Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited today announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy status to the company’s investigational, oral proteasome inhibitor, ixazomib (MLN9708), for the treatment of relapsed or refractory systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis. This is the first proteasome inhibitor and first investigational therapy for AL amyloidosis to receive Breakthrough Therapy designation.

The development program for ixazomib in this indication progressed directly from a Phase 1 to a Phase 3 clinical trial, TOURMALINE-AL1, which is currently evaluating ixazomib plus dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory AL amyloidosis. This is the only Phase 3 trial for relapsed or refractory AL amyloidosis and it is recruiting globally.

Breakthrough Therapy designation is intended to expedite the development and review of new medicines to treat serious or life-threatening conditions. Breakthrough Therapy designation requires preliminary clinical evidence indicating that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement on a clinically significant endpoint(s) over available therapies. The data used to support this designation will be presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting to be held December 6-9, 2014 in San Francisco [Abstract 3450: Long-Term Outcome of a Phase 1 Study of the Investigational Oral Proteasome Inhibitor (PI) Ixazomib at the Recommended Phase 3 Dose (RP3D) in Patients (Pts) with Relapsed or Refractory Systemic Light-Chain (AL) Amyloidosis (RRAL)].

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