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ATTRv-PN Treatment Vutrisiran Demonstrates Long-Term Efficacy in Open-Label HELIOS-A Extension
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- Vutrisiran demonstrated sustained efficacy and safety in ATTRv-PN patients over an 18-month period, reducing serum transthyretin levels and maintaining disease stability.
- The study confirmed vutrisiran's effectiveness across multiple endpoints, including neuropathy impairment and quality of life assessments, with significant improvements observed.
New findings confirm vutrisiran's long-term safety and efficacy in treating hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, enhancing patient quality of life.
Laura Obici, MD
Newly presented results from the randomized treatment extension (RTE) period of the phase 3 HELIOS-A study (NCT03759379) showed that vutrisiran (Amvuttra; Alnylam Pharmaceuticals) was safe, and resulted in sustained disease stability and reduction of serum transthyretin (TTR) levels among patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) over an 18-month period.1
Vutrisiran, an RNA therapeutic, was originally approved in 2022 for ATTRv-PN based on 9-month data from HELIOS-A, a large-scale randomized controlled trial. In the study, patients were randomized 3:1 to vutrisiran (25 mg subcutaneous [SC] every 3 months [Q3M] or patisiran (0.3 mg/kg intravenous every 3 weeks) for 18 months, then re-randomized to SC vutrisiran 25 mg Q3M or 50 mg Q6M at the start of the RTE period. A total of 149 patients (median age, 62 years) were re-randomized for the RTE period.
Presented at the 2025 Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) Annual Meeting, held May 17-20, in Edinburgh, Scotland, the data revealed that vutrisiran was effective across the 18-month RTE period for all efficacy end points analyzed. These included modified Neuropathy Impairment Score+7 (mNIS+7), with mean changes of 5.4 (SE, 1.4) points, as well as Norfolk Quality of Life-Diabetic Neuropathy assessment, demonstrated by mean changes of 5.2 (SE, 1.5) points. More notably, investigators observed sustained efficacy and reduced serum TTR levels for patients previously treated with patisiran who switched to vutrisiran.
Throughout the trial, vutrisiran was considered safe and well tolerated, with no new safety concerns and COVID-19 as the most common adverse event observed (28.9%). Senior author Laura Obici, MD, Consultant at the Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center and Head of Rare Diseases Unit at IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, PA, Italy, and colleagues concluded that these data further inform the long-term efficacy and safety of vutrisiran in patients with ATTRv-PN.
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In the original HELIOS-A trial, results showed that vutrisiran met its primary end point of change from baseline in the mNIS+7 at 9 months (P <.001), with the therapy additionally achieving statistically significant results (P <.001) on secondary measures such as the Norfolk Quality of Life Questionnaire-Diabetic Neuropathy and timed 10-meter walk test compared with historical placebo results. Notably, the treatment also showed improvement on the exploratory cardiac biomarker end point, NT-proBNP (nominal P <.05) when compared with placebo.2
Earlier this year, the FDA expanded the indication of vutrisiran to include the treatment of cardiomyopathy associated with wild-type or hereditary ATTR in adults. With the approval, it became the first and only marketed treatment for both cardiomyopathy and polyneuropathy manifestations of ATTR amyloidosis. Findings for the decision were based on the phase 3 HELIOS-B trial (NCT04153149), a study of 655 patients ATTR-CM.3
Data from HELIOS-B, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that vutrisiran led to a reduction in the combined risk of all-course mortality and recurrent cardiovascular events by 28% (overall population HR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.56-0.93; P = .01). This effect was also seen in a subgroup of monotherapy patients who were not receiving tafamidis (Vyndamax; Pfizer) at baseline (HR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.49-0.93; P = .02). Notably, the treatment group also had a lower risk of death from any cause through 42 months (overall population HR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.46-0.90; P = .01).4
At the 2024 American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) meeting, a new analysis of the phase 3 HELIOS-A trial was presented, with resulted demonstrating vutrisiran’s positive impact on quality of life in ATTRv-PN. Over the 18-month observed period, those on the therapy showed stable raw Rasch-built Overall Disability Scale (R-ODS; baseline = 35, month 18 = 36;), a patient-reported outcome, and Logits (baseline: 2.04, month 18 = 2.28), an indication of preservation of activity. This was reflected by patients’ ability to walk outdoors for less than 1 km, whereas investigators observed deterioration in the placebo arm (R-ODS: baseline = 30.5, month 18 = 19.5; Logit: baseline = 1.05, month 18 = 1.06).5
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