AVEO Announces Presentations at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting

On April 20, 2017 AVEO Oncology (NASDAQ:AVEO) reported that poster presentations for three clinical studies will be presented at the upcoming 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (Free ASCO Whitepaper) Annual Meeting, held June 2-6, 2017 (Press release, AVEO, APR 20, 2017, View Source [SID1234518642]).

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Among these is a Trials in Progress presentation highlighting the ongoing Phase 3, randomized, controlled, multi-center, open-label TIVO-3 study comparing tivozanib, the Company’s potent, selective, long half-life inhibitor of all three vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors, to sorafenib in subjects with refractory advanced renal cell carcinoma. The remaining two presentations will highlight ficlatuzumab, the Company’s potent hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) inhibitory antibody that binds to the HGF ligand with high affinity and specificity to inhibit HGF/c-Met biological activities, in two investigator-sponsored studies, one in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and the other in acute myeloid leukemia.

Tivozanib is partnered for oncologic indications with EUSA Pharma under an exclusive license agreement covering territories outside of North America and Asia, including Europe, South America and South Africa. AVEO and Biodesix, Inc. have a worldwide agreement to develop and commercialize ficlatuzumab.

Details for the poster presentations at ASCO (Free ASCO Whitepaper) 2017:


Title: Tivo-3: A phase 3, randomized, controlled, multi-center, open-label study to compare
tivozanib hydrochloride to sorafenib in subjects with refractory advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC)

Presenter: Brian I. Rini, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine,
Leader, GU Program, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute

Abstract Number: TPS4600

Session: Genitourinary (Nonprostate) Cancer

Date and Time: Sunday, June 4, 2017, 8:00-11:30 AM CT


Title: Phase I study of the anti-HGF monoclonal antibody (mAb), ficlatuzumab, and cetuximab
in cetuximab-resistant, recurrent/metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)

Presenter: Julie E. Bauman, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of Hematology and Oncology,
Associate Director, Translational Research, University of Arizona Cancer Center

Abstract Number: 6038

Session: Head and Neck Cancer

Date and Time: Monday, June 5, 2017, 1:15-4:45 PM CT


Title: CyFi: A phase I study exploring the role of cMET pathway inhibition with
ficlatuzumab (Fi) combined with high-dose cytarabine (Cy) in patients with
high risk relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Presenter: Charalambos (Babis) Andreadis, MD, Hematologic Malignancies and
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, University of California, San Francisco

Abstract Number: 7040

Session: Hematologic Malignancies—Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Allotransplant

Date and Time: Monday, June 5, 2017, 8:00-11:30 AM CT