On July 9, 2018 OncBioMune Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB:OBMP) ("OncBioMune" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of a proprietary immunotherapy cancer vaccine technology and targeted cancer therapies, reported that ClinicalTrials.gov has updated its website to now include OncBioMune’s Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ProscaVax as the first ever therapeutic vaccine for prostate cancer patients in the active surveillance group (Press release, Oncbiomune, JUL 9, 2018, View Source [SID1234527803]). The trial is being hosted at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard University Medical School in Boston, MA, and includes the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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ProscaVax is OncBioMune’s lead immunotherapy platform candidate consisting of a combination of prostate cancer associated prostate specific antigen (PSA) with the biological adjuvants interleukin-2 (IL-2) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF).
The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of ProscaVax in patients with localized prostate cancer. The goal of the study is to determine if ProscaVax administration results in a change in the rate of prostate cancer progression when compared to a no-treatment control group of active surveillance patients. Active surveillance is a disease management option for patients with localized prostate cancer that elect to work with their doctor to monitor the disease for progression before taking more drastic intervention measures, such as surgery or radiotherapy.
Details on the trials can be viewed at: View Source
"The initiation of this study represents a milestone moment for our company, shareholders and the more than 160,000 men that will learn they have prostate cancer this year," commented Dr. Jonathan Head, Chief Executive Officer at OncBioMune. "For the first time ever, prostate cancer patients in the trial will have a therapeutic vaccine as an option rather than waiting for disease progression or jumping into more invasive treatments options that frequently are accompanied by very unpleasant side effects, such as urinary incontinence and impotence. We look forward to the commencement of enrollment and to the future where we will learn more about the efficacy of ProscaVax as a front-line treatment for prostate cancer."
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About Prostate Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men other than skin cancer, with about 1 in 9 men diagnosed during their lifetime. ACS estimates that about 164,690 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed during 2018 and approximately 29,430 men will die from the disease this year. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, trailing only lung cancer. Approximately 2.9 million men are living with prostate cancer today. The average age of diagnosis is 66, with the disease considered rare in men under the age of 40.