Da nærmer det seg 1 år siden denne meldingen kom - det ligger vel an til ESMO her også?
PFS skal vel avleses etter 6 måneder så det burde man ha kontroll på.
OS avleses etter 12 måneder - dvs 3 august 2024 - og det kan vel ikke ta lang tid å telle opp OS tilfellene?
Kan det ligge an til en foreløpig melding i begynnelsen av august for Ultimovacs har behov for å presentere noe til markedet nå.
Minner om at dette er studie i kombinasjon med PEMBO /Keytruda som har vist gode signaler tidligere.
Oslo, 3 August 2023 – Ultimovacs ASA (“Ultimovacs”) (OSE ULTI), a clinical-stage biotechnology leader in novel immunotherapeutic cancer vaccines, today announced the completion of enrollment of 75 patients and that the last patient has received the first dose in the FOCUS study (NCT05075122).
FOCUS is an investigator-initiated Phase II randomized clinical trial sponsored by Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg with support from Ultimovacs. The study investigates Ultimovacs’ therapeutic cancer vaccine, UV1, in combination with pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab alone, as first-line treatment for patients with recurrent or metastatic PD-L1 positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). For these patients, pembrolizumab is a standard of care treatment.
The FOCUS trial is being conducted at ten sites across Germany and is led by Principal Investigator Mascha Binder, M.D., Professor of Medical Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Basel. Professor Binder is a renowned oncology clinician and researcher specializing in the analysis of immune-oncology treatments and their interaction with tumor tissues.
The topline results will include overall survival (OS) with minimum 12 months of follow-up in addition to progression-free survival (PFS), enabling a full assessment of the study outcomes. These data will be analyzed 12 months after the last patient was enrolled and is expected to be disclosed in the second half of 2024. The results will be announced through a press release followed by an in-depth presentation of the data at a medical conference and in a peer-reviewed journal.
“Metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer is a highly aggressive disease, and there is a significant need for improved treatment options. The successful enrollment of patients in the FOCUS study marks a key milestone as we evaluate novel immunotherapy approaches such as UV1 in combination with checkpoint inhibitors. By advancing our understanding of these novel therapies, we hope to bring about a positive impact on the lives of patients battling this devastating disease,” said Professor Mascha Binder, M.D., Principal Investigator of the FOCUS trial.