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Lytenava

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Also known as bevacizumab-vikg
Regulatory submission
BLA approved July 2026
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Section 4 of 6

Clinical evidence

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Study summaries

NORSE TWO

Objective
Location and study date
Summary: number of trial sites

The company's own announcement of the 12-month NORSE TWO results described the trial as enrolling 228 subjects across 39 clinical trial sites in the United States.

NORSE TWO trial dates and location
FieldQuoted record
Study Start Date“2019-06-25”
Primary Completion Date“2021-06-07”
Study Completion Date“2021-07-08”
Overall Status“Completed”
Country“United States”
Study design
Eligibility criteria
NORSE TWO eligibility criteria
Treatment
Study outcomes
Rationale for using ETDRS best corrected visual acuity gain as the primary endpoint
Statistical analysis description
Number of participants (Planned and analyzed)
Summary: number of trial sites

The company's own announcement of the 12-month NORSE TWO results described the trial as enrolling 228 subjects across 39 clinical trial sites in the United States.

NORSE TWO participants analyzed by arm
FieldRanibizumab 0.5 mg Once Monthly x 3 Months then every 3 Months (N = 115)LYTENAVA 1.25 mg Once Monthly (N = 113)
Number of subjects, n/N (%)“24/104 (23.1)”“45/108 (41.7)”
Risk difference“0.1859”
95% CI“0.0442, 0.3086”
NORSE TWO statistical results summary
Description of analysis sets
Summary: intent-to-treat and per-protocol analyses

The company's own 12-month results announcement described the primary endpoint as met in both an intent-to-treat (ITT) primary dataset (23% ranibizumab vs. 41% bevacizumab-vikg, p=0.0052) and a secondary per-protocol (PP) dataset (24% ranibizumab vs. 41% bevacizumab-vikg, p=0.04).

Results
Participant disposition
NORSE TWO participants included in each arm
FieldRanibizumab 0.5 mg Once Monthly x 3 Months then every 3 Months (N = 115)LYTENAVA 1.25 mg Once Monthly (N = 113)
Number of subjects, n/N (%)“24/104 (23.1)”“45/108 (41.7)”
Baseline characteristics
NORSE TWO baseline demographics and disease characteristics
ParameterRanibizumab (n = 115)ONS-5010 (n = 113)
Male, n (%)“46 (40.0%)”“46 (40.7%)”
Female, n (%)“69 (60.0%)”“67 (59.3%)”
Age, mean ± SD“79.1 ± 8.49”“78.8 ± 8.30”
White, n (%)“113 (98.3%)”“110 (97.3%)”
Asian, n (%)“1 (0.9%)”“1 (0.9%)”
Right study eye, n (%)“51 (44.3%)”“49 (43.4%)”
Left study eye, n (%)“64 (55.7%)”“64 (56.6%)”
Prior anti-VEGF, n (%)“5 (4.3%)”“4 (3.5%)”
Baseline BCVA, mean ± SD“51.1 ± 12.96”“52.1 ± 12.16”
Baseline CFT (μm), mean ± SD“423.7 ± 114.77”“430.0 ± 150.85”
Efficacy results
Summary: mean change in best corrected visual acuity from baseline to Month 11

The company's own 12-month results announcement reported that the secondary endpoint of mean BCVA change from baseline to Month 11 was also statistically significant, at p=0.0043 in the intent-to-treat dataset.

NORSE TWO secondary endpoint responder analysis
Parameter, n/N (%)Ranibizumab (n = 115)ONS-5010 (n = 113)
Subjects gaining ≥5 letters from baseline at 11 months“53/104 (51.0)”“74/108 (68.5)”
Subjects gaining ≥10 letters from baseline at 11 months“36/104 (34.6)”“61/108 (56.5)”
Subjects losing <15 letters from baseline at 11 months“86/104 (82.7)”“101/108 (93.5)”
Subjects with a visual acuity Snellen equivalent of 20/200 or worse at 11 months“25/104 (24.0)”“14/108 (13.0)”
Health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes

No evidence found.

Safety results
Summary: ocular adverse events and inflammation

The company's own 12-month results announcement reported only one subject with an ocular inflammation adverse event following exposure to bevacizumab-vikg, one related ocular serious adverse event in the bevacizumab-vikg arm (which resolved), and conjunctival hemorrhage as the most common ocular adverse event, and described the safety database as consistent with previously published bevacizumab safety results.

