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Definitions

• the present disclosure relates to methods of treating sleep disorders in patients by transdermally administering an effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD) to a subject in need thereof.
• CBD cannabidiol
• DEEs Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies
• ASD Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Sleep disturbances are a common problem associated with DEE, ASD and DEE-ASD children.
• Sleep breathing disorders such as sleep apnea, are one type of sleep disturbance that is seen in patients with DEE, ASD, and DEE-ASD.
• Sleep disturbances are not limited to patients with DEE, ASD, or DEE-ASD, as many adults also suffer from sleep disturbances. Treatments that improve sleep disturbances would be useful for an extensive population.
• EPIDIOLEX oral CBD solution has been approved for treatment of epilepsy in children with Lennox- Gas taut and Dravet syndrome.
• oral delivery has translated to gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events, e.g., the EPIDIOLEX label reports somnolence and sedation in 32% of its patients and was dose related.
• GI gastrointestinal
• Oral CBD also has the potential to degrade in gastric acid into THC, which can be associated with unwanted psychoactive effects. Id.
• the present disclosure relates to a method of treating refractory seizures in a subject, including transdermally administering an effective amount of CBD to the subject.
• the CBD can be ZYN002, which is a transdermal synthetic CBD gel formulation.
• the subject can be a child, including a child having a disease such as one or more of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), or epilepsy.
• ASD autism spectrum disorder
• DEE developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
• epilepsy e.g., the subject can be children with co-morbid ASD with epilepsy.
• Effective treatment also includes related improvements in sleep quality, sleep onset, and sleep maintenance in children.
• the present disclosure relates to a method of treating a human suffering from an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
• the method can include administering an effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD) to the human in need thereof to effectively treat a refractory seizure type in humans with ASD.
• CBD cannabidiol
• the refractory seizure type is focal impaired awareness seizures (FIAS), generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS), or focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures (FBTCS).
• FIAS focal impaired awareness seizures
• GTCS generalized tonic-clonic seizures
• FBTCS focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures
• the CBD can be administered transdermally.
• the effective amount of CBD can range from about 250 mg to about 1000 mg total daily.
• the effective amount of CBD can be250 mg total daily.
• the effective amount of CBD can be 500 mg total daily.
• the effective amount of CBD can be 750 mg total daily.
• the effective amount of CBD can be 1000 mg total daily.
• the CBD can be administered in a single daily dose.
• the CBD can be administered in two daily doses.
• the treatment includes an improvement in sleep-related impairment.
• An improvement in sleep-related impairment includes improvements in sleep quality, sleep onset, total sleep, initiating and maintain sleep, sleep wake transition, or disorders of arousal and nightmares.
• CBD sleep breathing disorders
• the use of CBD may reduce the incidence of sleep apneas and other sleep disorders in patients with DEE, ASD, or DEE-ASD.
• the use of CBD may also improve sleep breathing disorders in adults and children that do not have DEE, ASD or DEE-ASD.
• the CBD is a synthetic CBD.
• the CBD can be a pure CBD.
• the CBD can be botanically derived.
• the cannabidiol can be (-)-cannabidiol.
• the CBD is formulated as a gel.
• the CBD can be formulated as a permeation-enhanced gel.
• rhythm is maintained or improved.
• administering the effective amount of CBD does not become addictive and the human subjects experience no excessive somnolence.
• the present disclosure relates to a method of treating refractory seizures in a human suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
• the method includes administering an effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD) to the human in need thereof to effectively treat a refractory seizure type in humans with ASD.
• CBD cannabidiol
• the human subjects can include children diagnosed with ASD.
• the human subjects can also include human subjects having comorbidities of ASD and refractory epilepsy.
• the present disclosure relates to a method of treating refractory seizures in a child suffering from developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE).
• the method can include administering an effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD) to the child in need thereof to effectively treat a refractory seizure type in children with DEE.
• CBD cannabidiol
• the present disclosure relates to a method of treating sleep disturbances in a human subject.
• the method can include administering an effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD) to the human in need thereof to treat the sleep disturbances.
• CBD cannabidiol
• the sleep disturbances are caused by episodes of sleep apnea.
