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Praxis Precision Medicines Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for Elsunersen for the Treatment of Seizures Associated with SCN2A Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Caused by Gain of Function Variants

$PRAXPress releaseJun 22, 2026, 8:00 AM ETRead the release

Praxis Precision Medicines secured FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for elsunersen (PRAX-222) for SCN2A-DEE, driven by topline data showing a 77% sham-adjusted reduction in monthly seizures in the Phase 1/2 EMBRAVE Part A study. The designation enables a streamlined, single-arm design for the pivotal EMBRAVE3 study, which is enrolling approximately 30 patients to evaluate changes in countable motor seizures over 24 weeks.

Key figures

Drug Name
elsunersen (PRAX-222)
Phase Of Trial
Phase 1/2
P value
0.015
Embrave part a patients
9
Embrave3 patients target
30
Seizure reduction percent
77%

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