Cingulate Initiates Final Study for Lead ADHD Asset CTx-1301

Cingulate Inc.
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$10 Million of additional Capital Recently Raised Strengthening Balance Sheet

KANSAS CITY, Kan., Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cingulate Inc. (NASDAQ: CING), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing its proprietary Precision Timed Release? (PTR?) drug delivery platform technology to build and advance a pipeline of next-generation pharmaceutical products, announced today that it has commenced its final FDA-required study, which is a food effect study, for CTx-1301 (dexmethylphenidate) for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A data readout from the study is expected by the end of 2024.

Additionally, Cingulate has raised over $10 million in additional capital since the middle of August 2024, 58% of this amount from its at the market facility, and has received notification from Nasdaq that Cingulate is now in compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements.

“We are pleased to have raised additional substantial capital, which allows us to focus on advancing the final activities required for NDA submission of our lead asset, CTx-1301, which is targeted for mid 2025. Initiating the final study for CTx-1301 is a key milestone moving us one step closer to NDA submission,” said Cingulate Chairman and CEO Shane J. Schaffer.

About the Fast Fed Study
The study is an assessment of the effect of food on the absorption of the highest dose of CTx-1301. An open-label, randomized, single-dose, two-period, two-treatment (Fed vs. Fasted), two-sequence, crossover study In Healthy adult subjects to assess the effect of food on the bioavailability of CTx-1301 (dexmethylphenidate) of the highest dose.

About Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD is a chronic neurobiological and developmental disorder that affects millions of children and often continues into adulthood. The condition is marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development. In the U.S., approximately 6.4 million children and adolescents (11 percent) aged under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with ADHD. Among this group, approximately 80 percent receive treatment, with 65-90 percent demonstrating clinical ADHD symptoms that persist into adulthood. Adult ADHD prevalence is estimated at approximately 11 million patients (4.4 percent), almost double the size of the child and adolescent segment combined. However, only an estimated 20 percent receive treatment.

About CTx-1301
Cingulate’s lead candidate, CTx-1301, utilizes Cingulate’s proprietary PTR drug delivery platform to create a breakthrough, multi-core formulation of the active pharmaceutical ingredient dexmethylphenidate, a compound approved by the FDA for the treatment of ADHD. Dexmethylphenidate is part of the stimulant class of medicines and increases norepinephrine and dopamine activity in the brain to affect attention and behavior. While stimulants are the gold standard of ADHD treatment due to their efficacy and safety, the long-standing challenge continues to be providing patients with an entire active-day duration of action. CTx-1301 is designed to precisely deliver three releases of medication at the predefined time, ratio, and style of release to optimize patient care in one tablet. The result is a rapid onset and entire active-day efficacy, with the third dose being released around the time when other extended-release stimulant products begin to wear off.