ASH 2025 | Ascentage Pharma Presents Four-Year Follow-Up Data from Registrational Phase II Study of Olverembatinib, Reaffirming Differentiated Long-Term Efficacy and Safety in TKI-Resistant/Intolerant CML-CP
- Dramatically improved disease control with 21.2 months vs. 2.9 months median event-free survival (EFS)
- Favorable safety profile with 7% vascular occlusion rate
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Broad patient benefit with proven effectiveness even in patients without T315I mutation (11.9 vs. 3.1 months event-free survival)
ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, Dec. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascentage Pharma Group International (NASDAQ: AAPG; HKEX: 6855), a global, commercial stage, integrated biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, differentiated therapies to address unmet medical needs in cancer, announced that it presented four year follow-up data from its randomized controlled, registrational Phase II study of Olverembatinib in patients with tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)-resistant/intolerant chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML-CP), in a poster presentation at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, being held in Orlando, Florida. Building on results released in an oral presentation at ASH 2023, these data reaffirm Olverembatinib’s differentiated long-term efficacy and safety.
The ASH Annual Meeting is one of the largest gatherings of the international hematology community, aggregating cutting-edge scientific research and the latest data on investigational therapies that represent leading scientific and clinical advances in the global hematology field. Once again, Ascentage Pharma’s innovative pipeline has garnered significant attention at this year’s conference, with results from multiple clinical and preclinical studies on three of the Company’s investigational drug candidates (Olverembatinib, Lisaftoclax, and APG-5918) selected for presentations, including an oral report.
In the four year follow-up data, Olverembatinib consistently demonstrated a clear efficacy advantage over investigator’s choice of current best available therapy (BAT) (in China) for patients with TKI-resistant/intolerant CML-CP (including those without the T315I mutation). Among all patients with CML-CP, the Olverembatinib arm demonstrated a median event-free survival (EFS) of 21.2 months, which was significantly longer than the 2.9 months observed in the BAT arm. Among patients with CML-CP without the T315I mutation, the Olverembatinib arm demonstrated an EFS of 11.9 months, which was also significantly longer than the 3.1 months observed in the BAT arm. Notably, the long-term follow-up data showed a favorable safety profile, with vascular occlusion reported by 7% of patients.