NORSE TWO treatment-emergent adverse event summary
CriteriaRanibizumab (n = 115), n (%)ONS-5010 (n = 113), n (%)
At least 1 TEAE“85 (73.9%)”“85 (75.2%)”
At least 1 TEAE related to study drug/study procedure“9 (7.8%)”“21 (18.6%)”
At least 1 ocular TEAE“61 (53.0%)”“59 (52.2%)”
At least 1 serious TEAE“16 (13.9%)”“14 (12.4%)”
At least 1 TEAE leading to discontinuation“5 (4.3%)”“2 (1.8%)”
Study limitations
Summary: comparator dosing regimen

NORSE TWO compared monthly LYTENAVA dosing for one year against a ranibizumab regimen of three monthly loading doses followed by quarterly dosing, rather than against monthly ranibizumab throughout the study.

NORSE EIGHT

Objective
Location and study date
NORSE EIGHT trial dates and location
FieldQuoted record
Study Start Date“2024-01-24”
Primary Completion Date“2024-11-07”
Study Completion Date“2024-12-05”
Overall Status“Completed”
Country“United States”
Study design
NORSE EIGHT study design
FieldQuoted record
Allocation“N/A”
Intervention Model“Parallel Assignment”
Masking“Triple”
Who Masked“Participant”, “Investigator”, “Outcomes Assessor”
Primary Purpose“Treatment”
Phase“Phase 3”
Enrollment“400”
Eligibility criteria
Treatment
Study outcomes
Rationale for using mean change in ETDRS best corrected visual acuity as the primary endpoint
Statistical analysis description
Number of participants (Planned and analyzed)
Description of analysis sets

No evidence found.

Results
Participant disposition

No evidence found.

Baseline characteristics
Summary: baseline visual acuity

The LYTENAVA arm had a mean baseline BCVA of 58.8 ETDRS letters.

Efficacy results
Summary: preliminary topline Week 8 result (November 2024 announcement)

Before the label's final analysis, the company's preliminary topline announcement reported a mean BCVA increase of “+4.2 letters” for ONS-5010 versus “+6.3 letters” for ranibizumab at Week 8, a difference it described as “-2.257 BCVA letters” (95% CI -4.044, -0.470); these preliminary figures differ slightly from the final Week 8 result in the approved label (Section 3.1.2.8.3 above).

Summary: BCVA gains over time and anatomic response

Mean BCVA improved progressively from baseline for the LYTENAVA arm: approximately +3.3 letters at month 1 (week 4), +4.2 letters at month 2 (week 8), and +5.5 letters at month 3 (week 12). Central retinal thickness decreased by approximately 123.9 microns in the LYTENAVA arm and 127.3 microns in the ranibizumab arm at week 12, an anatomic response the companies described as comparable between arms.

Health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes

No evidence found.

Safety results
Pooled ocular adverse reactions across the LYTENAVA clinical development program (five trials)
Adverse ReactionsLYTENAVA 1.25 mg (N = 601)Ranibizumab 0.5 mg (N = 345)
Conjunctival hemorrhage“4%”“3%”
Eye pain“2%”“1%”
Vitreous floaters“2%”“1%”
Study limitations
Summary: primary endpoint not met at the pre-specified timepoint

NORSE EIGHT did not meet its pre-specified non-inferiority margin of -3.5 letters for the primary endpoint of mean change in BCVA at Week 8, although the LS mean difference at Week 12 (a secondary, non-primary timepoint) was within the non-inferiority margin.

NORSE ONE

Objective
Location and study date
NORSE ONE trial dates and location
FieldQuoted record
Study Start Date“2018-10-01”
Primary Completion Date“2020-07-23”
Study Completion Date“2020-08-13”
Overall Status“Completed”
Country“Australia”
Study design
NORSE ONE study design
FieldQuoted record
Allocation“Randomized”
Intervention Model“Parallel Assignment”
Masking“Double”
Who Masked“Participant”, “Outcomes Assessor”
Primary Purpose“Treatment”
Phase“Phase 3”
Enrollment“61”
Eligibility criteria
Treatment
NORSE ONE treatment regimens
Study outcomes
Rationale for using ETDRS best corrected visual acuity gain as the primary endpoint
Statistical analysis description
Number of participants (Planned and analyzed)
Summary: participants analyzed per arm

The company's topline results announcement described the ONS-5010 arm as 25 patients and the ranibizumab arm as 23 patients within the 61-patient trial.

Description of analysis sets

No evidence found.

Results
Participant disposition
Baseline characteristics

No evidence found.

