Corvus Announces Enrollment in Second Arm of Phase 1/1B Dose-Escalation Trial of Anti-Cd73 Antibody, Cpi-006
January 08, 2019 at 08:30 am
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Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has initiated patient enrollment in the second arm of its ongoing Phase 1/1b dose-escalation study. This arm is evaluating CPI-006, a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against CD73, in combination with CPI-444, a selective and potent inhibitor of the adenosine A2A receptor. The Phase 1/1b study is currently enrolling patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and other cancers who have failed standard therapies. The first arm of the study is evaluating CPI-006 as a single agent and has dosed patients in several cohorts of escalating doses. A third arm is planned to evaluate CPI-006 in combination with pembrolizumab, an anti-PD-1 antibody.
Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development of ITK inhibition as a new approach to immunotherapy for a range of cancer and immune diseases. Its lead product candidate is soquelitinib, a selective, covalent inhibitor of ITK (interleukin 2 inducible T cell kinase) and is in a multi-center Phase 1/1b clinical trial in patients with various recurrent, malignant T cell lymphomas. Soquelitinib is designed to inhibit the proliferation of certain malignant T cells. Its second product candidate, ciforadenant, is an oral, small molecule antagonist of the A2A receptor for adenosine designed to disable a tumorâs ability to subvert attack by the immune system by blocking the binding of immunosuppressive adenosine in the tumor microenvironment to the A2A receptor. The Companyâs third product candidate is mupadolimab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that is designed to react with a specific site on CD73.
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