Lift of Partial Clinical Hold on Ph 1/2 VELA Trial of BLU-222 announced
“With a focus on patient safety, we have worked diligently with the FDA over the last several weeks to resolve the partial clinical hold by updating adverse event monitoring and management procedures. We will now collaborate closely with investigators to resume patient enrollment,” said Becker Hewes, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Blueprint Medicines. “We are confident in the potential of BLU-222 to improve outcomes in patients with cancers vulnerable to CDK2 inhibition, and we look forward to presenting initial dose escalation data from the VELA trial in the second quarter of 2023.”
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