Biotechnology company CytoDyn (OTCQB: CYDY) today announced
that data from its ongoing investigative trial of PRO 140 (leronlimab) as a
single subcutaneous therapy in HIV-1 infected patients was accepted for a
poster presentation at next year’s Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic
Infections (“CROI”). Vice President, Clinical Operations at Amarex
Clinical Research Dr. Kush Dhody will present the abstract, “PRO 140 SC:
Long-acting, Single-agent Maintenance Therapy for HIV-1 Infection,” at CROI
2019, to be held in Seattle March 4-7, 2019.
“We are highly encouraged by the recently reported data from
our monotherapy trial for patients receiving once-weekly injections of PRO 140
700 mg,” CytoDyn President and CEO Nader Pourhassan, Ph.D., stated in the news
release. “As previously announced, we plan to file a pivotal phase 3 protocol
for PRO 140 as a monotherapy for HIV-infected patients before the end of this
year. We are excited to share the most recent data from this important
clinical trial at CROI, which each year attracts many of world’s leading
clinicians in HIV research.”
To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/o2d6U
About CytoDyn
CytoDyn is a biotechnology company developing innovative
treatments for multiple therapeutic indications based on PRO 140 (leronlimab),
a novel humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the CCR5 receptor. CCR5 plays a
key role in the ability of HIV to enter and infect healthy T-cells. The
CCR5 receptor is also implicated in tumor metastasis and in immune-mediated
illnesses such as graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) and NASH. CytoDyn has
successfully completed a Phase 3 pivotal trial with PRO 140 in combination with
standard anti-retroviral therapies in HIV-infected treatment-experienced
patients. The Company plans to seek FDA approval for PRO 140 in combination therapy
and plans to complete the filing of a Biological License Application (BLA) in
the first quarter of 2019 for that indication. CytoDyn is also conducting a
Phase 3 investigative trial with PRO 140 as a once-weekly monotherapy for
HIV-infected patients, and plans to initiate a registration-directed study of
PRO 140 monotherapy indication, which if successful, could support a label
extension. Clinical results to date from multiple trials have shown that PRO
140 can significantly reduce viral burden in people infected with HIV with no
reported drug-related serious adverse events (SAEs). Moreover, results from a
Phase 2b clinical trial demonstrated that PRO 140 monotherapy can prevent viral
escape in HIV-infected patients, with some patients on PRO 140 monotherapy
remaining virally suppressed for more than four years. CytoDyn is also
conducting a Phase 2 trial to evaluate PRO 140 for the prevention of GvHD and
expects to initiate clinical trials with PRO 140 in metastatic triple-negative
breast cancer in 2018. For more information, visit the company’s website
at www.CytoDyn.com
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