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Protagonist Therapeutics (PTGX) Announces Initial Phase 2 Results with Hepcidin Mimetic PTG-300 in the Treatment of Polycythemia Vera

May 7, 2020 5:28 PM EDT

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTGX) today announced initial data from the ongoing Phase 2 study of PTG-300 in patients with polycythemia vera. The current results demonstrate that treatment with PTG-300 at individualized doses ranging from 10 mg to 80 mg for up to 28 weeks provided dose-related control of hematocrit levels and eliminated the need for phlebotomy in all six out of six patients that received the dosing as per protocol. A seventh patient with 12 weeks of treatment had an unintended dose interruption, received a single phlebotomy, and remains on the study. In addition, positive symptomatic... More