Apogenix’ Partner CANbridge Announces 67 % Five-Year Overall Survival Rate Compared to 8.2 % in Institutional Database With Asunercept Plus Standard of Care in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients (English only)
- 83 % overall survival at two years vs. 34.3 % OS from institutional database
- 17.95 months median progression-free survival vs. 5.8 months PFS in historical group
- Data was presented at the ESMO Sarcoma and Rare Cancers Annual Congress
Apogenix, a biopharmaceutical company developing next generation immunotherapeutics, announced today that its partner CANbridge presented compelling long-term follow-up data from its Phase I/II study (n = 10) with asunercept (CAN0008) plus temozolomide/radiotherapy in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) at the ESMO conference in Lugano, Switzerland. This long-term follow up showed an overall survival rate of 83 % at two years and 67 % at five years, three years after the trial ended. GBM, or grade IV astrocytoma, is a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumor with still very poor prospects: The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) indicates survival rates of approximately 40 % in the first year post diagnosis and 17 % in the second year.