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Capella—the Online Voice of Progress in RNAi

Welcome to Capella, Alnylam’s destination for updates on our work translating the breakthrough discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) into an innovative new class of medicines. We’ve been pioneering RNAi therapeutics since 2002 and are excited to share our ongoing scientific progress.

At the European Renal Association (ERA) 2023 Meeting, we presented results from a novel X-ray-based bone oxalosis grading scale for patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1).

Baker, et al. “Development of an X-ray–Based Bone Oxalosis Grading Scale to Assess Oxalate Accumulation in Patients with Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1”

We presented an overview of the lumasiran clinical development program, including data from the Phase 3 ILLUMINATE-A, ILLUMINATE-B and ILLUMINATE-C studies, in patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) at the Oxalosis & Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF) 14th International Hyperoxaluria Workshop.

Shasha-Lavsky, et al. “Targeting Glycolate Oxidase for the Treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1: Development and Clinical Characterization of Lumasiran, an RNAi Therapeutic.”

Results from the HELIOS-A Phase 3 study of vutrisiran in patients with the polyneuropathy of hATTR amyloidosis evaluating the impact of baseline polyneuropathy severity on treatment response were presented during the 2023 Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting.

Luigetti, et al. “Impact of Baseline Polyneuropathy Severity on Vutrisiran Treatment Response in the Phase 3 HELIOS-A Study”

Nine month results from the randomized treatment extension (RTE) period of the HELIOS-A study of vutrisiran in patients with the polyneuropathy of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis were presented at the Italian Association for the Study of the Peripheral Nervous System.

Obici, et al. “HELIOS-A: 9-Month Results from the Randomized Treatment Extension Period of Vutrisiran in Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy”

Eighteen month results from the APOLLO-B Phase 3 study of patisiran in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy were presented at the Annual Congress of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology (Heart Failure 2023). A post-hoc analysis of the APOLLO-B study assessing the efficacy of patisiran in patients with hATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy and polyneuropathy (mixed phenotype) was also presented.

Fontana, et al. “Patisiran Treatment for ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis: 18-Month Results of the Phase 3 APOLLO-B Study”
Gustafsson, et al. “Effect of Patisiran Treatment in Patients with hATTR Amyloidosis with Cardiomyopathy and Polyneuropathy: Post-hoc Analysis of the APOLLO-B Study”

New 30-month results from the ILLUMINATE-B Phase 3 study of lumasiran in pediatric patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) shared at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2023 Meeting.

Michael, et al. “Efficacy and Safety of Lumasiran for Infants and Young Children with Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1: 30-Month Analysis of the Phase 3 ILLUMINATE-B Trial”

New data from a post-hoc analysis of the HELIOS-A Phase 3 study comparing efficacy outcomes with vutrisiran versus patisiran in hATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy were presented during the 2023 AAN Annual Meeting. Final results from a Phase 4 observational study evaluating the effect of patisiran on polyneuropathy and cardiomyopathy in patients with hATTR amyloidosis with V122I/T60A variants were also presented.

Polydefkis, et al. “Comparison of Efficacy Outcomes with Vutrisiran vs. Patisiran in hATTR Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy: Post-hoc Analysis of the HELIOS-A Study”

Comenzo, et al. “Effect of Patisiran on Polyneuropathy and Cardiomyopathy in Patients with hATTR Amyloidosis with V122I/T60A Variants: A Phase 4 Observational Study”

During the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 2023 Spring Clinical Meetings, we presented new 36-month results from the ILLUMINATE-A Phase 3 study of lumasiran in patients with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1).

Saland, et al. “Efficacy and Safety of Lumasiran in Patients with Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1: 36-Month Analysis of the ILLUMINATE-A Trial”

Results from nonclinical work investigating the potential utility of combining RNAi-mediated knockdown with REVERSIR-enabled rescue of transgene expression as a rheostat for adeno-associated virus (AAV) -delivered genes in the setting of gene therapy were published in the journal Nature Communications.

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