Cend Therapeutics Announces First Patient Treated in Phase 2b Trial of CEND-1 led by Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group
Excerpt from the Press Release:
SAN DIEGO, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cend Therapeutics, Inc. (“Cend”) today announced that the first patient has been treated in the Phase 2b study of CEND-1, Cend’s lead investigational drug, in patients with first-line metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
The ASCEND trial is a 125-patient, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, and is being conducted at up to 40 sites in Australia and New Zealand. Designed and led by the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (“AGITG”) in collaboration with the NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre at the University of Sydney, Cend will provide funding, study drug and regulatory support.
“Building on the encouraging safety and antitumor activity in pancreatic cancer patients in Phase 1b, this trial represents an important next step in advancing this potentially meaningful new treatment approach to benefit pancreatic cancer patients,” said Andrew Dean, MD, Principal Investigator for the study.
“Dosing the first patient in our Phase 2b trial represents a significant accomplishment for our team as we have worked diligently to achieve this milestone,” stated Harri Järveläinen, Chief Operating Officer of Cend. “Pancreatic cancer has one of the highest mortality rates of all cancers and affects hundreds of thousands of patients each year.
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