Benzinga | Nov 10, 2021 12:33PM EST

Freeline Therapeutics Touts Encouraging Data From Fabry Disease Program

* Freeline Therapeutics Holdings plc (NASDAQ:FRLN) gave an update on its investigational Fabry disease treatment FLT190, currently in a Phase 1/2 trial, saying the candidate proved durable in the second patient tested.

* Fabry disease is an inherited metabolic disorder resulting from the absent or markedly deficient activity of lysosomal enzyme ?-galactosidase A, or ?-Gal A.

* Patient Two was dosed at the lowest dose cohort of 7.5e11 vg/kg and experienced a sustained and durable response with an increase in expression of plasma ?-galactosidase A (?-Gal A), to near-normal levels, from weeks 6 to 16 post-dosing.

* Thus far, the patient remains off enzyme replacement therapy.

* The treatment was well-tolerated with no dose-limiting toxicities or serious adverse events.

* Patient Two has experienced no elevated liver enzymes.

* A third patient will be dosed sometime early next year.

* The biotech also announced that it is working with regulatory authorities to update study protocols for FLT180a for hemophilia B to include additional data collection. It will initiate a Phase 1/2 trial on the investigational candidate Q1 next year.

* Price Action: FRLN shares are down 1.74% at $3.12 during the market session on the last check Wednesday.