CardioProtectMI | A new cardioprotective drug for acute treatment of myocardial infarction

Summary
Ischemic Heart Disease kills more than 1.7M people/year in the EU, the vast majority via a heart attack (Myocardial Infarction - MI). Heart failure (HF) is the major cause of death after MI with a prevalence of >26M individuals globally. While current treatment involving restoration of blood flow to the heart saves the MI patient´s life it also causes additional damage to the heart through an inflammatory reaction (reperfusion injury).
ResoTher’s leading drug candidate, RTP-026, is an immunomodulating therapeutic aimed at resolving inflammation triggered during MI, thereby reducing damage to the heart and significantly decreasing risk of HF and death. Pre-clinical data suggests RTP-026 could reduce post-MI HF by >20%. A Phase I study has been conducted to determine safety and tolerability of RTP-026 in Healthy Volunteers. With the EIC we aim to validate RTP-026 clinical effectiveness by means of a Phase IIa patient proof of principle study and Phase IIb proof of concept study.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101144395
Start date: 01-02-2024
End date: 31-01-2026
Total budget - Public funding: 3 770 625,00 Euro - 2 499 999,00 Euro
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Ischemic Heart Disease kills more than 1.7M people/year in the EU, the vast majority via a heart attack (Myocardial Infarction - MI). Heart failure (HF) is the major cause of death after MI with a prevalence of >26M individuals globally. While current treatment involving restoration of blood flow to the heart saves the MI patient´s life it also causes additional damage to the heart through an inflammatory reaction (reperfusion injury).
ResoTher’s leading drug candidate, RTP-026, is an immunomodulating therapeutic aimed at resolving inflammation triggered during MI, thereby reducing damage to the heart and significantly decreasing risk of HF and death. Pre-clinical data suggests RTP-026 could reduce post-MI HF by >20%. A Phase I study has been conducted to determine safety and tolerability of RTP-026 in Healthy Volunteers. With the EIC we aim to validate RTP-026 clinical effectiveness by means of a Phase IIa patient proof of principle study and Phase IIb proof of concept study.

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SIGNED

Call topic

HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01

Update Date

12-03-2024
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Horizon Europe
HORIZON.3 Innovative Europe
HORIZON.3.1 The European Innovation Council (EIC)
HORIZON.3.1.0 Cross-cutting call topics
HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01
HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 EIC Accelerator Open 2023