A phase II study (NCT03491683) of newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme combining Inovio’s INO-5401 and INO-9012 in combination with Libtayo (cemiplimab) showed that 80% (16 of 20) of MGMT gene promoter methylated patients and 75% (24 of 32) of unmethylated patients were progression-free at six months measured from the time of their first dose (n = 52), substantially exceeding historical standard-of-care data.
Last summer, Anirban Maitra, a pathologist specializing in pancreatic cancer, joined the NYU Langone Health Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center to co-lead its Gastrointestinal Cancer Center.
