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Lead candidate pepinemab (VX15) being evaluated in three ongoing clinical trials in cancer and Huntington’s Disease
Enrollment in CLASSICAL Lung Cancer trial and Cohort B of the SIGNAL Huntington’s Disease trial is On-Track; Data Expected for NSCLC in 2H 2019 and for Huntington’s disease in 2H 2020
During the quarter,
Clinical Updates:
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). In the company’s CLASSICAL study, which is evaluating pepinemab in combination with avelumab in NSCLC, the dose escalation phase of the trial is complete, and the company has identified the intended Phase 2 dose for the dose expansion phase.
Vaccinex plans to enroll 28 patients in each of two cohorts: one in which patients are immunotherapy naïve and one with patients whose tumors have progressed during or following an initial treatment with anti-PD1/PD-L1. Data from this trial is expected in 2H 2019. - Huntington’s Disease. The company’s SIGNAL trial evaluating pepinemab for the treatment of Huntington’s Disease remains on-track to complete enrollment of 258 patients in Cohort B by the end of 2018.
Vaccinex expects data from this study in 2H 2020. - In addition, pepinemab is also being evaluated in multiple investigator-sponsored trials (ISTs) for additional cancer indications:
-- Melanoma -The UCLA School of Medicine , in collaboration withBristol-Myers Squibb , is evaluating pepinemab in combination with the checkpoint inhibitors nivolumab and ipilumumab in two cohorts of patients with advanced melanoma.
-- Osteosarcoma - The National Cancer Institute’s Children’sOncology Group is evaluating pepinemab for the treatment of osteosarcoma
-- Other - Multiple “Window of Opportunity” trials are being conducted by theWinship Cancer Institute of Emory University to evaluate pepinemab in combination with immunotherapies in colorectal, pancreatic, head and neck cancer and melanoma.
“We believe that the third quarter was a transformational one for
Upcoming Anticipated Milestones:
- Second quarter of 2019 – Expected release of initial report of open label combination study of VX15 (pepinemab) with avelumab in NSCLC
- Fourth quarter of 2019 - Estimated primary completion date of combination study in NSCLC
- First half of 2019 – Anticipated publication of SIGNAL Cohort A data in Huntington’s Disease
- Second half of 2020 – Expected topline data from Cohort B of ongoing SIGNAL trial of pepinemab in Huntington’s Disease
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