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ALX Oncology Presents Positive Updated Data from ASPEN-06 Phase 2 Trial Demonstrating Evorpacept Generates Strong Response and Durable Clinical Benefit in Patients with HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer
Oral presentation at 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium today highlights evorpacept as the first CD47 blocker to show substantial tumor response and
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[{"type":"text","content":"Oral presentation at 2025 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium today highlights evorpacept as the first CD47 blocker to show substantial tumor response and a well-tolerated safety profile in a prospective randomized trialGreatest benefit observed among patients with confirmed HER2-positive cancer, as demonstrated by either fresh biopsy or ctDNA HER2-expression, with confirmed ORR of 48.9% and mDOR of 15.7 months vs. 24.5% ORR and mDOR of 9.1 months in the control group, and a PFS Hazard Ratio of 0.64Company to host conference call and investor webcast today at 1:00 PM PT/4:00 PM ET SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., (“ALX Oncology” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ALXO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing therapies that boost the immune system to treat cancer and extend patients’ lives, announced positive updated data from the ASPEN-06 Phase 2 clinical trial demonstrating that the company’s investigational CD47-blocker evorpacept generates a durable clinical response with a well-tolerated safety profile among patients with previously treated HER2-positive advanced gastric cancer (GC) or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. The updated results, which build upon previously announced topline results, will be shared today in an oral presentation (Abstract #332) at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. “The updated data from the ASPEN-06 trial highlight the potential clinical utility of CD47 inhibition from evorpacept in combination with trastuzumab, ramucirumab and paclitaxel in patients with previously treated HER2-positive gastric cancer,” said Kohei Shitara, M.D., Director of the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan and the study’s presenter. “Overall, the findings suggest that evorpacept generates durable and clinically meaningful anti-tumor activity in this population of patients who had previously received a HER2-targeted agent, with the largest benefit among those patients with confirmed HER2-positive disease.” ASPEN-06 is a randomized, multi-center, international trial (NCT05002127) evaluating evorpacept, ALX Oncology’s investigational CD47-blocking therapeutic that uniquely combines a high-affinity CD47-binding domain with an inact...