SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Better Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BTTX), a pioneer in developing prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) to treat cardiometabolic diseases, today announced it has completed the enrollment of 1,000 participants across two studies as part of its ongoing clinical program to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of AspyreRxTM (formerly BT-001). AspyreRx received FDA authorization in July 2023 as the first PDT to deliver Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to treat adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Better Therapeutics' ongoing clinical studies are designed to assess the long-term effectiveness of AspyreRx in diverse populations, as measured by change in HbA1c, and safety, as measured by severity and frequency of adverse events. The impact on medication use and healthcare utilization one year after beginning treatment with AspyreRx will also be evaluated, along with an advanced understanding of patient engagement patterns in a real-world setting. In addition, these studies intend to inform the durability of this digital therapeutic intervention.
Participants have been enrolled across Colorado Prevention Center (CPC), affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, the Durham Veterans Association (VA) Health Care System, Ascension DePaul, and Mass General Brigham (MGB). All enrolled participants have been randomized and on-boarded onto AspyreRx or a control app.
“Ongoing studies like these are a critical compass needed in the implementation of healthcare innovation, and today we celebrate a significant milestone in the continued evaluation of digital therapies like AspyreRx,” said Marc Bonaca, MD, Executive Director of CPC Clinical Research. “These studies now extend experience with AspyreRx to participants of diverse geographies, health systems, and racial and ethnic groups for longer durations and in real-world settings and are poised to provide patients, clinicians, and others with a broad understanding of how a prescribable behavioral treatment can be best implemented.”
Depending on adequate power, Better Therapeutics plans to share initial 6-month data by the end of 2023. This initial readout is expected to be followed by additional data releases in 2024.
“Behavioral changes to improve diet and lifestyle are critical for patients with diabetes, but few providers are trained to help patients make meaningful changes,” said Benjamin M. Scirica, MD, MPH. Director, Innovation, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School. “We are excited to be testing AspyreRx in a diverse population of patients with diabetes in order to understand how prescribable behavioral therapies can affect the management of metabolic diseases.”
"As we announce completion of enrollment in these additional studies I am thrilled to share that we are on track for AspyreRx to be commercially available in Q4 of this year," said Frank Karbe, Chief Executive Officer, Better Therapeutics. “Our launch will initially focus on geographies where innovative regional payers overlap with providers who are seeing the highest number of type 2 diabetes patients. Our latest healthcare provider research and feedback from our ongoing discussions with payers gives us confidence that we will be able to generate meaningful commercial traction, including payer coverage, within these initial launch geographies."
About AspyreRx
AspyreRx (fka BT-001) was granted marketing authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July 2023 as the first prescription-only digital behavioral therapeutic device delivering a novel form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) via smartphone to treat adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). AspyreRx is backed by robust data demonstrating clinically meaningful and sustained reduction in HbA1c as well as improvements in other markers of cardiometabolic health when used up to 180 days. Using proven techniques that target the underlying psychological, behavioral, and cognitive factors that sustain or worsen T2D, AspyreRx is a self-paced, engaging experience that patients can access anytime/anywhere. It is prescribed by a healthcare provider in 90-day increments, with proprietary CBT delivered digitally in a weekly step-by-step process. Through interactive therapy lessons, skill-building modules, weekly goal setting and tracking, patients connect changes in behavior to improvements in blood sugar and other biometrics. Each step in the experience builds on the prior to enable and reinforce cognitive restructuring, building the emotional resilience and acceptance needed to make enduring changes.
Indications for Use
AspyreRx is a prescription-only digital therapeutic device intended to provide cognitive behavioral therapy to patients 18 years or older with type 2 diabetes. The device targets behavior to aid in the management of type 2 diabetes in patients who are under the care of a healthcare provider. AspyreRx provides cognitive behavioral therapy as a treatment that should be used adjunctively with standard of care.
About Better Therapeutics
Better Therapeutics is a prescription digital therapeutics company developing a novel form of cognitive behavioral therapy to address underlying factors that sustain or worsen cardiometabolic diseases. The Company has developed a proprietary platform for the development of FDA-regulated, software-based solutions for T2D, heart disease and other conditions. The CBT delivered by Better Therapeutics’ PDT is designed to enable changes in neural pathways of the brain so lasting changes in behavior become possible. Addressing the underlying causes of these diseases has the potential to dramatically improve patient health while lowering healthcare costs. Better Therapeutics’ clinically validated mobile applications are intended to be prescribed by physicians and reimbursed like traditional medicines.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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