Alligator Bioscience announced the initiation of an investigator initiated Phase 1 clinical study (NCT06205849) evaluating the safety and efficacy of the company's lead asset mitazalimab (CD40 mAb agonist) injected intratumorally at the time of surgical irreversible electroporation (IRE) in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). The NCI-funded Phase 1a/1b single-center study will enroll up to 18 patients, who will receive a single intratumoral injection of mitazalimab immediately after the surgical IRE, a form of non-thermal ablation that is currently in clinical use for selected patients with LAPC. The study is being conducted by researchers at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego.

Alligator will supply mitazalimab for the study.