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BL-7010: NON-ABSORBABLE POLYMERIC SEQUESTERING AGENT FOR CELIAC DISEASE
BL-7010: NON-ABSORBABLE
POLYMERIC SEQUESTERING
        AGENT FOR
     CELIAC DISEASE

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Celiac Disease – Unmet Medical
 Need and Current Therapies
      Prof. Joseph Murray, MD
             Mayo Clinic

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What is Celiac Disease?

• It is a inflammatory
 state of the small
 intestine that
 occurs in
 genetically
 predisposed
 individuals and
 resolves with
 exclusion of                    Celiac
 dietary gluten.                 Disease

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Incidence per 100,000 person years
                                     30
                                            Diagnosis Rate in Olmsted County

                                     25

                                     20                         Female
                                                                Male
                                                                Total
                                     15

                                     10

                                      5

                                      0
                                     1950-1959   1960-1969   1970-1979   1980-1989   1990-1999   2000-2001   2002-2004   2005-2007   2008-2010

                                                                               Calendar Year

                                                                                     Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Vol. 1-1
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USA Prevalence of Celiac Disease
NHANES 2009-2010
                       Diagnosed CD

      Gluten Free Diet          Celiac Disease

                                        83%
          GFD without     17%   Untreated CD
           Dx of CD

         1.6 million               1.8 million
                                   1% of Caucasians
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                                       Rubio-Tapia, et al. AJG 2012 .
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World Map Indicating Prevalence of Celiac Disease

       ~1%           1-2%          >2%
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Clinical Spectrum: it is not just celiac disease

                    Gluten sensitivity (GS)

          IBS                       Potential CD
          Lactose intolerance       Latent CD
          Food intolerance          CD and complications
          SIBO

    IBS-like symptoms                  Spectrum of
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                                       CD
                                            Adapted from Verdu et al., 2009.
Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity “Celiac Lite”
         Condition of morphological, immunological,
            or functional disorder that responds to
           gluten exclusion in the absence of celiac
                            disease.
        Gluten sensitive diarrhea
        Immunopathological changes in the SB
         mucosa
           ↑ Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL)
           ↑ IgA deposits intestinal villi
           ↑ Secreted Ab against gliadin
           HLA predicted
                                            Adapted from Verdu EF, et
                                            al. AJG, 2009.
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How good is current treatment?

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New York Times February 4, 2013
Gluten-Free Diet
• The gluten-free diet (GFD) is the only
  effective therapy available for celiac
  disease. The benefits of a GFD are:
     •   Improve symptoms
     •   Normalize antibodies
     •   Induce mucosal recovery*
     •   Improve quality-of-life
     •   Reduce the risk of complications
     •   Decrease mortality*
                          Rostom A, et al. Gastroenterology 2006

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Celiac Lesion is Reversible
• Genetic Predisposition                • Inflammation
• Permanent intolerance to              • Villi destruction
  gluten                                • Crypt hyperplasia

                        Gluten

                     Gluten exclusion

  Normal histology                        Total villous atrophy
     (Marsh 0)                                 (Marsh 3)
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Challenges to Adherence
• Social occasions
• Isolation
• Being different ( teenagers)
• Family support
• Community support
• Depression/anxiety

    “I can resist anything except
     temptation” Oscar Wilde        121
Intentional and                                            No intentional or
 known inadvertent                                          known inadvertent
      lapses                                                      lapses
       28%                                                         30%

Intentional lapses,
   but no known
                                                              No intentional
 inadvertent ones
                                                          lapses, some known
        12%
                                                            inadvertent ones
                                                                   30%

  Reported intentional and inadvertent gluten consumption (n=269)

  Hall NJ, Rubin GP, Charnock A. Intentional and inadvertent non-adherence in adult
  coeliac disease. A cross-sectional survey. Appetite 68:56-62, 2013.
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.04.016
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Views of Celiac Disease Inexorably Linked to GFD for Patients
          – Which Make Them Feel like ‘Outsiders’

Isoloation
Need to explain diet
Can’t join in socially

      Patients thoughts & feelings regarding celiac disease appeared closely
      linked to the GFD

      Not feeling yourself
      On consumption of
      gluten

                                             Global Qualitative Market Research
                                             Alba Therapeutics and Double Helix
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                         Homework 1: What having celiac disease means to you?
Women Report a Greater Impact on Quality Of Life than Men

                                            IMPACT OF SYMPTOMS OF CELIAC DISEASE ON
                                               QUALITY OF LIFE PRIOR TO DIAGNOSIS
                                                  - Patient Survey: Men vs. Women -

                           Females

                              Males

                                             0%                                                                100%

      Note: While majority experience significant symptoms, over a third characterize as
       minimal or moderate

PT: Q3a.   We are interested in understanding how your Celiac symptoms affected the quality of your life prior to being diagnosed.
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Dangers of Non-Compliance

• Increased mortality Holmes et al. 1989 Corrao et
 al.

