Cynomolgus monkey and juvenile rat (eteplirsen); mdx/C57BL mouse incl. mouse surrogate
“The pivotal toxicity studies were conducted in mdx or C57BL mice (12-week, 3-month, and 26-week), cynomolgus monkey (12- and 39-week), and juvenile Sprague-Dawley rat (10-week).”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 13Source ↗
Why that species
Human-sequence-specific PMO; no pharmacologically relevant species, monkey used for exposure/exon-skipping, mdx mouse needs exon 23 surrogate
“For mdx mouse, the pharmacological activity of the human product cannot be tested because of differences in the dystrophin gene mutation, requiring use of a mouse-specific PMO, exon 23 skipping AON and, therefore, resulting in a different truncated dystrophin.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 20Source ↗
Surrogate molecule
Yes: mouse-specific exon 23 PMO (AVI-4225) used in 3-month and 26-week mdx/C57BL mouse studies
“In the 3-month and 26-week studies, the mouse surrogate, AVI-4225, was administered to mdx and C57BL mice according to the same study design.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 13Source ↗