Aldeyra Therapeutics Announces Positive Mesothelioma Investigator-Sponsored Clinical Trial Results Presented at The International Association for The Study of Lung Cancer 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer
"The MESO-2 results are highly encouraging. Addition of ADX-1612 to pemetrexed and either cisplatin or carboplatin achieved an overall response rate of 61%, the highest seen to date for addition of a novel agent to front-line chemotherapy" said Professor Dean Fennell MD PhD, Chief Investigator of the Cancer Research UK MESO-2 clinical trial. "Hsp90 inhibition could represent a new advance for the treatment of mesothelioma."
The MESO-2 investigator-sponsored dose escalation clinical trial was designed to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of ADX-1612 in combination with standard pemetrexed and platinum therapy, using either cisplatin or carboplatin. Twenty-seven patients with pleural malignant mesothelioma were enrolled at a single site in the
"Malignant mesothelioma has no known cure, a poor prognosis, and a treatment landscape that has not changed in over a decade," stated
About ADX-1612
ADX-1612 (ganetespib) is a selective inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), a molecular chaperone that controls the folding and activation of client proteins involved in DNA repair and cell division. Aldeyra is developing ADX-1612 for the treatment of lymphoproliferative immune diseases and cancers in combination with DNA-damaging agents.
About Mesothelioma
Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive cancer that develops in the pleura, a thin layer of tissue surrounding the lungs. Approximately 3,000 people are diagnosed each year in
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