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Thesis

Four years of durable OLE data and Phase 3 enrollment complete — zorevunersen's NDA case hinges on whether Phase 3 confirms the signal

Updated 43d ago

Stoke Therapeutics is a clinical-stage company developing zorevunersen, a gene-targeting drug for Dravet syndrome, a severe childhood seizure disorder, which is not yet approved.

Zorevunersen, an antisense oligonucleotide that upregulates the intact SCN1A allele to reduce seizures in Dravet syndrome, has 162 patients enrolled with zero discontinuations and four years of open-label efficacy data supporting BTD. Phase 3 data readout determines whether that signal replicates in a controlled trial, which is the sole condition for NDA completion. The approval path itself carries risk: the NDA will rest on a single Phase 3, and the FDA's prior request for additional information after the BTD multidisciplinary meeting signals the agency has not yet fully aligned on the data package.

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Current Thesis Drivers

  • Phase 3 EMPEROR enrollment complete, 162 patients, zero discontinuations
  • 4-year OLE: durable seizure reduction, significant cognition/behavior gains
  • $420M cash; runway to early 2028, covering NDA but not extended launch
  • FDA requested additional info post-BTD meeting; data package alignment open

What could change the thesis?

  • Q3 2027 Phase 3 readout: primary endpoint met advances NDA, miss ends thesis
  • Pre-NDA FDA meeting: alignment confirms pathway, disagreement delays or reframes NDA
  • H1 2027 STK-002 Phase 1 readout: efficacy signal opens second program, null closes it

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