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ProQR ANALYST & INVESTOR EVENT NACFC 2016, Orlando, Florida Date: Presenters: October 27th, 2016
Daniel de Boer, Noreen Henig and JP Clancy
Agenda Overview and introduction by Daniel de Boer The relevance of the Nasal Potential Difference test in CF
by JP Clancy, M.D. Results of the QR-010 NPD study by Noreen Henig, M.D. Pipeline and path ahead by Daniel de Boer Q&A session with JP Clancy, M.D., Noreen Henig, M.D., Smital Shah and Daniel de Boer ProQR Therapeutics 2
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ProQR s CF journey From an idea to clinical proof of concept in 4 years Leiden, The Netherlands & Palo
Alto, CA 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Founding of ProQR around an idea to impact CF using RNA repair Saliva secretion assay in homozygous F508 mouse model showed near wild type functional restoration
Delivery further de-risked through compelling in vitro and in vivo data in CF like mucus Strong functional NPD data in homozygous F508 mouse model up to 80% restoration Start of two global
clinical studies of QR-010 in 80 CF patients Positive clinical proof of concept for QR-010 with strong NPD response in homozygous F508 patients ProQR Therapeutics 4
CFTR is hydrating mucus in normal lung cell CFTR Chloride RNA DNA CFTR in normal lung cell: In healthy
people CFTR protein is formed CFTR protein acts as a chloride channel Due to chloride transport the extracellular mucus is hydrated ProQR Therapeutics 5
Absence of CFTR is leading to dehydration of mucus CFTR Chloride RNA DNA CFTR in CF lung cell: In CF
patients no functional CFTR protein is formed In absence of CFTR chloride can not flow out of the cell Due to the lack of chloride transport the extracellular mucus dehydrates ProQR Therapeutics 6
CFTR and ENaC channels in normal lung cell ENaC CFTR Down regulator Sodium Chloride In healthy people:
CFTR and ENaC cooperate to regulate Chloride and Sodium balance CFTR is a down regulator of ENaC channel activity ProQR Therapeutics 7
CFTR and ENaC channels in CF lung cell ENaC CFTR Down regulator Sodium Chloride In CF patients: In
absence of CFTR protein ENaC is unregulated and thus hyperactive This contributes to the CF phenotype ProQR Therapeutics 8
ENaC CFTR Down regulator Confirmation: Downregulation of ENaC (Max Basal PD) CFTR mediated total chloride
transport (mv) normalized at 0 Cl timepoint 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 ringer s amiloride zero chloride isoproterenol units = time in minutes CF patient WT NPD is the only direct in vivo measurement of CFTR activity: Restoration of
CFTR activity is the primary measurement CFTR activity is measured on the right Downregulation of ENaC is indirect effect of CFTR ENaC activity as measured by sodium transport is measured on the left (Max Basal PD) Primary: Improvement in
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CFTR restoration confirmed by ENaC normalization
Change from baseline
CFTR activity is confirmed by normalization of ENaC activity
Total Chloride Transport (CFTR)
change from baseline -4.1mV
CFTR mediated total chloride transport
normalized at 0 Cl timepoint
20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40
ringer s amiloride zero chloride isoproterenol
units = time in minutes
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Putting QR-010 NPD results in perspective
Total Chloride Transport
TDN Center of CFTR detection
Sermet-Gaudelus et al,
Accurso et al NEJM, 2010
Rowe et al, Methods Mol biol, 2011
Classical CF with severe
Rowe et al, Methods Mol biol, 2011
+ Lumacaftor (200mg)
Interpretations are adapted from publications
Clancy et al, Thorax 2012
Treatment period for all mention therapies is 28 days
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The relevance of the Nasal Potential
Difference test in CF
Professor of Pediatrics, Research Director Pulmonary Medicine
Cincinnati Children s
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NPD is the only direct measurement of CFTR function
NPD is only direct measurement of both sodium and chloride channel function
downregulation of ENaC is well understood
A response on both chloride transport and change in basal PD provides validation of a functioning CFTR
Nasal epithelium well represents (in histology and ion transport) the lung epithelium
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NPD methods and interpretation is standardized
NIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Methods Mol Biol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 September 03.
Methods Mol Biol. 2011 ; 741: 69-86. doi:10.1007/978-1-61779-117-8_6.
Nasal Potential Difference Measurements to Assess CFTR Ion Channel Activity
Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physiology and Biophysics MCLM, University of Alabama, 35294-0006, Birmingham, AL, USA
Jean-Paul Clancy, and
Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Physiology and Biophysics MCLM,
University of Alabama, 35294-0006, Birmingham, AL, USA
Respiratory Medicine and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, 91031, Jerusalem, Israel
Steven M. Rowe: smrowe@uab.edu; Jean-Paul Clancy: john.clancy@cchmc.org
available online PLOS ONE
Optimizing Nasal Potential Difference Analysis for CFTR Modulator Development: Assessment of Ivacaftor in CF Subjects with the G551D-CFTR
Steven M. Rowe1, Bo Liu1, Aubrey Hill1, Heather Hathorne1, Morty Cohen2a, John R. Beamer2b,
Frank J. Accurso3, Qunming Dong4, Claudia L. Ordonez4c, Anne J. Stone4, Eric R. Olson4,
P. Clancy5*, for the VX06-770-101 Study Group
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Relevance of NPD for the lower airway
Detection of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Activity in Early-Phase Clinical Trials
Steven M. Rowe1,2,3,4, Frank Accurso5, and John P. Clancy3,4
1Department of Medicine,
2Department of Physiology and Biophysics, 3Department of Pediatrics, and 4Cystic Fibrosis Research Center,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama; and 5Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
The nasal epithelium is a faithful representation of the histologic and ion
transport features of the pulmonary epithelium, supporting its use as a biomarker for the lower airway.
Rowe, Accurso, Clancy. PATS 2007
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Bronchial Current (A/cm2 )
Nasal Current (A/cm2 )
Good correlation between bronchial current and Nasal current
CHARACTERIZATION OF BRUSHED HUMAN UPPER AND LOWER AECS TO DETECT AND
QUANTIFY CFTR FUNCTION