Mithra Completes Pediatric Study of ESTELLE® in Adolescent Patients
December 20 2023 - 11:45AM
Mithra Completes Pediatric Study of ESTELLE® in Adolescent Patients
Mithra Completes Pediatric Study of
ESTELLE® in Adolescent
Patients
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Important milestone for Mithra’s commitment to bring benefits of
ESTELLE® to more women
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Potential EMA approval in pediatric population could lead to
six-month extension of the Supplementary Protection Certificate
(SPC)1 and hence extended patent exclusivity
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Study recruited more than 100 adolescents, with primary aim to
evaluate safety profile
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Last subject, last visit now completed, with data expected in Q2
2024
Liege, Belgium, 20 December 2023 – 17:45
CET – Mithra (Euronext Brussels: MITRA), a company
dedicated to Women’s Health, today announces the completion of a
pediatric study of its marketed contraceptive ESTELLE® in
adolescent women.
The study (MIT-Es001-C303, ClinicalTrials.gov:
NCT04792385, EudraCT: 2019-003002-27) evaluates the safety,
compliance, and pharmacokinetic profile of ESTELLE® in more than
100 participants aged 12 to 17 years old. The primary endpoint of
the study, which is being conducted in Estonia, Finland, Georgia,
Latvia, Poland and Sweden, is to evaluate the safety of ESTELLE® in
post-menarchal subjects. Recruitment was completed in April 2023
and the last subject and last visit has now been held, with data
expected to be available in Q2 2024.
Graham Dixon, Chief Scientific Officer of
Mithra, commented, “The completion of this pediatric study on
schedule is another important milestone for Mithra. It underlines
our commitment to bringing the benefits of ESTELLE® to a broader
patient population, as we continue to work to demonstrate its
differentiated safety profile. With results from this study
expected in Q2 2024, we are taking another step towards potentially
offering ESTELLE®’s differentiated efficacy, safety, and
convenience to additional female populations, effectively expanding
our reach.”
Combined oral contraceptives such as ESTELLE®,
Mithra’s first product based on estetrol (E4) naturally-occuring
estrogen, are the most popular hormonal contraceptives2 in the
adolescent population. Adolescents are more likely than adult women
to use these products for health purposes other than birth control
such as cycle and bleeding control3. Despite widespread use in
adolescents, clinical data from this population is limited.
Mithra is undertaking this study under a
Pediatric Investigation Plan (PIP) agreed with the European
Medicines Agency (EMA). Medicines which are authorized by the EMA,
with the application include results from studies conducted under a
PIP, are eligible for an extension of their SPC by six months.
For more information, please
contact:
Mithra Pharmaceuticals SAAlex Sokolowski, PhDHead
of IR &
Communicationsinvestorrelations@mithra.com
+32 (0)4 349 28 22 |
Frédérique Depraetere Communications Directorinfo@mithra.com+32
(0)4 349 28 22 |
About Mithra
Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA (Euronext: MITRA) is a
Belgian biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming Women’s
Health by offering new choices through innovation, with a
particular focus on contraception and menopause. Mithra’s goal is
to develop products offering better efficacy, safety and
convenience, meeting women’s needs throughout their life span.
Mithra explores the potential of the unique native estrogen
estetrol in a wide range of applications in women health and
beyond. After having successfully launched the first estetrol-based
product in 2021, the contraceptive pill ESTELLE®, Mithra is now
focusing on its second product DONESTA®, the next-generation
hormone therapy. Mithra also offers partners a complete spectrum of
solutions from early drug development, clinical batches and
commercial manufacturing of complex polymeric products (vaginal
ring, implants) and complex liquid injectables and biologicals
(vials, pre-filled syringes or cartridges) at its technological
platform Mithra CDMO. Active in more than 100 countries around the
world, is headquartered in Liège, Belgium. www.mithra.com
ESTELLE® and DONESTA® are registered trademarks
of Mithra Pharmaceuticals or one of its affiliates.
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1 Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs)
are an intellectual property right that serve as an extension to a
patent right
2 Todd N and Black A Contraception for
Adolescents J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol 2020;12(Suppl
1):28-40
3 Jones RK. Beyond birth control: the overlooked
benefits of oral contraceptive pills. New York, NY : Guttmacher
Institute; 2011
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