Efficacy and Safety of Acoramidis in Japanese Adults With Symptomatic Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Background: This multicenter open-label single-arm 2-part prospective Phase 3 trial (NCT04622046) evaluated the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of acoramidis, an oral, highly selective transthyretin (TTR) stabilizer, in Japanese patients with wild-type or hereditary symptomatic transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). Methods and Results: Twenty-five patients (mean [±SD] age 76.5±6.3 years; 88% men) received acoramidis hydrochloride (800 mg twice daily) for up to 30 months. Primary endpoints were change from baseline to Month 12 in the 6-min walk distance (6MWD) and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular-related hospitalizations over 30 months. No deaths were reported over 30 months. The annualized frequency of cardiovascular-related hospitalizations was 0.133. Clinically meaningful treatment benefits were observed in least-squares mean change from baseline to Month 12 for 6MWD (-3.9 m; 95% confidence interval [CI] -22.9, 15.1 m) and to Month 30 for 6MWD (-36.2 m; 95% CI -58.5 to -13.9 m), Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire overall score (-7.0; 95% CI -14.7, 0.8), TTR levels (9.4 mg/dL; 95% CI 6.7, 12.0 mg/dL), and median N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide levels (169.5 pg/mL; interquartile range -557.0, 700.0 pg/mL). The median TTR stabilization (fluorescent probe exclusion assay) was 95.6%. Acoramidis was well tolerated. Conclusions: Acoramidis prolongs survival, provides functional and quality-of-life benefits, and is well tolerated in Japanese patients with ATTR-CM, consistent with results from the global ATTRibute-CM Phase 3 trial.

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Circulation Reports
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2026-04-22
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https://doi.org/10.1253/circrep.cr-26-0013
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Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes
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Efficacy and Safety of Acoramidis in Japanese Adults With Symptomatic Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

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Efficacy and Safety of Acoramidis in Japanese Adults With Symptomatic Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy

Yasushi Otsuka, Takahiro Okumura, Michele Mercuri, Nobuhiro Tahara, Shunsuke Ishii, Yukio Ando, Yi Chen, Kenichi Tsujita, Jin Endo, Hiroaki Kitaoka, Chisato Izumi, Yoshiki Sekijima, Tohru Minamino, Toru Hashimoto, Mitsuhiro Fukata, Masatoshi Minamisawa, Aileen Raizner, Toshiyuki Yano
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Background: This multicenter open-label single-arm 2-part prospective Phase 3 trial (NCT04622046) evaluated the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of acoramidis, an oral, highly selective transthyretin (TTR) stabilizer, in Japanese patients with wild-type or hereditary symptomatic transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). Methods and Results: Twenty-five patients (mean [±SD] age 76.5±6.3 years; 88% men) received acoramidis hydrochloride (800 mg twice daily) for up to 30 months. Primary endpoints were change from baseline to Month 12 in the 6-min walk distance (6MWD) and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular-related hospitalizations over 30 months. No deaths were reported over 30 months. The annualized frequency of cardiovascular-related hospitalizations was 0.133. Clinically meaningful treatment benefits were observed in least-squares mean change from baseline to Month 12 for 6MWD (-3.9 m; 95% confidence interval [CI] -22.9, 15.1 m) and to Month 30 for 6MWD (-36.2 m; 95% CI -58.5 to -13.9 m), Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire overall score (-7.0; 95% CI -14.7, 0.8), TTR levels (9.4 mg/dL; 95% CI 6.7, 12.0 mg/dL), and median N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide levels (169.5 pg/mL; interquartile range -557.0, 700.0 pg/mL). The median TTR stabilization (fluorescent probe exclusion assay) was 95.6%. Acoramidis was well tolerated. Conclusions: Acoramidis prolongs survival, provides functional and quality-of-life benefits, and is well tolerated in Japanese patients with ATTR-CM, consistent with results from the global ATTRibute-CM Phase 3 trial.

Circulation ReportsVol. 8(5)
Kurume University (JP), Kyushu University (JP), Shinshu University (JP), Sapporo Medical University (JP), Keio University (JP), Juntendo University (JP), Kyushu University Hospital (JP), Amyloidosis Foundation (US), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (JP), Kumamoto University Hospital (JP), Juntendo University Hospital (JP), Ōtani University (JP), Alexion Pharma (Switzerland) (CH), Nagoya University (JP), Kitasato University (JP), Kōchi University (JP), Kumamoto University (JP)
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Prothena, Japan Lifeline, Kowa Company, Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Novo Nordisk, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Pfizer Japan, Novo Nordisk Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo Europe
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