Date posted 22 September 2020
Release date 18 September 2020
- 41.7% of patients showed a Partial Response to the combination therapy of eftilagimod alpha and avelumab (previously 33%)
- Encouraging early anti-tumour activity signals in a variety of cancer indications not typically sensitive to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy
- Combination of eftilagimod alpha and avelumab continues to be safe and well tolerated
Immutep Limited is pleased to report further interim data from its ongoing INSIGHT-004 Phase I clinical trial. The data were presented at the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020 on 17 September 2020, CEST (poster ID number 1032P) by trial investigator at Institute of Clinical Cancer Research, Krankenhaus Nordwest (IKF), PD Dr. Thorsten Götze.
INSIGHT-004 is evaluating the combination of Immutep’s lead product candidate, eftilagimod alpha (“IMP321” or “efti”) with avelumab (Bavenico), a human anti-PD-L1 antibody, in 12 patients with different solid tumours, primarily gastrointestinal. It is being conducted under Immutep’s collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Inc., which are co-developing and co-commercialising avelumab. INSIGHT-004 is the fourth arm (Stratum D) of the investigator-initiated INSIGHT trial which is conducted by IKF in Frankfurt, Germany.
Prof Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, INSIGHT-004 trial investigator and Director of IKF said: “It is encouraging to see the range of patients with different solid cancers that are responding to the combination of efti and avelumab, including PD-L1-negative cervical cancer, squamous anal cell carcinoma and mesothelioma. These tumours are not typically responsive to immune checkpoint therapy and warrant further investigation.”
