Cavion has developed a pipeline of best-in-class Cav3 modulators

 

  • pipeline of best-in-class Cav3 modulators
CX-8998 (Essential Tremor: T-CALM)
CX-8998 (Epilepsy: T-WAVE)
CX-8998 (Parkinson's Disease Tremor: T-CALM)
CX-5395 (Epilepsy)
CX-6526 (Pain)
NCE (Undisclosed)
  • Discovery
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3
  • Cav3 channels mediate neuronal firing and signaling
  • Cav3 has increased activity in pathologic conditions
  • Many neurologic disorders are characterized by abnormal or dysrhythmic activity in certain regions of the brain which is mediated by Cav3, a common pathophysiologic pathway
  • Cav3 therapies have promising activity modulating Cav3 in multiple pre-clinical models and clinical studies of dysrhythmic neurological disorders
  • Biomarkers support development of Cavion’s clinical-stage assets

Restoring the brain’s natural rhythms by modulating overactive T-type calcium channels

Calcium and ion channels play a critical role in neuronal signaling.  T-type calcium channels (Cav3.1, 3.2, & 3.3) respond to small membrane depolarizations and gate the activity of additional ion channels whose activation results in the firing of neurons.  Cav3’s finely-tuned voltage-gated property and pacemaker function mediates the transition from tonic to bust-firing and generates neural “oscillations” between brain nuclei and across their pathways.

The transition to burst-firing and abnormal oscillatory pattern occurs in a number of neurologic disorders, including essential tremor, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, epilepsy, pain, and schizophrenia and rare, pediatric genetic disorders, such as Angelman Syndrome. These diseases are mediated by Cav3, a common pathophysiologic pathway.  Central and peripheral biomarkers facilitate in vivo readouts of dysrhythmia s and target modulation with Cavion’s Cav3 therapies.

Despite substantial interest in Cav3 as a target, to date there has been little chemistry progress made to improve upon existing, prototype Cav3 modulators which demonstrate clinical validation, but are limited as chronic therapeutics. These limitations have hampered the full exploration of the utility of Cav3 modulators.   With CX-8998, Cavion possesses a potential best-in-class Cav3 modulator with a superior potency, selectivity and a favorable safety and tolerability profile. CX-8998 is currently being investigated in Phase 2 clinical studies.


Published Papers and Presentations

                                                                                                                                                               


Research Funding 

Contact Us

Cavion

Charlottesville Office
600 East Water Street, Suite E
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(Please contact the Charlottesville Office for all accounting related communications)

Cambridge Office
1 Broadway, 14 FL
Cambridge, MA 02142

434.200.8442
info@cavionpharma.com
Directions