EU Grants Bardoxolone Orphan Drug Status as Potential Alport Therapy, Phase 3 Trial Enrolling

The European Commission (EC) has granted orphan drug status to bardoxolone methyl (bardoxolone)as a possible treatment for Alport syndrome, the therapy’s developer, Reata Pharmaceuticals, announced. Its effectiveness and safety are now being evaluated in a global clinical trial that’s enrolling patients with confirmed Alport syndrome and symptoms of kidney…

Reata Tests Bardoxolone Methyl as Possible Treatment for Loss of Kidney Activity in Alport Syndrome

Reata Pharmaceuticals is investigating bardoxolone methyl as a potential treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) triggered by Alport syndrome. The CARDINAL (NCT03019185) Phase 2/3 clinical trial — which is currently recruiting patients — aims to determine the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of oral bardoxolone methyl in slowing, halting and possibly…

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