Baxter Announces Data Evaluating an Investigational Recombinant Factor IX for Hemophilia B

Baxter announced pivotal Phase 1/3 study results evaluating the safety and efficacy of BAX 326, an investigational recombinant factor IX (rFIX) protein, for the treatment and prophylaxis of bleeding episodes for patients with hemophilia B >12 years of age.

The prospective, controlled, multicenter study investigated the pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety of BAX 326 in 73 previously-treated patients with severe or moderately severe hemophilia B. Results from the study showed that twice-weekly prophylactic treatment with BAX 326 achieved a median annualized bleed rate of 1.99 with 43% of patients experiencing no bleeds. The impact of prophylaxis with BAX 326 also translated into statistically significant improvements in physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL), as measured by improvements in the Bodily Pain and Role-Physical domains in the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36v2) tool.

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