ALX Oncology Announces Positive Results from Ongoing Investigator-Sponsored Phase 2 Trial Evaluating Evorpacept in Combination with Standard-of-Care Treatment in Patients with Indolent B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, at ASH Annual Meeting

- Combination of evorpacept plus rituximab and lenalidomide (R²) generated complete responses (CR) in 92% of patients with untreated indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (iNHL) comparing favorably to an approximate 50% historical CR rate for R² alone

- Data indicates combination of evorpacept plus R² was well-tolerated and provides impressive anti-tumor activity in frontline treatment setting

- While longer follow up matures, minimal residual disease (MRD) eradication rate with this novel regimen will be evaluated

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., (“ALX Oncology” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ALXO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing a pipeline of novel therapies designed to treat cancer and extend patients’ lives, today announced that positive data from a Phase 2 investigator-sponsored trial (IST) of evorpacept, in combination with standard-of-care rituximab and lenalidomide, for patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (iNHL) is being presented Sunday, December 7 during a poster presentation at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting 2025 in Orlando, Florida.

“We are excited to see the results of this Phase 2 study in frontline indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients, where the addition of evorpacept added a meaningful benefit over the historical data for the standard-of-care regimen of rituximab and lenalidomide,” said Jason Lettmann, Chief Executive Officer at ALX Oncology. “Dr. Strati pursued this frontline study after seeing promising activity using the same combination in the relapsed refractory setting, which was previously published. Today, we are pleased to see this efficacy replicated in the frontline setting. Additionally, as non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a disease marked by high CD47 expression, this data further supports the relevance of blocking CD47 in the presence of an anti-cancer antibody, rituximab in this case, to allow for the destruction of cancer cells. We look forward to longer term follow up and the evaluation of MRD from this study.”

The clinical trial conducted by Dr. Paolo Strati, the trial’s lead investigator and Associate Professor of Lymphoma-Myeloma at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, along with his colleagues enrolled a total of 24 patients with previously untreated iNHL, 14 patients with follicular lymphoma and 10 patients with marginal zone lymphoma. The primary objective of best CR rate above 80% was met with evorpacept added to R² in the context of a historical R² CR rate of 50%. The investigators found the addition of evorpacept to R² to be a well-tolerated frontline non-chemotherapy regimen for patients with iNHL, resulting in a high CR rate. 92% of patients achieved a complete response, and 8% achieved a partial response (PR), with the overall response rate (ORR) being 100%. One year progression free survival (PFS) rate was 91%, and one year overall survival (OS) rate was 100%.