On April 15, 2021 OncoSec Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ:ONCS) (the "Company" or "OncoSec"), a biotechnology company focused on cytokine-based intratumoral immunotherapies, reported that it will be presenting encore interim data from its KEYNOTE-695 registration-enabled Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating TAVO (tavokinogene telseplasmid), a DNA plasmid-based interleukin-12 (IL-12), in combination with KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) in rigorously defined anti-PD1 checkpoint resistant metastatic melanoma patients at the 10th World Congress of Melanoma (Press release, OncoSec Medical, APR 15, 2021, View Source [SID1234578087]). This is an encore presentation of data presented at The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper)’s (SITC) (Free SITC Whitepaper) 2020 Annual Meeting. Presenters will also discuss the therapeutic potential of OncoSec’s DNA medicines platform to elicit robust anti-tumor immunity via intratumoral gene electrotransfer of TAVO plus CXCL9.

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"Achieving an overall response rate of 30% with several complete responses and no serious adverse events is extremely encouraging for checkpoint resistant metastatic melanoma patients who currently rely on systemic administration of immune-stimulating drugs associated with severe toxicity," said Paolo A. Ascierto, M.D., Director of the Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapy at the National Tumor Institute Fondazione G. Pascale in Naples, Italy. "The data reported, in addition to its ease of use, demonstrate the potential of TAVO in combination with pembrolizumab as a next-generation intratumoral IL-12 therapy that can induce regression of both locally treated and untreated distant and visceral lesions."

OncoSec’s presentation is summarized below:

Introduction
Presenter: Christopher G. Twitty, Ph.D.
Session Date/Time: Saturday, April 17, 2021, 4:15 p.m. – 4:18 p.m. ET

OncoSec’s KEYNOTE-695 interim data
Presenter: Paolo Ascierto, M.D.
Session Date/Time: Saturday, April 17, 2021, 4:18 p.m. – 4:28 p.m. ET

OncoSec’s next generation therapies: amplification of the CRX3/CXCL9 axis via intratumoral electroporation of CXCL9 synergizes with IL-12 therapy (TAVO) to elicit robust anti-tumor immunity
Presenter: Christopher G. Twitty, Ph.D.
Session Date/Time: Saturday, April 17, 2021, 4:28 p.m. – 4:48 p.m. ET

Live Q&A
Presenters: Christopher G. Twitty, Ph.D., Paolo Ascierto, M.D.
Session Date/Time: Saturday, April 17, 4:48 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. ET

The conference will be held virtually from April 15 – 17, 2021. To access the conference virtual platform, visit: View Source

About KEYNOTE-695
KEYNOTE-695 is OncoSec’s registration-directed Phase 2b trial (NCT#03132675) evaluating TAVO (tavokinogene telseplasmid), a DNA plasmid-based interleukin-12 (IL-12) + KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) in patients with rigorously confirmed anti-PD-1 checkpoint resistant metastatic melanoma. The trial aims to enroll up to 100 patients with refractory, locally advanced or metastatic disease defined as unresectable Stage III/IV metastatic melanoma that had definitively progressed on a full-course of anti-PD-1 treatment with KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) or OPDIVO (nivolumab). TAVO has received Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of metastatic melanoma following progression on KEYTRUDA or OPDIVO.

About TAVO
OncoSec’s gene therapy technology combines TAVO (tavokinogene telseplasmid), a DNA plasmid-based interleukin-12 (IL-12), with an intra-tumoral electroporation gene delivery platform to achieve endogenous IL-12 production in the tumor microenvironment that enables the immune system to target and attack tumors throughout the body. TAVO has demonstrated a local and systemic anti-tumor response in several clinical trials, including the pivotal Phase 2b trial KEYNOTE-695 for metastatic melanoma and the KEYNOTE-890 Phase 2 trial in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). TAVO has received both Orphan Drug and Fast-Track Designation by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for the treatment of metastatic melanoma.