Aliphatic chain compounds include aliphatic compounds and chain compounds containing other elements or groups. Aliphatic hydrocarbons are hydrocarbons with the basic properties of aliphatic compounds. In aliphatic compounds, carbon atoms are arranged in straight chain, branched chain or cyclic, which are respectively called straight chain aliphatic hydrocarbons, branched chain aliphatic hydrocarbons and alicyclic hydrocarbons. Some cyclic hydrocarbons are different in nature from aromatic hydrocarbons, and are very similar to aliphatic hydrocarbons. Such cyclic hydrocarbons are called alicyclic hydrocarbons. In this way, aliphatic hydrocarbons become a general term for all hydrocarbons except aromatic hydrocarbons. Aliphatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives (including halogenated hydrocarbons) and alicyclic hydrocarbons and their derivatives are collectively referred to as aliphatic compounds.
Diabetes Care, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Diabetes Association publishes the data from Lexicon’s RELIEF-DPN 1 phase 2 study of LX9211. Adaptor-Associated Kinase 1 (AAK1) is linked to clathrin-mediated endocytosis, and plays a critical role in neuropathic pain and various neurological disorders.
Lexicon’s LX9211 is a selective small molecule inhibitor of AAK1, that is developed as a novel non-opioid approach to neuropathic pain. LX9211 is designed to become an efficacious treatment for moderate-to-severe pain due to diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP), which is difficult to manage with current approved medications.
LX9211 is in late-stage development, and the patient enrollment of Phase 2b study will be completed by 2024. Its top-line data is expected in Q2 2025. Lexicon received Fast Track Designation from the FDA for LX9211 in DPNP in 2020.