In Part 2 of this open-label Phase 2a study (NCT05660642), patients with moderate-to-severe TRD who are on a stable course of certain oral selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants will receive a single dose of BPL-003 alongside psychological support to explore the safety, tolerability, efficacy, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of BPL-003 as an adjunctive therapy to SSRIs. Patients will be followed for 12 weeks post-dosing. Initial results are expected in H1 2025.
Commenting on Part 2 of the trial,
Part 1 of the Phase 2a study investigating BPL-003 for TRD assessed a single 10mg dose of BPL-003 alongside psychological support in patients with moderate-to-severe TRD who were not taking concomitant antidepressants. Initial data showed that a single dose of BPL-003 induced a rapid antidepressant response1 in 55% of patients on the day after dosing. The antidepressant effect was durable, with a 55% response rate maintained at week 4, which continued to week 12. There were 55% of patients in remission2 at week 4 and 45% in remission at week 12. BPL-003 was also shown to require a short time in clinic with acute effects resolving on average in less than two hours, highlighting the potential of BPL-003 to deliver a scalable single dose treatment model that could fit within the existing Spravato two-hour treatment paradigm.
The BPL-003 Phase 2b study is currently underway, evaluating the effects of a single medium or high dose of BPL-003 against a sub-perceptual dose in TRD patients (NCT05870540). Initial results from that study are expected in H2 2024.
About Beckley Psytech and BPL-003
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atai is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to transform the treatment of mental health disorders and was founded as a response to the significant unmet need and lack of innovation in the mental health treatment landscape. atai is dedicated to efficiently developing innovative therapeutics to treat depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental health disorders. By pooling resources and best practices, atai aims to responsibly accelerate the development of new medicines to achieve clinically meaningful and sustained behavioral change in mental health patients. atai's vision is to heal mental health disorders so that everyone, everywhere can live a more fulfilled life.
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