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biotechnology company developing immune activators to target hard-to-treat solid
tumors, today announces that it has completed patient enrollment in the phase I
trial with ONCOS-102 in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in patients
with advanced anti-PD1 checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) refractory melanoma.
In this trial, ONCOS-102 immune activation is being tested in patients with
advanced, unresectable melanoma who have had disease progression on treatment
with anti-PD1 CPI. This is a particularly challenging patient population, with
few treatment alternatives available. In July 2019, Targovax reported
encouraging results from part 1 of the trial - see link to press release
here (https://www.targovax.com/en/targovax-announces-encouraging-results-from
-part-1-of-the-oncos-102-and-keytruda-combination-trial-in-anti-pd1-refractory
-melanoma/).
Part 2 of this trial is testing an extended ONCOS-102 dosing regimen with up to
twelve injections compared to three injections in part 1. The enrollment of 12
patients into part 2 of the trial has now been completed. The last patients will
complete their six months treatment and data on a total of 21 patients are
expected in the second half of 2020.
The primary and secondary endpoints of the trial are to assess safety, immune
activation and clinical responses of ONCOS-102 and Keytruda combination
treatment. The main scientific aim is to test the hypothesis that ONCOS-102 can
immune activate anti-PD1 refractory patients to respond to re-challenge with an
anti-PD1 CPI.
Magnus Jäderberg, CMO of Targovax, said: “We are very pleased to have completed
enrollment of our melanoma trial. ONCOS-102 is currently one of the most
clinically advanced oncolytic viruses in this difficult to treat cancer, and
therefore a high priority for us. With this trial also being a proof of concept
trial, clinical and immune data from this study will not just indicate whether
ONCOS-102 in combination with CPIs can help patients with hard to treat melanoma
but potentially also other tumor indications. Supportive data could open the
path for a registrational trial.”
For further information, please contact:
Renate Birkeli, Investor Relations
Phone: +47 922 61 624
Email: renate.birkeli@targovax.com
Media and IR enquires:
Andreas Tinglum - Corporate Communications (Norway)
Phone: +47 9300 1773
Email: andreas.tinglum@corpcom.no
(Targovax@fticonsulting.com)
About Targovax
Activating the patient’s immune system to fight cancer
Targovax (OSE:TRVX) is a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing
oncolytic viruses to target hard-to-treat solid tumors. Targovax’s lead product
candidate, ONCOS-102, is a genetically modified oncolytic adenovirus, which has
been engineered to selectively infect cancer cells and activate the immune
system to fight the cancer.
ONCOS-102 is currently being tested in mesothelioma, melanoma and peritoneal
malignancies and has already shown promising clinical results both as
monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy, and a checkpoint inhibitor.
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