Nektar announces ‘promising’ data from Phase 1b study of Rezpegaldesleukin

Nektar Therapeutics announced new data for rezpegaldesleukin in patients with atopic dermatitis, including new clinical efficacy endpoints from the Phase 1b study. Rezpegaldesleukin is Nektar’s novel, first-in-class selective regulatory T-cell therapy, which is being developed for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. The company is presenting the new Phase 1b clinical efficacy endpoints for rezpegaldesleukin at its investor and analyst event today. The new data highlight rezpegaldesleukin’s important promise to help patients battling atopic dermatitis, a chronic skin condition that afflicts nearly 10% of Americans.1 The company will also present the trial designs for its Phase 2b study starting in October of rezpegaldesleukin in atopic dermatitis and its new planned Phase 2a study starting in early 2024 in alopecia areata.