Lipocine Announces The Publication And Discussion Of A Manuscript "Oral LPCN 1148 Improves Sarcopenia And Hepatic Encephalopathy In Male Patients With Cirrhosis: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Trial" In The Journal Hepatology And Discussion At The Liver Meeting 2024 Editor's Cut

Lipocine Inc. (NASDAQ:LPCN), a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary technology platform to augment therapeutics through effective oral delivery, today announced the publication and discussion of a manuscript "Oral LPCN 1148 Improves Sarcopenia and Hepatic Encephalopathy in Male Patients with Cirrhosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial" in the journal Hepatology and discussion at The Liver Meeting (AASLD) 2024 Editor's Cut: Clinical Study Session held on November 16, 2024. LPCN 1148 is targeted to be a "First in Class" product candidate with a novel mechanism of action for overt hepatic encephalopathy and sarcopenia indications. A copy of the publication can be accessed here.

The publication features the results from a Phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trial (LPCN 1148-21-001) that evaluated LPCN 1148 in men with cirrhosis and sarcopenia awaiting liver transplantation. The trial was conducted in two stages. Stage 1 was double blind, placebo-controlled with participants randomized 1:1, to receive either oral LPCN 1148 or placebo. This was followed by Stage 2, a 28-week single-arm open label extension. The publication reports the analyses from the Stage 1 readout.

The results at 24 weeks showed that LPCN 1148 therapy resulted in a significant improvement in sarcopenia when compared with placebo. Furthermore, despite most participants already on background therapies for HE, participants receiving LPCN 1148 also experienced significantly fewer episodes of overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) compared to those on placebo. Additional beneficial effects of LPCN 1148, including improved muscle quality, hemoglobin, and patient reported symptom improvement are also covered in the manuscript.

The publication was discussed at The Liver Meeting during 'The Editors Cut: Clinical Studies' session. This session critically discusses the most notable, influential, cutting edge, game changing clinical research papers published during the past year.