Candel Therapeutics Completes Enrollment in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of CAN-2409 in Combination with Opdivo® (nivolumab) for the Treatment of High-Grade Gliomas

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NEEDHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Candel Therapeutics, Inc., a late clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oncolytic viral immunotherapies, today announced it has completed enrollment for its Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with newly diagnosed high-grade glioma to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CAN-2409 in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo® (nivolumab) and standard of care radiation therapy, as well as temozolomide for patients with methylated MGMT promoters. The trial enrolled 35 evaluable patients and is being conducted in collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb Company, manufacturer of Opdivo®, and separately the Adult Brain Tumor Consortium at Johns Hopkins University.

“The addition of CAN-2409 to immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment has the potential to train lymphocytes to specifically recognize tumor neoantigens and to change the ‘cold’, immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, thereby synergizing with lymphocyte activation induced by nivolumab resulting in tumor cell destruction,” said Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Candel Therapeutics. “With a significant number of patients affected each year and limited treatment options available, there remains a critical need for effective therapies in high-grade glioma. It is our hope that CAN-2409 can create new, more effective options for this patient population, and we look forward to the readout from this study next year.”

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