• Sleep disturbances can be treated by transdermal CBD administration.
• the effective amount of CBD ranges from about 250 mg to about 1000 mg total daily.
• the effective dosage of CBD is in the range of 10-25 mg/kg per dose.
• the CBD can be administered in a single daily dose or can be administered in two daily doses.
• the CBD is pure CBD.
• the CBD can be synthetic CBD or botanically derived CBD.
• the CBD is (-)-cannabidiol.
• the CBD is formulated as a gel.
• the CBD gel can be formulated as a permeation-enhanced gel.
• CBD to treat sleep disturbances results in an improvement in sleep-related impairment.
• An improvement in sleep-related impairment includes improvements in sleep quality, sleep onset, total sleep, initiating and maintain sleep, sleep wake transition, or disorders of arousal and nightmares.
• the subject having sleep disturbances suffers from obstructive sleep apnea.
• the obstructive sleep apnea is associated with obesity or an overweight condition of the subject.
• the subject has a BMI of greater than 25.
• the subject is an adult.
• the subject can be between 3 and 18 years old.
• the subject may also have ASD or DEE-ASD.
• circadian rhythm is maintained or improved upon beginning administering the effective amount of CBD, circadian rhythm is maintained or improved.
• FIG. 1 displays a study design and treatment for cannabidiol transdermal gel, in accordance with the present disclosure.
• FIG. 2 displays the scoring for the good day/bad day assessment.
• FIG. 3 is a graph indicating the efficacy of the treatment period.
• FIG. 4 is a graph indicating the percentage of patients with reduction in seizures.
• FIG. 5 is a graph indicating median percentage reduction from baseline in 28-day frequency of seizures.
• FIG. 6 is a graph indicating the percentage of patients with reduction in seizures with co-morbid autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at baseline.
• FIG. 7 displays the percentage of patients (DEE) above threshold for clinically significant sleep problems at Baseline and Week 26 of ZYN002 treatment based on the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC).
• FIG. 8 displays the percentage of patients (DEE) with a threshold /-score >70 at Baseline and Week 26, corresponding to clinically significant sleep problems.
• FIG. 9 displays the percentage of patients (DEE) with co-morbid ASD above threshold for clinically significant sleep problems at Baseline and Week 26 of ZYN002 treatment based on the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC).
• SDSC Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children
• FIG. 10 shows the percentage of patients (DEE) with co-morbid ASD with a threshold /-score >70 at Baseline and Week 26, corresponding to clinically significant sleep problems.
• FIG. 11 displays a distribution of Good Day/Bad Day ratings at Baseline and Month 6 of ZYN002 treatment.
• a method of treating seizures such as refractory type seizures, in a subject by transdermally administering an effective amount of CBD to the subject.
• the subject can have ASD as well as epilepsy (DEE).
• DEE epilepsy
• a method of treating sleep disorders e.g., sleep apnea in any human subject.
• refractory epilepsy in ASD is also a rare population and can also function as a therapeutic indication.
• Refractory epilepsy is resistant to drugs, and treatment of refractory epilepsy fails to provide substantial seizure freedom.
• refractory seizures are resistant to drugs, and treatment of refractory seizures fails to provide substantial seizure freedom.
• Transdermally administering an effective amount of CBD can have a positive impact on sleep in children with DEE, e.g., children with co-morbid ASD with epilepsy (DEE).
• DEE children with co-morbid ASD with epilepsy
• transdermally administering CBD can be used for treatment of disorders of the initiation and maintenance of sleep (DIMS) in ASD with epilepsy.
• Transdermally administering an effective amount of CBD can increase the number of good days and decrease the number of bad days experienced by a child patient.
• treating refers to mitigating, improving, relieving, or alleviating at least one symptom (such as a behavioral symptom) of a condition, disease or disorder in a subject, such as a human, or the improvement of an ascertainable measurement associated with a condition, disease or disorder.
• the terms “clinical efficacy”, “clinically effective”, and the like refer to efficacy as demonstrated in a clinical trial conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or any foreign counterpart, e.g., the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
• FDA Food and Drug Administration
• EMA European Medicines Agency
• CBD cannabidiol
• cannabidiol prodrugs pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives of cannabidiol, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of cannabidiol, cannabidiol prodrugs, and cannabidiol derivatives.
