Bellerophon Announces FDA Acceptance of Change to Ongoing Phase 3 REBUILD Study of INOpulse® for Treatment of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease

• New study size of 140 patients for the REBUILD Study, without modifying trial objective or endpoints and maintaining power of >90% for the primary endpoint
  
  
• Independent Data Monitoring Committee agreed that the new targeted study size is appropriate
• Enrollment now expected to conclude in Q1 2023, with pivotal top-line data readout anticipated in Q3 2023
  
  

WARREN, N.J., Sept. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLPH) (“Bellerophon” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company focused on developing treatments for cardiopulmonary diseases, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Company’s proposal to reduce the study size for its ongoing registrational REBUILD Phase 3 trial of INOpulse® for the treatment of fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease (fILD). The new study size of 140 subjects does not impact the trial’s principal objective or endpoints and maintains power of >90% (p-value < 0.01) for the primary endpoint of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) based on the effect size observed in Phase 2.

Following the evaluation of baseline MVPA characteristics, as measured by actigraphy, compliance to treatment and review of safety data of the randomized subjects in the ongoing Phase 3 REBUILD study, the trial’s independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) supported reducing the target study size from 300 to 140 subjects.

“With this study size change, we believe that we are well-positioned to accelerate the completion of our Phase 3 REBUILD study,” said Naseem Amin, M.D., Chairman of Bellerophon’s Board of Directors. “With over 100 subjects randomized to date, we expect to complete enrollment in the first quarter of 2023, and anticipate the availability of pivotal top-line data in the third quarter of 2023.”

“The target of 140 subjects maintains a statistical power of greater than 90% for MVPA, which has been accepted by the FDA as the primary endpoint for the Phase 3 REBUILD study,” said Peter Fernandes, Bellerophon’s Principal Executive Officer.

Dr. Steven D. Nathan, M.D., F.C.C.P., Medical Director of the Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Program at Inova Fairfax Hospital and Chair of Bellerophon’s REBUILD Steering Committee, said, “The revised study size is based on an effect size generated from Phase 2 study data in 44 patients with the same primary endpoint being evaluated in the Phase 3 study, MVPA. The analysis presented to the FDA indicated that the trial remains adequately powered to demonstrate a statistically significant result on MVPA. We look forward to working with the Company to get this study over the finish line soon and build upon and validate the existing body of clinical evidence generated to date for INOpulse.”

The REBUILD study is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of pulsed inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) in subjects on long-term oxygen therapy who are at risk for pulmonary hypertension associated with pulmonary fibrosis. The study plans to enroll 140 fILD subjects who will be treated with either INOpulse at a dose of iNO45 (45 mcg/kg ideal body weight/hr) or placebo. The trial’s primary endpoint is the placebo corrected change in MVPA, as measured by actigraphy.

For further details regarding the protocol and additional information on the REBUILD Phase 3 study of INOpulse for the treatment of fILD, please visit ClinicalTrials.gov and reference Identifier .

About Bellerophon

Bellerophon Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company focused on developing innovative therapies that address significant unmet medical needs in the treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases. The Company is currently developing multiple product candidates under its INOpulse® program, a proprietary pulsatile nitric oxide delivery system. For more information, please visit

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