Highlights
- First patient has received treatment in ADVENT-AML Phase 1B clinical trial.
- ADVENT-AML is the first trial to assess the combination of NK cell therapy and the current standard of care for AML patients.
- The trial will recruit up to 20 patients.
- The clinical trial is open to enrollment at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Shares of Chimeric Therapeutics Limited (ASX: CHM) surged by 13.99% to AU$0.028 apiece during the morning trading hours on 8 February 2024. The jump in CHM share price followed a company update highlighting that the first patient in the ADVENT-AML Phase 1B clinical trial has received treatment.
The trial is an investigator-initiated study, assessing CHM 0201 in combination with Azacitidine and Venetoclax in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).
Data source: company update
The ADVENT-AML Phase 1b clinical trial is the first trial to test the synergy of NK cell therapy in combination with the current standard of care for AML, Azacitidine and Venetoclax.
The trial intends to enroll up to 20 patients with newly diagnosed AML, who are not eligible for intensive chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplant, following a dose confirmation cohort evaluating the safety of this combination treatments in patients with refractory or relapsed AML.
Recently, the company reported that CHM 0201 cells concluded manufacturing and release testing. They were provided to MD Anderson to assist the ADVENT-AML Phase 1B clinical trial.