TARGETING THE SARCOMERE TO IMPACT HEART FUNCTION

Aficamten

Cardiac myosin inhibitor

Aficamten is an investigational, oral, small molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor. It was designed to reduce the hypercontractility associated with HCM by blocking myosin from pulling, resulting in less contraction, or fewer hands on the rope. In preclinical models, aficamten reversed and reduced thickening and stiffening of the heart.

Aficamten was evaluated in SEQUOIA-HCM (Safety, Efficacy, and Quantitative Understanding of Obstruction Impact of Aficamten in HCM), a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Aficamten is currently the subject of MAPLE-HCM (Metoprolol vs Aficamten in Patients with LVOT Obstruction on Exercise Capacity in HCM), a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating aficamten as monotherapy compared to metoprolol as monotherapy in patients with obstructive HCM, ACACIA-HCM (Assessment Comparing Aficamten to Placebo on Cardiac Endpoints In Adults with Non-Obstructive HCM), a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with symptomatic non-obstructive HCM, and CEDAR-HCM (Clinical Evaluation of Dosing with Aficamten to Reduce Obstruction in a Pediatric Population in HCM), a clinical trial of aficamten in a pediatric population with symptomatic obstructive HCM.

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Aficamten is an investigational product and is not approved by any regulatory agency. Safety and effectiveness have not been established.