• CBD includes, 2-[3-methyl-6-(l-methylethenyl)-2-cyclohexen-l-yl]-5-pentyl-l,3-benzenediol as well as to pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, metabolites (e.g., cutaneous metabolites), and metabolic precursors thereof.
• CBD is described, for example, in Petilka et al., Helv. Chim. Acta, 52:1102 (1969) andin Mechoulamet ak, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 87:3273 (1965), which are hereby incorporated by reference.
• ZYN002 is a pharmaceutically manufactured transdermal CBD gel for reduction of seizures in patients and improvement in behavioral symptoms in patients.
• the patients can have ASD, epilepsy, DEE, Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), along with other diseases. Some of the patients may have comorbidities with multiple diseases, such as ASD with epilepsy.
• the human subjects with ASD includes children diagnosed with ASD, and the human subjects can have comorbidities of ASD and epilepsy, such as refractory epilepsy.
• the terms “child” or “children” refer to patients that are from 3 to 18 years of age.
• epileptic encephalopathy refers to epileptic activity that itself contributes to severe cognitive and behavioral problems above and beyond what may be expected from the underlying pathology alone (e.g., cortical malformation). Onset of these impairments can occur at any age.
• DEE developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
• ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology
• DEE includes genetic epilepsies, such as CDKL5, SCN1A-, and STXBP1 -related disorders. It also includes Lennox-Gastaut Syndrom (LGS), Ohtahara, West, Landau-Kleffner, Doose, Dravet Syndrome (DS), and Infantile Spasms (IS). DEEs with onset ⁇ 18 months have an incidence of 1 in 2000 live births.
• LGS Lennox-Gastaut Syndrom
• DS Landau-Kleffner
• Doose Dravet Syndrome
• IS Infantile Spasms
• transdermally administering refers to contacting the CBD with the patient’s or subject’s skin under conditions effective for the CBD to penetrate the skin.
• DEE developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
• ILAE International League against Epilepsy
• ILAE International League against Epilepsy
• epileptic encephalopathy without the term ‘developmental,’ was used in the broader sense to encompass both concepts.
• ILAE recognized epileptic encephalopathies as a distinct category.
• Engel “A proposed diagnostic scheme for people with epileptic seizures and with epilepsy: report of the ILAE Task Force on Classification and Terminology” Epilepsia 42:796-803 (2001).
• the ILAE defined an epileptic encephalopathy as a condition in which "the epileptiform EEG abnormalities themselves are believed to contribute to a progressive disturbance in cerebral function.”
• the ILAE redefined epileptic encephalopathy as a condition where the epileptic activity itself may contribute to severe cognitive and behavioral problems above and beyond what might be expected from the underlying pathology alone (e.g., cortical malformation), and that these can worsen over time.
• Berg et al. “Revised terminology and concepts for organization of seizures and epilepsies: report of the ILAE Commission on Classification and Terminology, 2005-2009” Epilepsia 51:676-685 (2010).
• Patients with DEE may include, but are not limited to, patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Dravet syndrome, Doose syndrome (Epilepsy with Myoclonic Atonic Seizures (EMAS)), West syndrome (Infantile Spasms), Landau-Kleffner syndrome, or genetic disorders such as CDKL5 encephalopathy and CHD2 encephalopathy.
• DEE may include, but are not limited to, patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Dravet syndrome, Doose syndrome (Epilepsy with Myoclonic Atonic Seizures (EMAS)), West syndrome (Infantile Spasms), Landau-Kleffner syndrome, or genetic disorders such as CDKL5 encephalopathy and CHD2 encephalopathy.
• Seizures are generally refractory to antiseizure medications (ASMs), such as standard antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).
• ASMs antiseizure medications
• AEDs standard antiepileptic drugs
• the seizures in patients with DEE are generally refractory to AEDs.
• AEDs considered effective in suppressing interictal epileptiform discharges (e.g., benzodiazepines, valproic acid, and lamotrigine)
• immunomodulatory therapies e.g., corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin [IVIG], plasmapheresis
• ketogenic diet and surgical options are often considered.
