verekitug (UPB-101) / Upstream Bio - LARVOL DELTA

Upstream Bio Reports Positive Top-line Results from the Phase 2 VALIANT Trial of Verekitug for the Treatment of Severe Asthma (GlobeNewswire) - "VALIANT met the study’s primary endpoint of a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in the annualized asthma exacerbation rate (AAER) with both every 12 week (q12w) and every 24 week (q24w) dosing, with verekitug demonstrating a reduction in AAER of 56% (p<0.0003) when dosed at 100 mg q12w and 39% (p<0.02) when dosed at 400 mg q24w, as compared with placebo...At week 60, verekitug also suppressed exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) compared to placebo by 20.4 ppb (p<0.0003) when dosed at 100 mg q12w, and by 26.3 ppb (p<0.0001) when dosed at 400 mg q24w....Additional details from the VALIANT trial will be presented at a future medical conference."

P2 data • Asthma • Immunology

Over 90% of eligible patients have rolled over to the Phase 2 VALOUR long-term extension study (GlobeNewswire) - "Upstream Bio to advance verekitug into Phase 3 trials in severe asthma and CRSwNP following planned regulatory interactions; Management will host a live webcast today at 8:00 a.m. ET."

Enrollment status • New P3 trial • Asthma • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology

Efficacy and Safety of Verekitug (UPB-101) in Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps: Results of the Phase 2 VIBRANT Trial (AAAAI 2026) - P2 | "Verekitug reduced the odds of surgery or SCS vs placebo by 76% (P=0.03). Conclusions Verekitug, dosed every 12 weeks, significantly reduced nasal polyp size, nasal symptoms, and the need for ESS or SCS, and was well-tolerated in adults with uncontrolled, severe CRSwNP."

Clinical • Late-breaking abstract • P2 data • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology • Inflammation • Nasal Polyps • Otorhinolaryngology • Respiratory Diseases • Sinusitis • CRLF2 • TSLP

Verekitug, a Novel Antibody Antagonist to the TSLP Receptor in Adults with Asthma: A 32-Week Randomized Phase 1b Multiple Ascending-Dose Trial. (PubMed, Clin Pharmacol Ther) - "Verekitug was generally well tolerated, with rapid, substantial, and sustained effects on asthma biomarkers. These findings support further development of verekitug for treating severe asthma, CRSwNP, and COPD."

Journal • P1 data • Asthma • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology • Nasal Polyps • Otorhinolaryngology • Pulmonary Disease • Respiratory Diseases • Sinusitis • CRLF2 • IL5 • TSLP

Verekitug: “Met primary endpoint, with NPS reduction of -1.8 (p<0.0001)“; Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyp (Upstream Bio) - Phase 2 VIBRANT Top-line Results in CRSwNP: "Met key secondary endpoints, including NCS reduction of -0.8 (p=0.0003*) and 76% reduction in need for surgery/steroids (p=0.03*)"

P2 data • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology

Top-line data from the VALIANT Phase 2 trial in severe asthma expected in the first quarter of 2026 (GlobeNewswire)

P2 data • Asthma • Immunology

A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Verekitug in Participants With COPD (clinicaltrials.gov) - P2 | N=666 | Recruiting | Sponsor: Upstream Bio Inc. | Trial completion date: Aug 2029 ➔ Jul 2028 | Trial primary completion date: Apr 2029 ➔ Apr 2028

Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Immunology • Pulmonary Disease • Respiratory Diseases

Upstream Bio Presents Data Showing Structural and Mechanistic Drivers of Verekitug’s Potent Pharmacodynamic Activity and Differentiated Clinical Profile at European Respiratory Society Congress (GlobeNewswire) - "With high affinity binding (KD < 1 pM) to the TSLP receptor, verekitug outcompetes TSLP binding to the TSLP receptor even in the presence of preformed heterodimeric receptor complexes, inhibiting TSLP:TSLP receptor interaction; The high-resolution crystal structure reveals that verekitug binds and occupies most of the TSLP binding sites on the TSLP receptor. Semi-mechanistic pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) models indicate that lower abundance and slower turnover of the TSLP receptor compared to the TSLP ligand may drive the greater potency of verekitug, observed in vitro and across clinical datasets, compared to published data for tezepelumab; These findings provide a mechanistic explanation for the empirically observed greater potency of targeting the TSLP receptor with verekitug as compared with targeting the TSLP ligand."

