Posted: 9 January 2023
Immutep announces the results of a positive follow-up Type C meeting with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding late-stage clinical development plans for its first-in-class soluble LAG-3 protein, eftilagimod alpha (“efti”), in conjunction with standard-of-care chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The Company and the FDA have agreed to an integrated Phase II/III trial design that will help inform a Biologics License Application (BLA).
Based on the encouraging efficacy, favourable safety, and learnings from the randomised AIPAC Phase IIb trial, which administered efti and chemotherapy on different days and ceased chemotherapy at six months, patients will receive efti and paclitaxel on the same day and treatment will continue until disease progression. The patient population has also been expanded to include triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive form of breast cancer with limited treatment options.
