{"id":95447,"date":"2021-07-28T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/eccogene-announces-completed-first-in-human-of-ecc0509-in-phase-1a-clinical-trial-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T09:13:00","slug":"eccogene-announces-completed-first-in-human-of-ecc0509-in-phase-1a-clinical-trial-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/28\/eccogene-announces-completed-first-in-human-of-ecc0509-in-phase-1a-clinical-trial-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Eccogene Announces Completed First-in-human of ECC0509 in Phase 1a Clinical Trial in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1583074\/Eccogene__logo_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SHANGHAI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 28, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Eccogene, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovery and development of metabolic and immunologic therapeutics, announced the initiation of a Phase 1a clinical trial evaluating ECC0509, an oral inhibitor of semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO)\/vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1),&#160;as a potentially novel therapy for patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and osteoarthritis (OA) associated pain. <\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The trial is a Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential single- and multiple ascending dose clinical trial to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics of ECC0509 in healthy volunteers. All participants will receive either placebo, or a single dose or multiple doses of ECC0509. Preliminary topline data from the clinical trial is expected in Q1 2022. <\/p>\n<p><b>About ECC0509<\/b><\/p>\n<p>ECC0509 is a highly selective and peripherally distributed small molecule inhibitor of SSAO\/VAP-1, elevated activity of which is associated with pathophysiology of human disorders including NASH and OA. In Eccogene non-clinical studies, ECC0509 was shown to be well-absorbed, safe at the anticipated human dose range, and efficacious in animal models of NASH and OA pain following oral administration. <\/p>\n<p><b>About Eccogene<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Eccogene is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to providing innovative therapeutic solutions to address unmet medical needs globally.&#160;The company focuses on discovery and development of translational medicine in metabolic and immune-related diseases.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contacts for Eccogene<br \/><\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:contact@eccogene.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">contact@eccogene.com<\/a><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eccogene.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.eccogene.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\">  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHANGHAI, July 28, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Eccogene, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovery and development of metabolic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}