• oral administration of AEDs can be difficult due to behavioral and cognitive impairments.
• DEE While patients with DEE may present with a variety of seizure types and sub-disorders, the only DEE subtypes for which one or more AEDs are currently approved by the US FDA for adjunctive therapy are Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, and infantile spasms (Table 1). Children with DEE can be medically fragile and have multiple comorbidities including motor and cognitive impairments, ASD, and sleep disturbance, which further increase disability. In some examples, children are defined as 3 to less than 18 years of age. Table 1: Current US FDA Approved Medicines by DEE Subtype
• Table 2 displays the descriptions related to the QoL assessments for the BELIEVE study (FIG. 1 , discussed further below, displays the study design and treatment for the BELIEVE study).
• QoL assessments were caregiver-rated and included the ELDQOL scale, a daily “good day/bad day” assessment, and qualitative feedback (Table 2 and FIG. 2).
• ELDQOL Epilepsy and Learning Disabilities Quality of Life
• QoL quality of life. aThe ELDQOL was modified with written permission from the developers; modifications did not impact the validity of the questionnaire.
• Table 3 displays description for the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC), the assessment that was conducted by caregivers to evaluate sleep disorders in children.
• SDSC Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children
• Reductions in sleep disturbances is believed to be related to both improved night time sleep (e.g., sleep transitions and sleep maintenance) as well as with better daytime alertness because of better night time sleep.
• improved night time sleep e.g., sleep transitions and sleep maintenance
• daytime alertness because of better night time sleep.
• Better sleep in individuals, particularly those having DEE, ASD, or DEE-ASD can lead to better daytime function, better daytime cognition, and better educational performance.
• Transdermal delivery of cannabinoids has benefits over oral dosing because it allows the drug to be absorbed through the skin directly into the bloodstream. This avoids first-pass liver metabolism, enabling lower dosage levels of active pharmaceutical ingredients with a higher bioavailability and improved safety profile. Transdermal delivery also avoids the gastrointestinal tract, lessening the opportunity for GI related adverse events and the potential degradation of CBD by gastric acid into THC, which can be associated with unwanted psychoactive effects. Moreover, transdermal delivery of CBD reduces the intensity and frequency of somnolence adverse events, which are typically present in oral dosing of CBD. Transdermal delivery of CBD can avoid liver function adverse events, which are typically present in oral dosing of CBD.
• cannabinoids e.g., CBD
• transdermally administering an effective amount of CBD reduces an intensity of at least one adverse event by about 15% to about 95% relative to orally administering CBD.
• Exemplary transdermal cannabinoid delivery systems are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 8,435,556 and 8,449,908, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
• the CBD can be in a gel form and can be pharmaceutically-produced as a clear gel, such as a permeation-enhanced gel that is designed to provide controlled drug delivery transdermally with once- or twice- daily dosing.
• the CBD gel can between 1 % (wt/wt) CBD to 7.5% (wt/wt) CBD.
• the CBD gel can have, for example, 4.2% (wt/wt) CBD or 7.5% (wt/wt) CBD).
• the CBD gel can be applied topically by the patient or caregiver to the patient’s upper arm and shoulder, back, thigh, or any combination thereof.
• the CBD gel can include diluents and carriers as well as other conventional excipients, such as wetting agents, preservatives, and suspending and dispersing agents.
• the CBD can be a synthetic CBD.
• the CBD can be a pure CBD.
• the CBD can be botanically derived.
• the CBD can be (-)-cannabidiol.
• the transdermal preparation can be a cream, a salve, a lotion, or an ointment.
• the CBD can be delivered by a bandage, pad or patch.
• the CBD can be administered transdermally on the subject’s upper arm and shoulder. In some embodiments, the CBD is administered transdermally on the subject’s thigh or back.
• the CBD gel can include a solubilizing agent, a permeation enhancer, a solubilizer, antioxidant, bulking agent, thickening agent, and/or a pH modifier.
• the composition of the CBD gel can be, for example, a. cannabidiol present in an amount of about 0.1 % to about 20% (wt/wt) of the composition; b. a lower alcohol having between 1 and 6 carbon atoms present in an amount of about 15% to about 95% (wt/wt) of the composition; c. a first penetration enhancer present in an amount of about 0.1 % to about 20% (wt/wt) of the composition; and d. water in a quantity sufficient for the composition to total 100% (wt/wt).
