TRANSGENE: First Patient Treated in a Phase 1b/2 Trial of TG4001 in Combination with Avelumab in HPV-Positive Cancers

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First Patient Treated in a Phase 1b/2 Trial of TG4001 in Combination with Avelumab in HPV-Positive Cancers
Clinical Trial in Collaboration with the Alliance between Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer
First Results Expected in 2018


Strasbourg, France, September 19, 2017, 5:45 p.m. CET - Transgene (Euronext Paris: TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops viral-based immunotherapies, today announces that the first patient has been treated at the Curie Institute, Paris, France, in a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial evaluating the combination of TG4001 with avelumab* as a treatment for human papillomavirus type 16 positive (HPV-16+) recurrent or metastatic cancers, such as oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). This subtype of cancer represents more than 80% of oropharynx cancers.

This multi-center, open-label trial will assess the safety and tolerability, as well as the anti-tumor activity and efficacy of this immunotherapy combination regimen in up to 50 patients (NCT03260023).

Prof. Christophe Le Tourneau, M.D., Head of the Early Phase Program at the Curie Institute, and a world expert in head and neck cancers, is the Principal Investigator of the study.
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