Preclinical • Immunology

Mechanistic Drivers for Potent Pharmacodynamic Activity of Verekitug, a novel anti-TSLPR antibody (ERS 2025) - "These data reveal a novel mechanism of action for verekitug that may contribute towards the observed greater potency of targeting TSLPR with verekitug as compared to the ligand."

PK/PD data • Asthma • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology • Respiratory Diseases • CRLF2 • IL7R • STAT5

Upstream Bio Reports Positive Top-Line Results from the Phase 2 VIBRANT Trial of Verekitug for the Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP) (GlobeNewswire) - "The trial met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically meaningful, placebo-adjusted reduction in NPS of -1.8 (p<0.0001) at Week 24 compared with baseline. The trial also showed a meaningful placebo-adjusted reduction from baseline in the patient-reported NCS, a key secondary endpoint, by -0.8 (p=0.0003)...Significant improvements were also observed in other key secondary endpoints, including sinus opacification as measured by the Lund-Mackay score, reduction in the need for either systemic corticosteroids or nasal polyp surgery, and total symptom score (TSS)....Upstream Bio plans to present further details from the VIBRANT trial at an upcoming medical conference."

P2 data • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps

Upstream Bio to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Report Top-Line Data from the Phase 2 VIBRANT Trial of Verekitug in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP) (Upstream Bio Press Release) - "The VIBRANT trial (NCT06164704) was a Phase 2 global, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group clinical trial designed to assess the efficacy and safety of verekitug in adults with CRSwNP. Participants received either 100 mg of verekitug or placebo subcutaneously every 12 weeks for 24 weeks. The primary endpoint was change in endoscopic nasal polyp score (NPS) at Week 24."

P2 data • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps

VIBRANT: A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Verekitug (UPB-101) in Participants With Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps (clinicaltrials.gov) - P2 | N=81 | Completed | Sponsor: Upstream Bio Inc. | Active, not recruiting ➔ Completed

Trial completion • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology • Nasal Polyps • Otorhinolaryngology • Respiratory Diseases • Sinusitis

Upcoming Milestones and Recent Business Highlights (GlobeNewswire) - "Top-line data from the VIBRANT Phase 2 trial in patients with CRSwNP expected in the third quarter of 2025...Top-line data from the VALIANT Phase 2 trial in patients with severe asthma, expected in the first quarter of 2026....Research and development expenses were $37.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, compared to $14.1 million for the same period in 2024. The increase of $23.8 million was primarily driven by an increase in clinical and manufacturing expenses related to the Company’s verekitug programs."

Commercial • P2 data • Asthma • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps

Upstream Bio Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Verekitug in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (GlobeNewswire) - "Upstream Bio, Inc...announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Company’s Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating verekitug in patients with COPD, broadening the global development program for verekitug into a third indication...VENTURE (NCT06981078) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial designed to assess the efficacy and safety of verekitug in approximately 670 adults with moderate-to-severe COPD. Participants will be randomized to receive verekitug at doses of 100 mg once every 12 weeks, 400 mg once every 24 weeks, or placebo, over treatment periods of between 60 weeks and up to 108 weeks."

Trial status • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

A Phase 2b Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Verekitug in Participants With COPD (clinicaltrials.gov) - P2 | N=666 | Recruiting | Sponsor: Upstream Bio Inc. | Not yet recruiting ➔ Recruiting

Enrollment open • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Immunology • Pulmonary Disease • Respiratory Diseases

Translational Data Illustrate a Mechanism of Greater Potency with Verekitug, a Novel Antibody Antagonist of the TSLP Receptor (GlobeNewswire) - "'We look forward to further assessing the potential translation of this unique mechanism into clinical benefit in patients with severe respiratory diseases, first with top-line Phase 2 clinical data in CRSwNP in the third quarter of this year followed by data in severe asthma in the first half of 2026'....Across a range of doses, PK/PD model simulations predict complete and sustained inhibition of the TSLP/TSLPR complex with verekitug compared to tezepelumab. Dose-response model simulations predict that potent inhibition of the TSLP/TSLPR complex would result in a greater reduction in fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), a biomarker of lung inflammation...These data indicate the differentiated mechanism of TSLP receptor targeting with verekitug may drive the greater potency observed with this approach as compared with targeting the TSLP ligand."

