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Formulating Peptides/proteins for Oral Delivery: a Clinical Case
Study
John S. Vrettos, Ph.D. Sr. Principal Scientist
Formulation Development
2014 AAPS National Meeting and Exposition
Enteris BioPharma
• Clinically validated solid oral dosage formulation technology
• for peptides and challenging small molecules
• Enteris has effectively addressed both permeability and
solubility challenges with a simple, elegant and scalable solution
• Privately held, New Jersey based biotech company • Owned by Victory Park Capital, a Chicago-based investment firm • Extensive scientific know-how and R&D experience • Proven GMP tablet and API manufacturing capabilities • Demonstrated a track record of clinical success across a range of
compounds and therapeutic indications • Enteris offers robust IP protection
• Patents extend to 2030 • Feasibility study and licensing business model
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Manufacturing
• Enteris cGMP Manufacturing
• 32,000 ft2 cGMP facility located in Boonton, NJ
• Separate tableting and nasal spray filling suites
• Multi-kilogram scale microbial fermentation and purification suites
• Full QA/QC and regulatory support
• Commercial product in US distribution
• Fortical ® Calcitonin-Salmon (rDNA origin) Nasal Spray, marketed by Upsher-Smith Laboratories
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Clinically Validated Oral Delivery Technology
• Clinically validated oral peptide delivery technology • Positive Phase 3 oral Calcitonin: Osteoporosis(1)
• Positive Phase 2 oral PTH: Osteoporosis(2)
• Positive Phase 2 oral Calcitonin: Osteopenia(3) • Positive Phase 1 oral CR845: Neuropathic Pain(4)
• Sponsored preclinical peptide programs
• Several ongoing or completed formulation programs
• (1) Tarsa Therapeutics, Inc. (JBMR 27, No.8, 2012, 1821-1829) • (2) Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (Bone 53, 2013, 160-166) (Clin Pharm 52, No. 6, 2013) • (3) Tarsa Therapeutics, Inc. (ASBMR, 2012) • (4) Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (data on file)
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Potential Commercial Benefits of Peptelligence™
• Increases product uptake and utilization vs. parenteral administration • Increased physician starts; fewer patient refusals • Enhanced patient compliance • Better patient outcomes
• Protects and extends product exclusivity and commercial life • Provides compelling differentiation in competitive markets • Adds extra layer of robust IP protection until 2030 • Refreshes and extends commercial life of products
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Challenges to Solid Oral Dosage Formulations
Oral peptide delivery • GI tract is designed to degrade and
digest peptides • Low permeability through the
intestinal cell layer
Peptelligence™ solution to these challenges
• Reduces peptide degradation • Increases paracellular transport • No modification of the peptide
required
Oral small molecule delivery • Solubility or dissolution limited
absorption • Poor permeability due to interaction
with efflux transporters or other mechanisms
Peptelligence™ solution to these challenges
• Permeation enhancer acts as a surfactant
• Paracellular transport bypasses transcellular permeation hurdles
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Bioavailability Data in Dogs: Peptides and Small Molecules
Abso
lute
Bio
avai
labi
lity
(%)
Molecular Weight (Da)
SMALL MOLECULES PEPTIDES PROPRIETARY PEPTIDES
zanamivir
tobramycin
tigecycline
kanamycin
CR-845
calcitonin PTH 1-34 insulin
leuprolide
octreotide
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Mechanism of Drug Delivery
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Enteric Coat Dissolves at Neutral pH in the Small Intestine
• Acid-stable enteric coating prevents tablet release in stomach • Less susceptible to food effects or
dilution with liquids • API protected from degradation by
acid and pepsin • Peptides • Acid-labile small molecules
• Water-soluble sub-coat acts as a
partition layer between the enteric coat and the acidic tablet core • Simultaneous release of API and
excipients
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pH Modifier, Permeability Enhancers and API Released
• Citric acid (CA), sugar-coated granules • Increases stability of tablet formulation • Compatible with peptides and small
molecules • Acts as protease inhibitor for peptides • Calcium chelator and membrane
permeation enhancer • pH-lowering agent that increases
absorptive flux • Membrane wetting/charge dispersal agent
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API Absorbed Across Intestinal Wall via Paracellular Transport
• Lauroyl-L-carnitine (LLC) • Modulates tight junctions in the intestinal
enterocytes and enhances paracellular transport
• Acts as a solubilizing agent due to surfactant properties
• Inhibits P-gp efflux transporters • Brittle powder, not a wax or liquid • Type V DMF on file
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Criteria for Selection of Peptides: Developability Assessment
1. Characteristics of the API
• What is the peptide sequence (or number of amino acids)?
• Are there any chemical modifications to the peptide (and if so, what are they)?
• What is the total molecular weight (including any modifications)?
• Is the peptide soluble in pure water? Buffers or salt solutions (which ones)? Acidic pH?
• Does it aggregate?
• Is it susceptible to proteolysis (qualitatively)?
• Is it cyclic? How large is the macrocycle?
• What is the overall net charge? The pI?
• Any special phys-chem properties that should be known?
2. Project status
• Is this in clinical development?
• What is the indication?
• Assuming we’re successful, do you have a target date for getting a tablet formulation into the clinic?
3. Feasibility for oral delivery
• What is the injectable dose (IV/IM/SC)?
• What’s the mechanism of action (e.g., agonist or antagonist)?
