Biodexa to Present Recruitment and Treatment Update in Phase 1 Study of MTX-110 (MAGIC-G1 Study) in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma at 2023 Annual European Association of Neuro-Oncology Meeting (EANO)
September 21 2023 - 8:30AM
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals
PLC(“Biodexa” or the “Company”)
Biodexa to Present Recruitment and
Treatment Update in Phase 1 Study of MTX-110 (MAGIC-G1 Study) in
Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma at 2023
Annual European Association of Neuro-Oncology Meeting
(EANO)
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC (Nasdaq: BDRX), a
clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of
products aimed at primary and metastatic cancers of the brain, is
pleased to announce that it will be presenting an update on the
recruitment and treatment of patients in the ongoing Phase 1 study
of MTX-110 (also known as MAGIC-G1 study) in patients with
recurrent glioblastoma (rGB) during a poster session on 22
September 2023, at the 2023 annual EANO meeting in Rotterdam, the
Netherlands (NCT 05324501).
MAGIC-G1 is an open-label, dose escalation study
designed to assess the feasibility and safety of intermittent
infusions of MTX-110 administered by convection enhanced delivery
(CED) via implanted refillable pump and catheter. The study aims to
recruit two cohorts, each with a minimum of four patients; while
patients in both cohorts will receive MTX-110 via intermittent
repeated CED infusions, patients in the second cohort will be
allowed CED catheter repositioning upon first in-study clinical
and/or radiographic confirmed progression.
As of the time of this announcement, three
patients have been dosed in the first cohort of the study. No
dose-limiting toxicities have been observed at any dose level; and
all study-related, non-surgical adverse events were grade 1
or 2 and correlated with the location of the lesion being
treated.
Patient 1 has received 13 treatment cycles over
19 weeks of study treatment period, whereas patient 2 received 10
cycles over 13 weeks of study treatment period; patient 3 has been
recently enrolled and continues to receive treatment.
Commenting, Dr Dmitry Zamoryakhin, MD,
MBA, CSO of Biodexa, said: “We are pleased with the
progress of the study and collaboration with our investigational
sites. No observed dose limiting toxicities is an encouraging
signal that justifies continuation of the development of MTX-110
for treatment of this devastating disease with high unmet medical
need.”
About Glioblastoma (“GB”)
GB is the most common and devastating primary
malignant brain tumour in adults encompassing 14.3% of all primary
brain and central nervous system neoplasms(1). With an incidence of
approximately 3.2 per 100,000 population in the USA, approximately
12,300 people in the USA will be diagnosed with GB per annum.
Standard of care for treatment of GB is typically maximal surgical
resection followed by radiotherapy plus concomitant and maintenance
temozolomide chemotherapy with or without the Optune® device.
Notwithstanding, the multidisciplinary approach, almost all
patients experience tumour progression with nearly universal
mortality. The median survival from initial diagnosis is less than
21 months(2).
Currently, no standard of care is established
for rGB.
Sources:(1) Low JT, Ostrom QT, Cioffi G, Neff C,
Waite KA, Kruchko C, Barnholtz-Sloan JS. Primary brain and other
central nervous system tumors in the United States (2014-2018): A
summary of the CBTRUS statistical report for clinicians. Neurooncol
Pract. 2022 Feb 22;9(3):165-182. doi: 10.1093/nop/npac015. PMID:
35601966; PMCID: PMC9113389.(2) Stupp R, Taillibert S, Kanner AA,
et al. Maintenance Therapy With Tumor-Treating Fields Plus
Temozolomide vs Temozolomide Alone for Glioblastoma: A Randomized
Clinical Trial. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical
Association. 2015;314(23):2535-2543.Chinot OL, Wick W, Mason W, et
al. Bevacizumab plus radiotherapy-temozolomide for newly diagnosed
glioblastoma. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(8):709-722.
About MTX110
MTX110 is a water-soluble form of panobinostat
free base, achieved through complexation with
hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPBCD), that enables
convection-enhanced delivery (CED) at potentially chemotherapeutic
doses directly to the site of the tumour. Panobinostat is a
hydroxamic acid and acts as a non-selective histone deacetylase
inhibitor (pan-HDAC inhibitor). The currently available oral
formulation of panobinostat lactate (Farydak®) is not suitable for
treatment of brain cancers owing to poor blood-brain barrier
penetration and inadequate brain drug concentrations. Based on
favourable translational science data, MTX110 is being evaluated
clinically as a treatment for recurrent glioblastoma (NCT05324501),
paediatric DMG (NCT04264143) and recurrent medulloblastoma
(NCT04315064). MTX110 is delivered directly into and around the
patient’s tumour via a catheter system (e.g. CED or fourth
ventricle infusions) to bypass the blood-brain barrier. This
technique exposes the tumour to very high drug concentrations while
simultaneously minimising systemic drug levels and the potential
for toxicity and other side effects. Panobinostat has demonstrated
high potency against DIPG and GBM tumour cells in in vitro
and in vivo models, and in a key study it was the most promising of
83 anticancer agents tested in 14 patient-derived DIPG cell lines
(Grasso et al, 2015. Nature Medicine 21(6), 555-559).
This announcement contains inside information
for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR) as
it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.
For more information, please contact:
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC |
Dmitry Zamoryakhin, CSO |
Tel: +44 (0)29 20480 180 |
www.biodexapharma.com |
Edison Group (US Investor
Relations) |
Alyssa
Factor |
Tel: +1 (860) 573
9637 |
Email:
afactor@edisongroup.com |
About Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC
Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC (listed on NASDAQ: BDRX) is a
clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of
products aimed at primary and metastatic cancers of the
brain. The Company’s lead candidate, MTX110, is being studied
in aggressive rare/orphan brain cancer indications including
recurrent glioblastoma and diffuse midline glioma.
MTX110 is a liquid formulation of the histone deacetylase (HDAC)
inhibitor, panobinostat. This proprietary formulation enables
delivery of the product via convection-enhanced delivery (CED) at
potentially therapeutic doses directly to the site of the tumour,
by-passing the blood-brain barrier and avoiding systemic
toxicity.
Biodexa is supported by three proprietary drug delivery
technologies focused on improving the bio-delivery and
bio-distribution of medicines. Biodexa’s headquarters and
R&D facility is in Cardiff, UK. For more information
visit www.biodexapharma.com.
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