ION-455 in Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis: NCT05560607 Clinical Landscape Report 2026

15 October 2026
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This Clinical Landscape Report was built with PatSnap Life Sciences MCP workflows. Clinical Trials MCP supplies protocol and result records, Drug & Asset MCP adds asset context, and Company & Deal Intelligence MCP resolves sponsor background. Use the same structured MCP building blocks in your research workflow.

Data snapshot: 15 October 2026. This strategic research report is not medical, regulatory or investment advice. Trial status and dates can change.

Phase 1

Clinical phase

Completed

Recruitment status

not reported

Planned enrollment

2023-11-20

Primary-completion proxy

Executive view

NCT05560607 evaluates ION-455 in Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis. The disclosed sponsor is AstraZeneca PLC, the design is Interventional, and the geographic footprint is United States. The first listed primary endpoint is Number of participants with Adverse Events (AEs)., assessed over 99 days.

The key landscape question is whether this protocol can generate a clinically interpretable signal relative to nearby programs. Phase alone is not a measure of evidence quality. Endpoint relevance, comparator choice, masking, enrollment feasibility, patient selection, country coverage and follow-up must be considered together.

PatSnap MCP Servers make this assessment reproducible by keeping protocol facts, result evidence, asset attributes and sponsor identity in separate structured calls.

How the MCP evidence stack was assembled

Clinical Trials MCP clinical_trial_fetch retrieved the design, outcomes, phase, status, enrollment, sponsor, countries and timing for NCT05560607 and selected peers. clinical_trial_result_fetch supplied detailed result records from the wider Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis landscape. Drug & Asset MCP drug_fetch was queried for ION-455, while Company & Deal Intelligence MCP organization_fetch was queried for AstraZeneca PLC.

This separation reduces a common diligence error: treating a registry label, a company description or a result excerpt as if each represented the complete evidence package. Explore the source workflow at the PatSnap MCP marketplace.

Trial landscape table

TrialAsset / interventionPhase / statusSponsorGeographyPrimary endpointReadout proxy
NCT05560607ION-455Phase 1 / CompletedAstraZeneca PLCUnited StatesNumber of participants with Adverse Events (AEs).
99 days
2023-11-20
NCT06365580Kylo-0603Phase 1 / CompletedKylonova (Xiamen) Biopharma Co., Ltd.Chinaincidence of adverse events
up to 3 weeks
2024-08-16
NCT06355310EmpagliflozinPhase 2 / RecruitingAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoUnited StatesHepatic Fat
26-Weeks
2028-01-01
NCT06342947ALG-055009Phase 2 / CompletedAligos Therapeutics, Inc.United StatesPercent relative change from baseline in liver fat content
12 weeks
2024-08-19
NCT06322628VSA-006Phase 2 / Active, not recruitingVisirna Therapeutics HK LimitedChinaPercentage of Participants Achieving ≥ 1 Stage Improvement in Histological Fibrosis with no Worsening of NASH
At week 52
2026-07-01

The table aligns endpoints, sponsors, phases, geographies and readout proxies. It is descriptive, not a head-to-head efficacy comparison. Differences in population, baseline risk, intervention schedule and follow-up can dominate apparent cross-trial differences.

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Protocol design and endpoint interpretation

NCT05560607 is a Phase 1, completed study with not reported planned participants. Allocation is Non-Randomized, masking is None (Open Label), and the intervention model is Single Group Assignment.

The primary endpoint is “Number of participants with Adverse Events (AEs).” over “99 days.” The retrieved endpoint description is: To assess adverse events as a variable of safety and tolerability of AZD7503..

Interpretation should test whether the endpoint captures a clinically meaningful change, whether its time horizon matches the proposed biology, and whether treatment discontinuation or missing data can bias the estimate. The planned enrollment of not reported should be assessed against expected effect size, event frequency, multiplicity, subgroup plans and attrition.

No named control drug was returned in the protocol field set. A placebo comparator can strengthen internal efficacy assessment, while an active comparator may better test clinical differentiation. Single-arm and open-label programs require greater weight on objective outcomes, independent assessment and external benchmarks.

Indexed readouts in the surrounding landscape

0 recent result records were selected as contextual evidence for Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis. These records do not establish direct evidence for NCT05560607 unless the registration number matches.

Indexed evidence status

No directly comparable result record was retrieved for this disease query. This is a monitoring gap, not evidence of absence.

Result fields should be reconciled with the source record before quantitative comparison. Population definitions, analysis sets, dose cohorts, estimands, confidence intervals, rescue therapy and follow-up can materially change the meaning of a numerical endpoint. Clinical Trials MCP supports repeatable refreshes as result records change.

Asset and sponsor context

ION-455 is indexed as ASO with 17β-HSD13 biology and a global stage of Discontinued. The asset profile lists Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as an originator or developer.

AstraZeneca PLC is indexed in an unreported country with the website http://www.astrazeneca.com. AstraZeneca is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. The record lists 352 development-stage drug assets.

For execution diligence, monitor sponsor ownership, collaborator additions, site expansion, protocol amendments and enrollment revisions. A change in ownership or geography can alter operational confidence as well as the commercial meaning of a future readout.

Development white space

  1. Endpoint white space. Determine whether a more patient-relevant outcome, longer durability window or blinded central assessment would resolve uncertainty left by the current endpoint.
  2. Population white space. Test biomarker-defined, treatment-line or risk-stratified subgroups where effect size and unmet need could be clearer.
  3. Comparator white space. Identify whether the study can support differentiation against the current standard of care rather than only activity against baseline or placebo.
  4. Geographic white space. Assess whether the disclosed footprint supports recruitment, regulatory transferability and commercial generalizability.
  5. Sequencing white space. Clarify whether ION-455 is intended for monotherapy, combination, maintenance, rescue or an earlier treatment line.

White space should be framed as an unanswered development question, not merely an unoccupied mechanism label. A credible program closes a measurable clinical uncertainty with a design that can be executed and interpreted.

Strategic implications and next readouts

For sponsors, the endpoint hierarchy, safety window, enrollment pace and protocol amendment history should all support the same target product profile. Advancement criteria should be set before the readout and tied to clinical effect, uncertainty, tolerability and operational feasibility.

For business-development teams, differentiation may come from a sharper population, stronger comparator, more durable benefit, simpler delivery or clearer sequencing role. For investors, the central risk is evidence quality relative to time and capital, not the phase label in isolation.

Track recruitment status, enrollment changes, primary-completion timing, endpoint revisions, new result records, sponsor ownership and collaborator changes. Re-run the PatSnap MCP workflow when a surrogate becomes a clinical outcome, a single-country study expands, the comparator changes or a new result materially shifts the competitive benchmark.

Source trail and bottom line

Anchor trial: NCT05560607
Protocol source: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05560607
MCP sources: Clinical Trials MCP (clinical_trial_fetch and clinical_trial_result_fetch); Drug & Asset MCP (drug_fetch); Company & Deal Intelligence MCP (organization_fetch).
Data snapshot: 15 October 2026.

ION-455 in Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis is best understood through the interaction of protocol design, surrounding readouts, asset context and sponsor execution. The current record makes Number of participants with Adverse Events (AEs). and 2023-11-20 the leading decision points.

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