• Other formulations of the CBD gel can be found in International Publication No. WO 2010/127033, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
• the effective amount of CBD can range from about 250 mg to about 1000 mg total daily, which can be administered in a single daily dose or twice daily dosing.
• the effective amount of CBD can be about 250, 500, 750, or 1000 mg total daily, which can be administered in a single daily dose or in two daily doses.
• the 1000 mg total daily dose can be administered in two daily doses of 500 mg.
• rhythm is maintained or improved.
• Administering the effective amount of CBD does not become addictive for at least some of the patients, if not all of the patients.
• the human subjects e.g., the patients, can experience no excessive somnolence.
• Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by having one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths during sleep. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from a few seconds to minutes, and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour.
• CPAP constant positive airway pressure
• the patient typically wears a mask that covers the nose and/or mouth and which is connected by a flexible tube to a small bedside compressor. This type of treatment, while effective, can be uncomfortable.
• OSA obstructive sleep apnea
• Fat deposits around the thorax reduce chest compliance and functional residual capacity, and may increase oxygen demand. (Romero Corral et al. Interactions Between Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Chest. 2010 Mar; 137(3): 711-719).
• Some patients may have pre-existing anatomical or neurological conditions that can cause sleep apnea.
• central sleep apnea is a disorder in which an individual’s breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep due to the brain not sending proper signals to the muscles that control your breathing during sleep.
• People with thicker necks or a narrow throat will have narrower airways, which can lead to sleep apnea.
• Tonsils or adenoids also can enlarge and block the airway, particularly in children. All of these conditions can cause sleep apnea episodes in individuals regardless of weight or BMI.
• sleep disturbances in a human subject are treated by administering an effective amount of cannabidiol (CBD) to the human in need thereof to treat the sleep disturbances.
• CBD cannabidiol
• the sleep disturbances are caused by episodes of sleep apnea.
• the CBD is administered transdermally as has been described previously. Typical doses of transdermal CBD range from about 10 mg/kg to about 25 mg/kg.
• the effective amount of CBD ranges from about 250 mg to about 1000 mg total daily.
• CBD can be administered in a single daily dose or two daily doses.
• CBD in some embodiments, is administered at least 8 hours, at least 6 hours, or at least 4 hours before the expected bed time of the patient.
• CBD used for treatment of sleep disturbances can be administered between about 9 am and 4 pm, between 10 am and 3 pm, or between 11 am and 2 pm.
• the subject having sleep disturbances suffers from obstructive sleep apnea.
• the obstructive sleep apnea is associated with obesity or an overweight condition of the subject.
• the subject has a BMI of greater than 25.
• the subject is an adult.
• the subject can be between 3 and 18 years old.
• the subject may also have ASD or DEE-ASD.
• upon beginning administering the effective amount of CBD circadian rhythm is maintained or improved.
• FIG. 1 displays a study design and treatment of Example 1 for cannabidiol transdermal gel in BELIEVE (ZYN2-CL-025), in accordance with the present disclosure.
• ZYN002 was administered in total daily doses of 250 mg to 1000 mg over an initial 26-week treatment period (Period A) followed by an up to 46-week extension (Period B). Results for the Period A and through Month 12 of Period B and safety results through 72 weeks are discussed herein.
• Period A Approximately 48 patients enrolled Period A with 40 patients progressing to completing open-label treatment in Periods A. In Period A, patients underwent a baseline period of 4-weeks, followed by a 4-week titration period, and a 22-week flexible dosing maintenance period. Patients were treated for a total of 26 weeks in Period A.
• Period B Approximately 29 patients entered Period B with 28 patients progressing to completion. One patient withdraw consent at Week 42. In Period B, patients continued to receive ZYN002 for up to an additional 46 weeks at the same maintenance dose they were receiving at Week 26 (e.g., end of Period A).
• Patients participating in this study had a diagnosis of developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Patients were male and female, between 3 and 18 years of age, and had a body mass index between 13 and 35 kg/m 2 , and weighed no less than 12 kg.
