Immunocore Starts Clinical Trial with IMCgp100 in Combination with MedImmune Immunotherapies Durvalumab and Tremelimumab
(Oxford, UK, 20th January 2016) Immunocore Limited, a world-leading biotechnology company developing novel T cell receptor (TCR) based biological drugs to treat cancer, viral infections and autoimmune disease, today announced that it has started a Phase Ib/II combination trial for the treatment of metastatic cutaneous melanoma.
The trial will evaluate IMCgp100, Immunocore’s lead ImmTAC (Immune Mobilising Monoclonal T-Cell Receptor Against Cancer), in combination with durvalumab and tremelimumab, the investigational immunotherapies of MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca. The open label, four arm, randomized Phase Ib/II trial will explore IMCgp100 paired respectively with durvalumab and tremelimumab as well as investigating all three immunotherapy agents together. The primary goal of the combination trials will be to assess the safety and efficacy of the different combinations. Immunocore is responsible for conducting the trial.
Dr. Christina Coughlin, Chief Medical Officer of Immunocore commented: “This collaboration with MedImmune offers an excellent opportunity to explore how IMCgp100, together with durvalumab and tremelimumab respectively, could form the backbone of a set of best-in-class combinations for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma.”
The companies announced the formation of this combination partnership in April 2015 and also have a pre-existing research collaboration and licensing agreement, announced in January 2014, to develop novel cancer therapies using Immunocore’s ImmTAC technology.
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