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Presenter Disclosure Information John R. Teerlink, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., F.E.S.C., F.R.C.P. Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco Director of Heart Failure, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center • • • Financial Disclosure – This study was funded by Amgen Inc. – J.R. Teerlink has received research grants and/or consulting fees from Amgen, Corthera, Cytokinetics, Merck, Novartis, Sorbent, and Trevena Unlabeled/unapproved uses disclosure – Use of omecamtiv mecarbil in patients with heart failure is investigational. The technical support of Karen Driver is acknowledged and was supported by Amgen Inc. UCSF A Phase 2 Study of Intravenous Omecamtiv Mecarbil, A Novel Cardiac Myosin Activator, In Patients With Acute Heart Failure John R. Teerlink, G. Michael Felker, John J. V. McMurray, Piotr Ponikowski, Marco Metra, Gerasimos S. Filippatos, Kenneth Dickstein, Justin A. Ezekowitz, John G. Cleland, Jae B. Kim, Lei Lei, Beat Knusel, Andrew A. Wolff, Fady I. Malik and Scott M. Wasserman on behalf of the ATOMIC-AHF Investigators and Patients Omecamtiv Mecarbil (OM) is a Novel Selective Cardiac Myosin Activator Mechanochemical Cycle of Myosin Omecamtiv mecarbil increases the entry rate of myosin into the tightly-bound, force-producing state with actin “More hands pulling on the rope” Increases duration of systole Increases stroke volume No increase in myocyte calcium Force production No change in dP/dtmax No increase in MVO2 Malik FI, et al. Science 2011; 331:1439-43. Increases in Systolic Ejection Time Underlie Increases in Cardiac Function Healthy Volunteers 20 15 Healthy Volunteers vs. Heart Failure Patients SET (msec) Change from Baseline 160 Δ Stroke Volume (mL) 10 5 SET Healthy Volunteers SET Heart Failure 0 120 -5 80 16 12 40 Δ Fractional Shortening (% points) 8 0 300 600 900 1200 4 -40 0 -80 12 [Omecamtiv mecarbil] (ng/mL) 8 Δ Ejection Fraction (% points) 4 Teerlink JR, et al. Lancet 2011; 378: 667–75. Cleland JGF, et al. Lancet 2011; 378: 676–83. 0 -4 0 20 40 60 Δ SET (msec) 80 100 Δ = placebo corrected change from baseline Mean ± SEM ATOMIC-AHF Acute Treatment with Omecamtiv Mecarbil to Increase Contractility in Acute Heart Failure Objective: • To evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics/ pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of IV omecamtiv mecarbil (OM) in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) Hypothesis: • At least 1 dose level of IV OM will be well tolerated and will result in improvement of dyspnoea in subjects with left ventricular systolic dysfunction hospitalised for AHF Study Design: Sequential Dosing Cohort Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Cohort 3 Omecamtiv Omecamtiv Omecamtiv 1:1 Randomization (n≈200) Placebo DMC Pharmacokinetic simulations Cohort 1 7.5 mg/hr @ 0-4 hr 1.5 mg/hr @ 4-48 hr Target: 115 ng/mL Cmax: 30-250 ng/mL SET: ~3-28 msec 1:1 randomization (n≈200) 1:1 randomization (n≈200) Placebo Cohort 2 15 mg/hr @ 0-4 hr 3 mg/hr @ 4-48 hr Target: 230 ng/mL Cmax: 75-500 ng/mL SET: ~8-55 msec DMC Placebo Cohort 3 20 mg/hr @ 0-4 hr 4 mg/hr @ 4-48 hr Target: 310 ng/mL Cmax: 125-700 ng/mL SET: ~14-78 msec Teerlink JR, et al. Lancet 2011; 