Benzinga | Feb 16, 2021 07:35AM EST

PolyPid Highlights 100th Patient Enrolled In SHIELD I Phase 3 Clinical Trial Of D-PLEX For The Prevention Of Post-Abdominal Surgery Incisional Infections

Top-line Data Anticipated by Year End 2021



Enrollment Also Continues to Progress in Company's Second Phase 3 Clinical Trial, SHIELD II

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Feb. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PolyPid Ltd. (NASDAQ:PYPD), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to improve surgical outcomes through locally administered, controlled, extended-release therapeutics, today announced that the 100th patient has been enrolled and randomized in the SHIELD I (Surgical site Hospital acquired Infection prEvention with Local D-plex) trial, the Company's first of two Phase 3 clinical trials for its lead product candidate, D-PLEX100, for the prevention of post-abdominal surgery incisional infections (soft tissue).

"Enrollment in our first Phase 3 clinical trial, SHIELD I, continues to progress as expected, and we are excited to have now enrolled and randomized the 100th patient into this important study," said Amir Weisberg, PolyPid's CEO. "We continue to anticipate the availability of top-line results from SHIELD I by end of this year. Moreover, enrollment in our second Phase 3 trial, SHIELD II, which has broader eligibility criteria than SHIELD I with the inclusion of minimally invasive surgical procedures, commenced in late 2020 and also continues to advance as expected."

SHIELD I is a prospective, multinational, multicenter, randomized, double blind Phase 3 trial designed to assess the efficacy and safety of D-PLEX100 in the prevention of incisional surgical site infections (SSIs) post-abdominal surgery. The primary endpoint of the trial is the combination of incisional SSIs and mortality rate as measured by the proportion of subjects with either an SSIs event, as determined by a blinded and independent adjudication committee, or mortality for any reason within 30 days post-surgery. The trial will enroll a minimum of 616 patients, with a maximum of about 900 patients, as defined by the adaptive study design, in more than 60 centers in the United States, Europe and Israel.