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Kadmon (KDMN) Commences Dosing in KD025 Phase 2

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Kadmon Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating KD025 in Chronic Graft-Versus Host Disease

September 21, 2016 4:04 PM EDT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KDMN) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 clinical trial of KD025, the Companys rho-associated coiled-coil kinase 2 (ROCK2) inhibitor, for the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). The randomized, open-label, 24-week study examines the safety, tolerability and activity of KD025 dosed at 200 mg once daily (QD), 200 mg twice daily (BID) or 400 mg QD in 48 cGVHD patients in the United States.

cGVHD is a common and often fatal complication following allogeneic stem cell transplantation in which donor immune cells... More