The CAHtalyst Adult Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Crinecerfont: Principal Investigator Interview

Richard Auchus, MD, PhD, a preeminent steroid biologist who has worked on improving treatment for people with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) for 2 decades, details this unique study of crinecerfont, a corticotropin-releasing factor-1 antagonist that effectively blocks anterior pituitary release of ACTH and thus the downstream overproduction of adrenal androgens. On July 1, the FDA accepted new drug applications and granted Priority Review for crinecerfont to treat CAH in both adults and pediatric populations. Auchus offers an enthusiastic review of the study and the clinical implications of the outcomes.

Richard J Auchus, MD, PhD, is the James A. Shayman and Andrea S. Kevrick professor of translational medicine, professor of internal medicine, and professor of pharmacology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, MI. His areas of work include molecular and genetic mechanisms of human hypertension, improved diagnostic studies and management in primary aldosteronism and Cushing syndromes, modifier genes in 21-hydroxylase deficiency, cardiovascular disease in polycystic ovary syndrome, and the endocrinology of traumatic brain injury.