MindMed Presents Phase 2b Study of MM120 for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) at American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Meeting in New York
-A single oral administration of MM120 100 µg met its primary and key secondary endpoints and maintained clinically and statistically significant HAM-A reductions compared to placebo at 12 weeks with a 65% clinical response rate and a 48% clinical remission rate-
-MindMed also presents two new epidemiology studies quantifying the burden of GAD in the US-
-APA Annual Meeting, the largest psychiatric gathering in the world, is the first scientific presentation of MM120 Phase 2b data-
MM120 demonstrated rapid, clinically meaningful, and statistically significant improvements on the Hamilton Anxiety rating scale (HAM-A) compared to placebo at Week 4, the study’s primary endpoint, and maintained durability of response to week 12. MM120 was administered as a single dose in a monitored clinical setting, with no additional therapeutic intervention, to demonstrate the medication’s effect.
“On behalf of the 20 million people in the US – and millions more worldwide – who are living with GAD, we are incredibly excited for the therapeutic potential that MM120 shows based on its rapid and robust efficacy, durably sustained for 12 weeks after a single dose in this study,” said
MM120 100µg – the dose with optimal clinical activity observed in the study – demonstrated a 7.7-point improvement over placebo at Week 12 (-21.9 MM120 vs. -14.2 placebo; p<0.003 Cohen’s d=0.81), with a 65% clinical response rate and a 48% clinical remission rate sustained to Week 12. Clinical Global Impressions - Severity (CGI-S) scores on average improved from 4.8 to 2.2 in the 100µg dose group, representing a two-category shift from ‘markedly ill’ to ‘borderline ill’ at Week 12 (p<0.004). This clinical activity was rapid, observed as early as study day 2, and durable with further improvements observed in mean HAM-A or CGI-S scores between Weeks 4 and 12.
In today’s presentation of the Phase 2b study with MM120, investigators presented results from the assessment of several additional secondary endpoints that were pre-specified. One such endpoint was the change from baseline compared to placebo in
In MMED008, MM120 was generally well-tolerated, with most adverse events rated as mild to moderate, transient, and occurring on the dosing day (day 1) and being consistent with the expected acute effects of the study drug. The most common adverse events, with at least 10% incidence on dosing day in the 100µg dose group, included illusion, nausea, headache, hallucination, euphoric mood, anxiety, mydriasis, hyperhidrosis, paresthesia, fatigue, blood pressure increase, abnormal thinking, and altered state of consciousness.
Prior to treatment with MM120, study participants were clinically tapered and then washed out from any anxiolytic or antidepressant treatments and were not provided study-related psychotherapy for the duration of their participation in the study.
“As a clinician and clinical researcher, I applaud the way this study was designed by MindMed to isolate the effect of MM120 by removing confounding variables like additional medications and psychotherapy,” said
New Data on the Burden of GAD
Two additional studies with new epidemiological data were also presented today by MindMed at the APA meeting. One study strongly supports screening the general population for anxiety as recommended by the
The second study compared diagnosed and undiagnosed people with GAD to determine the condition’s relative impact on their lives. This study determined that clinically meaningful impact of GAD was more significant among undiagnosed adults than their diagnosed counterparts. This difference was consistently noted across multiple factors: health-related quality of life, healthcare resource utilization, substantial activity impairment and work productivity loss.
“We are committed to addressing the unmet medical needs of people with brain health disorders and particularly the growing prevalence and dramatic underdiagnosis of GAD,” said
About Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
GAD is a common condition associated with significant impairment that adversely affects millions of people. GAD results in fear, persistent anxiety, and a constant feeling of being overwhelmed. It is characterized by excessive, persistent, and unrealistic worry about everyday things. Approximately 10% of
About Study MMED008
MMED008 was a multi-center, parallel, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-optimization study. The trial enrolled 198 participants who were randomized to receive a single administration of MM120 at a dose of 25, 50, 100 or 200 µg or placebo. The full analysis set (FAS) for the trial included 194 participants, those that had at least one valid post-baseline Hamilton Anxiety rating scale (HAM-A) score. Participants enrolled in the trial presented with severe GAD symptoms (average baseline HAM-A scores of approximately 30). The study's main objective was to determine the dose-response relationship of four doses of MM120 versus placebo as measured by the change in HAM-A from baseline to Week 4. The key secondary objective of the study was to determine the dose-response relationship of four doses of MM120 versus placebo as measured by the change in HAM-A from baseline to Week 8. Secondary objectives, measured up to 12 weeks after the single administration, included assessments of anxiety symptoms, safety and tolerability, and other measures of efficacy and quality of life. More information about the trial is available on the MindMed website (mindmed.co) or on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05407064).
About MM120
Lysergide is a synthetic ergotamine belonging to the group of classic, or serotonergic, psychedelics, which acts as a partial agonist at human serotonin-2A (5-hydroxytryptamine-2A [5-HT2A]) receptors. MindMed is developing MM120 (lysergide D-tartrate), the tartrate salt form of lysergide, for GAD and is exploring its potential applications in other serious brain health disorders.
About MindMed
MindMed is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel product candidates to treat brain health disorders. Our mission is to be the global leader in the development and delivery of treatments that unlock new opportunities to improve patient outcomes. We are developing a pipeline of innovative product candidates, with and without acute perceptual effects, targeting neurotransmitter pathways that play key roles in brain health disorders.
MindMed trades on NASDAQ under the symbol MNMD.
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