Clene's Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Candidate Delays Disease Progression, New Data Shows

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  • Clene Inc CLNN announced new results from exploratory analyses, including delayed time to key clinical progression events in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients treated with CNM-Au8 in the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial over the 6-months.
  • ALS is a progressive nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing a loss of muscle control.
  • ALS is often called Lou Gehrig's disease, after the baseball player diagnosed with it.
  • Related: Clene's Lead Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Shows Improved Function, Slowed Disease Progression.
  • Analyses of prespecified exploratory endpoints from the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial suggest that treatment with CNM-Au8 delayed time to ALS clinical worsening events across all domains, including the need for assisted breathing and placement of stomach feeding tubes. 
  • A 74% decreased risk (lower hazard) of the composite endpoint of time to ALS clinical worsening, which included the first instance of death, tracheostomy, initiation of permanent assisted ventilation, or placement of a feeding tube. 
  • Treatment with CNM-Au8 was also associated with statistically significant and directional trends across all prespecified time to clinical worsening event analyses.
    • 98% decreased risk (lower hazard) of death or permanently assisted ventilation.
    • 95% decreased risk of death.
    • 74% decreased risk of feeding tube placement.
    • 63% decreased risk of assisted ventilation.
    • 84% decreased risk of ALS-related hospitalization.
    • 69% decreased risk of all-cause hospitalization.
  • Price Action: CLNN shares are up 6.22% at $1.38 during the market session on the last check Thursday.
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