Item 8.01. Other Events.
On September 9, 2019, Zosano Pharma Corporation (the “Company”) announced an oral presentation and two poster presentations of positive data from a one-year long-term safety study of Qtrypta™ (M207) for the acute treatment of migraine were presented at the 19th Congress of the International Headache Society (“IHC”) in Dublin, Ireland. The Qtrypta long-term safety study was an open-label trial evaluating the safety of a 3.8 mg dose of intracutaneous zolmitriptan in adults with migraine who had historically experienced at least 2 migraine attacks per month.
An oral presentation by Stephanie Nahas, M.D., M.S.Ed., of Thomas Jefferson University reviewed an analysis of the approximately 6,000 attacks treated over one year with Qtrypta for the acute treatment of migraine. Following treatment with Qtrypta, 44% of patients reported pain freedom from the attacks and 62% of patients reported freedom from the most bothersome symptoms at two hours, which is consistent with the positive clinical results seen in the Phase 2/3 pivotal study.
Data from safety assessments showed that Qtrypta was well-tolerated throughout the 12 months of repeated use. The most common adverse events were redness and swelling at the application site of which more than 95% were classified as mild. 80% of these site reactions were gone within 48 hours. Patients treated with Qtrypta reported less triptan-like neurological side effects than are typically found with the class, with less than 2% of patients reporting effects such as dizziness and paresthesia.
Two late-breaking posters were also presented at the IHC congress. The first analyzed data from six patients enrolled in the long-term safety study who received prophylactic anti-CGRP antibodies and subsequently took Qtrypta for the acute treatment of their migraine attacks. 76% of the patients reported pain freedom and 88% reported freedom from the most bothersome symptoms at two hours. These preliminary data suggest that Qtrypta has the potential to be effective for the acute treatment of breakthrough migraine attacks in patients receiving prophylactic treatment with anti-CGRP antibody therapy.
The second poster presentation reviewed safety data from the 22 study participants who were on serotonergic drugs while taking Qtrypta for the acute treatment of migraine, and there were no reports of serotonin syndrome.
The Company expects to file a New Drug Application for Qtrypta in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Forward-Looking Statements
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