Galera Therapeutics Announces Interim Data from Pilot Phase 1/2 Trial of GC4419 in Combination with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Showed Improved Overall Survival in Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer - Seite 2

“The survival rate in pancreatic cancer is dismal. Our goals for treatment are to extend survival and improve the potential for surgical resection, as surgery remains the only potentially curative therapy for pancreatic cancer,” said Sarah Hoffe, M.D., Section Head of GI Radiation Oncology and Senior Member at Moffitt Cancer Center, trial first author and investigator. “These interim data signal the potential of dismutase mimetics, when combined with SBRT, to prolong survival in patients with LAPC. Further study of dismutase mimetics to expand the utility of SBRT in pancreatic cancer treatment is warranted.”

The interim data includes all patients followed for a minimum of three months and 19 for more than one year, with data through August 24, 2020. The Company plans to provide an additional update on this trial with at least one year of follow up on all patients in the second half of 2021.

“We’re encouraged by the favorable overall survival benefit in this difficult-to-treat cancer observed in the interim data in this trial, which is the first trial evaluating the anti-cancer activity of one of Galera’s dismutase mimetics in combination with SBRT,” said Mel Sorensen, M.D., President and CEO of Galera. “Galera’s dismutase mimetics are designed to improve radiation therapy by both increasing therapeutic anti-tumor efficacy at higher doses of radiation and by protecting normal cells, and we look forward to advancing the development of this potential combination therapy and expanding into other cancers to improve outcomes for patients undergoing radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer.”

The Company plans to leverage observations from this pilot trial to further develop GC4711, its second superoxide dismutase mimetic clinical candidate, specifically for use in combination with SBRT, and anticipates initiating a follow-on Phase 2 trial in pancreatic cancer with GC4711 in combination with SBRT in the first half of 2021. Galera recently announced it is also evaluating the anti-cancer activity of GC4711 in an ongoing Phase 1/2 trial in combination with SBRT in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

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