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Angion’s HGF Mimetic Fails Second Phase II Study, But Not Shuttered Yet

 
• By Joseph Haas

Although ANG-3777, partnered with Vifor, missed its primary endpoint in cardiovascular surgery patients at risk for acute kidney injury, the companies will consider a path forward based on a renal events measure.

Angion suffers second Phase II setback in two months with ANG-3777

Angion Biomedica Corp.’s hopes for its first-in-class hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) mimetic took another blow on 9 December, as a Phase II study of ANG-3777 missed the primary endpoint in cardiopulmonary bypass patients at risk for developing acute kidney injury (AKI). It was the second trial setback in quick succession for the oral compound, partnered with Switzerland’s Vifor Pharma Group , after an October failure in delayed graft function (DGF) in kidney transplant patients.

ANG-3777 failed to separate from placebo on the primary endpoint of increase in serum creatinine from baseline measured by area...

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