Atea Pharmaceuticals completes patient enrollment in Phase 3 SUNRISE-3 trial

Atea Pharmaceuticals announced that the company has completed enrollment of the global Phase 3 SUNRISE-3 trial evaluating bemnifosbuvir, an oral nucleotide polymerase inhibitor, or placebo for the treatment of COVID-19. “COVID-19 continues to be a threat, leaving the most vulnerable at risk for severe outcomes from infection. The rapid pace of enrollment recently experienced in the monotherapy cohort of SUNRISE-3 highlights the continuing unmet medical need for new oral COVID-19 treatment options for high-risk patients, such as the elderly, immunocompromised and those with underlying risk factors,” said Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, PhD, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Atea Pharmaceuticals. “Since full enrollment was achieved ahead of the two planned interim analyses for safety and futility by the Data Safety Monitoring Board, the analyses are no longer relevant, and in agreement with the DSMB, we will proceed to the full analysis of the trial. We look forward to reporting SUNRISE-3 results in the second half of 2024 with the goal of moving a step closer to providing a new oral antiviral treatment for people at high risk for COVID-19 progression.”