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Novel monoclonal antibody for single dose treatment of acute CNS injury

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: National Institutes of Health
Contract: 1R41NS115249-01
Agency Tracking Number: R41NS115249
Amount: $700,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: 999
Solicitation Number: PA18-591
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2018
Award Year: 2019
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2019-09-30
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2021-08-31
Small Business Information
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Principal Investigator
 ANNEMARIE CARBONELL
 (415) 654-3548
 anne-marie@oncosynergy.com
Business Contact
 SHAWN CARBONELL
Phone: (415) 299-4249
Email: shawn@oncosynergy.com
Research Institution
 CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA
 
2716 SOUTH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19146-2305
United States

 Domestic Nonprofit Research Organization
Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a significant societal and economic impact. To date, there are no FDA-
approved pharmacotherapies to prevent or reverse TBI. The standard of care in an emergency setting focuses
first on stabilizing the patient and secondly on management of cerebral hemodynamics. The patient may undergo
surgery to remove hematomas, repair skull fractures, and relieve intracranial pressure. Pharmacological
interventions are aimed at symptom management and may include anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, anxiolytics,
and antidepressants. Ultimately, the current approaches to treating TBI are ameliorative and do not mitigate the
biochemical insult that is the cause of brain damage. Hence, there is a significant unmet need for
pharmacological agents to limit or prevent secondary neurological damage associated with TBI. TBI is a multi-
system pathology with complex interactions between the brain, the periphery, and the immune system. In recent
years, mounting evidence from both TBI patients and animal models of brain injury suggest a critical role for
peripheral immune activation in the potentiation of TBI-induced neurological dysfunction and brain pathology.
Importantly, cerebral invasion of lymphocytes crucially depends on the interaction of the leukocyte very late
antigen-4 (VLA-4; integrin α4β1) with vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) on endothelial cells. However,
other β1 integrins may also be involved, creating a potential escape mechanism. Hence, targeting multiple β1
integrins which may mediate leukocyte invasion of the CNS has therapeutic potential to limit or prevent
secondary neurological damage associated with TBI. OncoSynergy has developed OS2966, a proprietary, first-
in-class humanized monoclonal pan-CD29/β1 integrin/ITGB1 antibody. Our IND-enabling studies demonstrated
that repeat weekly intravenous dosing of OS2966 is well tolerated in non-human primates with no mortality,
clinical signs, gross pathology, or maximum tolerated dose (MTD) reached (up to 35 mg/kg). In March 2019,
FDA cleared our IND to initiate a Phase I clinical trial in patients with recurrent glioblastoma using intracerebral
delivery of OS2966. The known pharmacology and safety profiles of OS2966 provide a strong support to quickly
translate this drug to clinical trials for TBI, upon the successful completion of the proof-of-concept study. Hence,
we propose to collaborate with Dr. Todd Kilbaugh at Childrenandapos;s Hospital of Philadelphia to conduct this Phase I
STTR project to evaluate the efficacy of OS2966 in a high-fidelity porcine model of TBI. Successful achievement
of this Phase I STTR project will enable further Phase II studies to optimize the treatment regimen of OS2966 in
multiple porcine models of TBI and advance OS2966 to Phase 2 proof of concept efficacy studies in TBI patients.PROJECT NARRATIVE
To date, there are no FDA-approved pharmacotherapies to mitigate or prevent neurological damage associated
with traumatic brain injury (TBI). OncoSynergy has developed a novel monoclonal antibody against CD29/β1
integrin/ITGB1 for the prevention of TBI-induced secondary injury.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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