First Patient Dosed in NMIBC Substudy of the LUMINOS-103 Basket Trial Evaluating Lerapolturev Monotherapy
“We know that NMIBC tissue expresses the poliovirus receptor, CD155 and is responsive to immunotherapy, providing the rationale for intravesicular lerapolturev for patients with low to intermediate risk BCG-naïve NMIBC,” said W. Garrett Nichols, MD, MS, Chief Medical Officer at Istari Oncology. “Approximately 60,000 patients with low to intermediate risk NIMBC are identified each year in the US alone; these patients could benefit from a well-tolerated immunotherapy such as lerapolturev as a replacement for repeat resections and intravesicular chemotherapy.”
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