Avenue Therapeutics to presents BAER-101 preclinical data at ASENT meeting

Avenue Therapeutics announced that Amy Chappell, M.D., FAAN will be presenting preclinical in vivo data evaluating BAER-101 using the SynapCell’s Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rat from Strasbourg model of epilepsy at the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics 2024 Annual Meeting on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. BAER-101 underwent preclinical in vivo evaluation in SynapCell’s GAERS model of absence epilepsy. The GAERS model, which is a proven, early, informative indicator of efficacy in anti-seizure drug development with high predictability of response in humans, mimics behavioral, electrophysiological and pharmacological features of human absence seizures. In the model, BAER-101 demonstrated full suppression of seizure activity with a minimal effective dose of 0.3 mg/kg, PO. The effect was fast in onset and stable throughout the duration of testing. The combination of safety and tolerability in hundreds of patients and the preclinical efficacy data support BAER-101’s continued development in a Phase 2a trial.