Clinical • P2 data • PK/PD data • Asthma • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology

In silico system pharmacology modeling provides insights into a mechanism for greater potency of TSLP/TSLPR pathway inhibition with verekitug, a novel antibody antagonist of TSLPR, as compared to tezepelumab (EAACI 2025) - "Conclusion The semi-mechanistic PK/PD modeling using clinical pharmacodynamic data, model assumptions and parameterization, provides a mechanistic understanding for the observed greater potency of targeting TSLPR with verekitug as compared to the ligand. Whether this difference in potency translates into augmented clinical efficacy with verekitug is currently under investigation."

Immunology • CRLF2 • TSLP

A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Verekitug (UPB-101) in Adult Participants With Severe Asthma (VALIANT) (clinicaltrials.gov) - P2 | N=479 | Active, not recruiting | Sponsor: Upstream Bio Inc. | Recruiting ➔ Active, not recruiting

Enrollment closed • Asthma • Immunology • Pulmonary Disease • Respiratory Diseases

A Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Study of Verekitug (UPB-101) in Adult Participants With Severe Asthma (VALOUR) (clinicaltrials.gov) - P2 | N=436 | Recruiting | Sponsor: Upstream Bio Inc. | Not yet recruiting ➔ Recruiting

Enrollment open • Asthma • Immunology • Pulmonary Disease • Respiratory Diseases

Upstream Bio to Present Mechanistic Insights into Verekitug’s Enhanced Potency via TSLP Receptor Targeting at European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress 2025 (GlobeNewswire) - "Upstream Bio, Inc...announced an upcoming presentation at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress 2025 in Glasgow, UK, on Sunday, June 15, 2025. The presentation features translational pharmacology modeling data that supports Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) receptor targeting with verekitug as a mechanism for greater potency when compared to treatment approaches that target the TSLP ligand."

Clinical • Immunology

Biologic Therapies for Severe Asthma: Current Insights and Future Directions. (PubMed, J Clin Med) - "The current biologics for severe asthma treatment include omalizumab (anti-IgE), mepolizumab and reslizumab (anti-IL-5), benralizumab (anti-IL-5 receptor), dupilumab (anti-IL-4/IL-13), and tezepelumab (anti-TSLP)...Depemokimab is an ultra-long-acting anti-IL-5 antibody with promising results in phase III trials as a twice-yearly biologic for T2-high asthma. Verekitug follows a similar dosing concept, targeting TSLP, but is still undergoing phase II trials. Itepekimab and astegolimab are two anti-IL-33 antibodies that could have a role in the future treatment of severe asthma. Tezepelumab is in a phase III clinical trial for CRSwNP. Besides new drugs, there is still a need for major research into biologics in severe asthma cases, namely with comparative studies, better biomarkers for predicting response, and the determination of optimal treatment duration."

Journal • Review • Asthma • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology • Inflammation • Nasal Polyps • Otorhinolaryngology • Pulmonary Disease • Respiratory Diseases • Sinusitis • IL13 • IL33 • IL4 • IL5

A Phase 2b Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Verekitug in Participants With COPD (clinicaltrials.gov) - P2 | N=666 | Not yet recruiting | Sponsor: Upstream Bio Inc.

New P2 trial • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Immunology • Pulmonary Disease • Respiratory Diseases

A Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Study of Verekitug (UPB-101) in Adult Participants With Severe Asthma (VALOUR) (clinicaltrials.gov) - P2 | N=436 | Not yet recruiting | Sponsor: Upstream Bio Inc.

New P2 trial • Asthma • Immunology • Pulmonary Disease • Respiratory Diseases

Upstream Bio Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Recent Business Highlights (GlobeNewswire) - "'We closed 2024 and started 2025 with strong continued momentum, marked by the successful completion of enrollment in our Phase 2 clinical trial of verekitug in patients with CRSwNP in January 2025. We expect to report top-line data from this trial in the second half of 2025'...'We remain on track to dose the first patient in our COPD program in the second half of 2025 and, as previously reported, we expect to report top-line data from our ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial in severe asthma in the second half of 2026.'"

New trial • P2 data • Asthma • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps

VIBRANT: A Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Verekitug (UPB-101) in Participants with Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (clinicaltrials.gov) - P2 | N=80 | Active, not recruiting | Sponsor: Upstream Bio Inc. | Enrolling by invitation ➔ Active, not recruiting | Trial completion date: Dec 2025 ➔ Aug 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Nov 2025 ➔ Jul 2025

Enrollment closed • Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date • Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps • Immunology • Nasal Polyps • Otorhinolaryngology • Respiratory Diseases • Sinusitis