• What’s the therapeutic window? 12
Pre-clinical and Clinical Peptide Experience
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Dog Model Predicts Bioavailability in Humans
• Enteris' dog model for oral delivery shows high degree of linearity with respect to dose offering a wide range of dosing strategies
• Comparability of PK results in dog and human shows that Enteris’ dog model is an appropriate success predictor for human studies
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Plas
ma
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ax (p
g/m
l)
Dose (mg)
Dose Linearity in Dogs (39 aa peptide)
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Hum
an C
max
(pg/
ml)
Dog Cmax (pg/ml)
Human/Dog Correlation (sCT)
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Absorption of LHRH Analog in Dogs as a Function of Enteric Coat
Formulation B
Unformulated C
Formulation D
Capsule (formulation)
Enteric coat composition (weight gain)
Tmax (min)
Bioavailability (% F)
A (+ CA/LLC)
L30D-55 (10%)
111 3.0
B (+ CA/LLC)
L30D-55 (15%)
116 4.6
C (+ CA/LLC)
L30D-55 / FS30D (12%)
152 7.2
D (– CA/LLC)
L30D-55 (10%)
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RH
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/mL)
Time Relative to Tmax (minutes)
Capsule Formulation in Dogs
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Bioavailability of Cara’s CR845 in Preclinical & Phase I
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5%
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20%13% 13%
16%
Rat Dog Man
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Phase I Oral CR845 Study
Time (hours)
CR84
5 (ng
/mL)
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1
10
100
3 mg
0.5 mg1 mg
10 mg
N = 8/group
Mean + SEM
CR845 Demonstrated 16% Oral Bioavailability
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PTH Phase II Study
Mean PTH Cmax Values for Subjects Receiving Oral PTH(1-31)NH2 and Forsteo®
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Development of Oral Calcitonin for Osteoporosis
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Pharmacokinetic and pH Profile of Enteric Coated sCT and Heidelberg Capsules in Dogs
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Time (min)
sCT
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ml)
sCT
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8Intestinal pH
pH
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Phase I sCT Exploratory Study
• Design: Single Dose, Open, Crossover Design Study • Subjects: 18 Postmenopausal Women • Study Medication Doses
• 500 μg Tablet (CA/LLC) • 1500 μg Tablet (CA) • 200 IU Fortical® Nasal Spray
• Assessments: • PD Measurements (CTX-1) up to 24 hours Post Dosing • PK Measurements up to 24 hours Post Dosing
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sCT PK and PD Profiles Following Administration of sCT to Postmenopausal Women
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0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0
sCT
(pg/
mL)
Time Relative Tmax (hours)
Nasal
500 µg PO
1500 µg PO
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om b
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ine
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asm
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) Time (hours)
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Dose Dependent Oral Absorption of sCT Enteric-coated Tablets in Humans
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Cm
ax P
lasm
a sC
T (p
g/m
l)
Dose sCT (µg)
Mean Cmax Individual Cmax
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Phase II Oral sCT Dose Selection Study
• Design: Single Dose, Open, Crossover Design Study • Subjects: 24 Post Menopausal Women • Study Medication Doses:
• 50 μg Tablet (CA) • 200 μg Tablet (CA) • 200 IU Fortical® Nasal Spray
• Assessments: • PD Measurements (CTX-1) Up To 24 hours Post Dosing • PK Measurements Up To 24 hours Post Dosing
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sCT PK and PD Profiles Following Administration of sCT to Postmenopausal Women
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sCT
(pg/
mL)
Time Relative Tmax (hours)
Nasal
50 µg PO
200 µg PO
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-60
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-20
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20
0 5 10
sCT
(pg/
mL)
Time Relative Tmax (hours)
• Subsequent phase 2 study for osteopenia showed no effect from food on
PD markers (lumbar spine bone mineral density) Osteoporos Int, Volume 25, Issue 11, pages 2649-2656
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Phase 3 Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of Oral Calcitonin in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
(ORACAL)
• Design: Double-blind, Double-dummy, Multiple Dose, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, 48-week
• Subjects: 565 Post Menopausal Women • Study Medication Doses:
• 200 μg Tablet (CA) • Placebo Tablet (CA) • 200 IU Fortical® Nasal Spray • Placebo Nasal Spray
• Assessments: • Primary Endpoint: Percent Change From Baseline in Bone
Mineral Density (BMD) of Axial Lumbar Spine
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Phase III Oral Calcitonin Study
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Volume 27, Issue 8, pages 1821-1829
Cum
ulat
ive
Per
cent
of S
ubje
cts
Percent Change in Lumbar Spine Bone Mineral Density
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0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
rsCT Tablet Nasal Spray Placebop=ns p=0.014 p<0.001
Phase III Oral Calcitonin Study
Mea
n %
Cha
nge
LS-B
MD
Primary Endpoint (Change in LS BMD) Achieved
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Concluding Remarks
• Enteris BioPharma has: • A clinically validated solid oral dosage formulation technology for
oral delivery of peptides
• Addressed both permeability and solubility challenges with a simple, elegant and scalable solution
• Several successful pre-clinical and clinical programs
• Cara Therapeutics CR845 (neuropathic pain)
• Tarsa Therapeutics Ostora® (osteoporosis, osteopenia)
• Proprietary and internal programs
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Thank You!
Questions?