PolyPid Announces Enrollment of 200th Patient in Ongoing SHIELD II Phase 3 Trial Evaluating D-PLEX₁₀₀ for the Prevention of Abdominal Colorectal Surgical Site Infections
Study Approximately Half Enrolled to the Planned Unblinded Interim Analysis
Unblinded Interim Analysis to be Conducted Once Approximately 400 Patients Complete Their 30-Day Follow-up
Top-line Results Expected in Second Half of 2024
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PolyPid Ltd. (Nasdaq: PYPD) (“PolyPid” or the “Company”), a late-stage biopharma company aiming to improve surgical outcomes, today announced that it has enrolled the 200th patient in its ongoing SHIELD II Phase 3 trial for D-PLEX100 for the prevention of surgical site infections in patients undergoing abdominal colorectal surgery with large incisions. The study is now approximately one-third enrolled and is anticipated to continue enrollment at a pace of 1.5 patients per center per month. There are currently approximately 40 centers open and the Company expects to add approximately 20 more centers over the next couple of months.
An unblinded interim analysis is anticipated to be conducted in mid-2024, once a total of approximately 400 patients complete their 30-day follow-up.
“Enrollment into SHIELD II has significantly ramped-up during the last two months and is now progressing at a consistently robust pace,” said Dikla Czaczkes Akselbrad, PolyPid’s Chief Executive Officer. “We continue to expect top-line results from SHIELD II in the second half of 2024. Importantly, the $16 million financing we successfully completed earlier this year extends our cash runway beyond the anticipated timing of the study’s planned unblinded interim analysis, and we have the potential to secure an additional $19 million if the results of the unblinded interim analysis are positive and warrants are exercised, which would fund the Company to the start of a planned rolling New Drug Application (“NDA”) submission for D-PLEX100.”
In January 2024, PolyPid closed a private placement financing (the “PIPE”) for $16 million of gross proceeds. The PIPE syndicate was comprised of new and existing investors, including participation from new U.S. life sciences-focused investors, DAFNA Capital Management and Rosalind Advisors. The Company has the potential to secure an additional $19 million if the results of the unblinded interim analysis are positive and all warrants issued in the financing are exercised, which would fund PolyPid to the start of a planned rolling NDA submission for D-PLEX100.
About SHIELD II
SHIELD II (Surgical site Hospital acquired Infection prEvention with Local D-PLEX) is a prospective, multinational, randomized, double blind Phase 3 trial designed to assess the efficacy and safety of D-PLEX100 administered concomitantly with standard of care (“SoC”), which includes prophylactic systemic antibiotics, compared to SoC alone arm, in the prevention of post abdominal-surgery incisional infection in patients undergoing abdominal colorectal surgeries with large incisions. The primary endpoint of the trial is measured by the proportion of subjects with either a surgical site infection (“SSI”) event as determined by a blinded and independent adjudication committee, reintervention, or mortality for any reason within 30 days post-surgery. Patient safety will be monitored for an additional 30 days. The trial will enroll patients in centers in the United States, Europe and Israel.
About D-PLEX100
D-PLEX100, PolyPid’s lead product candidate, is designed to provide local prolonged and controlled anti-bacterial activity directly at the surgical site to prevent SSIs. Following the administration of D-PLEX100 into the surgical site, the PLEX (Polymer-Lipid Encapsulation matriX) technology pairs with Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, enabling a prolonged and continuous release of the broad-spectrum antibiotic doxycycline, resulting in a high local concentration of the drug for a period of 30 days for the prevention of SSIs, with additional potential to prevent SSIs caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria at the surgical site. D-PLEX100 received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of SSIs in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery. D-PLEX100 is currently in Phase 3 SHIELD II trial for the prevention of surgical site infections in patients undergoing open abdominal colorectal surgery with large incisions.
About PolyPid
(Nasdaq: ) is a late-stage biopharma company aiming to improve surgical outcomes. Through locally administered, controlled, prolonged-release therapeutics, PolyPid’s proprietary PLEX (Polymer-Lipid Encapsulation matriX) technology pairs with Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), enabling precise delivery of drugs at optimal release rates over durations ranging from several days to months. PolyPid’s lead product candidate D-PLEX100 is in Phase 3 clinical trial for the prevention of abdominal colorectal surgical site infections. In addition, the Company is currently in preclinical stages to test the efficacy of OncoPLEX for the treatment of solid tumors, beginning with glioblastoma.
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Contacts:
PolyPid Ltd.
Ori Warshavsky
COO – US
908-858-5995
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