Greenwich LifeSciences Partners with GEICAM in Spain & Conducts First Site Initiation Visits in Europe - Seite 2

Dr. Martin is Head of the Clinical Oncology Department at Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital and Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University, both in Madrid, Spain. He is also the Chair of GEICAM and one of its founding members. He is well known for his activity in developing new medical strategies and participating as a Principal Investigator in international and national clinical trials. He has 250 articles in journals and books with a cumulative impact factor of 1042 and h-index of 26.

Dr. Eva Carrasco, Scientific Director and CEO of GEICAM and author of more than 70 peer-reviewed original papers in international scientific journals, commented, "The FLAMINGO-01 study is an example of the importance of alliances between the academic field and the pharmaceutical industry and of international collaboration. All this favors the implementation of studies that incorporate the perspective of clinicians from their conception, which represents a boost to breast cancer research and the development of new drugs for the benefit of patients."

Dr. Luis de la Cruz Merino, the national Principal Investigator (PI) for Spain for FLAMINGO-01 commented, "The FLAMINGO-01 trial includes patients with high-risk HER2+ breast cancer who have completed standard adjuvant treatment and the potential beneficial effect of a vaccine based on the GP2 peptide. This peptide, associated with a response-enhancing adjuvant (GM-CSF), appears to induce a specific antitumor immune response in a subgroup of patients with HER2+ (HLA-A*02) breast cancer. This trial aims to compare its efficacy versus observation, in an adjuvant context. The mechanism of action and therapeutic approach is very innovative, since it introduces the study of anti-HER2 vaccines in breast cancer in the context of a randomized phase 3 trial. The data from previous studies in HER2+ breast cancer are very encouraging, with an adequate safety profile, so there are reasonable expectations of success with this vaccine, although of course it requires timely confirmation through this type of trial."

Dr. Luis de la Cruz Merino is Professor of Medicine, Head of the Clinical Oncology Department at Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain. He specializes in cancer and immunology and is responsible for representing all GEICAM participating PIs from a clinical and immunotherapeutic perspective.

CEO Snehal Patel commented, "GEICAM has been a long-term partner of the Company. Our first protocol for FLAMINGO-01 was developed jointly by members of GEICAM and Baylor College of Medicine. From this relationship, we were able to reach out to the other networks in Europe to connect academic networks across multiple countries. We are truly grateful for the time and commitment from the GEICAM team and look forward to working with them in the coming quarters as we ramp up all 38 sites."