Immutep's Efti In Combination With MSD's KEYTRUDA Leads To Efficacy With Favourable Safety In First Line Head And Neck Cancer
Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | September 16, 2024 08:15am
Results delivered in prestigious Proffered Paper oral presentation at ESMO Congress 2024
In patients with any PD-L1 expression (CPS ≥1), efti in combination with KEYTRUDA outperformance is largest in CPS ≥20 with 31.0% ORR (34.5% ORR including partial response after data cut-off) versus 18.5% ORR for KEYTRUDA
Efti in combination with KEYTRUDA led to a high durability of response of 17.5 months in patients with any PD-L1 expression and combination continues to have favourable safety profile
Statistically significant increase in absolute lymphocyte count biomarker seen in the efti in combination with KEYTRUDA arm shows efti's biological activity in a randomised setting
Based on the high unmet need and encouraging results to date, with Overall Survival expected in 2025, the path forward will be discussed with regulatory agencies