Sagimet Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: SGMT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitors designed to target dysfunctional metabolic and fibrotic pathways, today announced that results from the Phase 2b FASCINATE-2 clinical trial of denifanstat versus placebo in biopsy-confirmed metabolic-dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH) patients with stage 2 or stage 3 fibrosis (F2/F3) were published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
The publication, “Denifanstat for the treatment of Metabolic-dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, ph2b trial,” reported that treatment with denifanstat achieved statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in disease activity, MASH resolution and fibrosis.
“Patients living with MASH, a complex disease, urgently need treatments that simultaneously address the three main drivers of liver injury: fat accumulation, inflammation, and fibrosis,” said Rohit Loomba, M.D., M.H.Sc., Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Director, MASLD Research Center, University of California San Diego, the primary investigator of the FASCINATE-2 trial and lead author of The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology paper.
SGMT shares moved ahead 11 cents, or 2.7%, to $4.25.