1. Q32 Bio completed enrollment in Part B of SIGNAL-AA trial. 2. Trial size increased to 33 patients due to high demand. 3. Bempikibart showed promising activity and safety profile in earlier stages. 4. Topline data from Part B expected mid-2026, potential pivotal trials. 5. IL-7Rα inhibition targeted for treating severe alopecia areata.
The successful enrollment exceeding expectations demonstrates strong market demand, which may attract investors. Historically, positive trial news often boosts biotech stock prices.
The trial's success could validate Q32 Bio's market position, leading to investor confidence and potential partnerships.
The upcoming data in mid-2026 could significantly influence future valuations, similar to past biotech advancements leading to increased stock prices as trials progressed.
-- SIGNAL-AA Part B exceeded target enrollment based on demand from patients; trial size increased to 33 patients --
WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Q32 Bio Inc. (NASDAQ:QTTB) ("Q32 Bio"), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing innovative therapies for alopecia areata (AA) and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, today announced that it has completed enrollment in Part B of its SIGNAL-AA Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating bempikibart in patients with severe or very severe AA. Bempikibart is a fully human anti-IL-7Rα antibody designed to re-regulate adaptive immune function by blocking IL-7 and TSLP signaling.
"We are pleased to complete enrollment and exceed our initial enrollment target in Part B of the SIGNAL-AA trial, which reflects our team's capabilities to execute our clinical development plan and the strong interest from patients and their healthcare providers in bempikibart's IL-7Rα antagonist approach in AA," said Jodie Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Q32 Bio. "In SIGNAL-AA Part A, bempikibart demonstrated encouraging clinical activity, a well-tolerated safety and tolerability profile, and expected on-mechanism changes in T-cells, indicative of potent IL-7 inhibition. Part B, which includes a loading regimen and dosing through 36 weeks, is intended to build upon these findings as we advance bempikibart in AA."
Ms. Morrison added, "Patients with AA are in need of new, safer, and more durable treatment alternatives to currently approved agents, and this milestone underscores our commitment to advancing bempikibart as a potentially differentiated therapeutic option. We look forward to sharing topline data from Part B of the SIGNAL-AA trial next year, which, pending the results, could support advancement into pivotal trials upon completion."
The Part B portion of SIGNAL-AA is an open-label clinical trial dosing severe or very severe AA patients with a maximum duration of current episode of four years. Patients will be treated with bempikibart for 36 weeks, with follow-up out to 52 weeks. Dosing includes an initial loading regimen of 200mg of bempikibart dosed weekly for four doses, followed by a maintenance dose of 200mg every-other-week over a 32-week period for a total dosing period of 36 weeks. Efficacy will be evaluated on the basis of mean percentage change from baseline in Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) scores as well as the proportion of subjects achieving various relative and absolute SALT improvements at week 36, with follow-up through week 52. The trial is intended to support advancement into pivotal trials upon completion, pending review of the results.
Emerging signs of clinical activity are being observed amongst the early-enrolling patients in Part B of the trial. In addition, based on preliminary pharmacokinetic data available to date in the Part B portion of SIGNAL-AA, steady state concentration of drug in patients is achieved at least nine weeks earlier as compared to Part A of the clinical trial due to the inclusion of the loading regimen, which may have the potential to induce earlier responsiveness.
Total enrollment of 33 patients exceeded the initial target of approximately 20 patients due to demand from patients and their healthcare providers. As a result of the over-enrollment, Q32 Bio expects to report topline data from SIGNAL-AA Part B in mid-2026.
About Q32 Bio
Q32 Bio is a clinical stage biotechnology company whose science targets potent regulators of the adaptive immune system to re-balance immunity and is focused on developing innovative therapies for alopecia areata and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. About 700,000 people in the United States live with alopecia areata1, a disease which has a life-altering impact on patients and limited current treatment options. Q32 Bio is advancing bempikibart (ADX-914), a fully human anti-IL-7Rα antibody that re-regulates adaptive immune function, for the treatment of alopecia areata in an ongoing Phase 2 program. The IL-7 and TSLP pathways have been genetically and biologically implicated in driving several T cell-mediated pathological processes in numerous autoimmune diseases.
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1National Alopecia Areata Foundation
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