Fourth consecutive case of response from Ph 1 data for the combination of AB8939 with venetoclax in R/R AML reported
Nicholas J. Short, MD, Associate Professor and Co-Lead of the Section of Developmental Therapeutics, Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center, said, “This new data is very encouraging, particularly considering the very adverse risk profile of this patient’s leukemia. These early efficacy and safety data suggest that AB8939 can be combined with venetoclax and could have significant activity in the highest-risk subtypes of AML. There is a strong interest in continuing the development of this combination in patients whose AML has high-risk features that are expected to lead to resistance to venetoclax + azacitidine.”
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