Development of new anti-epilepsy treatments targeting cellular energetics through mitochondrial modulation with optimal pharmacokinetics and toxicity profiles

Neuroene Therapeutics是一家生物技术公司，旨在开发和商业化安全有效的 癫痫的治疗方法每26人中就有1人在一生中患癫痫，然而目前可用的抗癫痫药物 癫痫药物（AED）有几个问题和责任，留下未满足的市场需求，如（1）不 控制40%癫痫患者的癫痫发作，（2）目前的AED仅治疗癫痫症状， 不改变基础疾病;（3）不良反应。 我们已经发现了新的抗癫痫化合物，可以保护线粒体和神经元的健康， 我成功完成了第一阶段STTR：我们通过精心设计优化了先导化合物 和合成，其现在具有优异的血清半衰期（5.6小时，与之前的1小时的t1/2相比），滞留， 和口服生物利用度（100%）在小鼠体内，以及增加抗癫痫活性相比，我们的先前 线索了我们现在的目标是完成我们的先导化合物的IND研究。 Neuroene Therapeutics的最终目标是为患有以下疾病的患者开发新一代AED。 耐药性癫痫和那些从他们目前的药物严重副作用。有 目前没有针对线粒体功能障碍的AED，尽管这是癫痫的主要促成因素。 靶向替代作用机制，与当前AED相比，治疗剂量较低 意味着这种新疗法可能更有效，潜在的副作用更少。 建立最佳口服制剂和药代动力学（PK）和药效学（PD）关系， 啮齿类动物将揭示最佳给药策略和最佳癫痫子集的铅化合物， 使未来的研究，这种潜在的口服为基础的AED在高等哺乳动物和人类。 目标1。合成、ADMET和制剂。我们的最终目标是生产一种安全的AED， 口服给药将提供最低80%口服生物利用度的优化口服制剂， 交付。目标2.口服给药和脑生物利用度。我们将确定口服最大耐受剂量 (MTD)、最佳剂量和给药方案。先导化合物应该 没有可观察到的基因或慢性毒性，并将在脑组织中保持显著的CMAX，具有良好的靶向性 选择性目的3：抗癫痫疗效。将评价先导化合物的抗癫痫疗效， 多种啮齿类动物癫痫发作模型。先导化合物将被认为对以下啮齿动物模型有效： 耐药性癫痫，通过降低剂量低于MTD时癫痫发作的发生率，以及PD（持续时间 急性抗癫痫作用）将与PK相关。 在该II期研究结束时，先导化合物将被视为可行的新一代药物， AED基于实现体内疗效和PK/PD里程碑，允许在高等哺乳动物中进行研究 用于人体研究的IND前申请。将寻求与制药和生物技术的合作伙伴关系， 将治疗剂用于人体临床试验并完成产品的商业化。

Neuroene Therapeutics is a biotech company established to develop and commercialize safe effective therapies for epilepsy. 1 in 26 people develop epilepsy in their lifetime, however the currently available anti- epileptic drugs (AEDs) have several issues and liabilities that leave unmet market needs, such as (1) not controlling seizures for 40% of patients with epilepsy, (2) current AEDs only treat the symptoms of epilepsy and do not modify underlying disease, (3) adverse effects. We have discovered new anti-epilepsy compounds that protect mitochondrial and neuronal health and have successfully completed the Phase I STTR: we have optimized the lead compound through careful design and synthesis, which now has excellent serum half-life (5.6 hr, compared to previous t1/2 of 1 hr), rentention, and oral bioavailability (100%) in vivo in mice, as well as increased antiseizure activity compared to our prior lead. Our goal now is to complete IND-enabling studies for our lead compound. The ultimate goal of Neuroene Therapeutics is to develop a new generation of AED for patients with medication-resistant epilepsy and those with severe side-effects from their current medication. There are currently no AEDs that target mitochondrial dysfunction, despite being a major contributing factor for epilepsy. Targeting an alternative mechanism of action, and having a low therapeutic dose compared to current AEDs on the market means this novel therapy is likely to be more effective with fewer potential side effects. Establishing the optimal oral formulation and pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) relationship in rodents will reveal the best dosing strategies and the best epilepsy subset for the lead compound that will enable future studies of this potential oral-based AED in higher mammals and humans. Aim 1. Synthesis, ADMET, and formulation. Our ultimate goal is to produce a safe AED that can be orally delivered in humans. An optimized oral formulation with a minimum of 80% oral bioavailability will be delivered. Aim 2. Oral dosing and brain bioavailability. We will determine the oral maximum tolerated dose (MTD), optimum dose, and dosing regimen of the lead compound in rodents. The lead compound should have no observable geno- or chronic toxicity, and will maintain a significant CMAX in brain tissue with excellent target selectivity. Aim 3: Anti-seizure efficacy. The lead compound will be evaluated for anti-seizure efficacy in multiple rodent seizure models. The lead compound will be considered efficacious against rodent models of medication-resistant epilepsy, by reducing incidence of seizures at doses below MTD, and PD (duration of acute anti-epileptic effect) will be correlated with PK. At the end of this Phase II study, the lead compound will be deemed feasible as a new generation of AED based on achieving in vivo efficacy and PK/PD milestones, allowing for studies in higher mammals required for pre-IND filing for human studies. Partnerships with Pharma and Biotech will be sought to take the therapeutic agent into human clinical trials and to complete commercialization of the product.