Efficacy results
Summary: proportion gaining 15 or more letters at Month 11

The company's topline results announcement reported that 2 of 25 (8%) patients on the ONS-5010 arm and 5 of 23 (22%) patients on the ranibizumab arm gained more than 15 letters of best corrected visual acuity at Month 11, favoring ranibizumab numerically in this small trial.

Summary: treatment-naive subgroup

Among treatment-naive participants, the announcement reported 2 of 6 (33%) patients on the ONS-5010 arm and 4 of 13 (31%) patients on the ranibizumab arm gaining more than 15 letters at Month 11.

Health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes

No evidence found.

Safety results
Summary: safety comparable between arms

The company's topline results announcement reported no statistical differences in safety between ranibizumab and ONS-5010, and zero cases of ocular inflammation.

Study limitations
Summary: small comparator trial with results diverging from NORSE TWO

NORSE ONE was a small, 61-patient clinical experience trial in Australia, roughly 30 subjects per arm, in which a numerically smaller proportion of the ONS-5010 arm than the ranibizumab arm gained 15 or more letters, a result not repeated in the larger pivotal NORSE TWO trial.

NORSE THREE

Objective
Summary: purpose of the trial

The company's safety results announcement described NORSE THREE as an open-label safety study conducted to ensure an adequate number of safety exposures to ONS-5010 were available for the initial BLA submission to the FDA.

Location and study date
NORSE THREE trial dates and location
FieldQuoted record
Study Start Date“2020-10-01”
Primary Completion Date“2021-02-10”
Study Completion Date“2021-02-10”
Overall Status“Completed”
Country“United States”
Study design
Summary: enrollment and disease mix

The company's safety results announcement described NORSE THREE as enrolling 197 treatment-naive and previously treated subjects with wet AMD, diabetic macular edema (DME), or branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), to add safety exposures ahead of the initial BLA submission.

NORSE THREE study design
FieldQuoted record
Allocation“N/A”
Intervention Model“Single Group Assignment”
Masking“None (Open Label)”
Primary Purpose“Treatment”
Phase“Phase 3”
Enrollment“197”
Eligibility criteria
Treatment
Study outcomes
Rationale for using adverse event incidence as the primary endpoint
Statistical analysis description
Number of participants (Planned and analyzed)
Summary: enrollment

The company's safety results announcement described NORSE THREE as enrolling 197 treatment-naive and previously treated subjects.

Description of analysis sets

No evidence found.

Results
Participant disposition
Summary: enrollment and adverse event incidence

The company's safety results announcement reported that 20 of the 197 enrolled patients (10%) experienced an adverse event in the study eye, most commonly associated with the injection procedure rather than the drug itself.

Baseline characteristics

No evidence found.

Efficacy results

Not applicable.

Health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes

No evidence found.

Safety results
Summary: adverse event incidence and comparison to prior bevacizumab safety data

Of the 197 enrolled patients, 20 (10%) experienced an adverse event in the study eye, most commonly associated with the injection procedure. The company described the safety profile as showing no unexpected trends and as consistent with prior published bevacizumab safety data, including the 2011 CATT study.

Study limitations
Summary: open-label, single-arm design

NORSE THREE had no comparator or masking, so its adverse-event findings cannot be compared statistically with a control arm; it was designed only to add safety exposures to the overall LYTENAVA safety database ahead of the initial BLA submission.

NORSE SEVEN

Objective
Location and study date
NORSE SEVEN trial dates and location
FieldQuoted record
Study Start Date“2021-11-15”
Primary Completion Date“2027-12”
Study Completion Date“2027-12”
Overall Status“Active, not recruiting”
Country“United States”
Study design
NORSE SEVEN study design
FieldQuoted record
Allocation“N/A”
Intervention Model“Single Group Assignment”
Masking“None (Open Label)”
Primary Purpose“Treatment”
Phase“Phase 3”
Enrollment“120”
Eligibility criteria
Treatment
NORSE SEVEN treatment regimen
Study outcomes
Rationale for using adverse event incidence as the primary endpoint
Statistical analysis description
Number of participants (Planned and analyzed)
NORSE SEVEN planned enrollment
Description of analysis sets

No evidence found.

Results
Participant disposition

No evidence found.

Baseline characteristics

No evidence found.

Efficacy results

Not applicable.

Health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes

No evidence found.

Safety results

No evidence found.

Study limitations
Summary: ongoing, single-arm bridging study

NORSE SEVEN is a single-arm, open-label study comparing ONS-5010 supplied in vials versus a pre-filled syringe, with no ranibizumab or placebo comparator; ClinicalTrials.gov lists the trial as active, not recruiting, with an estimated primary completion date of December 2027, so its results are not yet available.