Bayer seeks USFDA nod for Finerenone for adult patients with heart failure
Berlin: Bayer has announced the submission of marketing authorization applications to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) and to the Center of Drug Evaluation (CDE) of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), seeking approval of finerenone in the U.S. and in China for adult patients with heart failure (HF) with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≥40%, i.e. mildly reduced LVEF (HFmrEF) or preserved LVEF (HFpEF).
Finerenone is a non-steroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (nsMRA) and a drug targeting the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) pathway that has demonstrated cardiovascular benefits in patients with this common form of HF in the Phase III study FINEARTS-HF. Finerenone is already marketed as Kerendia or, in some countries, as Firialta, and approved for the treatment of adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in more than 90 countries worldwide, including in China, Europe, Japan, and the U.S.
FINEARTS-HF is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, event-driven Phase III study investigating the efficacy and safety of finerenone (Kerendia) for the prevention of cardiovascular death and heart failure events in patients with a diagnosis of symptomatic heart failure (New York Heart Association class II-IV) with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≥40%, measured by any modality within the last 12 months as well as receiving diuretic treatment for at least 30 days prior to randomization. The primary endpoint of FINEARTS-HF was the composite of cardiovascular death and total (first and recurrent) heart failure events, defined as hospitalizations for heart failure or urgent heart failure visits.
Around 6,000 patients were randomized from more than 630 sites across 37 countries worldwide to receive either finerenone or placebo once daily. In addition, patients in the study received usual therapy to treat symptoms and comorbidities.
"With overall more than 15,000 patients, the ongoing MOONRAKER clinical trial program with finerenone, including FINEARTS-HF, is one of the largest heart failure study programs to date, and aims to establish a comprehensive understanding of finerenone in HF across a broad spectrum of patients and clinical settings," the Company stated.
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