SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA — Otonomy, Inc. (NASDAQ: OTIC), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics for neurotology, today announced that the OTO-313 Phase 2 trial in tinnitus demonstrated no clinically meaningful benefit versus placebo for primary and secondary endpoints across all timepoints.
The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial enrolled 153 patients with persistent, unilateral tinnitus of at least moderate severity. Patients were randomized 1:1 to a single intratympanic injection of OTO-313 (n=77) or placebo (n=76) and followed for 4 months.
The primary endpoint was a responder analysis based on the proportion of patients who reported a clinically meaningful improvement, defined as a reduction of 13 points or more in the Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI), from baseline to both Months 1 and 2 following treatment. The trial failed to meet this primary endpoint as well as secondary endpoints for the total study population. Although OTO-313 did show a higher response rate than placebo in a prospectively defined patient subgroup with tinnitus duration of less than 6 months (population studied in Phase 1/2 trial), the overall results do not support further development of OTO-313.
“These results were unexpected with a much higher placebo response than observed in the prior Phase 1/2 study. In addition to this trial, we have also reviewed preliminary top-line results for the one-month safety evaluation of higher and bilateral dosing of OTO-313 and did not observe a treatment benefit that is convincing in light of the Phase 2 results. Therefore, we must make the difficult decision for all stakeholders including patients and clinicians who were highly supportive of this trial to discontinue further work on OTO-313. We also intend to implement other measures to extend our cash runway.”
–David A. Weber, Ph.D., President and CEO of Otonomy
The company’s clinical focus shifts to OTO-413 for the treatment of hearing loss. Positive Phase 2a results for OTO-413 were announced in April 2022, which corroborated findings from an earlier Phase 1/2 study. In addition, enrollment is complete for evaluation of higher dosing with top-line results expected in the fourth quarter of 2022.
About Otonomy
Otonomy is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics for neurotology. The company pioneered the application of drug delivery technology to the ear in order to develop products that achieve sustained drug exposure from a single local administration. This approach is covered by a broad patent estate and is being utilized to develop a pipeline of products addressing important unmet medical needs in neurotology.
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