NetworkNewsBreaks – Genprex, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX)
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Genprex (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company, today announced that its collaborators from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson”) presented positive preclinical data at the American Association of Cancer Research Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Meeting 2019. According to the update, the data shows positive results for the combination of TUSC2 immunogene therapy with an anti-PD1 antibody, pembrolizumab, and for the combination of TUSC2 immunogene therapy, pembrolizumab, and chemotherapy for the treatment of some of the most resistant metastatic lung cancers, including the KRAS and LKB1 mutations. “These data not only further support existing preclinical data showing that Oncoprex immunogene therapy is synergistic with anti-PD1 therapy, but they also offer new data demonstrating that Oncoprex improves on the combination of anti-PD1 therapy and chemotherapy, today’s first line standard of care for lung cancer,” Genprex President and Chief Operating Officer Julien L. Pham, MD, MPH, said in the news release. “In a sophisticated humanized mouse model, the combination of TUSC2 with pembrolizumab and carboplatin resulted in complete eradication of anti-PD1 resistant lung metastases in some of the most resistant cancer mutations. This is highly encouraging and provides us with a strong indication that the combination could lead to similar results in the clinic.”
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