• DEE developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
• generalized motor i.e. generalized tonic-clonic, tonic, clonic, atonic, epileptic spasms
• focal aware motor i.e. generalized tonic-clonic, tonic, clonic, atonic, epileptic spasms
• focal aware motor i.e. generalized tonic-clonic, tonic, clonic, atonic, epileptic spasms
• focal aware motor focal impaired awareness or focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures.
• Examples of DEE that were enrolled included, but were not limited to: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, West Syndrome/ Infantile Spasms and Doose Syndrome.
• the diagnosis must have been established for > 1 years and documented by history and examination and review of appropriate studies, which included electroencephalogram (EEG), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, or genetic testing.
• EEG electroencephalogram
• MRI magnetic resonance imaging
• generalized motor i.e. generalized tonic-clonic, tonic, clonic, atonic or epileptic spasms
• focal aware motor i.e. generalized tonic-clonic, tonic, clonic, atonic or epileptic spasms
• focal aware motor focal impaired awareness or focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures.
• Approved application sites for the gel were the right and left upper arm as specified in Table 4.
• ZYN002 was temporarily applied to the right and left upper thighs. Patients with low BMIs and/or small arms were allowed to have ZYN002 applied to the upper right or left thighs. Sequence of application was 1 sachet to each upper left and right arm/shoulder and 1 sachet to each right and left upper thigh.
• the product was ZYN002 (Cannabidiol: CBD), 4.2% gel, topical. And the drug was supplied as sachets containing 2.98 g of gel to deliver 125 mg of CBD / sachet. It was applied by using one (1) to four (4) sachets in the morning and evening to achieve the appropriate total daily dose for each patient based upon the treatment group.
• Period A Baseline Period
• Period A Titration Period
• the initial dose for patients ⁇ 25 kg was 125 mg CBD Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours), for a total daily dose of 250 mg CBD for the four-week titration period.
• the dose could remain at 250 mg CBD daily or be increased to 250 mg CBD Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours), for a total daily dose of 500 mg CBD (4 sachets) for the remaining 22 weeks of the treatment period.
• Period A Maintenance Period
• the Investigator decreased the dose as needed based on safety and tolerability after the patient started the maintenance period.
• Patients taking CBD 250 mg Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours); total daily dose 500 mg CBD could have their dose decreased to 125 mg CBD Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours); total daily dose 250 mg CBD.
• Patients taking CBD 375 mg Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours); total daily dose 750 mg CBD dose could have their dose decreased to 250 mg CBD Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours); total daily dose 500 mg CBD.
• Patients taking CBD 500 mg Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours); total daily dose 1000 mg CBD dose could have their dose decreased to CBD 375 mg Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours); total daily dose 750 mg or 250 mg CBD Q12H ( ⁇ 2 hours); total daily dose 500 mg CBD.
• Safety assessments included collection of AEs, physical and neurological examinations, vital signs, electrocardiogram (ECG), skin check examination (investigator) and diary (parent/caregiver), and laboratory tests.
• the seizure frequency efficacy assessment end points were the median percent change from baseline in the mean monthly (28 day) frequency of seizures (SF28) over 26 weeks (Period A) for the following types, in total (“countable seizures”):
• TCS Tonic-clonic seizures
• Analysis populations The safety analysis set included all patients who received >1 dose of study drug. Patients who received >80 days of study drug and completed >80% of seizure diaries were included in the efficacy analysis and identified as the modified intent-to-treat (mITT) population.
• mITT modified intent-to-treat
• ZYN-002 reduced seizure frequency in many types of difficult to treat developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, including refractory seizure types such as focal impaired awareness seizures (FIAS), generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS), or focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures (FBTCS).
• FIAS focal impaired awareness seizures
• GTCS generalized tonic-clonic seizures
• FBTCS focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures
• the mITT population comprised 46 patients (2 patients were excluded from efficacy analysis because they did not complete 80% of diaries or use study medication for 80 days). 33 patients had FIAS and/or TCS at baseline and constituted the population in which the seizure frequency efficacy assessment end point was measured.
