Clinical Trials - February 27, 2023
Cantargia advances its TRIFOUR trial
The company has reported favorable safety and promising early signs of efficacy following an initial analysis of the phase Ib part of the clinical trial TRIFOUR. In collaboration with the Spanish Breast Cancer Group (GEICAM), this trial investigates the IL1RAP-binding antibody nadunolimab (CAN04) in combination with chemotherapy for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). In […]
Clinical Trials - February 22, 2023
Modus Therapeutics announces positive Phase 1b data
Modus Therapeutics has announced positive top-line data from its lipopolysaccharide (LPS) provocation study, a key step in evaluating the potential of its lead asset, sevuparin, as a treatment for sepsis and other conditions with systemic inflammation. In this study, healthy volunteers received LPS to induce a transient systemic inflammation reaction together with one of three […]
Clinical Trials - February 21, 2023
BerGenBio announces positive Phase 2 data
The company has announced topline data from BGBC008, a phase 2 trial evaluating its lead compound bemcentinibin combination with MSD’s anti-PD-1 therapy pembrolizumab in 2L+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) patients. “We are very encouraged by the topline data,” says Martin Olin, Chief Executive Officer of BerGenBio. “Treatment with bemcentinib in combination with pembrolizumab demonstrated […]
Clinical Trials - February 14, 2023
Half of the patients dosed in Guard Therapeutics’ AKITA study
Guard Therapeutics have announced that 134 of the planned 268 patients have been dosed in the global randomized, double-blinded and placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial (AKITA). The AKITA study has been designed to evaluate the kidney-protective effects of the investigational drug RMC-035 in conjunction with open heart surgery. An interim analysis will be conducted by […]
Clinical Trials - February 13, 2023
Heartseed and Novo Nordisk announce first patient dosed in clinical study
Heartseed has successfully dosed the first patient in a phase 1/2 clinical study (LAPiS Study) with HS-001 – an investigational cell therapy for heart failure. An independent safety evaluation committee has evaluated 4-week data on the patient, who lives with advanced heart failure and has given approval for the study to continue. An investigational cell […]
Clinical Trials - February 8, 2023
Promising preclinical mRNA vaccine data from Evaxion
Evaxion Biotech and Pantherna Therapeutics have announced preclinical proof of concept for the combination of the two companies’ key technologies. The preclinical data demonstrate that tumor neoantigens identified by Evaxion’s AI platform, PIONEER, drive a strong immune response and lead to complete inhibition of tumor growth in a preclinical model when delivered using Pantherna’s lipid […]