Zevra Therapeutics Presents Design of Phase 2 Clinical Trial Investigating KP1077 for the Treatment of Idiopathic Hypersomnia (IH) at Beyond Sleepy 2023

Zevra is a corporate sponsor of the Hypersomnia Foundation and Beyond Sleepy Conference

CELEBRATION, Fla., June 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ZVRA) (Zevra, or the Company, formerly Zevra.), a rare disease therapeutics company, today announced that an oral presentation featuring the Phase 2 clinical trial design evaluating KP1077 as a treatment for idiopathic hypersomnia (IH), a rare neurological sleep disorder, will be presented at the Hypersomnia Foundation’s 2023 Beyond Sleepy Conference being held June 2 - 4, 2023, in Indianapolis, IN, for people living with IH, narcolepsy and Kleine-Levin syndrome and their supporters. Zevra is a corporate sponsor of the Hypersomnia Foundation and the Beyond Sleep program.

“We are proud to sponsor the Hypersomnia Foundation and the Beyond Sleepy program as part of Zevra’s commitment to support the patients and caregivers dealing with rare sleep disorders. We believe the design of the Phase 2 study will allow us to evaluate KP1077’s effect on several unmet needs associated with IH, including excessive daytime sleepiness, extreme difficulty waking, and severe brain fog,” said Christal Mickle, President, interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Development Officer of Zevra. “We expect to report interim data from the Phase 2 trial exploring the optimal SDX dose range and regimen as early as Q3 2023.”

KP1077 is comprised solely of serdexmethylphenidate (SDX), Zevra’s proprietary prodrug of d-methylphenidate. SDX was recently granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of IH. Zevra has also opened an IND to study KP1077 for the treatment of narcolepsy.

Details of Zevra’s oral presentation are as follows:

Title:	A Clinical Study with KP1077 in Adults with Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Oral Presentation:	Sunday, June 4, 2023, 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM ET
Speaker:	Rene Braeckman, Ph.D., Sr. Vice President of Clinical Development, Zevra, Orlando, FL USA and Christopher Drake, PhD, FAASM, DBSM, Director of Sleep Research, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI
Location:	Fletcher Place