RJ Tesi
Analyst · H.C. Wainwright. Please proceed with your question.
Yeah, so good question, you know, so obviously the calculation of July is, you know, obviously depends on the FDA. And I want to give, you know, I'm sure you've heard this from other companies, the FDA has been spectacular in dealing with the COVID-19 issue. They are quick in their responses. They're clear. They are here to help, which is often not the way it seems when you're a small biotech because they can be a rough taskmaster. The rate of enrollment, obviously, it would depend completely on where the disease is in the US. I think that anyone who thinks the disease is going to disappear in the summer, there are few people that do, I'm not one of those people. As I mentioned earlier, I think it's going to roll you know, I think it's going to roll across the South and the South Central in the Midwest, and then in the fall we’re probably going to have secondary outbreaks where the first outbreaks are in the Wayne, the east coast and the West Coast. I think it's going to be here for a while. The current plan is that we're going to, for the 100 patient go-no-go is five to seven sites. And the assumption is that they'll enroll at least one patient a week. So, you can do the math. It’s a 100 patient randomized trial, 50 get drugs and 50 don't get drugs. By the way, David, I forgot to add, talk about the way that the dosing when Jason asked, but the – and this is actually the FDA’s recommendation, by the way. We designed it as a two-dose study on a mission and seven days later, and they pushed back and said, make it a one dose study with a second dose if they are in the hospital. The expectation or the hope is that most of these patients actually leave the hospital by seven days. So, to treat the 360 patients that we need to treat since only half of those or 100, you know let’s call it a 180 patients are getting treatment. And let's say 20% get more than two doses. I mean 250 viles is all we need for this clinical trial, 350 dose – 250 doses. So, that's a very – it’s a beautiful thing when you're a company doing a drug study where the drug supply is not a tremendous burden. But anyway, Arthur, back to your question, our hope is, you know, the speed of which the trial enrolls is completely dependent on how severe the disease is. We will be placing our sites where we think the disease is going to be active this fall, this summer and fall.