| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On March 28, 2023, Biomea Fusion, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing initial clinical data from the Phase II portion of COVALENT-111, the Company’s clinical trial of its lead product candidate, BMF-219, in type 2 diabetes. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The Company also hosted a conference call and live webcast to discuss the interim clinical data on March 28, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. E.T. The Company has made available a slide presentation to accompany the call, a copy of which is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 attached hereto, is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
On March 28, 2023, the Company reported topline initial clinical data from the Phase 2 portion of COVALENT-111. 40 subjects were enrolled in the first three cohorts of COVALENT-111, with the first cohort comprising 16 healthy volunteers (HVs) exposed to 100 mg BMF-219 once daily for two weeks. In Cohorts 2 and 3, subjects with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (n=12 per cohort with ten subjects treated with BMF-219 and two subjects on placebo) received BMF-219 once daily for four weeks with or without food, respectively. In the two diabetes cohorts, enrolled patients had T2DM diagnosed for ≤15 years, were ages 18 to 65, had a body mass index (BMI) ≥25 and ≤40 kg/m2, and had uncontrolled diabetes with HbA1c ≥7.0% and ≤10% despite being on up to three standard-of-care diabetes therapies. At baseline, patients enrolled in Cohorts 2 and 3 had a median A1c of 7.9% and 7.8%, respectively.
Active treatment Cohort 3 (BMF-219 without food) compared to Cohort 2 (BMF-219 with food) showed a positive dose-response pharmacokinetics relationship demonstrated by about a threefold median increase in Cmax (ng/ml) and AUC (ng x h/ml) when BMF-219 was administered without food. This increase in BMF-219 systemic exposure was in line with the differences seen in the response rates between the two cohorts. Specifically, the change in HbA1c at four weeks for Cohort 3 patients (n=9) on BMF-219 (100 mg, without food) showed a median A1c reduction of -1.0% and a 89% (8/9) response rate at four weeks, with 78% of subjects achieving a ≥0.5% reduction in A1c and 56% achieving a ≥1.0% reduction in A1c. Cohort 2 patients (n=10) on BMF-219 (100 mg, with food) showed a median A1c reduction of -0.3% and a 70% (7/10) response rate at four weeks, with 30% of subjects achieving a ≥0.5% to ≤1.0% reduction in A1c. Placebo patients (n=4) showed a median and mean A1c reduction between -0.1% and -0.15%.
The Company also reported on the tolerability profile of BMF-219 observed in Cohorts 1, 2, and 3 of COVALENT-111. During the HV portion of the study, in Cohort 1 (n=16), the Company observed minor Grade 1 Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and no TEAEs were considered related to BMF-219. During the dosing of diabetes patients in Cohorts 2 and 3, all TEAEs observed were Grade 1, except for an asymptomatic laboratory finding of Grade 2 elevated lipase in a single subject that was considered unrelated to BMF-219. In summary, BMF-219 was generally well-tolerated.
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