg + OST
placebo
pimodivir 600 mg + OST
placebo
pimodivir 600 mg + OST
75 mg
pimodivir placebo + OST
placebo
Dosing for 5 days,
twice-daily
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Primary Endpoint: Viral load over time by qRT-PCR (log10copies/mL) [FAS]
Viral load assay LOQ = 4.0 log10 copies/mL, LOD = 3.48 log10 copies/mL. Results LOD (target detected) are
imputed with 3.75 log10 copies/mL; results
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Primary Endpoint: Viral load (qRT-PCR)[FAS]
Treatment with pimodivir resulted in a significant and dose-dependent decrease in AUC of viral load (by qRT-PCR) over 7 days from start of dosing, showing a dose-response relationship
The viral culture data confirmed the qRT-PCR results and showed a shorter time to negativity compared to the qRT-PCR data
Pimodivir in combination with oseltamivir resulted in a significant lower AUC of viral load as compared to pimodivir 600 mg alone
a[day*log10 copies/mL]; AUC, area under the concentration time curve; qRT-PCR, quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction
OST, oseltamivir
Comparison Pimodivir
300 mg vs placebo
Pimodivir
600 mg vs placebo
Pimodivir
600 mg+
OST 75 mg vs
placebo
Pimodivir
600 mg+
OST 75 mg vs
pimodivir 600 mg
Change in AUC viral
loada
(95% CI)
-3.6
(-7.1; -0.1)
-4.5
(-8.0; -1.0)
-8.6
(-12.0; -5.1)
-4.1
(-7.4;-0.7)
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Results
Secondary Endpoint: Safety analyses [Safety set]
The most frequently reported TEAEs were diarrhea (reported mostly as loose stool without increased frequency) and nausea
The majority of these events were mild in severity
One case of severe diarrhea was reported in pimodivir 600 mg BID group
One case of severe nausea was reported in the pimodivir 600 mg +OST 75 mg group
Two serious TEAEs reported:
1 (1.4%) in placebo group with thrombocytopenia; started on Day 63 and resolved 5 weeks later
1 (1.4%) in pimodivir 600 mg BID with ALT increased; started on day 14 and resolved 21 weeks later
Pimodivir
300 mg
Pimodivir
600 mg
Pimodivir
600 mg+
OST 75 mg
Placebo
N 74 74 73 71
Any TEAE,
n (%)
32 (43.2) 39 (52.7) 30 (41.1) 31 (43.7)
Any serious TEAE, n
(%)
0 1 (1.4) 0 1 (1.4)
Any TEAE leading to
drug discontinuation,
n (%)
7 (9.5) 3 (4.1) 6 (8.2) 5 (7.0)
AEs occurring in 10% in any treatment group
Diarrhea 5 (6.8) 20 (27.0) 13 (17.8) 4 (5.6)
Nausea 3 (4.1) 3 (4.1) 8 (11.0) 0
AE, adverse event; BID, twice-daily; OST, oseltamivir; TEAE, treatment-emergent AE
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Secondary Endpoint: Time-to-resolution of symptoms
[FAS]
A faster time-to-resolution of influenza symptoms versus placebo of 13% for pimodivir 600 mg BID and 17% for pimodivir 600 mg BID + OST 75 mg BID treatment groups
Pimodivir 600 mg + OST 75 mg combination therapy led to a comparable estimated time to resolution of influenza symptoms as pimodivir 600 mg alone
Comparison Pimodivir
300 mg vs
placebo
Pimodivir
600 mg vs
placebo
Pimodivir 600
mg+ OST
75 mg vs
placebo
Pimodivir 600
mg+
OST 75 mg
vs pimodivir
600 mg
Acceleration
factor (95%CI)
1.07
(0.76; 1.52)
0.87
(0.62; 1.23)
0.83
(0.60;
1.16)
0.96
(0.69;
1.34)
BID, twice-daily; OST, oseltamivir
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Summary
Prophylaxis and treatment is available but limited Encourage flu vaccination (> 6 months)
Treatment of complicated influenza is an unmet medical need
Combination therapy with new mechanisms of action needed
Seasonal and acute self-limiting disease Enrollment challenges
Rapid diagnosis treatment
Clinical endpoints Symptom and outcome driven, viral load is secondary
No surrogate markers