Global biotechnology company Biogen has reported new data that demonstrates daclizumab’s positive cognitive outcomes, targeted and reversible mechanism of action (MOA), and safety profile over interferon beta-1a im in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients.
Daclizumab, currently being co-developed by Biogen and AbbVie, is an investigational compound being developed to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS).
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The data obtained from the Phase lll DECIDE study showed the positive, sustained impact that daclizumab may have on cognitive function for RRMS patients, in particular processing speed and attention.
DECIDE was a two to three year, Phase lll, global, randomised, double-blind, multi-centre study designed to determine whether daclizumab would provide superior outcomes for certain clinical endpoints, compared to treatment with interferon beta-1a 30 mcg IM injection.
During the trail, around 1,841 patients were enrolled and cognitive improvements were measured using the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), which is a measure of information-processing speed and attention, across a daclizumab group and an intramuscular (IM) interferon beta-1a group.
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Clinically significant improvements in SDMT scores were observed in a higher percentage of patients receiving daclizumab in comparison to interferon beta-1a IM at week 96 of the trial.
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By GlobalDataBiogen noted that cognitive impairment is a common symptom of MS, affecting 43% to 70% of patients and causing functional disability, as well as decreased quality of life.
Cognitive decline in MS can lead to memory impairment, slowed information-processing speed, such as difficulty following conversations or multi-tasking, impaired executive function such as difficulty with organisation or planning; and visual / spatial-processing including difficulty with right-left orientation or navigation.
Additionally, daclizumab selectively modulates interleukin-2 receptor signalling, leading to selective antagonism of pro-inflammatory effector T-cell activity and increased numbers of immune-regulatory CD56 natural killer (NK) cells.
Data received from the SELECT and SELECTION studies showed that decreases in total and differential lymphocyte counts during treatment were modest and reversible upon treatment discontinuation.
The absence of intense depletion of total lymphocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and CD56 NK cells during treatment, and the reversibility of the changes in cell counts, provide additional evidence of the targeted immunomodulatory MOA of daclizumab in RRMS.
The SELECT Trilogy, including SELECT, SELECTION and SELECTED, of clinical studies was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of daclizumab in patients with RRMS.
Biogen also stated the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for daclizumab to treat relapsing forms of MS.
Image: Cognitive impairment is a common symptom of MS affecting 43-70% of patients and causes functional disability. Photo: courtesy of Own work.