378: 667–75; Cleland JGF, et al. Lancet 2011; 378: 676–83. Randomisation* 1:1 Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential cohort study Omecamtiv mecarbil IV Vital Status (phone call) Screening Presentation for AHF Study Design Placebo IV MANDATORY IN - HOSPITAL STAY Time (hrs) Study drug administration 0 4 Loading Dose 6 15 24 Maintenance Dose 48 72 96 Day 6/ DC 1⁰ EP dyspnoea response PK sampling all subjects PK/PD sub-study Cardiac troponin/CK-MB Echo (PK/PD sub-study) * Randomisation within 24 hours of initial IV diuretic (Amendment 2) Day 30 EOS Month 6 Key Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria Key Inclusion Criteria • Male/female ≥ 18 and ≤ 85 y • History of HF and LVEF ≤40% • Hospitalised for AHF requiring IV therapy • Dyspnoea due to HF at rest or with minimal exertion ≥2 hours after iv diuretic • Screening BNP ≥ 400 pg/mL or NT-proBNP ≥ 1600 pg/mL (BNP ≥ 600 pg/mL or NTproBNP ≥2400 pg/mL, if the subject has atrial fibrillation) Key Exclusion Criteria • Receiving IV vasopressor, inotropic or mechanical support • Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) on presentation • Recent vascular event or cardiac procedure • Severe obstructive valvular or myocardial disease • BP >160/100 or SBP <90 mmHg, or HR >110 or <60 bpm • eGFR (MDRD) <20 mL/min/1.73m2 Randomised within 24 hours of initial IV diuretic treatment Efficacy Endpoints Primary: • Dyspnoea symptom response (7-point Likert scale) through 48 hours Secondary: • Death (any cause) and/or worsening heart failure within 7 days • Dyspnoea area under the curve (AUC) (baseline to 5th day or discharge) as measured by subject self-assessed Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) • Dyspnoea by 7-point Likert scale at each scheduled assessment • Patient Global Assessment response through 48 hours • Change from baseline in NT-proBNP • Length of initial hospital stay • Days alive out of hospital until day 30 PK/PD (Echo) Sub-study Baseline Characteristics (1) Pooled Placebo (N = 303) Cohort 1 OM (N = 103) Cohort 2 OM (N = 99) Cohort 3 OM (N = 101) 66 (11) 65 (12) 67 (10) 68 (10) Gender – male, % 76 76 82 76 Region, % * Characteristic Age , mean (SD) Eastern Europe 53 45 56 62 North America 25 37 24 18 Australia 2 0 1 0 Western Europe 21 18 19 20 62 62 59 66 Years from HF diagnosis, mean (SD) 6 (6) 6 (6) 6 (5) 6 (5) Most recent LVEF (%), mean (SD) 26 (8) 26 (8) 25 (7) 28 (7) Persistent Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter, % 33 29 32 36 Diabetes Mellitus, % 45 49 41 42 Hypertension, % 81 84 81 82 Ischaemic heart disease, % *p < 0.05 for a difference in cohorts 1-3 Placebo arms compared to each other Baseline Characteristics (2) Pooled Placebo (N = 303) Cohort 1 OM (N = 103) Cohort 2 OM (N = 99) Cohort 3 OM (N = 101) 119 (18)* 118 (18) 117 (17) 117 (15) 78 (13) 78 (13) 79 (13) 78 (14) 6 (2) 6 (2) 6 (2) 6 (2) ACE inhibitors/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, % 78 79 74 84 Beta blocker, % 86* 90 87 90 Digoxin, % 20 28 26 22 Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist, % 55 54 59 58 Ivabradine, % 3 4 4 6 0.044* 0.060 0.044 0.056 9026 7674 10488 10416 eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2), mean (SD) 53 (18)* 52 (18) 53 (19) 50 (18) Time from presentation to