Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Completes Patient Enrollment in Global Phase 3 Sunrise-3 Trial Evaluating Oral Antiviral Bemnifosbuvir for COVID-19 in High-Risk Patients

Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the company has completed enrollment of the global Phase 3 SUNRISE-3 trial evaluating bemnifosbuvir, an oral nucleotide polymerase inhibitor, or placebo for the treatment of COVID-19. Over 2,200 patients were randomized into the supportive care monotherapy cohort and less than 80 patients were randomized into the combination cohort. The primary endpoint of the trial is all-cause hospitalization or death through Day 29 post-treatment in the bemnifosbuvir supportive care monotherapy cohort of high-risk patients.

Secondary endpoints include other measurements of patient outcomes through Day 60 post-treatment. Bemnifosbuvir was granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of COVID-19.