Anergis, a company developing proprietary ultra-fast allergy immunotherapy, announced today that it has closed a CHF 5 million financing round extension with existing investors. In addition, the Company is preparing a Phase IIb clinical trial with its lead compound AllerT in patients with birch pollen allergy. The study is designed as a multicenter, double-blind, placebo- controlled, randomized trial to assess the efficacy and tolerability of two dosing regimens of AllerT In Adults with Birch Pollen Allergic Rhinitis/Rhinoconjunctivitis (ATIBAR). ATIBAR is expected to start in fall 2016. With a total of 450 patients, ATIBAR will be the largest field-based trial conducted so far with an ultra-fast allergy treatment for tree allergy.
Most importantly, the ATIBAR trial is designed as a confirmatory efficacy trial with the statistical power necessary to meet both European and US FDA efficacy criteria for allergy immunotherapy products. Results will be expected in the third quarter of 2017.
Source: Anergis