randomisation, mean (SD) 15 (8)* 12 (8) 16 (10) 15 (9) Characteristic Systolic BP (mmHg), mean (SD) Heart rate (beats/min), mean (SD) Dyspnoea Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), Mean (SD) Troponin-I, median (URL 0.04 ng/mL) NT-proBNP (pg/mL), median *p < 0.05 for a difference in cohorts 1-3 Placebo arms compared to each other; URL= upper reference limit Primary Efficacy Endpoint Dyspnoea Response (Likert Scale) Responder defined as: • Minimally, moderately or markedly better at 6 hours AND • Moderately or markedly better at both 24 and 48 hours WITHOUT • Worsening heart failure or death for any cause by 48 hours Primary Efficacy Endpoint: Dyspnoea Response (Likert Scale) Dyspnoea Response Rate (% Responders) Pooled Placebo Overall p-value = 0.33 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 51% 47% 41% 42% Pooled Placebo OM Cohort 1 OM Cohort 2 OM Cohort 3 1.03 1.15 1.23 (0.79, 1.35) (0.90, 1.47) (0.97, 1.55) Response Rate Ratio* 95% CI *Ratio of response rate to Pooled Placebo p-value of a CMH test among all 3 Placebo arms = 0.32 Supplemental Primary Analysis: Dyspnoea Response (Likert Scale) Dyspnoea Response Rate (% Responders) Paired Placebo 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Response Rate Ratio 95% CI p = 0.03 p = NS p = NS 41% 46% 51% 47% 42% 37% Placebo OM Cohort 1 Placebo OM Cohort 2 Placebo OM Cohort 3 1.02 1.02 1.41 (0.74, 1.42) (0.76, 1.37) (1.02, 1.93) Response rate ratio: ratio of response rate to Placebo within each cohort Exploratory Analyses: Dose and Concentration Relationship to Dyspnoea Response For Increases of… Response Rate Ratio Increases… 95% CI P-value Dose* 50 mg total OM administered 5.5% 0.7% – 10.6% 0.025 Plasma concentration* 4000 hr*ng/mL AUC48h 6.4% 1.7% – 11.4% 0.007 * Adjusted for region, cohort, age, baseline NRS, presentation-randomisation duration (continuous) Secondary Efficacy Endpoint: Worsening Heart Failure (WHF) Within 7 days of IP initiation Death or WHF* Yes - n(%) Relative risk (95% CI) p-value Pooled Placebo (N = 303) Cohort 1 OM (N = 103) Cohort 2 OM (N = 99) Cohort 3 OM (N = 101) 52 (17) 13 (13) 0.67 (0.38, 1.18) 0.151 9 (9) 0.54 (0.28, 1.04) 0.054 9 (9) 0.54 (0.27, 1.08) 0.067 WHF* Yes - n(%) 51 (17) 13 (13) 8 (8) 9 (9) Relative risk 0.68 0.49 0.55 (95% CI) (0.38, 1.21) (0.24, 0.98) (0.28, 1.09) p-value 0.179 0.034 0.075 *Worsening heart failure is defined as clinical evidence of persistent or deteriorating heart failure requiring at least one of the following treatments: • Initiation, reinstitution or intensification of IV vasodilator • Initiation of IV positive inotropes, or IV vasopressors • Initiation of ultrafiltration, hemofiltration, or dialysis • Initiation of mechanical ventilatory or circulatory support Other Secondary Efficacy Endpoints Pooled Placebo (N = 303) Cohort 1 OM (N = 103) Cohort 2 OM (N = 99) Cohort 3 OM (N = 101) Dyspnoea Numerical Response AUC through Day 6, mean (95% CI) 3.5 (3.3, 3.8) 3.5 (3.1, 3.9) 3.6 (3.2, 4.0) 3.7 (3.3, 4.0) Patient Global Assessment response, n (%) 127 (42) 44 (43) 48 (48) 51 (50) Length of initial hospital stay, median days (95% CI) 9 (8, 9) 8 (7, 9) 7 (7, 8) 9 (8, 10) 22 (21, 23) 23 (21, 24) 23 (23, 24) 22 (21, 23) Days alive out of hospital through 30 days, median (95% CI) NT-proBNP change from