Monday, April 7, 2025

Positive Interim Phase 1/2 Data for LX2006 in Friedreich Ataxia Cardiomyopathy Supporting Advancement to Registrational Study

NEW YORK, April 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: LXEO), a clinical stage genetic medicine company dedicated to pioneering novel treatments for cardiovascular diseases, today announced positive interim data across all dose cohorts of LX2006 for the treatment of Friedreich ataxia (FA) cardiomyopathy. In both the Lexeo-sponsored SUNRISE-FA Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT05445323) and the Weill Cornell Medicine investigator-initiated Phase 1A trial (NCT05302271), treatment with LX2006 was associated with clinically significant improvements in cardiac biomarkers and functional measures, and increased frataxin protein expression was observed in all participants with cardiac biopsies.