Anti-PD-L1
Title: Phase I open-label, multiple ascending dose trial of MSB0010718C, an anti-PD-L1
monoclonal antibody, in advanced solid malignancies.
Lead author: CR Heery
Abstract #: 3064
Presentation date/time (CDT): Jun 1, 08:00-11:45
Session: General Poster Session: Developmental Therapeutics - Immunotherapy
Room/Details: S Hall A2 (Poster Board: 131)
c-Met inhibitor
Title: Results of the first-in-human phase I trial assessing MSC2156119J (EMD 1214063),
an oral selective c-Met inhibitor, in patients (pts) with advanced solid tumors.
Lead author: GS Falchook
Abstract #: 2521
Presentation date/time (CDT): Time 1: May 30, 13:00-16:00. Time 2: May 30, 16:30-17:45
Session: Poster Highlights Session: Developmental Therapeutics: Clinical Pharmacology
and Experimental Therapeutics
Room/Details: Time 1: E354b Time 2: E Arie Crown Theater (Poster Board: 35)
Title: A multicenter, randomized, phase Ib/II trial of the oral c-Met inhibitor
MSC2156119J as monotherapy versus sorafenib in Asian patients with MET-positive (MET+)
advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and Child-Pugh class A liver function.
Lead author: S Qin
AbstractAb#: TPS4151
Presentation date/time (CDT): May 31, 08:00-11:45
Session: General Poster Session: Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer
Room/Details: S Hall A2 (Poster Board: 234B)
Title: Phase I/II multicenter, randomized, open-label trial of the c-Met inhibitor
MSC2156119J and gefitinib versus chemotherapy as second-line treatment in patients
with MET-positive (MET+), locally advanced, or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor mutation (EGFRm+) and progression on gefitinib.
Lead author: Y-L Wu
Abstract #: TPS8121
Presentation date/time (CDT): May 31, 13:15-17:00
Session: General Poster Session: Lung Cancer - Non-small Cell Metastatic
Room/Details: S Hall A2 (Poster Board: 300B)
Tecemotide
Title: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, binational, phase
II trial of immunotherapy with L-BLP25 (tecemotide) in patients with colorectal
carcinoma following R0/R1 hepatic metastasectomy. (Investigator-sponsored trial).
Lead author: S Kasper
Abstract #: TPS3658
Presentation date/time (CDT): May 31, 08:00-11:45
Session: General Poster Session: Gastrointestinal (Colorectal) Cancer
Room/Details: S Hall A2 (Poster Board: 116A)
Title: START2: Tecemotide in unresectable stage III NSCLC after first-line concurrent
chemoradiotherapy.
Lead author: S Ramalingam
Abstract #: TPS7608
Presentation date/time (CDT): May 31, 13:15-17:00
Session: General Poster Session: Lung Cancer - Non-small Cell Local-regional/Small
Cell/Other Thoracic Cancers
Room/Details: S Hall A2 (Poster Board: 216A)
TH-302
Title: Preliminary safety and efficacy of TH-302, an investigational hypoxia-targeted
drug, and dexamethasone (dex) in patients (pts) with relapsed/refractory multiple
myeloma (RR MM).
Lead author: J Laubach
Abstract #: 8534
Presentation date/time (CDT):
Time 1: May 30, 13:00-16:00. Time 2: May 30, 16:30-17:45.
Session: Poster Highlights Session: Lymphoma and Plasma Cell Disorders
Room/ Details: Time 1: S405. Time 2: S406 (Poster Board: 14)
Title: Phase 1/2 study of investigational hypoxia-targeted drug, TH-302, and
bevacizumab (bev) in recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) following bev failure.
(Investigator-sponsored trial).
Lead author: AJ Brenner
Abstract #: 2029
Presentation date/time (CDT): Time 1: May 30, 13:00-16:00. Time 2: May 30, 16:30-17:45.
Session: Poster Highlights Session: Central Nervous System Tumors
Room/Details: Time: 1 E354b. Time 2: E450 (Poster Board: 20)
Additional Pipeline Projects: Oncology and Immuno-Oncology
Title: Phase 1 study of biweekly (Q2W) anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody (mAb) mixture
Sym004 in patients (pts) with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) resistant to
previous anti-EGFR treatment.
Lead author: G Argiles
Abstract #: 3551
Presentation date/time (CDT): May 31, 08:00-11:45
Session: General Poster Session: GI (Colorectal) Cancer
Room/ Details: S Hall A2 (Poster Board: 14)
Title: Targeted modified IL-2 (NHS-IL2, MSB0010445) combined with stereotactic body
radiation in advanced melanoma patients after progression on ipilimumab: Assessment of
safety, clinical, and biologic activity in a phase 2a study.
Lead author: H Kaufman
Abstract #: TPS9107
Presentation date/time (CDT): May 31, 08:00-11:45
Session: General Poster Session: Melanoma/Skin Cancers
Room/Details: S Hall A2 (Poster Board: 308B)
Title: Primary outcomes of the placebo-controlled phase 2 study PERSEUS (NCT01360840)
investigating two dose regimens of abituzumab (DI17E6, EMD 525797) in the treatment of
chemotherapy-naive patients (pts) with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic metastatic
castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Lead author: M Hussain
Abstract #: 5030
Presentation date/time (CDT): May 31, 13:15-16:15
Session: Poster Highlights Session: Genitourinary (Prostate) Cancer
Room/Details: E354b (Poster Board: 45)
Title: Radiotherapy (RT), temozolomide (TMZ), procarbazine (PCB), and the integrin
inhibitor cilengitide in patients (pts) with glioblastoma (GBM) without methylation of
the MGMT gene promoter (ExCentric): Results of an Australian phase II clinical trial.
Lead author: M Khasraw
Abstract #: 2050
Presentation date/time (CDT): May 31, 13:15-17:00
Session: General Poster Session: Central Nervous System Tumors.
Room/Details: S Hall A2 (Poster Board: 15)
Title: Absolute bioavailability, mass balance, elimination route, and metabolite
profile of the selective oral MEK1/2 inhibitor pimasertib in cancer patients.
Lead author: G Massimini
Abstract #: e13552
Presentation date/time (CDT): Abstract only
Tecemotide, TH-302 and all early-stage products are currently under clinical investigation and have not been approved for use in the U.S., Europe, Canada, or elsewhere. All investigational products have not yet been proven to be either safe or effective and any claims of safety and effectiveness can be made only after regulatory review of the data and approval of the labeled claims.
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