BL (pg/mL) at 48 hours, median (95% CI) -1805 (-2271, -1370) All comparisons to Pooled Placebo not significant (p > 0.05) -2076 -2161 -1742 (-2746, -1292) (-4273, -1336) (-2517, -1017) Supraventricular and Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias Pooled Placebo (N = 303) Pooled OM (N = 303) Cohort 1 OM (N = 103) Cohort 2 OM (N = 99) Cohort 3 OM (N = 101) 34 (11.2) 26 (8.6) 13 (12.6) 5 (5.1) 8 (7.9) Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter Atrial Tachycardia Sinus Tachycardia Supraventricular Tachycardia 20 (6.6) 15 (5.0) 10 (3.3) 6 (2.0) 6 (5.8) 3 (2.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (4.0) 3 (3.0) 3 (1.0) 1 (0.3) 2 (0.7) 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 4 (1.3) 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (2.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias Ventricular Arrhythmia Ventricular Extrasystoles Ventricular Fibrillation Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia Ventricular Tachycardia Extrasystoles 18 (5.9) 4 (1.3) 1 (0.3) 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 11 (3.6) 0 (0.0) 17 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.7) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 13 (4.3) 1 (0.3) 8 (7.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) 7 (6.8) 0 (0.0) 5 (5.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (4.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (3.0) 1 (1.0) Preferred Term Patient Incidence, n (%) Number of subjects reporting AEs of Supraventricular or Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia Post-Randomization Adjudicated Events Pooled Placebo (N = 303) Pooled OM (N = 303) Cohort 1 OM (N = 103) Cohort 2 OM (N = 99) Cohort 3 OM (N = 101) Death Cardiovascular ACS/MI (fatal) 10 (3.3) 10 (3.3) 0 8 (2.6) 8 (2.6) 1 (0.3) 1 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 0 4 (4.0) 4 (4.0) 0 3 (3.0) 3 (3.0) 1 (1.0) All Rehospitalisations Acute MI Unstable angina Heart failure Other 37 (12.2) 1 (0.3) 0 19 (6.3) 18 (5.9) 29 (9.6) 1 (0.3) 0 22 (7.3) 7 (2.3) 11 (10.7) 1 (1.0) 0 6 (5.8) 4 (3.9) 11 (11.1) 0 0 11 (11.1) 0 7 (6.9) 0 0 5 (5.0) 3 (3.0) All Index hospitalisation MI (non-fatal) Investigator reported Troponin triggered 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.7) 5 (1.7) 2 (0.7) 3 (1.0) 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.0) 0 0 0 4 (4.0) 2 (2.0) 2 (2.0) Total MIs (Fatal + Rehosp + Nonfatal Index Hosp) 3 (1.0) 7 (2.3) 2 (1.9) 0 5 (5.0) Patient Incidence, n (%) ACS/MI = Acute Coronary Syndrome/Myocardial Infarction. 66 patients had 73 positively adjudicated rehospitalisations. Troponin-I Change from Baseline (ng/mL) Compared with Pooled Placebo Troponin Change from Baseline (ng/mL) 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 -1E-16 0.00 -0.01 –0.01 -0.02 –0.02 Q3 -0.03 –0.03 Median -0.04 –0.04 -0.05 –0.05 4HR4 hours Baseline TnI (ng/mL) Median (Q1, Q3) 15 hours HR15 24 hours HR24 Pooled Placebo 0.044 0.023, 0.080 48 hours HR48 Day Day 44 Q1 Day Day 66 Time Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Cohort 3 0.060 0.028, 0.141 0.044 0.030, 0.084 0.056 0.026, 0.092 Omecamtiv mecarbil Cmax 100 Omecamtiv mecarbil AUC0-48 100 80 80 60 60 40 40 20 20 0 0 -20 Red lines represent linear regression line and its +/- SE. Baseline troponin-I is adjusted. -20 -40 0 200 400 600 -40 800 1000 1200 1400 0 10000 OM Cmax (ng/mL) Max Troponin Change from Baseline(ng/mL) Max Troponin Change from Baseline(ng/mL) Omecamtiv Mecarbil Concentrations vs. Troponin-I Maximal Change from Baseline 30000 40000 OM AUC0-48 (ng*hr/mL) 4 4 2 2 p=0.95 0 p=0.83 0 -2 -2 -4 20000 -4 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 OM Cmax (ng/mL) 0 10000 20000 30000 OM AUC0-48 (ng*hr/mL) 40000 Adverse Events Adverse Events (AEs), Patient Incidence, n (%) Pooled Placebo (N = 303) Pooled OM (N = 303) Cohort 1 OM (N = 103) Cohort 2 OM (N = 99) Cohort 3 OM (N = 101) All AEs 187 (61.7) 175 (57.8) 73 (70.9) 49 (49.5) 53 (52.5) Cardiac Failure* 53 (17.5) 46 (15.2) 17 (16.5) 14 (14.1) 15 (14.9) Hypokalaemia 18 (5.9) 20 (6.6) 7 (6.8) 7 (7.1) 6 (5.9) Hypotension 14 (4.6) 24 (7.9) 14 (13.6) 5 (5.1) 5 (5.0) 69 (22.8) 66 (21.8) 24 (23.3) 24 (24.2) 18 (17.8) Cardiac Failure* 29 (9.6) 26 (8.6) 8 (7.8) 11 (11.1) 7 (6.9) Renal Failure Acute 4 (1.3) 6 (2.0) 2 (1.9) 2 (2.0) 2 (2.0) Hypotension 0 (0.0) 3 (1.0) 3 (2.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) Deaths 11 (3.6) 9 (3.0) 2 (1.9) 4 (4.0) 3 (3.0) AEs leading to discontinuation of IP 15 (5.0) 15 (5.0) 7 (6.8) 4 (4.0) 4 (4.0) 3 most common AEs Serious AEs 3 most common serious AEs N = Number of patients in the analysis set; IP = Investigational Product. * Cardiac failure includes both “Cardiac failure” and “Cardiac Failure Congestive” Preferred Terms. PK/PD Substudy Endpoint: Change in Systolic Ejection Time (SET) PK Concentration Bin Analysis Control OM concentration range (ng/ml) OM OM OM Concentration Concentration Concentration Bin 1 Bin 2 Bin 3 ≥88-200 >200-300 >300-787 Change in SET (msec) N(n) 45 (88) 10 (18) 15 (23) 12 (19) -6.7 16.6 26.9 46.4 23.4 33.6 53.2 95% CI (7.4, 39.4) (19.8, 47.4) (38.0, 68.3) p-value 0.005 <0.0001 <0.0001 LS mean Difference from control Linear regression slope p < 0.0001 Baseline systolic ejection time for all patients was 258 msec. N: number of patients in the bin, n: number of observations in the bin; Control = observations in Placebo + PK below quantification limit; PK bin concentration analysis: repeated measures analysis of covariance; Linear regression slope analysis: repeated measures multiple linear regression. Change in Heart Rate and SBP PK Concentration Bin Analysis Control OM concentration range (ng/ml) Heart Rate (beats/min) LS means Difference from control 95% CI p-value Linear regression slope -4.3 OM Conc. Bin 1 OM Conc. Bin 2 OM Conc. Bin 3 ≥88-200 >200-300 >300-787 -4.4 -0.1 (-1.4, 1.1) 0.835 -6.3 -2.0 (-3.6, -0.4) 0.016 p < 0.0001 -6.5 -2.3 (-3.9, -0.6) 0.008 SBP (mmHg) LS means -4.6 -4.4 -4.0 -2.2 Difference from control 0.3 0.6 2.4 (0.6, 4.2) 95% CI (-1.2, 2.4) (-1.2, 1.7) p-value 0.719 0.521 0.009 Linear regression slope p = 0.0017 N: number of patients in the bin, n: number of observations in the bin. Heart rate measured by ECG. Control = observations in Placebo + PK below quantification limit. PK bin concentration analysis: repeated measures analysis of covariance. Linear regression slope analysis: repeated measures multiple linear regression. Summary • Efficacy – OM did not meet the 1° endpoint of dyspnoea relief – Appeared to improve dyspnoea in Cohort 3 – Trends towards reduction of worsening HF • Safety – Overall SAE profile and tolerability similar to placebo – Increase in troponin; no clear relationship to OM concentration – Numerical imbalance in MIs in Cohort 3 – No evidence of pro-arrhythmia • Pharmacology – PK similar to healthy volunteers and stable HF patients – Systolic ejection time significantly increased consistent with MOA – Small fall in heart rate & rise in systolic BP at higher doses Committees • Executive Committee: – Michael Felker – John McMurray – John Teerlink (Chair) • Steering Committee: – – – – – – John Cleland Kenneth Dickstein Justin Ezekowitz Gerasimos Filippatos Marco Metra Piotr Ponikowski • Data Monitoring Committee: – Henry Dargie – Barry Greenberg – James Januzzi (Advisor) – Julie Johnson (Advisor) – Marv Konstam (Chair) – Joseph Massaro – Barry Massie Investigators Joanna Szachniewicz, Mikhail Kotelnikov, Zhanna Kobalava, Jindrich Spinar, Veselin Mitrovic, Janos Tomcsanyi, Bela Merkely, Dinesh Gupta, Mason Weiss, Kalman Toth, Pranas Serpytis, Andrzej Wysokinski, Alain Cohen Solal, Kirkwood Adams, Michel Galinier, Gintare Sakalyte, Hans Vandekerckhove, Fedya Nikolov, Marco Metra, Steven Krueger, Boycho Boychev, Eustathios Iliodromitis, Ioannis Nanas, Jooyoung Shin, Javed Butler, Petar Lazov, Guy Proulx, Gaetano De Ferrari, Dmitry Zateyshchikov, Ivan Gordeev, Boris Goloshchekin, Peter MacDonald, Borislav Atzev, Assen Goudev, Jan Belohlavek, Kumudha Ramasubbu, Nina Shehova-Iankova, Haissam Haddad, Richard Isnard, Kenneth Dickstein, Jadwiga Nessler, Svetlana Boldueva, Glenn Hamroff, John Morrow, Lynne Wagoner, Jiri Vitovec, Jans Stevlik, Stephen Gottlieb, Frank McGrew, Arthur Eberly, Thao Huynh, Henning Ebelt, Thomas Heitzer, Panagiotis Vardas, Dirk Lok, Sergey Tereshenko, Nina Novikova, Marian Hranai, Debra Weinstein, Eugene Chung, David Lanfear, Denise Barnard, Chetan Patel, Mark Dunlap, James Maher, Inder Anand, Marc Vanderheyden, Michel de Ceuninck, Ditmar Raev, Robert Stewart, Pavel Cervinka, Angelika Costard-Jäckle, Athanasios Manolis, Jaroslaw Kasprak, Vladimir Simanenkov, David Smull, Mitchell Saltzberg, Peter McCullough, Andrew Wilson, Filip Charlier, Serge Lepage, Justin Ezekowitz, Gordon Moe, Manohara Senaratne, David Zemanek, Pascal De Groote, Rémi Sabatier, Christian Hengstenberg, Tim Schäufele, Andreas Zeiher, Stephan Felix, Dimitrios Alexopoulos, Bela Herczeg, Laszlo Zoltan, Eelko Ronner, Wlodzimierz Musial, Piotr Jankowski, Eugeny Shlyakhto, Tatyana Novikova, Elena Vasilieva, Arsenio Rodriguez, John Teerlink, Alexander Adler, Andrew McRae, Garrie Haas, Daniel Lenihan, Henry Krum, Carmine De Pasquale, Dariusz Korczyk, Aleksandra Bankova, Stefan Denchev, Debra Isaac, John David Parker, Veli-Pekka Harjola, Heikki Ukkonen, François Roubille, Gérald Roul, Michael Böhm, Ruth Strasser, Sebastian Maier, Gerhard Cieslinski, Hans-Georg Olbrich, Noemi Nyolczas, Maurizio Porcu, Claudio Fresco, Folkert Asselbergs, Lars Gullestad, Andrzej Rynkiewicz, Grigory Aroutiounov, Daniel Pella, Jozef Kaluzay, John Cleland, Hugh Bethell, Angus Nightingale, John McMurray, Philip Adamson, Todd Kovach, Jalal Ghali, Andrew Keller, Adrian Van Bakel, James Mudd, Gregory Ewald, Stephanie Dunlap, Edward McMillan, Freidoon Ghazi, Glenn Barquet, Joshua Larned, Rami Alharethi