IONOVA Announces Clinical Trial Collaboration with MSD to Evaluate INV-1120 in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

On April 29, 2022 Shenzhen IONOVA Life Science Co., Ltd. reported it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement with MSD (Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ., USA) to evaluate clinical benefits of INV-1120, IONOVA’s EP4 antagonist, in combination with MSD’s anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) for cancer treatment (Press release, Shenzhen Ionova Life Sciences, APR 29, 2022, View Source [SID1234613245]).

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Under this agreement, IONOVA will conduct a Phase 1b study in the US to evaluate the safety and efficacy of INV-1120 combined with KEYTRUDA for the treatment of selected advanced solid tumors.

According to Dr. Yongkui Sun, CEO of IONOVA and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, "We are pleased to collaborate with MSD to evaluate INV-1120 in combination with KEYTRUDA for the treatment of advanced solid tumors. IONOVA has previously demonstrated that INV-1120 not only has mono therapeutic anti-cancer efficacy, but also exhibits strong additive anti-cancer benefits in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy in preclinical solid tumor models. We are excited now that the clinical collaboration with MSD enables us to evaluate the clinical benefits of INV-1120 in combination with KEYTRUDA for certain cancer patients."

KEYTRUDA is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.

About INV-1120

INV-1120 is a highly potent, highly selective, and orally available EP4 antagonist designed to modulate the tumor microenvironment. EP4 antagonist has shown to increase T cell infiltration and regulate macrophage functions in tumors, contributing to increased anti-tumor immune responses in preclinical tumor models. INV-1120 is currently in Phase I clinical trials in the US and in China.

Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ Announces OneSource as a Grand Prize Winner in the 2022 Bio-IT World Innovative Practices Awards

On April 29, 2022 Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) reported the award of OneSource, Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative’s groundbreaking clinical trial data management solution developed in collaboration with OpenClinica as the grand prize winner at the 2022 Bio-IT World Innovative Practices award in the Clinical & Health-IT category (Press release, QuantumLeap, APR 29, 2022, View Source [SID1234613244]). By integrating clinical trial data systems directly with existing electronic health records, OneSource achieves new levels of efficiency and quality control for clinical trial data management. Grand prize awards were also granted to AstraZeneca, Guardant Health with IQVIA, Merck KGaA with Genedata.

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Deployed in the ongoing I-SPY COVID-19 trial, OneSource eliminated data transcription errors that commonly occur in clinical trials laboratory and concomitant medication data, reducing time to data completion, and resulted in a greater than 50% reduction in clinical trial coordinator effort for daily data entry at a representative site. The improved fidelity and efficiency therefore offer additional key downstream costs savings in data monitoring and cleaning, which typically account for a significant portion of human resources for clinical trials.

OneSource was originally conceived in a partnership between Quantum Leap, UCSF and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The central concept is for critical clinical and health data to be entered only once – at the point of care – acting as a single source of truth that can be accessed for multiple secondary applications. Best-in-class interoperable systems are used to leverage existing capabilities to facilitate the collection, sharing, and reporting of structured data from authoritative sources.

"It is a fully integrated framework that allows, FDA-compliant direct communication with the EHR to improve data quality and reduce costs," said QLHC CEO James Palazzolo. "OneSource breaks new ground by creating a data quality infrastructure that enables users to improve healthcare quality, accelerate clinical research, and advance healthcare value."

As of March 1st, 2022, The I-SPY COVID trial enrolled 3,073 subjects, with 1,113 randomized subjects receiving investigational agents and 1,960 subjects in the Real World Data (RWD) cohort. QLHC and OpenClinica designed and built the software with a proof of concept (POC) in February 2021, and the first production site deployed at UCSF in May 2021. Currently, installations are in full production at 8 clinical sites using Epic electronic health record (EHR) systems, with Cerner EHR system deployments launching in April 2022.

Since 2003, Bio-IT World has hosted an elite awards program, highlighting outstanding examples of how technology innovations and strategic initiatives can be powerful forces for change in the life sciences, from basic biomedical research to drug development and beyond.

"The Bio-IT World community consistently delivers innovation to drive the life sciences forward," said Allison Proffitt, Bio-IT World Editorial Director. "This year, our panel of peer judges were particularly impressed with efforts to shift processes and data culture to empower data science and AI, with comprehensive and integrated tools for drug discovery, and with forward-thinking approaches to structuring and normalizing both clinical and real-world data.

The awards ceremony will be held during the plenary program on Tuesday, May 3, at the 2022 Bio-IT World Conference & Expo in Boston.

"It’s exciting to be recognized by Bio-IT World," said Adam Asare, QLHC Chief Data Officer/ UCSF Informatics Director for the Breast Care Center. "It’s a clear reflection of the quality of our partners and our collaborative efforts with OpenClinica, the FDA and the I-SPY program."

