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Marker Therapeutics Reports Q1 2022 Operating and Financial Results
Topline readout of Phase 2 AML trial Group 2 active disease anticipated in Q2 2022 Company plans to file INDs in lymphoma and pancreatic cancer by year end,
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[{"type":"text","content":"Topline readout of Phase 2 AML trial Group 2 active disease anticipated in Q2 2022 Company plans to file INDs in lymphoma and pancreatic cancer by year end, with clinical trials to be initiated in 2023 HOUSTON, May 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marker Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRKR), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company specializing in the development of next-generation T cell-based immunotherapies for the treatment of hematological malignancies and solid tumor indications, today provided a corporate update and reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. “2022 has already been an exciting year for Marker as we reported encouraging initial results from the six-patient safety lead-in portion of our Phase 2 AML trial—including elimination of MRD in one MRD positive patient—and announced plans for Company-sponsored trials of our second cell therapy product candidate, MT-601, in pancreatic cancer and lymphoma,” said Peter L. Hoang, Marker’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We also implemented a new MultiTAA-specific T cell therapy manufacturing process, details of which were presented at the 2022 International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT) annual meeting. After completing enrollment of the first 20 patients in the Phase 2 AML trial last year, we anticipate reporting topline data from the active disease group in the main phase of the trial next quarter.” PROGRAM UPDATES AND EXPECTED MILESTONES Acute Myeloid Leukemia (MT-401) In February 2022, Marker announced the initial results of the safety lead-in stage of its Company-sponsored Phase 2 AML trial evaluating MT-401, Marker’s lead MultiTAA-specific T cell product candidate. Results from the safety lead-in demonstrate that MT-401 was well-tolerated, eliminated measurable residual disease (MRD) based on peripheral blood analysis at Week 32 in one MRD positive patient and induced epitope spreading across multiple AML-associated antigens in that patient.Enrollment of the first 20 patients of the main Phase 2 stage of the AML trial was completed in Q4 2021. Topline readout of Group 2 active disease is anticipated in Q2 2022.Marker announced in February 2022 that it is developing MT-401-OTS, a scalable, off-the-shelf product candidate with the potential to match patients to treatment in under three days. Marker’s open Investigational New Drug ...