CROI CytoDyn Announces Acceptance of Leronlimab
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Posted On: 11/18/2019 6:02:21 AM
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CytoDyn Announces Acceptance of Leronlimab (PRO 140) Data for Presentation at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in March 2020
Independent data from the PRESTIGIO Registry Study Group in Italy shows leronlimab inhibits multi-drug resistant HIV-1 viruses in Heavily Treatment-Experienced (HTE) patients
VANCOUVER, Washington, Nov. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CytoDyn Inc. (OTC.QB: CYDY), (“CytoDyn” or the “Company”), a late stage biotechnology company developing leronlimab (PRO 140), a CCR5 antagonist with the potential for multiple therapeutic indications, announced today that an abstract from the PRESTIGIO Registry Study Group showing that leronlimab was effective at inhibiting multi-drug resistant HIV-1 isolates from HTE patients was accepted for presentation at CROI. The HTE HIV-1-infected patients harbored documented 4-class resistances and were enrolled in the Italian PRESTIGIO Registry Study Group. The authors conclude that, in HTE patients with multi-drug resistance to HIV-1, all CCR5 tropic strains were fully susceptible to PRO 140.
PRESTIGIO is an Italian registry (http://www.registroprestigio.com) involving 40 clinical centers throughout Italy, coordinated by the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital (Milan). The registry is performing medical research in a study involving HTE HIV-1-infected patients with a documented 4-class drug resistance (multi-drug resistance MDR), including novel treatment approaches.
“This completely independent research study on clinical isolates from patients with documented 4-class drug resistances demonstrates that leronlimab may play a key role in patients with very limited therapeutic options,” stated CytoDyn President and CEO, Nader Pourhassan, Ph.D. “This is further support for our belief that leronlimab is positioned to change the treatment paradigm in HIV therapy,” Dr. Pourhassan concluded.
This data, co-authored by Stefano Rusconi, M.D., et al., University of Milan, on behalf of the PRESTIGIO Registry Study Group, will be presented at the March 8-11, 2020 CROI meeting at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA.
CytoDyn Announces Acceptance of Leronlimab (PRO 140) Data for Presentation at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in March 2020
Independent data from the PRESTIGIO Registry Study Group in Italy shows leronlimab inhibits multi-drug resistant HIV-1 viruses in Heavily Treatment-Experienced (HTE) patients
VANCOUVER, Washington, Nov. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CytoDyn Inc. (OTC.QB: CYDY), (“CytoDyn” or the “Company”), a late stage biotechnology company developing leronlimab (PRO 140), a CCR5 antagonist with the potential for multiple therapeutic indications, announced today that an abstract from the PRESTIGIO Registry Study Group showing that leronlimab was effective at inhibiting multi-drug resistant HIV-1 isolates from HTE patients was accepted for presentation at CROI. The HTE HIV-1-infected patients harbored documented 4-class resistances and were enrolled in the Italian PRESTIGIO Registry Study Group. The authors conclude that, in HTE patients with multi-drug resistance to HIV-1, all CCR5 tropic strains were fully susceptible to PRO 140.
PRESTIGIO is an Italian registry (http://www.registroprestigio.com) involving 40 clinical centers throughout Italy, coordinated by the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital (Milan). The registry is performing medical research in a study involving HTE HIV-1-infected patients with a documented 4-class drug resistance (multi-drug resistance MDR), including novel treatment approaches.
“This completely independent research study on clinical isolates from patients with documented 4-class drug resistances demonstrates that leronlimab may play a key role in patients with very limited therapeutic options,” stated CytoDyn President and CEO, Nader Pourhassan, Ph.D. “This is further support for our belief that leronlimab is positioned to change the treatment paradigm in HIV therapy,” Dr. Pourhassan concluded.
This data, co-authored by Stefano Rusconi, M.D., et al., University of Milan, on behalf of the PRESTIGIO Registry Study Group, will be presented at the March 8-11, 2020 CROI meeting at the Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA.
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