The low implementation costs, ease of configuration and reusability across sites is leading to expansion of implementations by mid-year for both the I-SPY COVID and the I-SPY 2 Breast Cancer Trials.

OneSource is a collaboration between members of Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative, UCSF, the FDA, and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The work is supported in part with federal funds from BARDA under contract number MCDC2014-001.

Antengene Announces Latest Clinical Trial Data of ATG-008 (onatasertib) to be presented in the upcoming 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

On April 29, 2022 Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene" SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading innovative, global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class therapeutics in hematology and oncology, reported that an clinical trial abstract related to ATG-008/onatasertib has been selected for presentation in the upcoming 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Annual Meeting (2022 ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper)), taking place from June 3rd to 7th in Chicago, Illinois via in person or virtual attendance (Press release, Antengene, APR 29, 2022, View Source [SID1234613243]).

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The abstract highlights initial results of the Phase I/II TORCH-2 study evaluating ATG-008/onatasertib in combination with toripalimab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, in patients with advanced solid tumors.

"Antengene is focused on transforming cancer care. Treatment of patients with advanced tumors and relapsed or resistant disease is a priority for us. We believe that treatment regimens that combine targeted therapies and immune-oncology agents have considerable promise in improving cancer outcomes. Specifically, we believe that the combination of ATG-008 and the PD-1 inhibitor, toripalimab, could be useful in the treatment of advanced solid tumors and so we are pleased to share the data from the TORCH-2 study with the oncology community," said Dr. Kevin Lynch, Antengene’s Chief Medical Officer.

Details for the Presentation is as follows:

Title: A phase I/II study of onatasertib, a dual TORC1/2 inhibitor, combined with the PD-1 antibody toripalimab in patients with advanced solid tumors (TORCH-2)
Abstract: 2610
Date & time:
Sunday, June 5, 2022, 8:00 AM-11:00 AM CDT
Sunday, June 5, 2022, 9:00 PM-12:00 midnight (Beijing Time, GMT+8)

KAZIA TO PRESENT FINAL DATA FROM PAXALISIB PHASE II STUDY IN GLIOBLASTOMA AT ASCO

On April 29, 2022 Kazia Therapeutics Limited (NASDAQ: KZIA; ASX: KZA), an oncology-focused drug development company, reported that final data from its phase II study of paxalisib in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma will be the subject of a poster presentation at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) (Press release, Kazia Therapeutics, APR 29, 2022, View Source [SID1234613242]).

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The ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Annual Meeting will take place virtually and in person from 3-7 June 2022 and will be held in Chicago, IL.

Abstracts from the meeting are expected to be released from 5pm, ET, on 26 May 2022, and the poster will be made available by ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) and via the Kazia website shortly after presentation.

POSTER PRESENTATION

Title: Paxalisib in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with unmethylated MGMT promoter status: Final phase 2 study results.
Date and Time: Sunday, 5 June 2022 – 8am – 11am, CDT
Session: Central Nervous System Tumors
Abstract ID: 2047

Castle Biosciences Announces Expanded U.S. Federal Supply Schedule Contract Covering Its Entire Dermatologic Cancer Portfolio of Tests

On April 29, 2022 Castle Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTL), a company improving health through innovative tests that guide patient care, reported that its current U.S. Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been expanded to include coverage for the Company’s entire skin cancer test portfolio, effective as of April 15, 2022 (Press release, Castle Biosciences, APR 29, 2022, View Source [SID1234613241]).

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"Castle’s innovative tests for skin cancer provide precise, personalized information based on each patient’s tissue biology and are designed to meaningfully impact how skin cancers are diagnosed and managed," said Derek Maetzold, president and chief executive officer of Castle Biosciences. "We are proud that veterans and their families treated at VHA and Military Health System (MHS) medical centers will now have greater access to our skin cancer tests and the clinically actionable information they provide, which can help guide and improve the management of their disease."

One in five Americans will be diagnosed with skin cancer during their lifetime, making it the most common form of cancer in the U.S.1 U.S. military personnel have higher rates of skin cancer than civilians, due in part to occupational sun exposure and other work conditions, compounded by certain demographic characteristics associated with higher rates of melanoma.2

The VHA is a component of and implements the healthcare program for U.S. veterans through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Castle’s current five-year FSS contract went into effect on Aug. 15, 2021, and included coverage for the Company’s DecisionDx-Melanoma gene expression profile test. Effective April 15, 2022, the expanded contract includes coverage for the remaining four tests in Castle’s dermatologic cancer test portfolio: DecisionDx-SCC, DecisionDx DiffDx-Melanoma, myPath Melanoma and DecisionDx-CMSeq. Castle’s expanded FSS contract provides greater access to the aforementioned tests for veterans being treated through the VHA, the largest integrated health care system in the U.S., as well as active-duty service members and their families seeking medical treatment through the MHS.

More information about Castle’s tests can be found at www.CastleTestInfo.com.