I-Vicore Pharma Holding AB namhlanje ibhengeza isigulane sokuqala esibhaliswe kwisigaba sokulinga se-COMPANION1, isifundo seklinikhi yonyango lwe-digital cognitive behavioral therapy kwizigulane ezine-IPF.
Izigulane ezine-IPF zinobomi obulindelekileyo beminyaka emithathu ukuya kwemihlanu, apho i-dyspnea, ukudinwa kunye nokukhohlela kuya kusiba mbi ngakumbi kwaye kuphononongo olwandulelayo, kwaboniswa ukuba i-63% yezigulane ze-IPF zibika inqanaba eliphakathi ukuya kwinqanaba elibi le-anxiety2. I-Cognitive Behavioral therapy (CBT) yindlela esekelwe kakuhle yokunceda izigulane ezinomthwalo wengqondo obangelwa sisifo esinzima kunye ne-CBT yedijithali inenzuzo yokuba ifikeleleke ubusuku nemini kwaye inokwenziwa ngumntu ngamnye ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zesigulane.
I-COMPANION luphando lwezonyango lwedijithali olugcwele ngokupheleleyo, olungenamkhethe, olulawulwayo oluhambelanayo lokuvavanya impembelelo yonyango lwedijithali i-Almee™ kumthwalo weempawu zengqondo kubantu abadala abafunyenwe bene-IPF. Uphononongo lwe-COMPANION lunezigaba ezibini; isifundo sokulinga esenzelwe ukucokisa imo esebenzisanayo yeseshoni yonyango, elandelwa luphononongo olubalulekileyo. Uphononongo luya kwenzeka e-US kwaye kulindeleke ukuba lugqitywe kwi-H1 2023, emva koko i-Vicore iya kufuna imvume ye-FDA ye-Almee™ njengesixhobo sonyango kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ifumaneke kwizigulane ngo-2024. I-Almee™ iphuhliswe ngokubambisana U-Alex Therapeutics AB* kunye nophononongo lwe-COMPANION luqhutywa kusetyenziswa izisombululo zeklinikhi ezibonakalayo eziphuhliswe yiCurebase Inc*.
“Sichulumancile kakhulu ukuba senze isigulane sethu sokuqala ngokungenamkhethe kwisigaba sokulinga sophononongo lwe-COMPANION. Olu pho nonongo aluyi kunceda kuphela ukucacisa umphumo wokuxhalaba kwi-IPF umgangatho wobomi bezigulane, kuya kuphinda kuphonononge izibonelelo zokusika unyango lwedijithali, "utsho uNjingalwazi Maureen Horton, umphandi oyintloko we-COMPANION, iYunivesithi yaseJohns Hopkins.
“I-Almee™ yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yesicwangciso-qhinga sophuhliso lweVicore kunyango olupheleleyo nolomntu ngamnye kwisifo semiphunga esinqabileyo kwaye ijongana nesidingo esicacileyo esingafezekiswanga kwiqela lezigulane ze-IPF. Olu phononongo lweklinikhi olunatyisiweyo lukwasinika ithuba lokuphinda sicinge ngemodeli yolingo lwezonyango lwemveli ngelixa sigcina isigulana sigxile,” utshilo uJessica Shull, uMlawuli weDigital Therapeutics eVicore.