– Includes Phase 1 Data in Healthy Human Subjects and Phase 1b Data in Celiac Disease Patients – NEW YORK , Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX), a biotechnology company developing a clinical pipeline of orally administered, small molecule therapies for chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced that the data from its phase 1/ 1b clinical trial of IMU-856, an orally available and systemically acting small molecule modulator that targets SIRT6 (Sirtuin 6), has been published in the peer reviewed journal, The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
Lead authored by Dr. A. James Daveson, Gastroenterologist, Wesley Research Institute and Coral Sea Clinical Research Institute, Queensland, Australia , the paper is entitled, " Safety, clinical activity, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics of IMU-856, a SIRT6 modulator, in coeliac disease: a first-in-human, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1 trial.
" It can be accessed through the following link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(24)00248-6/fulltext .
Dr. Daveson stated, "Celiac disease affects approximately 1.4% of the world's population.
The only current treatment option is a strict, lifelong gluten-free diet, which poses significant challenges due to dietary and social restrictions and the risk of cross-contamination, which leads to persistent intestinal inflammation with villous atrophy in many patients. IMU-856's potential ability to i.