• ASD autism spectrum disorder
• ASM antiseizure medication
• C ln cludes generalized epileptic encephalopathy, focal DEE, Multifocal DEE, DEE unclassified. dASD diagnosis per investigator.
• FIG. 3 is a graph indicating the efficacy of the treatment period. Specifically, FIG. 3 displays the median percentage reduction from baseline in 28-day frequency of FIAS and TCS by time point, for the patients with FIAS and/or TCS at baseline. Over the 12-month treatment period, the median percentage reduction from baseline in monthly frequency of FIAS and TCS ranged from 44% at Month 3 to 73% at Month 12.
• FIG. 4 is a graph indicating the percentage of patients with reduction in seizures. Specifically, FIG. 4 displays the percentage of patients with 35% and 50% reduction in FIAS and TCS by time point, for patients with FIAS and/or TCS at baseline. A substantial percentage of patients achieved >35% and >50% reduction in FIAS and TCS by Month 3 that continued through Month 12. For example, the percentage of patients achieving >35% increased from 58% at Month 3 to 89% at Month 12; similarly, the percentage of patients achieving >50% increased from 46% at Month 3 to 83% at Month 12.
• FIG. 5 is a graph indicating median percentage reduction from baseline in 28-day frequency of seizures. Specifically, FIG. 5 displays the median percentage reduction from baseline in 28-day frequency of FIAS and TCS by time point, for patients with co-morbid ASD at baseline. In patients with co-morbid ASD, median percentage reductions from baseline in monthly frequency of FIAS and TCS ranged from 44% at Month 3 to 68% at Month 12 over the 12-month treatment period.
• FIG. 6 is a graph indicating the percentage of patients with reduction in seizures with co-morbid autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at baseline. Specifically, FIG. 6 displays the percentage of patients with 35% and 50% reduction in FIAS and TCS by time point, for patients with co-morbid ASD at baseline. The percentage of patients achieving >35% and >50% reduction in FIAS and TCS increased over time. For example, the percentage of patients achieving >35% increased from 65% at Month 3 to 88% at Month 12; similarly, the percentage of patients achieving >50% increased from 41% at Month 3 to 75% at Month 12. Eight-out-of-nine (8/9) parents/caregivers provided a statement about improvement and one-out-of-nine parents/caregivers (1/9) stated no benefit. Reported improvements by caregivers included concentration, engagement, alertness and less sleepiness at school.
• ASD co-morbid autism spectrum disorder
• Sleep disturbances effect many patients having DEE, ASD, or both DEE-ASD.
• Sleep disturbances include, but are not limited to, Disorders of Initiating or Maintaining Sleep (DIMS), Sleep Breathing Disorders (SBD), Disorder of Arousal/Nightmares (DA), Sleep Wake Transition Disorder (SWTD), Disorders of Excessive Somnlolence (DOES), and Sleep Hyperhidrosis.
• DIMS Disorders of Initiating or Maintaining Sleep
• DIMS are disorders in which the patients have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep (e.g., insomnia).
• Sleep Breathing Disorders (SBD) are disorders that involve difficulty breathing during sleep (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea).
• DA Arousal/Nightmares
• SWTD Sleep Wake Transition Disorder
• DOES Excessive Somnlolence
• Sleep Hyperhidrosis is characterized by excessive sweating when falling asleep or during the night.
• FIG. 7 displays the percentage of all patients above threshold for clinically significant sleep problems at Baseline and Week 26 of ZYN002 treatment based on the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC).
• SDSC Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children
• the left bar is the Baseline percentage of patients
• the right bar is the Week 26 percentage of patients (See also Table 8).
• FIG. 8 shows the percentage of patients with a threshold /-score >70 at Baseline and Week 26, corresponding to clinically significant sleep problems.
• the left bar is the Baseline percentage of patients
• the right bar is the Week 26 percentage of patients.
• FIG. 9 displays the percentage of patients (DEE) with co-morbid ASD above threshold for clinically significant sleep problems at Baseline and Week 26 of ZYN002 treatment based on the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC).
• the left bar is the Baseline percentage of patients, and the right bar is the Week 26 percentage of patients.
