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BioXcel Therapeutics Announces Late-Breaking Abstract on Preliminary Findings from Phase 2 Investigator-Sponsored Trial of BXCL701 and KEYTRUDA® in Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Selected for Presentation at 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting
Poster presentation scheduled for June 1, 2024, 1:30-4:30 PM CT /2:30-5:30 PM ET Trial being led by Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer
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[{"type":"text","content":"Poster presentation scheduled for June 1, 2024, 1:30-4:30 PM CT /2:30-5:30 PM ET Trial being led by Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTAI), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence to develop transformative medicines in neuroscience and immuno-oncology, today announced that a late-breaking abstract with preliminary findings from the Phase 2 investigator-sponsored trial of BXCL701 in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has been selected for presentation in a poster session at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. The meeting will take place from May 31 to June 4, 2024 in Chicago, IL. The trial, which is led by investigators at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, is evaluating BXCL701, an investigational, oral innate immune activator designed to inflame the tumor microenvironment and thereby augment the activity of checkpoint inhibitors. On February 6, 2024, BioXcel Therapeutics announced the completion of patient enrollment in the safety lead-in portion of the trial. Through its OnkosXcel Therapeutics immuno-oncology subsidiary, BioXcel Therapeutics is collaborating with Dr. Louis M. Weiner, director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Dr. Benjamin Weinberg, principal investigator of the study. BioXcel Therapeutics and Merck & Co. are providing BXCL701 and KEYTRUDA for the trial, respectively. Poster Presentation* Title: Phase 2 Trial of BXCL701 and Pembrolizumab in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (EXPEL-PANC): Preliminary Findings Presenter: Dr. Benjamin Weinberg, Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Abstract: LBA4132 Poster: 112 Session: Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary Date: June 1, 2024 Time: 1:30-4:30 PM CT /2:30-5:30 PM ET *The poster abstract will be released at 7:00 AM CT /8:00 AM ET on the day of the presentation. About BXCL701BXCL701 is an investigational, oral innate immune activator designed to initiate inflammation in the tumor microenvironment. Approved and experimental immunotherapies often fail to address cancer...