• Osteoporosis Cellier
• Lymphoma Holmes et al.
• Other cancers Green, 2006
• Psychological effects hallert
• Failure to heal RubioTapia, 2010
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Healing
• Up to 95% of children with CD may
  have complete mucosal recovery within
  2 years after starting a gluten-free diet1

• Mucosal recovery in adults with CD is
  less certain2

                    1   Wahab P, et al. Am J Clin Pathol 2002
                    2 Rostom   A, et al. Gastroenterology 2006

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Histologic Healing in Adults
  Author                   Country                    “n”             % healing               Time on
                                                                                                GFD
 Grefte J1              Netherlands                    22                    0%                 2 years

Bardella M2                    Italy                  114                 17.5%                 2 years

Rubio-Tapia*                  USA                     241                   34%                 2 years
 (present)                                                                  66%                 5 years
 Ciacci C3                     Italy                  390                   44%                 7 years

  Tursi A4                     Italy                   42                 59.5%                 2 years

  Collin P5                 Finland                    65                   96%                 8 years
 1J   Clin Pathol 1988; 2 Histopathology 2007; 3Digestion 2002; 4Endoscopy 2006; 5Gastrointest Endosc 2004
 * Rubio-Tapia A, et al. Am J Gastro 2010
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Persistent Atrophy may be
           Clinically Relevant
• Associated with complications such as
  osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases,
  lymphoma1,4

• Persistent atrophy and symptoms despite GFD
  are major criteria for refractory CD, a rare
  condition associated with high mortality2

• Even without symptoms: higher risk of
  osteoporosis, development of refractory sprue,
  and lymphoma3            1
                      Rostom A, et al. Gastroenterology 2006
                           2 Rubio-Tapia A,   et al. Gut 2010
                           3 Kaukinen   K, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007
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                           4Lebowhol et al. Ann Int Med, 2013
Clinical Response?

• Clinical response: 82%
• However, 62% patients with clinical
  response were found to have
  persistent damage at their follow-up
  biopsy!
• No association between clinical
  response and mucosal recovery
  (p=.70)
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Non Responsive Celiac Disease
 Primary: no initial response to gluten free
  diet
 Secondary: relapse following initial
  response
 17% of celiacs at a support group had
  diarrhea1
 18.7% of a referral center population2
   9.9% of primary patients
   35% of referral patients
 True refractory celiac disease is rare
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                         2Leffler et al. CGH, 2007
Therapeutic Targets                                        Points of Action in Pathogenesis
           Toxic          Non-toxic                                          A    B
A          wheat           wheat
                                                                                                                    IEL
                                                                     Toxic
                                                                +    wheat
                                                      Additional                            Probiotics
                                                       gluten
B           +                                                                                   E
                                                                                   Stress
     Enzymes                  Gluten                                                                               Tissue
                              peptide                           B     C                                           damage
                            fragments                                            Toxic and
                                                                                 non-toxic                  Stimulate
C           +                                              Digestion by           gluten                     B-cells
                                                            gastric and          peptides
     Protease                                           pancreatic proteases                                    Inflammatory
    supplement                                                                                                     markers
                                                                                                    IL-15
D                         Pass through
                             lumen                                                                   F
                                                                                                               T-cell
                 Gluten
                                                                            D                         H
    Polymeric
     binder                                                                       G
                                                                                      Paracellular
E Probiotics                                                 Transcytosis              passage

F Anti IL-15                                        Stress
                                                                                             TTG
G Anti-Zonulin
                                                  Enterocytes                Deamidation
H Engineered probiotics                                                       of gluten

                                                                                                                        MHC II TCR
                      ©2013 MFMER | 3249362-131                                                                                        131
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Multiple innate immune gluten-mediated effects

                Stress pathways                                                              Receptors pathways

                                                         Gluten

          gliadin p31-43
      LGQQQPFPPQQPY              FQQPQQQYPSSQ          SQQPYLQLQ       QQQQQQQQQQQQILQQILQQ
                                                                                            Tryptic digested gliadin
                                                                       QVLQQSTYQLLQELCCAHLW
         MIC     IL-15                ?                          HLA-E           CXCR3
                                                                                                                        TLR-4 ?

    EGFR  pMAPK
                                                                                                                MyD88
                                                         HLA-E

Epithelial activation
Upregulation of IL-15 and EGFR                   HLA-E surface expression                             APC activation
Upregulation of stress-induced                   and stabilization                                    Inflammatory cytokines
MHC-Ib                                                                                                      IL-15?
                                                                                                            IFN-?

                              APC maturation                                Increased
                              Inflammatory cytokines                        intestinal permeability                        132
                              IFN-
Current Therapies
• Larazotide acetate ( Alba/Teva)
  Phase 2b complete
• Alv-1003, Phase 2 B underway
• An-Pep going OTC
• Chemocentryx drug: Clinical trial
  completed 2010 ( no report assume
  failure)
• Nex-Pep: safety study in humans
• BL-7010 – Phase 1/2 underway
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Conclusions

 Celiac disease is Common
 The GFD stinks:
    – Hard to follow
    – Less than optimal adherence
   Many don’t heal
   Many have symptoms
   Precedence of trials in celiac disease
   Track record with FDA and EMEA
   Clinical trials are feasible
   Outcome measures: objective and subjective ( PRO)

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