Positive Mid-Year Interim Clinical Progress Reported from Ph 2 Study of Ampligen® (rintatolimod) + Imfinzi for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
AIM Chief Executive Officer Thomas Equels stated: “There is a clear need for an approved treatment that is both more effective and less toxic than what is currently available to people suffering with pancreatic cancer. Despite advances in chemotherapy, survival for these patients is too often short and agonizing. The published NPP data and the DURIPANC interim results support our belief that Ampligen has the potential to meaningfully extend survival and provide late-stage pancreatic cancer patients with a higher quality of life. For example, in the NPP stratification of subjects with immune marker Neutrophil/Lymphocyte ratios less than 4.5, we saw overall median survival of 34.8 months compared to 12.5 months for historical controls, for an improvement of 22.3 months – and with positive measures of quality of life. We are also diligently planning the next step in Ampligen’s development, with an eye toward a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the experimental drug in combination with a PD-1 inhibitor in an effort to demonstrate its value across multiple endpoints, most importantly overall survival and progression-free survival. If a Phase 3 clinical trial was able to pair significant survival results with AIM’s impressive safety and tolerability profile, then it could position AIM as a leader in pancreatic cancer research potentially translational to the patient as a standard of care.”
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