PALM 007 Study of SIGA’s tecovirimat for mpox misses goal
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) unit, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has released initial results from the PALM 007 clinical trial of USA-based SIGA Technologies (Nasdaq: SIGA) tecovirimat – also called Tpoxx - in treating monkeypox virus (mpox).
The study did not meet its primary endpoint of a statistically significant improvement in time to lesion resolution within 28 days post-randomization for patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with monkeypox (mpox), who were administered SIGA tecovirimat, a highly targeted antiviral treatment, versus placebo.
The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared the ongoing surge of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other African countries a public health emergency of global concern.
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