• FIG. 10 shows the percentage of patients (DEE) with co-morbid ASD with a threshold /-score >70 at Baseline and Week 26, corresponding to clinically significant sleep problems.
• the left bar is the Baseline percentage of patients, and the right bar is the Week 26 percentage of patients.
• DIMS Disorders of Initiating or Maintaining Sleep
• DA Disorder of Arousal/Nightmares
• SWTD Sleep Wake Transition Disorder
• Table 8 Change from Baseline in the SDSC - All Patients (DEE) aNegative change from baseline reflects an improvement. Change value is based on a revised Baseline mean determined from patients that completed the study. Patients that did not complete this study were excluded from the revised Baseline mean determination.
• Table 9 Change from Baseline in the SDSC -DEE Patients > 70 Total Score aNegative change from baseline reflects an improvement. Change value is based on a revised Baseline mean determined from patients that completed the study. Patients that did not complete this study were excluded from the revised Baseline mean determination.
• Table 10 Change from Baseline in the SDSC -DEE-ASD Patients aNegative change from baseline reflects an improvement.
• Change value is based on a revised Baseline mean determined from patients that completed the study. Patients that did not complete this study were excluded from the revised Baseline mean determination.
• Table 11 Change from Baseline in the SDSC -DEE-ASD Patients > 70 Total Score aNegative change from baseline reflects an improvement. Change value is based on a revised Baseline mean determined from patients that completed the study. Patients that did not complete this study were excluded from the revised Baseline mean determination. Good Day/Bad Day Assessment
• FIG. 11 displays a distribution of Good Day/Bad Day ratings at Baseline and Month 6 of ZYN002 treatment.
• the Baseline proportion of patients was 3.00% terrible, 9.30% terrible, 35.70% so-so, 45.70% good, and 6.30% fantastic.
• the Month 6 proportion of patients was 0.50% terrible, 3.20% bad, 25.90% so-so, 59.80% good, and 10.60% fantastic.
• the combined proportion of “good day” and “fantastic day” reports increased from 52.0% at baseline to 70.4%, and the combined proportion of “terrible day” and “bad day” reports decreased from 12.3% at baseline to 3.7% (FIG. 11).
• the improvements seen by caregivers may be related to both improved night time sleep (e.g. sleep transitions and sleep maintenance) as well as with better daytime alertness because of better night time sleep. It is believed that daytime alertness is a function of both better night time sleep and the daytime pharmacological effects of CBD. CBD is preferentially administered in the morning or early afternoon, since it may have a stimulant effect when first administered. The combination of better sleep and the stimulant effects of CBD were shown to lead to better daytime function, better daytime cognition, and better educational performance, as can be seen from the caregiver feedback in FIG. 11 and Table 12. It is believed that both “better” days, as well as other quality of life improvements, are associated or caused by improved sleep, including improved symptoms of sleep disordered breathing. Safety
• ZYN-002 was well tolerated in the BELIEVE clinical trial of ZYN002.
• Most treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) (any event, whether unrelated or related to study drug) were mild or moderate.
• TEAEs treatment-emergent adverse events
• There were no clinically significant changes in vital signs, ECGs, or laboratory findings except for 1 patient with a benign, isolated elevation of alkaline phosphatase at week 26 (1.69 x ULN) that was not considered related to study medication.
• BELIEVE is the first clinical trial of ZYN002 (transdermal CBD) in DEEs.
• ZYN002 transdermal CBD
• the data suggest meaningful reductions in FIAS and TCS with ZYN002 treatment through 12 months.
• ZYN002 demonstrated meaningful reductions in FIAS and TCS seizures, with most children reaching the 35% or 50% responder threshold by Month 3 and Month 6, respectively.
• Treatment with ZYN002 can be associated with clinically meaningful improvements in: seizure severity, behavior, and mood; initiating and maintaining sleep, disorders of arousal/nightmares, sleep wake transition, and overall sleep; and vitality, cognition/concentration, and socially avoidant behavior.
• ZYN002 was well tolerated over 18 months of treatment in medically fragile patients of children and adolescents with DEEs. There is a positive benefit/risk profile of ZYN002 as demonstrated in this BELIEVE clinical trial in patients with DEEs and FIAS and TCS.

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